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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2020-02-03 22:29:17 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2020-02-03 22:29:17 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex-dev/base/ltx3info.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex-dev/base/ltx3info.tex index 00ad96401b7..ccb4e0ed99c 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex-dev/base/ltx3info.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex-dev/base/ltx3info.tex @@ -2,29 +2,29 @@ % % Copyright (C) 1993-2020 % The LaTeX3 Project and any individual authors listed elsewhere -% in this file. -% +% in this file. +% % This file is part of the LaTeX base system. % ------------------------------------------- -% +% % It may be distributed and/or modified under the % conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c % of this license or (at your option) any later version. % The latest version of this license is in % http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt -% and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX +% and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX % version 2008 or later. -% +% % This file has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained". -% +% % The list of all files belonging to the LaTeX base distribution is % given in the file `manifest.txt'. See also `legal.txt' for additional % information. -% -% The list of derived (unpacked) files belonging to the distribution -% and covered by LPPL is defined by the unpacking scripts (with +% +% The list of derived (unpacked) files belonging to the distribution +% and covered by LPPL is defined by the unpacking scripts (with % extension .ins) which are part of the distribution. -% +% % \fi \documentclass[a4paper]{article} @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \title{\Large The \LaTeX3 Project} -\author{\copyright 1995--1999 \ +\author{\copyright 1995--1999 \ Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley} @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Chris Rowley} \item The printed documentation of CD-ROM collections that contain \LaTeX. \item On-line collections that include a significant proportion of - documents encoded in \LaTeX. + documents encoded in \LaTeX. \end{itemize} \end{abstract} @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ The purposes of the \LaTeX3 system can be summarized thus: it will greatly increase the range of documents which can be processed; and it will provide a flexible interface for typographic designers to easily specify the formatting of a class of documents. - + The \LaTeX3 Project Team is a small group of volunteers whose aim is to produce this major new document processing system based on the principles pioneered by Leslie Lamport in the current \LaTeX. @@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ enhanced by extensions to that core system. They will continue to develop and maintain this system, releasing updated versions every six months and recording these activities in the \LaTeX{} bugs database (see below). - + Although \LaTeX{} may be distributed freely, the production and maintenance of the system does require expenditure of reasonably large sums of money. The \LaTeX3 Project Fund has therefore been set up to -channel money into this work. We know that some users are +channel money into this work. We know that some users are aware of this fund as they have already contributed to it---many thanks to all of them! If you want to know more about how you can help the project, see Page \pageref{fund}---and thanks in advance for @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ described as a world-wide de facto standard for high quality typesetting. Its use is particularly common in specialized areas, such as technical documents of various kinds, and for multi-lingual requirements. - + The \TeX{} system is fully programmable. This allows the development of high-level user interfaces whose input is processed by \TeX{}'s interpreter to produce low-level typesetting instructions; these are @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ long documents such as textbooks and manuals. It separates content and form as much as possible by providing the user with a generic (\ie logical rather than visual) mark-up interface; this is combined with style sheets which specify the formatting. - + Recent years have shown that the concepts and approach of \LaTeX{} are now widely accepted. Indeed, \LaTeX{} has become the standard method of communicating and publishing documents in many academic @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ considered a powerful combination of great importance to such areas as corporate documentation and publishing. This has also extended to on-line publishing using, for example, \PDF{} output incorporating hypertext and other active areas. - + With the spreading use of \SGML{}-compliant systems (\eg Web-based publishing using \HTML{} or \XML{}) \TeX{} again is a common choice as the formatting engine for high quality typeset output: a widely used @@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ necessary in, at least, the following areas: the extendibility (package interface); \item the layout specification of tabular material; - \item + \item the specification and inclusion of graphical material; - \item + \item the positioning of floating material, and other aspects of page layout; \item @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ necessary in, at least, the following areas: \item Font declaration and selection; \item Font and glyph handling within mathematical formulas; \item Handling multiple font glyph encodings within a document; -\item Allowing multiple input character encodings within a document; +\item Allowing multiple input character encodings within a document; \item A uniform interface for graphics inclusion; \item Support for coloured text; \item Building and interfacing new classes and extension packages. @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ necessary in, at least, the following areas: The strengths of the present version of \LaTeX{} are as follows: \begin{itemize} - \item excellent standard of typesetting for text, technical + \item excellent standard of typesetting for text, technical formulas\\ and tabular material; \item separation of generic mark-up from visual formatting; @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ and tabular material; \begin{itemize} \item It will provide a syntax that allows highly automated translation - from popular \SGML{} DTDs into \LaTeX{} document classes (these + from popular \SGML{} DTDs into \LaTeX{} document classes (these will be provided as standard with the new version). The syntax of the new \LaTeX{} user-interface will, for example, @@ -287,14 +287,14 @@ and tabular material; could easily be interfaced to a visually-oriented, menu-driven specification system. - This interface will also support \DSSSL{} specifications and + This interface will also support \DSSSL{} specifications and style-sheet concepts such as those used with \HTML{} and \XML{}. - + \item It will provide an enhanced user-interface that allows expression of the typesetting requirements from a large range of subject areas. Some examples are listed here. - + \begin{itemize} \item The requirements of technical documentation (\eg offset layout,\\ change bars, etc). @@ -306,19 +306,19 @@ and tabular material; within text. \item the integration of hypertext and other links in on-line documents using systems such as \HTML{}, \XML{} and \PDF{}. - + \end{itemize} Special care will be taken to ensure that this interface is extensible: this will be achieved by use of modular designs. - - + + \item It will provide a more robust author-interface. For example, artificial restrictions on the nesting of commands will be removed. Error handling will be improved by adding a more effective, interactive help system. - + \item It will provide access to arbitrary fonts from any family (such as the \PS{} and TrueType fonts) including a wide range of fonts for @@ -330,17 +330,17 @@ and tabular material; system will provide extensive catalogues of examples, carefully designed to make the learning time for new users (both designers and authors) as short as possible. - + \item The code itself will be thoroughly documented and it will be designed on modular principles. Thus the system will be easy to maintain and to enhance. \end{itemize} - + The resulting new \LaTeX{} will, like the present version, be usable with any standard \TeX{} system (or whatever replaces it) and so will be freely available on a wide range of platforms. - + \section{\LaTeX{} documentation} @@ -363,10 +363,10 @@ project is: \end{citations} This \LaTeX{} distribution comes with documentation on several aspects -of of the system. The newer features of the system are described in +of the system. The newer features of the system are described in the following documents: \begin{citations} -\item[\LaTeXe{} for authors] +\item[\LaTeXe{} for authors] describes the new features of \LaTeX{} documents, in the file \texttt{usrguide.tex}; \item[\LaTeXe{} for class and package writers] @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ sums of money. There are many necessities that need substantial financing: examples are new or enhanced computing equipment and travel to team meetings (the volunteers come from many different countries, so getting together occasionally is a non-trivial exercise). - + This is why we are appealing to you for contributions to the fund. Any sum will be much appreciated; the amount need not be large as small contributions add up to very useful amounts. Contributions of @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ Contributions should be sent to one of the following addresses: \begin{quote}\small\label{addrs} \TeX{} Users Group, P.O. Box 2311, Portland, OR~97208-2311 USA\\ Fax:~+1~503~223~3960 \ Email: \texttt{tug@tug.org} - + \noindent UK TUG, 1 Eymore Close, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29~4LB UK\\ Fax: +44 121 476 2159 \ Email: \texttt{uktug-enquiries@tex.ac.uk} @@ -469,6 +469,3 @@ For more information, see the \LaTeX{} home page. \end{document} - - - |