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+
+ An Experimental LaTeX3 Programming Convention
+ =============================================
+
+ 2011/05/10
+
+
+WHERE TO GET IT
+---------------
+
+The files in this distribution represent a snapshot of selected files
+from the Subversion (SVN) repository of the LaTeX3 Project.
+
+To obtain current versions of the files, visit
+<http://www.latex-project.org/code.html> which contains further
+instructions.
+
+OVERVIEW
+--------
+
+The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX
+programmers with special syntax conventions, completely separating it
+from document level syntax. Hence, the commands provided are not
+intended for use at the document level nor for use in describing
+design layouts in document class files.
+
+This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel and other
+advanced extensions are built. Special care has been taken so that
+they can be used within a LaTeX2e context as regular packages.
+
+While expl3 is still experimental, the bundle is now regarded as
+broadly stable. The syntax conventions and functions provided are now
+ready for wider use. There may still be changes to some functions, but
+these will be minor when compared to the scope of expl3.
+
+REQUIREMENTS
+------------
+
+The expl3 bundle requires the e-TeX extensions and the functionality
+of the \pdfstrcmp primitive. As a result, the bundle will only work
+with the following engines:
+
+ - pdfTeX v1.30 or later
+ - XeTeX v0.9994 or later
+ - LuaTeX v0.40 or later
+
+pdfTeX v1.30 was released in 2005, and so any recent TeX distribution
+will support expl3. Both XeTeX and LuaTeX have developed more
+actively over the past few years, and for this reason only recent
+releases of these engines are supported.
+
+THE GUILTY PERSONS
+------------------
+
+ Frank Mittelbach, Denys Duchier, Johannes Braams, Michael Downes,
+ David Carlisle, Alan Jeffrey, Chris Rowley, Rainer Schoepf
+ Javier Bezos, Morten Hoegholm, Thomas Lotze, Will Robertson,
+ Joseph Wright, Bruno Le Floch
+
+
+DISCUSSION
+----------
+
+Discussion concerning the approach, suggestions for improvements,
+changes, additions, etc. should be addressed to the list LaTeX-L.
+
+You can subscribe to this list by sending mail to
+
+ listserv@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
+
+with the body containing
+
+ subscribe LATEX-L <Your-First-Name> <Your-Second-Name>
+
+
+BUGS
+----
+
+The issue tracker for LaTeX3 bugs is currently located at
+
+ https://github.com/latex3/svn-mirror/issues
+
+Please report specific issues with LaTeX3 code there. More general
+discussion should be directed to the LaTeX-L lists.
+
+=====================================================================
+
+--- Copyright 1998-2011 The LaTeX3 Project. All rights reserved ---
+