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+\title{\LaTeX2e -- A New Version of \LaTeX}
+\author{Leslie Lamport and the \LaTeX3 project team}
+\begin{article}
+
+An important announcement was made on July 27th at the Annual meeting of
+the \TeX\ User's Group (TUG) at Aston University, Birmingham, UK; there
+will be a new, standardised version of \LaTeX\ (working name: \LaTeX2e)
+to be released before the end of 1993.
+
+\section*{Reasons For \LaTeX2e}
+
+There are two primary reasons for introducing a new version of \LaTeX:
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Standardisation: a single format incorporating NFSS2, to replace
+ present multiplicity of incompatible formats (NFSS, lfonts,
+ pslfonts, etc.)
+\item Maintenance: a standardised system is essential to a reliable
+ maintenance policy.
+\end{itemize}
+Note that \LaTeX2e is only a ``working name''---thus
+this may change.
+
+\section*{Guiding Principles}
+
+The following two guiding principles are to be followed:
+\begin{enumerate}
+\item Unmodified version 2.09 input files will produce the same
+ output with \LaTeX2e as with version 2.09.
+\item All new features of \LaTeX2e will conform to the conventions
+ of version 2.09, making it as easy as possible for current
+ users to learn to use them.
+\end{enumerate}
+
+\section*{Preamble Commands}
+
+In order to distinguish old (2.09) documents from those using
+facilities from the new version, \LaTeX2e documents will use a
+different command on the first line:
+\begin{verbatim}
+ \documentclass[options]{class}
+\end{verbatim}
+ The \verb|documentclass| command specifies what kind of document
+this is---for example, article, book, letter, slide. There is a second command:
+\begin{verbatim}
+ \includepackage[options]{package}
+\end{verbatim}
+Including a package adds new commands and/or redefines
+existing commands to provide additional functionality.
+The \LaTeX2.09 compatibility mode is invoked by
+\begin{verbatim}
+ \documentstyle[options]{style}
+\end{verbatim}
+
+
+\section*{Documentation}
+
+The new version will be described in a new edition of {\em \LaTeX:
+A document preparation system} by Leslie Lamport and in {\em The
+\LaTeX\ Companion} by Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin (both to be
+published by Addison-Wesley). The {\em Companion} will also contain a
+complete description of NFSS2.
+
+
+\section*{Distribution Policy}
+
+Maintenance of the new system will be undertaken by the \LaTeX3\
+project team.
+
+A complete distribution of all files, incorporating corrections of
+errors, will be made available twice a year on fixed dates. This will
+happen even if there were no changes to the files, and hence only the
+release dates have to be updated.
+
+We are currently looking into the possibility of additionally
+distributing `diff' files.
+
+\section*{Error Reports}
+
+Error reports can be made using a report generating program
+{\tt latexbug.tex}. This will be part of the main distribution.
+
+Error reports will be accepted only if the version of \LaTeX2e
+that produces the error is not older than one year. Error
+reports can be sent to the following mail address:
+\begin{verbatim}
+ latex-bugs@rus.uni-stuttgart.de
+\end{verbatim}
+or a postal address that is to be announced.
+\end{article}
+\endinput