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-% ======================================================================
-% preface.tex
-% Copyright (c) Markus Kohm, 2008-2019
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-% the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3c of the license.
-% The latest version of this license is in
-% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
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-% version 2005/12/01 or later and of this work.
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-% This work has the LPPL maintenance status "author-maintained".
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-% The Current Maintainer and author of this work is Markus Kohm.
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-% Copyright (c) Markus Kohm, 2008-2019
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-% Version 1.3c, verteilt und/oder veraendert werden.
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-% (allein durch den Autor verwaltet).
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-% Der Aktuelle Verwalter und Autor dieses Werkes ist Markus Kohm.
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-% Dieses Werk besteht aus den in manifest.txt aufgefuehrten Dateien.
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-
-\KOMAProvidesFile{preface.tex}
- [$Date: 2019-12-19 10:20:31 +0100 (Do, 19. Dez 2019) $
- Preface to version 3.25]
-\translator{Markus Kohm\and Karl Hagen\and DeepL}
-
-% Date of the translated German file: 2019-12-19
-
-\addchap{Preface to \KOMAScript~3.28}
-
-The \KOMAScript~3.28 manual,\,---\,not only the German version\,---\,once
-again benefits from the fact that a new edition of the print version
-\cite{book:komascript} and the eBook version \cite{ebook:komascript} will be
-published at almost the same time as this version. This has led to many
-improvements which also affect the free manual, in both the German and the
-English version.
-
-In \KOMAScript~3.28 there are also some significant changes. In some cases,
-compatibility with earlier versions has been waived. Thus a recommendation
-from the ranks of \emph{The LaTeX Project Team} regarding \Macro{if\dots}
-statements is complied with. If you use such statements, you should refer to
-the manual again.
-
-It is not just about the manual that I now receive little criticism. I
-conclude from this fact that \KOMAScript{} has reached the level that it
-fulfils all desires. At the same time, the project has\,---\,not only starting
-with the current release\,---\,reached a scale that makes it almost impossible
-for a single person to accomplish
-\begin{itemize}
-\item the search for and elimination of errors,
-\item the development and implementation of new functions,
-\item the observation of changes in other packages and the \LaTeX{} kernel
- with regard to effects on \KOMAScript,
-\item the rapid response to such changes,
-\item the maintenance of the guides in two languages,
-\item help for beginners far beyond the functions of \KOMAScript{} down to the
- basic operation of a computer,
-\item assistance in the implementation of tricky solutions for advanced users
- and experts,
-\item moderation and participation in the maintenance of a forum for all kind
- of help around \KOMAScript.
-\end{itemize}
-While I am personally have most fun with the development of new functions, I
-consider troubleshooting in existing features, compatibility with new \LaTeX{}
-kernel versions, and above all instructing users for the most important
-tasks. Therefore I will focus in the future on and new functions will be
-available only in exceptional cases. Therefore already in \KOMAScript~3.28
-some experimental functions and packages have been removed. In future releases
-this should be continued.
-
-This, of course, also reduces the effort for the documentation of new
-functions. Readers of this free, screen version, however, still have to live
-with some restrictions. So some information\,---\,mainly intended for advanced
-users or capable of turning an ordinary user into an advanced one\,---\,is
-reserved for the printed book, which currently exists only in German. As a
-result, some links in this manual lead to a page that simply mentions this
-fact. In addition, the free version is scarcely suitable for making a
-hard-copy. The focus, instead, is on using it on screen, in parallel with the
-document you are working on. It still has no optimized wrapping but is almost
-a first draft, in which both the paragraph and page breaks are in some cases
-quite poor. Corresponding optimizations are reserved for the German book
-editions.
-
-Another important improvement to the English guide has been accomplished by
-Karl Hagen, who has continued the translation of the entire manual. Many, many
-thanks to him! Everything that is fine in this English manual is because of
-him. Everything that is not good in this manual\,---\,like the translation of
-this preface\,---\,is because of me. Additional editors or translators,
-however, would still be welcome!
-
-But the biggest thanks go to my family and above all to my wife. They absorb
-all my unpleasant experiences on the Internet. They have also tolerated it for
-more than 25~years, when I am again not approachable, because I am completely
-lost in \KOMAScript{} or some \LaTeX{} problems. The fact that I can afford to
-invest an incredible amount of time in such a project is entirely thanks to my
-wife.
-
-\bigskip\noindent
-Markus Kohm, Neckarhausen in the foggy December of 2019.
-
-\endinput
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