Am 08.02.11 18:51 schrieb Robin Fairbairns: >> Oh my FSM. Is that actually supposed to _help_ anybody? [...] >> wouldn't it be much better if she just wrote [...] > indeed. [...] > a collection of rational coding of mathematical examples might be useful > (and explanations as you mention would make it more useful still), but > that requires work with something more sensitive than a shovel, which > would appear to be what's used here. Well, this /is/ what folks out there actually do when they use LaTeX for typesetting scientific papers and books. Not a best practice collection, but you can get an impression of sorts what kind of code Springer accepts from its authors... Regards, Jürgen.