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Re: Proposed change of policy
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David Kastrup <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:19:54 +0100
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        Heiko Oberdiek <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 12:28:44AM +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
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> > Do you know of a single document that would fail if e-TeX was used?
>
> Yes, documents with french.sty will break.
> If I remember correctly, the reason is a name clash with \beginL.

Let's warn them in 2003 and give them one year of time to get to
grips.

If they don't, a compatibility file which does
\let\beginL\undefined
\let\beginR\undefined

should not be too hard to do.  But it would preclude (like now)
documents using french.sty to have a chance to typeset RL texts in a
standard manner.

High time to give them a better reason not to sabotage the Middle
East if they have not seen a good one yet.

--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

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