summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/macros/latex/base/README.md
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'macros/latex/base/README.md')
-rw-r--r--macros/latex/base/README.md19
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/macros/latex/base/README.md b/macros/latex/base/README.md
index 8dba55fe14..18b3a5fcc2 100644
--- a/macros/latex/base/README.md
+++ b/macros/latex/base/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
The LaTeX kernel
================
-Release 2022-06-01 patch level 5
+Release 2022-11-01
Overview
--------
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Overview
This bundle provides the core LaTeX kernel. In addition to this bundle,
a minimal LaTeX system also needs the files contained in the
-- LaTeX team documentation (`doc`)
+
- L3 programming layer (`l3kernel`)
- L3 backend interfaces (`l3backend`)
- L3 unicode support (`unicode-data`)
@@ -55,18 +55,12 @@ The following files contain further information:
- `ltx3info.tex` gives you some historical information about the LaTeX3
project
-- `manual.err` lists errata in _LaTeX: A Document Preparation System_ (Lamport)
+- `lamport-manual.err` lists errata in _LaTeX: A Document Preparation System_ (Lamport)
- `tlc2.err` lists errata in _The LaTeX Companion_ (Mittelbach et al.)
The files `ltnews*.tex` (part of the `doc` bundle) contain the LaTeX
newsletters, the highest number being the most recent.
-For historical reasons, the base distribution and the core documentation
-are bundled separately. Documentation is found in the `doc` bundle. In an
-installed TeX system, `base` and `doc` should be placed within the same
-location; the distinction is therefore primarily of importance when looking
-at the development code.
-
Installation
------------
@@ -80,10 +74,9 @@ Requirements
------------
The LaTeX kernel requires the e-TeX extensions to TeX, which were finalised
-in the late 1990s and are available in modern TeX-derived engines. Some new
-features require `\ifincsname`, which is currently available in release
-versions of pdfTeX, XeTeX and LuaTeX, and is being introduced shortly in
-e-pTeX and e-upTeX.
+in the late 1990s and are available in modern TeX-derived engines. It also
+requires a set of common post-e-TeX extensions, generally known as the
+pdfTeX additions. These are available in all modern TeX engines.
License
-------