[lug] Changing LaTeX labeling of Figures and Tables

[rm at fabula.de]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:35:35AM -0700, Arlan Ramsay wrote:
> 
> Personal opinion:
>
> [...] 
> 2. All versions of TeX are so hard to program for any behavior that is at
> all complicated, that it might be worth the effort to write a new utility
> to process/compile the TeX, LaTeX, etc., files, and allow the user to get
> hold of some of the knobs.  

TeX and LaTeX are two very different beasts (and i guess you really meant
PlainTeX and not the bare TeX). While LaTeX is meant for people _not_ wanting
to work on layout issues (few of us are skilled typographers) TeX gives you
_all_ the knobs (but it's a really pain since you _have_ to turn all of
them to get satisfying results). 
I personally switched to the scr... group of styles that permit a lot
more customization.

Just my 0.02$ 
     Ralf Mattes