Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!apple!bionet!ames!dftsrv!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Theses: a cry for help! Message-ID: <27613@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 12 Nov 90 07:16:24 GMT References: <6481.273eb57e@csv.viccol.edu.au> Distribution: comp Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 14 In article <6481.273eb57e@csv.viccol.edu.au> Douglas.Miller@viccol.edu.au (Douglas Miller) writes: >One idea would be to point out that terms like ``double spacing'' are >meaningless when applied to typeset text, because ``single'' spacing could >be anything ... AHA! Perfect! Just take properly typeset text, and when someone complains, you say `oh, but it IS double spaced; see, here is a sample of single spaced text'---and hand them output with no leading at all! :-) (Oh well, it might be worth a try) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 405 2750) Domain: chris@cs.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris