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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2011-09-06 23:43:29 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2011-09-06 23:43:29 +0000 |
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parent | 86431735f0e1623beae96cd8a9f0fcd809fe08bf (diff) |
FAQ-en 3.23 (6sep11)
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-projects.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-projects.tex index a5704253353..2a6ee5c0bc9 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-projects.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-projects.tex @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% $Id: faq-projects.tex,v 1.19 2011/04/13 09:45:46 rf10 Exp $ +% $Id: faq-projects.tex,v 1.24 2011/09/03 18:56:20 rf10 Exp rf10 $ \section{Current \TeX{}-related projects} @@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ on the project web site (\URL{http://www.latex-project.org/papers/}), as is some of the project's experimental code (see \URL{http://www.latex-project.org/code.html}, which allows you to read the project's source repository). Snapshots of two major collections -from the code, \Package{expl3} (supporting \LaTeX{}3 coding -conventions in a \LaTeXe{} environment) and and \Package{xpackages} (a -first cut of a ``document designer's interface'') are available on -\acro{CTAN}. \Package{Expl3} introduces a coding structure quite +from the code, \Package{l3kernel} (supporting \LaTeX{}3 coding +conventions in a \LaTeXe{} environment), \Package{l3packages} (a +first cut of a ``document designer's interface'') and +\Package{l3experimental} (new stuff that's still under development) +are all available on +\acro{CTAN}. \Package{L3kernel} introduces a coding structure quite different from earlier \latex{} code, but several authors are nevertheless using it in their development work. @@ -39,11 +41,12 @@ through the mailing list \texttt{latex-l}; some development work by sending a message `\texttt{subscribe latex-l <\emph{your name}>}' to \mailto{listserv@urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de} \begin{ctanrefs} -\item[expl3 \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{expl3} +\item[l3experimental \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{l3experimental} +\item[l3kernel \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{l3kernel} \item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\LaTeX{} project publications]\CTANref{ltx3pub} -\item[xpackages \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{xpackages} +\item[l3packages \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{l3packages} \end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-03-09} +\LastEdit{2011-08-30} \Question[Q-mathml]{Future \acro{WWW} technologies and \AllTeX{}} @@ -382,19 +385,21 @@ collection of other information is to be found in a set of % ! line break \Question[Q-luatex]{\PDFTeX{} and \LuaTeX{}} As is said elsewhere in these \acro{FAQ}s, development of -\Qref*{\PDFTeX{}}{Q-whatpdftex} is ``in essence'' complete~--- -no new facilities are being developed at the time of writing. The -\PDFTeX{} team has -announced that they have frozen \PDFTeX{} in its current state -(version 1.40.11), and that nothing but bug corrections will be -provided up to the time of the final release, \PDFTeX{} 1.50.0. +\Qref*{\PDFTeX{}}{Q-whatpdftex} is ``in essence'' complete~--- no new +facilities are being developed at the time of writing. The \PDFTeX{} +team has announced that they have frozen \PDFTeX{}'s specification in +its current state (version 1.40.11), and that nothing but bug +corrections will be provided up to the time of the final release, +\PDFTeX{} 1.50.0. (The interpretation of the statement seems to allow +sensible changes that are beyond any reasonable definition of +\emph{bug}\dots) In parallel with the running-down of \PDFTeX{} development, development of a new system, \LuaTeX{} is under way. \href{http://www.lua.org/}{\ProgName{Lua}} is a script language, designed to offer an interpreter that may be incorporated into other applications. \LuaTeX{} consists of a \TeX{}-like engine -with a \ProgName{lua} interpreter built into it; the \ProgName{lua} +with a \ProgName{lua} interpreter `embedded' in it; the \ProgName{lua} interpreter has access to many of the data structures used for typesetting, and the user may also interpolate chunks of \ProgName{lua} code into their \AllTeX{} macros, or as `call-backs' @@ -412,13 +417,13 @@ current projects have in their sights, notably Unicode character representations and support for OpenType fonts. The intention is to integrate the extensions pioneered by \Qref*{Aleph}{Q-omegaleph}. -The current version (Beta 0.60.1, in April 2010) of \LuaTeX{} is supposed -at least to demonstrate the final functionality. This stability was -declared with version 0.50.0, released near the end of December 2009. -Much work remains to be done, and this remains a beta-release. -\texlive{} 2009 incorporates (at the time of writing) \LuaTeX{} -version 0.44.0, but the latest \miktex{} (version 2.8) still doesn't -offer it. +The current released version (Beta 0.70.1, in June 2011) of \LuaTeX{} +is supposed at least to demonstrate the final functionality. This +stability was declared with version 0.50.0, released near the end of +December 2009. Much work remains to be done, and this remains a +beta-release. \texlive{} 2010 incorporates (at the time of writing) +\LuaTeX{} version 0.60.2, and current \miktex{} (version 2.9) +offers version 0.70.0. \CONTeXT{} `Mark 4' can already make use of \LuaTeX{}; much of its code already appears in two forms~--- a \TeX{}-based version @@ -430,6 +435,7 @@ re-implementations of existing \context{} code). \item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\luatex{} snapshot]\CTANref{luatex} \item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\pdftex{} distribution]\CTANref{pdftex} \end{ctanrefs} +\LastEdit{2011-07-10} \Question[Q-ant]{The \textsf{ANT} typesetting system} |