On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 05:03:02PM -0400, Boris Veytsman wrote: > I think you mix things here a lot. > > 1. We already discussed the fact that LaTeX does have a patch > mechanism. We demonstrated it here. The crucial difference is that the TeX patching happens at build time, and the restriction does not affect what can be installed on a user's machine. Richard Braakman