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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-omegaleph.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-omegaleph.html index f8a4d6d829f..95e0577fb15 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-omegaleph.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-omegaleph.html @@ -9,25 +9,26 @@ provides many innovative concepts, notably including the “translation process” that takes a character stream and transforms it according to various processes that may be internally specified, or be a separate program. -<p/>While Omega showed a lot of promise at its mid-1990s announcement, its -development was slow, and development was essentially dead by the time +<p/>While Omega showed a lot of promise at its mid-1990s announcement, +progress was slow, and development was essentially dead by the time that one of the original developers withdrew (taking with him a bunch of research students). -<p/>Before that distressing event, a separate thread of development was -started, to produce a program called Aleph -, which merged the facilities of +<p/>Before that distressing event, a separate thread of development had +started, to produce a program +called Aleph, which merged the facilities of <a href="FAQ-etex.html">e-TeX</a> into a stable Omega codebase and added other extensions. Aleph also proved an attractive platform for many people; but its development, too, has dried up. -<p/>The latest news (from EuroTeX 2006) is that development of Omega is -picking up again, in parallel with research into what the (new) -authors consider a rational scheme for supporting TeX-style -typesetting. The new system is to be known as Omega-2 -(Omega subscript 2), and is being +<p/>A presentation at EuroTeX 2006 claimed that development of Omega +was picking up again, in parallel with research into what the (new) +developers consider a rational scheme for supporting TeX-style +typesetting. The new system was to be known as Omega-2 +(Omega subscript 2), and was to be designed in a modular fashion so that support of new facilities (such -as use of advanced OpenType fonts) can be added in a relatively -straightforward fashion. -<p/>The work done in the Aleph project is also being carried forward in -the <a href="FAQ-luatex.html">LuaTeX</a> project. +as use of advanced OpenType fonts) could be added in a relatively +straightforward fashion. A quick web search leads to a recommendation +that potential users consider <a href="FAQ-luatex.html">LuaTeX</a> instead. +Fortunately, lessons learned in Aleph project are being carried +forward in the <a href="FAQ-luatex.html">LuaTeX</a> project. <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=omegaleph">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=omegaleph</a> </body> |