On 04/02/10 06:08:47, Larry Kollar wrote:
> This actually brings up something that has been bugging me for a
> while, and I think deserves its own thread: we should come up with
> some namespace guidelines for macro packages, especially for
> internal-use macros, to prevent conflicts. Whatever we agree on could
> go in the texinfo document.
As one who lacks the coding skills to contribute, but who often creates
ad hoc macros in specific documents, I would like the texinfo document
to contain suggestions for the naming of macros that are created within
documents.
For example, I use caps+lc with * as a word separator for macros that
will only be called by other macros:
.de My*Ad*Hoc*Macro
but this suffers the obvious problem when the macros are intended to be
inserted into the body copy by $USER. I currently use:
.de MAHM
and
.de Mahm
for this purpose but live in fear that I have accidentally overridden
some tremendously important macro in a package that I am about to use.
Perhaps, texinfo might address this point? Or have I missed something?
Robert Thorsby
There is none so blind as they that won't see.
-- Jonathan Swift, "Polite Conversation"
