Re: pp2Latex "bug" and question

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Lorenz
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On 23 Mar 2002 12:26:18 Robert Inder wrote:

> I've found a misfeature of pp2latex that is so severe that I'd
> call it a bug!  A link like...
> 
>    \L{url=foo}<bah>
> 
> translates into commands that typeset the URL in small
> font, and then put the body.  
> [ ... ]
> I believe the right thing to do is to instead plant a LaTeX command which
> will handle a url/link.  Something like...
>    \ppointURL{foo}{bah}
> 
> Perhaps the default could be the current behaviour, but 
> the end-user is free to re-define it in LaTeX so as to typeset the URL
> however they choose.

Robert,
thanks for your testing and for your suggestions.
It becomes more and more clear that there should be a set of pre-defined
commands like \ppointURL,  \slidestart, (and certainly some more :-)
maybe in an include File.
So it becomes clear to the (advanced) user what can be changed and gives
him the opportunity to do so. This adds a lot of flexibility.

> I can supply diffs or a patched pp2latex if anyone is interested.

Yes Robert, please send the diffs to me, I will include it in the
next release. (But this will happen only after the easter season.
My laptop is broken and can not be repaired, and druing working hours
I have not much time to spend for the project).

> Now the question:
> 
> pp2latex translates description lists 
> 
>    :foo:all about a foo
> 
> into a latex itemize list, with a short first paragraph.
> 
>    \begin{itemize}
> [...]
> 
> WHY??  Latex has a description list, so why is it not used?
> [...]
> 
> Is there a strong reason why not?

No strange reason, just ignorance ;-)
Of course the Latex description list should be used.

> Robert.

Regards,
  Lorenz

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