>>>>> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Andre> On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 09:15:19AM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Andre> wrote:
Ben> But, als while we are at it, can someone explain to me why a
Ben> Paragraph is not some kind of Inset? I suppose it's historical...
>>  An inset is something one can insert in a paragraph. You can't
>> insert a paragraph in a paragraph directly, and you don't want in
>> general to insert directly an inset in a document (without
>> enclosing paragraph).

Andre> Once you made a distinction between insets and hacks you will
Andre> come to the conclusion that a paragraph should be an inset,
Andre> even if it is a hack today. It's much more uniform ...

So you will be able to insert a paragraph in a paragraph. How will
that look like? You need some kind of wrapper around it, and it's
called an inset nowadays. 

I am not saying these should be completely different. Maybe they
should both inherit from a common base. But I think they are
conceptually different things.

>> That's only my view of things. I think Lars disagress (at least at
>> times).

Andre> He usually disagrees...

He has been known to do many things, so he might even really
disagress.

JMarc

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