> my natbib. It would therefore be better to recommend the standard > packages that one should be able to use, such as the tools collection > and amsmath. That is, a paper using the model journal class could > include all these packages without having to submit them separately > to the journal; he can assume they will be at any installation that > contains journal.cls. i strongly support the thinking behind this. an awful lot of problems can be solved simply by conventions, like `everyone should have the contents of CTAN:macros/latex/packages installed'. then its a question of which packages to move into that area sebastian