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Joerg Knappen <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:41:21 +0000
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It is almost trivial to implement \quote{this}, but do you really expect that it
will be used by the authors, typing a LaTeX script?

Compare: "this"
         ``this''
         \quote{this}

in length, sophistication, and error checking.

IMO, the Knuthian commands are just right -- not too long and not shortened
into cryptical acronyms. LaTeX2e is already on the way to go overboard on
command length, I am not very fond of all the commands prefixed by \text...

Too long commands encourage the authors to come up with their own, incompatible
abbreviations. It makes processing LaTeX documents on a large scale more
difficult.

--J"org Knappen

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