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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2023-11-10 03:04:54 +0000 |
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committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2023-11-10 03:04:54 +0000 |
commit | d8b5161942976a522cdb1a7b580fe3886eea6bc6 (patch) | |
tree | 30b475f96e81b8b58bf4fbfb709a3e9e2551e16e /macros/latex/contrib/ucs/email.txt | |
parent | 3425ad695d75cc781b0fe3412db3aa2ad5985959 (diff) |
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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/ucs/email.txt b/macros/latex/contrib/ucs/email.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d38bee856f --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/ucs/email.txt @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ + +ctan (CC Christian and Karl for information) + +I'm about to upload ucs package (inputenc utf8x option) + +Please mark Dominique Unruh and Wolfgang Jeltsch as inactive and add +me d.p.carlisle@gmail.com as maintainer with support URL + +https://github.com/LaTeX-Package-Repositories/ucs +https://github.com/LaTeX-Package-Repositories/ucs/issues + +I'll add a public announce in the upload form but basically this makes + +\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} + +a no-op unless ucs.sty loaded (in which case some emergency patches +are made for current latex releases). + +I re-organised the ctan zip a bit, removing extensionless files, so +README.txt not README, and removing all the .def and .sty that are +generated by +tex ucs.ins +If you generate, you may end up with all these files in latex/ucs rather +than some in latex/ucs/utils but that is cosmetic, it does not matter +either way. + + +The main data/*.def files have been re-generated for Unicode 14 so have +some additional files. + + + +David + +***************************** + +Handover from original authors: + +***************************** + +Dominique Unruh + +***************************** + +Dear David Carlisle, + +I have asked a mutual colleague for Wolfgang's current mail address and +was told to try wolfgang-it@jeltsch.info. + +I hope you can reach them there. + +I don't want to preempt Wolfgang's response, but if you still cannot +reach them, from my side there are no objections to an emergency update. +But please check with Wolfgang first since they are the maintainer now +and I haven't touched ucs/utf8x in many years. + +Best wishes, +Dominique. + + +***************************** + +Wolfgang Jeltsch + +***************************** + +Dear David, + +thanks a lot for reaching out to me. + +I’m absolutely happy with the LaTeX team performing an emergency update +in the way you describe, including patching `ucs.sty`. + +Unfortunataly, I don’t have the time to maintain `ucs.sty` anymore. +I realize that with XeTeX and LuaTeX we have now well-functioning TeX +engines that support Unicode natively, which suggests that using `ucs` +is kind of pointless these days. However, the trouble is that scientific +publishers typically want you to submit LaTeX source code and at the +same time usually don’t use Unicode-supporting TeX engines, from what I +can see. Therefore, good Unicode support for LaTeX source files is still +interesting to have for traditional TeX engines. + +The `inputenc` package does a great job in this regard when it comes to +text mode. What would be needed, in my opinion, is a package that does +the same for math mode and, unlike `ucs`, is as lightweight as +`inputenc`. Is there perhaps already such a package, which I don’t know +about? I was already thinking about implementing one myself, but, well, +I don’t have the time for that right now. + +All the best, +Wolfgang + +***************************** |