On Jun 11, 2014, at 3:37 PM, Emanuel Berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <[email protected]> writes: > >> IIRC {\bf foo} has been deprecated in LaTeX (in favor >> of \textbf{foo}) since the appearance of LaTeX2e. > > Yeah? What was the reason for that? How is {\bf foo} > inferior? This is the second time today this happened, > I seem to be totally outdated... - but {\bf foo} works > with both pdflatex and xelatex (which I got from the > Debian Jessie repositories). I prefer that form as it > is quicker to type and has a more "encapsulated" > syntax. But I'll start using \textbf{foo} if you in > just one sentence or so can tell me what the gain would > be. \textbf and friends handle italic correction for you and are able to be nested, e.g., \textit{\textbf{blah}} is bold and italic. See also http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41681/correct-way-to-bold-italicize-text. I know that’s two sentences (now three), but I’m feeling generous today. :-) -Ivan _______________________________________________ gnu-emacs-sources mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-emacs-sources
