Adam Twardoch (List) wrote:
I believe that the TeX world needs a "policy" on naming engine-specific commands. This is akin to the CSS browser-specific prefixes, such as "-webkit-text-security" or "-moz-font-features". XeTeX already does this: all the XeTeX-specific commands are prefixed with "XeTeX". Some of those commands are of general use (in such case, the XeTeX and LuaTeX developers should communicate to standardize a new command) while others may really not be of general use at all, as they're more-less "hacks" or ways to achieve certain effects in a way tied very much to the specific implementation of the engine.
I agree. And I also think (although this is a spur-of-the-moment idea, and I may regret it tomorrow) that perhaps we also need a "TeX Council", to co-ordinate naming conventions across disparate TeX-based developments. ** Phil. -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
