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Re: package configuration design



Previously Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> No.  Let the frontend define everything about presentation - including
> order - as it sees fit.  If a package _really_ needs a given order, it
> should use a command that the language provides for that purpose.  You
> refer to SGML and LaTeX in another post - this will make it even more
> LaTeXish and SGMLish.  Content shouldn't control presentation where it
> doesn't need to.

Interesting idea. How about adding commands to define a beginning and
an end for a block, within which the frontend is not allowed to change
the order, but may freely change the order of blocks and seperate
items?

Wichert.

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