Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!ub.d.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!msi-s0.msi.umn.edu!sctc.com!herndon From: herndon@sctc.com (William R. Herndon) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Why is there no seperator in TeX/LaTeX Message-ID: <1990Aug17.130009.19044@sctc.com> Date: 17 Aug 90 13:00:09 GMT References: <1990Aug16.214657.16764@sctc.com> Distribution: comp Organization: Secure Computing Technology Corporation Lines: 42 wvenable@spam.ua.oz.au (Bill Venables) writes: >On the other hand it does recognize case, and whitespace may be used very >liberally. If you are very keen to enhance the readibility of your raw TeX >file why not capitalize the first letter of each multi-word (MultiWord) >macro and just splash the old whitespace around in creative ways? >> >> So now what am I to do. >Ditch 99% of your macros and use LaTeX. And don't cheat. Nay, Nay. I've misstated my intent. I AM using LaTeX. The macros that I am defining are simple textual substitutions for sections of text that occur many times in many documents. I use the TeX \def command as opposed to the LaTeX \newcommand because of my own bad habits, but the problem with the hyphen persists. I am using the macros much as one would use a #define in the C language, mostly to save on the problem of maintaining these text sections in multiple documents. >I used to use TeX that way, too - write a macro for every conceivable >purpose. However six years down the track I have come to realize that >this is *not* the way to go. What you end up with is your own, generally >very inferior, LaTeX. I agree with you one hundred percent. BTW Thanks to all who responded. The capitalization idea, mentioned by more than one respondee, is excellent, and I will use it. - Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William R. Herndon Secure Computing Technology Corp. The opinions expressed are mine, ALL MINE! HEH, HEH, herndon@sctc.com HEH, HEH!!! (612) 482-7431