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[Robert Fischer <robert.fischer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey there.  David just signed me up, so I'm dropping a line about a few
improvements I'd like to make.

1) I'd like to change to using \DeclareOptions, \ExecuteOptions, and
\ProcessOptions for the paper size instead of passing it directly into the
article class.  Since I'm in the US and we refuse to do anything like the
rest of the universe, I'm using US letter instead of A4, but the current way
the class is coded up doesn't let me override the a4paper setting.  On this
note: does geometry not pick up the paper setting automatically?  If not,
that's fine, because I can pass it in with \geometry{a4paper}, but still,
that's annoying.

2) I'd like to create an inline form of the "hebrew" environment, which I've
been calling \heb.  Anyone have a better name for that, or does that
functionality already exist under a name and I just don't know it?

3) I'd like to move the tetragrammaton command (as \tetra) into sbllang.sty.
 As an OT guy who hangs out with a lot of Jews, I just feel weird typing it
out and seeing it on my page.

4) Since the Hebrew and Greek language stuff requires the SBL Hebrew and SBL
Greek fonts to be installed, we may want to break them out and allow people
to opt out of loading them (nohebrew, nogreek options).  I've got a friend
who was trying to use the system but it all fell down when the fonts weren't
on her computer.

5) If someone can show me how to get smallcaps to work, I'd like to bring in
the smallcaps "Lord" and Bible abbreviation commands (e.g.
\bibleabbrv{NRSV}).
5b) If we get the Bible abbreviations to work, I'd probably create another
package to do the Bible version citing logic.

6) I'd like to create a 'dukedivessay' class for Duke Divinity School (where
I attend).  Since 'ridleyessay' is up there, I'm assuming it's okay to drop
that in the SVN, too.

7) More than anything else, I'd like to start generating some documentation
for all this stuff.  Is there any objection to using DocTeX?  I've requested
the "LaTeX Companion", so hopefully I can figure that out and go nuts once
I'm on the other side of finals.

~~ Robert.