Re: Still the old layout problem

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 09:23 PM 8/4/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 13:07:57 +0200
>Giuseppe Bilotta <gip.bilotta@iol.it> wrote:
>
>
> > I understand that this layout has to be kept the default for
> > backwards compatibility reasons,
>
>hmm, declaring bugs as features is one reason why some
>people dislike LaTeX more and more. I think ConTeXt is
>too young for this state. ;-)
>
>Is it really impossible to fix that bug completely?

it's not a bug, i.e. bug<>anything_that_gip_dislikes

btw, a similar question could arise for head styles being normal or bold

The best thing to do is to define a series of alternative defaults, like:

symmetrical layout
bold headers
packed itemized lists

and some more. of course the big problem here is that it's hard to get an 
agreement on what defaults to use

Now, if some users can compose a 'list of alternatives', i can provide a 
module that provides them,

Hans

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