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From: monk@boulder.Colorado.EDU (D. Monk)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: emtex, TUG
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Date: 31 Aug 90 02:43:08 GMT
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A recent message from D. Hosek might leave some people with the
impression that the documentation for emtex is only in German. Most of
the documentation is now in English as well as German.
	A point of etiquette: if one is unable to read a document
(because it is in German, or something), the proper thing to do is to
say nothing. We Americans are found offensive because of our attitude
of skimming over some foreign language material and getting an
impression (frequently wrong) and then advertising that impression to
the world.
	I agree with the criticizm of Vulis concerning TUG. I think
that the TUG editors should make a conscious effort to publicize
public domain stuff; perhaps a regular column, or some inclusion of
the British list of TeX listservers.