Conference vaxuum::document_ft

255.0. "Should MEMO's permit <HEADx>?" by TOKLAS::FELDMAN (PDS, our next success) Wed Apr 15 1987 12:25

    Engineers, at least in my group, frequently send out technical memos.
    Unlike business memos, for which the maxim that they should be at
    most one page is quite appropriate, technical memos are frequently
    complex documents, with 3-8 pages being common, and 15-20 pages
    not unreasonable.
    
    The MEMO doctype would be fine for this type of memo, except that
    the doctype doesn't permit the use of the <HEADx> tags.  I realize
    that they can always be put back in, probably without too much effort.
    However, since many customers are still technical users, I wonder
    if they shouldn't be put in by default.  I don't see much reason
    for deliberating excluding them.
    
       Gary

    1. <HEADx> tags seem to work ok. They are numbered as they would
       be in a non-chapter orientented document.
    
    2. MEMO will not be going to customers; it is a DEC internal doctype.
       LETTER doesn't support <HEADx>. I agree that it should.

    Oops, sorry.  I should have said the LETTER doctype.  I keep forgetting
    about the DEC doctypes, since I haven't gotten around to
    getting/organizing the documentation for them.
    
    Thanks,
    
       Gary