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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/base/ltnews17.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/base/ltnews17.tex index c38243877a3..4848cf014cb 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/base/ltnews17.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/base/ltnews17.tex @@ -2,29 +2,29 @@ % % Copyright 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 % 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 2005/12/01 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 % Filename: ltnews17.tex % @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ that. Note also that \package{fixltx2e} will make use of the facilities in \eTeX{} whenever these are present (see below). The \package{calc} package has also been given an update with a few -extra commands. +extra commands. The commands \verb|\maxof| and \verb|\minof|, each with two brace-delimited arguments, provide the usual numeric $\max$ and $\min$ operations. The commands \verb|\settototalheight| and @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ operations. The commands \verb|\settototalheight| and \verb|\ifcase|. The \package{varioref} package has acquired a few more default -strings but there are still a number of languages for +strings but there are still a number of languages for which good strings are still missing. The \package{showkeys} package has also been updated slightly to work @@ -140,21 +140,21 @@ command \verb|\textsubscript| has been added as a complement to the command \verb|\textsuperscript| in the kernel. Secondly, a new form of \verb|\DeclareMathSizes| that allows all of its arguments to have a dimension suffix. This means you can now use expressions such as -\verb|\DeclareMathSizes{9.5dd}{9.5dd}{7.4dd}{6.6dd}|. +\verb|\DeclareMathSizes{9.5dd}{9.5dd}{7.4dd}{6.6dd}|. The third new addition is the robust command \verb|\TextOrMath| which takes two arguments and executes one of them when typesetting in text or math mode respectively. This command also takes advantage of \eTeX{} -extensions if available; more specifically, +extensions if available; more specifically, %% %%\pagebreak %% when the \eTeX{} extensions are available, it does not -destroy kerning between previous letters and the text to be typeset. +destroy kerning between previous letters and the text to be typeset. The command is also used internally in \package{fixltx2e} to resolve a problem with -\verb|\fnsymbol|. +\verb|\fnsymbol|. Also, further work has been done on reimplementing the command \verb|\addpenalty|, which is used internally in several @@ -166,23 +166,23 @@ The \package{graphics} bundle now supports the \package{dvipdfmx} post-processor and Jonathan Kew's XE\TeX\ program. By support we mean that the graphics packages recognize the new options \texttt{xetex} and \texttt{dvipdfmx} but we do not -distribute the respective driver files. +distribute the respective driver files. -This leads elegantly to a description of the +This leads elegantly to a description of the new policy concerning such driver files in the \package{graphics} bundle. Most driver files for our graphics packages are maintained by the -developers of the associated post-processor or \TeX\ programs. +developers of the associated post-processor or \TeX\ programs. The teams developing these packages are working very hard: their rapid development offers a stark contrast to the current schedule of \LaTeX\ releases. It is therefore no longer practical for the \LaTeX\ Team to be responsible for distributing the -latest versions of these driver files. +latest versions of these driver files. Therefore the installation files for \package{graphics} have been split: there is now \file{graphics.ins} to install the package files and \file{graphics-drivers.ins} for the driver files (located in -\file{drivers.dtx}). -There is no need +\file{drivers.dtx}). +There is no need to install all those provided in the file \file{drivers.dtx}. Please also note that, as requested by the maintainers of @@ -203,28 +203,28 @@ programming environment. These packages have been lying dormant for some time while the \LaTeX\ Project Team were preoccupied by other things such as developing the experimental packages \package{xor}, \package{template}, etc., (and also writing that indispensable -and encyclopaedic volume,\\ +and encyclopaedic volume,\\ The \LaTeX{} Companion -- 2nd edition). In October 2004 work on this code base was resumed with the goal of some day turning it into a kernel for \LaTeX3. This work can now also make full use of the widely accepted \eTeX\ extensions. Currently -two areas are central to this work. +two areas are central to this work. -\begin{itemize} +\begin{itemize} \item Extending the - kernel code of \LaTeX3. + kernel code of \LaTeX3. \item Converting the experimental packages such as \package{xor}, \package{template} to use the new - syntax internally. -\end{itemize} + syntax internally. +\end{itemize} Beware! Development of \package{expl3} is happening so fast that the descriptions above might be out of date when you read this! If you wish to see what's going on then go to \url{http://www.latex-project.org/code.html} where you can download - fully working code (we hope!). + fully working code (we hope!). \end{document} |