From e0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:46:59 +0900 Subject: Initial commit --- info/ltx3pub/vt16d01.tex | 326 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 326 insertions(+) create mode 100644 info/ltx3pub/vt16d01.tex (limited to 'info/ltx3pub/vt16d01.tex') diff --git a/info/ltx3pub/vt16d01.tex b/info/ltx3pub/vt16d01.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e57bf8b93a --- /dev/null +++ b/info/ltx3pub/vt16d01.tex @@ -0,0 +1,326 @@ +%%% ==================================================================== +%%% @LaTeX3-article{ LaTeX3-VT16-01, +%%% filename = "vt16d01.tex", +%%% archived = "ctan:/tex-archive/info/ltx3pub/", +%%% author = "Rolf Lindgren", +%%% doc-group = "Volunteer task VT16", +%%% title = "Preliminary report on {\LaTeX} style +%%% options to be converted to {\LaTeX3}", +%%% version = "1.02", +%%% date = "02 April 1993", +%%% time = "22:53:48 GMT", +%%% status = "Public, contributed.", +%%% author-email = "rolfl@ulrik.uio.no", +%%% author-address = "", +%%% abstract = "", +%%% keywords = "", +%%% project-address = "LaTeX3 Project \\ +%%% c/o Dr. Chris Rowley \\ +%%% The Open University \\ +%%% Parsifal College \\ +%%% Finchley Road \\ +%%% London NW3 7BG, England, UK", +%%% project-tel = "+44 171 794 0575", +%%% project-FAX = "+44 171 433 6196", +%%% project-email = "LTX3-Mgr@SHSU.edu", +%%% copyright = "Copyright (C) 1993 LaTeX3 Project +%%% and Rolf Lindgren. +%%% All rights reserved. +%%% +%%% Permission is granted to make and distribute +%%% verbatim copies of this publication or of +%%% coherent parts from this publication provided +%%% this copyright notice and this permission +%%% notice are preserved on all copies. +%%% +%%% Permission is granted to copy and distribute +%%% translations of this publication or of +%%% individual items from this publication into +%%% another language provided that the translation +%%% is approved by the original copyright holders. +%%% +%%% No other permissions to copy or distribute this +%%% publication in any form are granted and in +%%% particular no permission to copy parts of it +%%% in such a way as to materially change its +%%% meaning.", +%%% generalinfo = "To subscribe to the LaTeX3 discussion list: +%%% +%%% Send mail to listserv@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de +%%% with the following line as the body of the +%%% message (substituting your own name): +%%% +%%% subscribe LaTeX-L First-name Surname +%%% +%%% To find out about volunteer work: +%%% +%%% look at the document vol-task.tex which can +%%% be obtained electronically, see below. +%%% +%%% To retrieve project publications electronically: +%%% +%%% Project publications are available for +%%% retrieval by anonymous ftp from ctan hosts: +%%% ftp.tex.ac.uk +%%% ftp.dante.de +%%% ftp.shsu.edu +%%% in the directory /tex-archive/info/ltx3pub. +%%% +%%% The file ltx3pub.bib in that directory gives +%%% full bibliographical information including +%%% abstracts in BibTeX format. 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This is produced by Robert +%%% Solovay's checksum utility.", +%%% } +%%% ==================================================================== +%%% +%%% Here's status on the LaTeX 2.09 -> LaTeX 3.0 options +%%% maintainance questionnaire. +%%% +%%% +%%% +\documentstyle{l3ms001} + +\def\beginQ{% +\begin{center} +\begin{tabular}{p{4.5cm}p{4.5cm}}} +\def\endQ{% +\end{tabular} +\end{center}} + +\date{02 April 1993 \\ +Version 1.02} + +\author{Rolf Lindgren} \title{Preliminary report on \LaTeX{} style +options\thanks{The notion ``style option'' to be elaborated upon +shortly} to be converted to \LaTeX{} 3} + +\begin{document} +\maketitle + +\section{Preface} + +During a discussion on the LATEX-L mailing list, devoted to the +\LaTeX{} 3 project, a discussion arose as to what level of +compitibility to maintain between \LaTeX{} 2.09 and \LaTeX{} 3. + +In a nutshell, there will not be perfect compatibility. Therefore, the +most important macro packages will have to be translated. I was +volunteered ({\em sic!\/}) by Frank Mittelbach and others to find out +which macro packages should be converted to LaTeX{} 3. + +A questionnaire that addresses this issue has been created, and has +been tested on a German \TeX{} user's group. I will address each item +in turn, then outline the conclusions I have drawn, and finally +outline the new and improved questiuonnaire. + +\section{The pretest}. + +The pretest consists of six items, some with open-ended, others with +close-ended questions. $N=36$. + +\subsection{Question 1} + +\beginQ What are the most common uses of \LaTeX{} at your installatin? +& Welches sind die hauftigsten \LaTeX-Anwendungen auf Ihrer +Installation ? \\ \endQ + +1 had not answered 1 had misunderstood the question and believed we +asked for \LaTeX{} options. + +Most had at least 4 uses. I do not elaborate on them, due to my lack of +German. + +\LaTeX{} is being used for all conceivable purposes (and some +inconceivaible, and a few that doesn't fall into either category). + +\section{Question 2} + +\beginQ + +Please name the ten most commonly used LaTeX style files in your +installation. If you use locally modified versions, please state the +name of the originals. & Bitte nennen Sie die zehn am