> This is a very important and good idea. > > Could you please amplify your idea a little? The smiley referred to the fact that when I broached this topic a couple of years ago, a VERY long thread with probably over a thousand messages was generated---lively times indeed. I've been very occupied with other stuff recently, but am interested in whether there has been any progress. No need to repeat the discussion but perhaps some guru could provide an executive summary and progress report. Certainly Astronomy & Astrophysics is progressive in other respects (hey, they support 2e and all the packages) so perhaps there is hope other journals will catch up. This morning I got the latest proofs via email as a PDF file. That's progress in some sense as well! -- Phillip Helbig Email ......... [log in to unmask] Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories Tel. ... +44 1477 571 321 (ext. 2635) Jodrell Bank Fax ................ +44 1477 571 618 Macclesfield Telex ................ 36149 JODREL G UK-Cheshire SK11 9DL Web ... http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~pjh/ ************************ currently working at ******************************* Kapteyn Instituut Email (above preferred) [log in to unmask] Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Tel. ...................... +31 50 363 4067 Postbus 800 Fax ....................... +31 50 363 6100 NL-9700 AV Groningen The Netherlands Web ... http://gladia.astro.rug.nl/~helbig/