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-% Filename: ltnews11.tex 01/06/1999
-% This is issue 11 of LaTeX News.
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-\documentclass
-% [lw35fonts] % uncomment this line to get Times
- {ltnews}
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-% \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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-\publicationmonth{June}
-\publicationyear{1999}
-\publicationissue{11}
-
-\begin{document}
-
-\maketitle
-
-\section{Back in sync}
-
-The last release of \LaTeX{} was delayed even longer than you have
-come to expect. We hope that it proved worth waiting for. It
-required a major integration of the code from several people and,
-independently, the introduction of the LPPL (see \LaTeX{} News~10) plus
-several related changes to our internal systems. It therefore seemed
-sensible to wait until everything was complete rather than do things
-in too much hurry.
-
-This seem to have been a successful strategy as
-the recent patch release was related to an isolated change that was
-done many months previously. If this release does not appear a lot
-closer to its nominal date then \ldots~well, you will not be reading
-this sentence!
-
-\section{Yearly release cycles}
-
-With the year 2000 rapidly approaching, we intend to switch to a
-release frequency of just one per year (with patches if necessary) for
-the core of \LaTeXe{}. These days the system is sufficiently stable
-that the original update policy is costing everybody more time than is
-now warranted.
-
-\section{LPPL update}
-
-Thanks to extensive and valuable input from Matt Swift
-(\email{swift@alum.mit.edu}) we now have a clearer and more detailed
-form of the \LaTeX{} Project Public Licence. This release contains
-both the original version (in \file{lppl-1-0.txt}) and the updated
-version, LPPL~1.1.
-
-\section{The future of Sli\TeX{}}
-
-We still get a very small trickle of reports about this part of the
-system (if you are no longer able to recall \LaTeX~2.09 then you will
-know it as the \class{slides} class). We have not classified them (in
-our minds at least) as bugs since we have always known that there are
-many problems with this class. It is clear to us that the only
-sensible action would be to redesign the system completely; in
-particular, to remove much of its complexity whose purpose is to
-support 10-year-old overlay technology. However, this would take a
-lot too much time and would be completely out of proportion to its
-current usage.
-
-We are therefore planning to make the \class{slides} class
-unsupported in the sense that any problem related to the use of
-invisible fonts is considered to be a feature (The \LaTeXe{} manual by
-Leslie Lamport doesn't even describe this part of the class any more).
-Of course, if it still has its enthusiasts then we are happy to cede
-it to their loving care (somewhat like a preserved steam locomotive,
-in some parts of the world).
-
-\section{Fontenc package peculiarities}
-
-The \verb=\usepackage= interface normally ensures that a package is
-loaded only once. The \pkg{fontenc} package has become an
-exception to this rule: it can be loaded several times using different
-options, e.g., allowing the user to add a font encoding in the
-preamble. This comes at a price for package writers: the low-level
-commands (see \file{ltclass.dtx}) used to check if a package was
-loaded, and with which options, do not work for the \pkg{fontenc}
-package.
-
-\section{New math font encodings}
-
-As we announced in \LaTeX{} News~9, a joint working group of the
-\TeX{} Users Group and the \LaTeX3 Project has developed a new
-\mbox{8-bit} math font encoding for \TeX{}.
-The reason why this work is not yet released is because of other
-exciting developments in the world of math fonts and math characters.
-It is obviously wise to ensure that the encoding work is fully
-integrated with the available fonts.
-
-Those interested are reminded that further information about the Math
-Font Group may be found on the World Wide Web at:\\
-\url{http://www.tug.org/twg/mfg/}.
-
-\section{Tools distribution}
-
-The \pkg{multicol} package has now got a small but useful extension
-which allows you to force a column break where this is really
-necessary. This is done with the command \verb=\columnbreak=, which
-can be used like \verb=\pagebreak= (e.g.,~within paragraphs) except
-that it cannot have an optional argument and thus it always forces a
-new column.
-
-\section{Coming soon}
-
-Major work on a new class file structure to support flexible
-designs is well under way; some of this work will be presented at the
-TUG'99 conference in Vancouver, Canada. With a bit of luck much of
-this work could be ready for integration into the next release---so
-watch this space!
-
-\end{document}