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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-09-06 23:43:29 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-09-06 23:43:29 +0000
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FAQ-en 3.23 (6sep11)
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--- 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}