haeufigsten +benutzten LaTeX-Style-Files an Ihrer Installation. Wenn Sie lokal +modifizierte Versionen benutzen, so nennen Sie bitte den Namen des +Originals. \\ \endQ + +The most used options were + + +\begin{tabular}{rlrl} +29& german & 3& titlepage\\ +29& article & 3& pictex \\ +19& letter & 3& parskip\\ +12& report & 3& multicol \\ +11& book & 3& fancyheadings\\ + 9& refman & 3& epic \\ + 8& twocolumn & 3& art11\\ + 6& twoside & 2& verbatim \\ + 7& supertab & 3& slides \\ + 6& dina4 & 2& layout \\ + 7& a4 & 2& expdlist \\ + 5& supertabular & 2& eepic\\ + 5& 12pt & 2& brief\\ + 5& 11pt & 2& art12\\ + 4& multicolumn& 2& art10\\ + 4& epsf & 2& 10pt \\ + 4& array\\ 2& bezier \\ +\end{tabular} + +Options mentioned only once were: userman, torate, titelseiten, times, +tgrind, texcmds, strukto, spanisch, rcs, quire, psfig, progtxt, +progltx, prelim, popo, plotter, picture, nfss, names, myletter, +multicols, merge, longtable, lgerman, latexinfo, koepfe, index, +idverb, harideu, greek, glossary, germanb, fullpage, footnote, findex, +emlines, eindex, dinbrief, dates, cyrilic, cropmark, chess, biblist, +babel, avantgarde, aplweave, amstex, amsfonts, amsart, ams, a4letter, +a4. + +\section{Question 3} + +\beginQ +Do you use any local variants of the +above style files? If so, please name +the files and (briefly) how or why they are modified. +& Bitte nennen Sie die zehn am haeufigsten +benutzten LaTeX-Style-Files an Ihrer Installation. +Wenn Sie lokal modifizierte Versionen benutzen, +so nennen Sie bitte den Namen des Originals. \\ +\endQ + +25 people answered; six of these used 4 or more. Just about half of +these were Germanized versions of the standard document styles. + + +\section{Question 4} + +\beginQ +Please name the five +LaTeX style files that you +most recently used. +& Bitte nennen Sie die fuenf + LaTeX-Style-Files, die sie zuletzt +benutzt haben \\ +\endQ + +33 had answered this. 20 had rated `german' as `almost always'\dots. +The differentiation into `almost always'\dots`hardly ever' was hoping to +aid memory. A few options were added to quesiton 2's list, but no +`new' options added ut to two or more. + +\subsection{Question 5} + +\beginQ +Please name five LaTeX +style files that are +particularly important +to you, even if you do +not use them a lot: +& Bitte nennen Sie fuenf +LaTeX-Style-Files, die fuer +Sie besonders wichtig sind, +auch wenn Sie sie nicht oft +benutzen: \\ +\endQ + +Little-used options (as per question 2) that now were given more +prominence are: fancyheadings, bezier, proc, epic, two/multicolumn, rcs, +idverb, biblist. + +\subsection{Question 6} + +\beginQ +What types of styles + (document or option) + currently not available + would improve the usage + of LaTeX at your site: & +welche Arten von Styles +(document style oder Option), +die es zur Zeit nicht gibt, +wuerden die Nutzungsmoeglichkeiten +von LaTeX an Ihrer Installation +verbessern: \\ +\endQ + +I will not delve into this, because my German is not sufficient for +deciphering handwriting. If I {\em have to\/} analyze this in a final +test, I will have to appoint somebody as translator. + +\section{Discussion} + +I feel (others can dispute this) that {\em users\/} categiorize options +into three: + +\begin{itemize} +\item Documentstyles (such as report, book, article) +\item Modifications of documentstyles (such as sober, layout, refman) +\item Added functionality (multicolumn, tabular) +\end{itemize} + +I don't think macros for modifying documentstyles should have to be +translated: Customizing the documentstyles (or bulding your own) +should be made {\em much easier\/}: If not, people will convert to +WordPerfect et el. Claiming that this will lead to chaos and +typesetting anarchy is plain arrogance: the new \LaTeX{}book should +give design hints. + +Some users wanted a facility for interactice placement of graphics. As a +compromise, the new \LaTeX{}book should carry an explanation as to the +fact that \LaTeX should have to do the floating, and the power of figure +and table environments, along with the use of `{\tt ref}' and `{\tt +label}', should be made more explicit. + +\LaTeX{} 3 should incorporate tables that continue along pages, a +multicolumn environment. + +{\em Everybodey\/} used either {\tt german.sty} or had hacked German +words into the standard document styles. These should be made obsolete +by a standard naming convention: E.g., {\em All\/} text-producing +commands should be converted to {\tt\verb+\+the} {\tt <} {\em english +text\/} {\tt >} {\tt name}, such as + +{\verb+\+\tt thechaptername} or {\verb+\+\tt thelistoffiguresname}. + +I think it might be confusing that in part of the questionnaire, we +ask for a particluar installation, in other parts for the repsondents +personal experience/opinion. I think we should state: + +\begin{itemize} \item We want to know about *your* use and *your* +opinions. \item We want to know about *your* use of options that are +*not* mentioned in the \LaTeX{}book. The options mentioned in the +\LaTeX{}book will be taken care of. \item By {\em options\/}, we mean +*both* \verb+{+document styles\verb+}+ and \verb+[+options\verb+]+. +\end{itemize} + +A *new and improved* questionnaire will be figured out shortly, pending +your comments. + +\end{document} -- cgit v1.2.3