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diff --git a/macros/latex-dev/doc/ltnews12.tex b/macros/latex-dev/doc/ltnews12.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..47609689ce --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/latex-dev/doc/ltnews12.tex @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +% \iffalse meta-comment +% +% Copyright 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 +% The LaTeX3 Project and any individual authors listed elsewhere +% in this file. +% +% This file is part of the LaTeX base system. +% ------------------------------------------- +% +% It may be distributed and/or modified under the +% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c +% of this license or (at your option) any later version. +% The latest version of this license is in +% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt +% and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX +% version 2005/12/01 or later. +% +% This file has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained". +% +% The list of all files belonging to the LaTeX base distribution is +% given in the file `manifest.txt'. See also `legal.txt' for additional +% information. +% +% The list of derived (unpacked) files belonging to the distribution +% and covered by LPPL is defined by the unpacking scripts (with +% extension .ins) which are part of the distribution. +% +% \fi +% Filename: ltnews12.tex +% +% This is issue 12 of LaTeX News. + +\documentclass +% [lw35fonts] % uncomment this line to get Times + {ltnews}[1999/12/01] + +% \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} + +\publicationmonth{December} +\publicationyear{1999} +\publicationissue{12} + +% Should go to .cls: +\newcommand{\acro}[1]{\textsc{\MakeLowercase{#1}}} + +\begin{document} + +\maketitle + +\section{LPPL update} + +Since the release of the \LaTeX{} Project Public Licence version~1.1, +we have received a small number of queries which resulted in some +minor changes to improve the wording or explain the intentions better. +As a consequence this release now contains LPPL~1.2 in the file +\file{lppl.txt} and the previous versions as \file{lppl-1-0.txt} and +\file{lppl-1-1.txt}. + +\section{fixltx2e package} + + This package provides fixes to \LaTeXe{} which are desirable but + cannot be integrated into the \LaTeXe{} kernel directly as they + would produce a version incompatible to earlier releases (either + in formatting or functionality). + + By having these fixes in the form of a package, users can benefit + from them without the danger that their documents will fail, or + produce unexpected results, at other sites; this works because a + document will contain a clear indication (the \verb=\usepackage= + line, preferably with a required date) that at least some of these + fixes are required to format it. + +\section{Outcome of TUG '99 (Vancouver)} + +The slides from the \acro{TUG}'99 presentation we gave on \emph{a +new interface for \LaTeX\ class designers} are available from the +\LaTeX\ Project website; look for the file \verb|tug99.pdf| at: +\begin{quote} + \url{http://www.latex-project.org/talks/} +\end{quote} + +Please note that this document was intended only to be informal +``speaker's notes'' for our own use. We decided to make them available (the +speaker's notes as well as the slides that were presented) because several +people requested copies after the talk. However, they are \emph{not} in +a polished copy-edited form and are not intended for publication. + +Prototype implementations of parts of this interface are now available from: +\begin{quote} + \url{http://www.latex-project.org/code/experimental/} +\end{quote} + +We are continuing to add new material at this location so as to +stimulate further discussion of the underlying concepts. As of +December 1, 1999 +the following parts can be downloaded. +\begin{description} + + \item[xparse] Prototype implementation of the interface for declaring + document command syntax. See the \texttt{.dtx} files for + documentation. + + \item[template] Prototype implementation of the template interface + (needs parts of \texttt{xparse}). + + The file \texttt{template.dtx} in that directory has a large section + of documentation at the front describing the commands in the + interface and giving a `worked example' building up some templates + for caption formatting. + + \item[xcontents] Interface description for table of contents data (no + code yet). Coding examples have been thoroughly discussed on the + \texttt{latex-l} list. + + \item[xfootnote] Working examples for generating footnotes, + etc. Needs \texttt{xparse} and \texttt{template}. + + \end{description} +All examples are organised in subdirectories and additionally + available as \texttt{gzip} \texttt{tar} files. + + Please remember +that this material is intended only for experimentation and comments; +thus any aspect of it, e.g., the user interface or the functionality, +may change and, in fact, is very likely to change. +For this reason it is explicitly forbidden to place this material on +\acro{CD-ROM} distributions or public servers. + +These concepts, as well as their implementation, are under discussion +on the list \texttt{LATEX-L}. You can join this list, which is +intended solely for discussing ideas and concepts for future versions +of \LaTeX, by sending mail to +%\begin{quote} + \email{listserv@URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE} +%\end{quote} +containing the line + \begin{quote} + \texttt{SUBSCRIBE LATEX-L} \textit{Your Name} + \end{quote} + +This list is archived and, after subscription, you can retrieve older +posts to it by sending mail to the above address, containing a command +such as: +\begin{quote} +\texttt{GET LATEX-L LOGyymm} +\end{quote} +where \texttt{yy}=Year and \texttt{mm}=Month, e.g. +\begin{quote} +\texttt{GET LATEX-L LOG9910} +\end{quote} +for all messages sent in October 1999. + + +\end{document} |