Re: \bTABLE and \eTABLE

[Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coe.uga.edu>]

Berend de Boer <berend@pobox.com> writes:

> Hello All,
> 
> Up to now every context `environment' used \start.. \stop...
> \bTABLE..\eTABLE breaks with that tradition. My suggestion therefore is
> to rename \bTABLE and \eTABLE to \startautotable and \stopautotable.
> 
> What do people think? Above all, what does Hans think?

Well, it reminds me of a thought I had when I first saw the bTABLE /
eTABLE commands: 

I thought that we users were supposed to try to use mixed-case names
for the commands that we make up so as to avoid clashes with context
commands.  So I was surprised to see a new mixed-case context command.

I'm torn, though.  Tables are so handy that I bet I would be grateful
for the brevity of the new table syntax.  I like the short commands.
They are not only easier to type; they also make the table more easy
to read in the source, since they don't get in the way.

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