>>>>> "John" == John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 05:24:49PM +0100, Alfredo Braunstein John> wrote: >> I think that we must choose between: >> >> - forbidding 2 consecutive newlines consistently >> >> or >> >> - do not forbid anything at all John> Why ? "It seems weird" doesn't seem like a reasonable John> justification. John> We must : John> 1) not create bad latex OK John> 2) not annoy the user with vanishing paragraphs Are you sure this is _so_ annoying? I tend to like this behaviour John> 3) clear up empty paragraphs at some point (save) OK John> 4) encourage the user to understand that spacing is not created John> by pressing return That's the big point indeed. The horizontal cursor did that didn't it? You forgot 5) have maintainable code. This is the major point where the DEPM approach failed IMO. JMarc
