delatexify-commands

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0.9.1.1. Make the commands look less like LaTeX

The biggest practical problem that has arisen among the (few) users of the literate programming stuff is that they think they're writing LaTeX files and are surprised/disappointed when LaTeX fails to grok their files. We have been too successful in making the notation "LaTeX-like!"

One way to make the notation less LaTeX-like while maintaining the notation's familiarity is to switch to mixed-case names, used in a consistent manner; for example:

CURRENTLY               WOULD BECOME ...
\documentstyle          \documentStyle

\printindex             \printIndex

\begin{flushleft}       \begin{flushLeft}

Command/environment names that are one word (e.g., `\begin{enumerate}') would be unchanged.

Alternatively, we could make the literate-system case-insensitive where command names are concerned and merely make it our convention to use mixed-case names.