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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-01-30 00:23:18 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-01-30 00:23:18 +0000
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FAQ_en 3.19c (29jan10)
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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 1.2 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}