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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2010-01-30 00:23:18 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2010-01-30 00:23:18 +0000 |
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FAQ_en 3.19c (29jan10)
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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 16410c01b3d..c01f64e5be0 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 1.2 2009/07/11 12:28:34 rf10 Exp $ +% $Id: faq-projects.tex,v 1.7 2009/12/25 10:31:28 rf10 Exp rf10 $ \section{Current \TeX{}-related projects} @@ -21,25 +21,24 @@ absolutely necessary. This has permitted the team to support a single version of \LaTeX{}, in parallel with development of \LaTeX{}3. Some of the older discussion papers about directions for \LaTeX{}3 are -to be found on \acro{CTAN}; other (published) articles are to be -found 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); a recent snapshot of two major -collections from the code, \Package{expl3} and \Package{xpackages}, -are available. Contributed code, such as \Package{keys3} (for -key-value argument decoding) and \Package{numparse3} (for number -processing) are available in the \acro{CTAN} `\LaTeX{} experimental' tree. - -You can -participate in discussions of the future of \LaTeX{} through the -mailing list \texttt{latex-l}. Subscribe to the list by sending a -message `\texttt{subscribe latex-l <\emph{your name}>}' to -\mailto{listserv@urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de} +to be found on \acro{CTAN}; other (published) articles are to be found +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}. Several developers are known to be working on their own +code using \Package{expl3}, but all + +Anyone may participate in discussions of the future of \LaTeX{} +through the mailing list \texttt{latex-l}; some development work +(outside the project) is discussed on the list. Subscribe to the list +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[keys3.sty]\CTANref{keys3} \item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\LaTeX{} project publications]\CTANref{ltx3pub} \item[xpackages \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{xpackages} \end{ctanrefs} @@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ support for new Web standards. \end{description} \begin{ctanrefs} \item[GELLMU]\CTANref{gellmu} -\item[MathTeX]\CTANref{MimeTeX} +\item[MathTeX]\CTANref{MathTeX} \item[MimeTeX]\CTANref{MimeTeX} \item[TeX4HT]\CTANref{tex4ht} \end{ctanrefs} @@ -362,11 +361,10 @@ collection of other information is to be found in a set of % ! line break 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, since the limitations of the -present structure mean that the returns on effort invested are -diminishing. The \PDFTeX{} team has announced that no further -developments will be added after the release of \PDFTeX{} 1.50.0, -which will be the next major release. +no new facilities are being developed. The \PDFTeX{} team has +announced that they have frozen \PDFTeX{} in its current state +(version 1.49.10), and that nothing but bug corrections will be +provided up to the time of the final release, \PDFTeX{} 1.50.0. In parallel with the running-down of \PDFTeX{} development, development of a new system, \LuaTeX{} is under way. @@ -391,11 +389,17 @@ 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}. -A release of \LuaTeX{} whose functionality is declared (version 0.50) -has recently appeared. \texlive{} 2008 incorporates an early release -of \LuaTeX{}, and the upcoming \miktex{} version 2.8 (no current -release date) will probably incorporate \LuaTeX{}. \CONTeXT{} -distributions can already make use of \LuaTeX{}. +Version 0.50.0 of \LuaTeX{} is intended to at least demonstrate the final +functionality; it was 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. + +\CONTeXT{} `Mark 4' can already make use of \LuaTeX{}; much of its +code already appears in two forms~--- a \TeX{}-based version +(\extension{mkii}) and a `\extension{mkiv}' version. \LaTeX{} is also +steadily acquiring macro packages in support of its use. \Question[Q-ant]{The \textsf{ANT} typesetting system} |