Re: Proposed syntax change: renaming of \center-align markup command

[Neil Puttock]

2008/8/16 James E. Bailey <address@hidden>:

> I think the names for the commands are great, but I'm still confused.
>
> \hcenter and \column and duplicates of \center-align and \left-column
> (currently \center-align and \left-align)? Umm, really?

Hmm, perhaps that was badly worded. :)

To clarify, the current situation is as follows:

Commands for horizontal alignment: \left-align, \hcenter, \right-align
Commands for vertical stacking: \column, \center-align

I'm suggesting the following changes:

- change the current behaviour of \center-align to match \hcenter;
keep \hcenter for backwards compatibility, or remove it

- rename \column -> \left-column, or keep \column for backwards
compatibility *and* create a duplicate called \left-column

- create a command for a right-aligned column: \right-column

Clear as mud? ;)

Regards,
Neil