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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% $Id: faq-projects.tex,v 1.27 2011/10/17 23:24:32 rf10 Exp rf10 $
+% $Id: faq-projects.tex,v 1.28 2012/02/07 21:46:08 rf10 Exp $
\section{Current \TeX{}-related projects}
@@ -33,17 +33,18 @@ Some of the project's experimental code is visible on the net:
\item from \acro{CTAN}: snapshots of two major collections 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).
+ ``document designer's interface'') as well as
+ \Package{l3experimental} (new stuff that's still under
+ development).
\end{itemize}
-Note that \Package{L3kernel} introduces a coding structure quite
-different from earlier \latex{} code, but a few authors, who are not
-members of the project, are nevertheless using it in their development
+The packages \Package{l3kernel} and \Package{l3packages} provide an
+``experimental harness'' that may be used as a testbed for \latex{}3
work.
-While it is possible to build an experimental \latex{}3 format, it's
-not (yet) a usable object; the team use it for debugging purposes, and
-any other brave soul may also try it.
+Note that \Package{l3kernel} introduces a coding structure quite
+different from earlier \latex{} code; a few hardy authors, who are not
+members of the project, are nevertheless using it in their development
+work.
Anyone may participate in discussions of the future of \LaTeX{}
through the mailing list \texttt{latex-l}; some development work
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ to \mailto{listserv@urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de}
\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\LaTeX{} project publications]\CTANref{ltx3pub}
\item[l3packages \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{l3packages}
\end{ctanrefs}
-\LastEdit{2011-10-04}
+\LastEdit{2012-02-07}
\Question[Q-mathml]{Future \acro{WWW} technologies and \AllTeX{}}
@@ -452,18 +453,21 @@ support from various sources) pursuing avenues that many of the other
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}.
+Users may also care to view the % ! line break
+\href{http://www.luatex.org/documentation.html}{\luatex{} documentation page}
-The current released version (Beta 0.70.1, in June 2011) of \LuaTeX{}
+The current released version (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)
+beta-release. \texlive{} 2011 incorporates (at the time of writing)
+\LuaTeX{} version 0.70.1, 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
-(\extension{mkii}) and a `\extension{mkiv}' version, which uses
+(\extension{mkii}) and a `\extension{mkiv}' version (new functionality
+typically \emph{only} appears in `\extension{mkiv}' form), which uses
\luatex{} extensions (including \ProgName{lua} scripting). \LaTeX{}
packages that support its use are appearing (some of them providing
re-implementations of existing \context{} code).
@@ -471,7 +475,7 @@ 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}
+\LastEdit{2011-11-02}
\Question[Q-ant]{The \textsf{ANT} typesetting system}