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-% Filename: ltnews17.tex
-%
-% This is issue 17 of LaTeX News.
-
-\documentclass
-% [lw35fonts] % uncomment this line to get Palatino
- {ltnews}[2004/02/28]
-
-% \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
-
-
-\publicationmonth{December}
-\publicationyear{2005}
-\publicationissue{17}
-
-\begin{document}
-
-\maketitle
-
-% \raisefirstsection
-
-\section{Project licence news}
-
-The \LaTeX{} Project Public License has been updated slightly so that
-it is now version 1.3c. In the warranty section the
-phrase ``unless required by applicable law'' has been reinstated,
-having got lost at some point. Also,
-it now contains three clarifications: of the difference between
-``maintained'' and ``author-maintained''; of the
-term ``Base Interpreter''; and when clause 6b and 6d shall not apply.
-
-Following requests, we now also provide the text of the licence as a
-\LaTeX{} document (in the file \texttt{lppl.tex}). This file can be
-processed either as a stand-alone document or it can be included
-(without any modification) into another \LaTeX{} document, e.g., as an
-appendix, using \verb|\input| or \verb|\include|.
-
-
-\section{New guide on font encodings}
-
-Way back in 1995 work was started on a guide to document the
-officially allocated \LaTeX{} font encoding names. However, for one
-reason or another this guide (named \textit{\LaTeX{} font encodings})
-was, until now, not added to the distribution. It describes the major
-7-bit and 8-bit font encodings used in the \LaTeX{} world and explains
-the restrictions required of conforming text font encodings. It also
-lists all the `encoding specific commands' (the LICR or \LaTeX{}
-Internal Character Representation) for characters supported by the
-encodings \texttt{OT1} and \texttt{T1}.
-
-When the file \texttt{encguide.tex} is processed by \LaTeX{}, it will
-attempt to typeset an encoding table for each encoding it describes.
-For this to be possible, \LaTeX{} must be able to find \texttt{.tfm}
-files for a representative example font for each encoding. If
-\LaTeX{} cannot find such a file then a warning is issued and the
-corresponding table is omitted.
-
-
-\section{Robust commands in math}
-
-The font changing commands in text-mode have been robust commands for years,
-but the same has not been true for the math versions such as
-\verb|\mathbf|. While the math-mode commands worked correctly in
-section heads, they could cause problems in other places such as index
-entries. With this release, these math-mode commands are now robust in
-the same way as their text-mode counterparts.
-
-%%
-\pagebreak
-%%
-
-
-\section{Updates of required packages}
-
-Several of the packages in the \package{tools} bundle have been updated
-for this release.
-
-The \package{xspace} package has some new features. One is an
-interface for adding and removing the exceptions it knows about and
-another is that it works with active characters. These remove problems
-of incompatibility with the \package{babel} system.
-
-In \textit{\LaTeX\ News~16} we announced that some packages might
-begin to take advantage of \eTeX{} extensions on systems where these
-are available: and the latest version of \package{xspace} does just
-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.
-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
-\verb|\totalheightof| work like \verb|\settoheight| and
-\verb|\heightof|. There are also some internal improvements to make
-\package{calc} work with some more primitive \TeX\ constructs, such as
-\verb|\ifcase|.
-
-The \package{varioref} package has acquired a few more default
-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
-with more recent developments in \package{varioref}. Also, it now
-provides an easy way to define the look of the printed labels with
-the command \verb|\showkeyslabelformat|.
-
-\section{Work on \LaTeX{} fixes}
-
-The package known as \package{fixltx2e} has three new additions. A new
-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}|.
-
-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,
-%%
-%%\pagebreak
-%%
-when the \eTeX{} extensions are available, it does not
-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|.
-
-Also, further work has been done on reimplementing
-the command \verb|\addpenalty|, which is used internally in several
-places: we hope it is an improvement!
-
-\section{The graphics bundle}
-
-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.
-
-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.
-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.
-
-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
-to install all those provided in the file \file{drivers.dtx}.
-
-Please also note that, as requested by the maintainers of
-\package{PStricks}, we have removed the package \package{pstcol} as
-current versions of \package{PSTricks} make it obsolete.
-
-%%
-\newpage
-%%
-
-
-\section{Future development}
-
-The title of this section is a little misleading as it actually
-describes \emph{current} development. In 1998 the \package{expl3}
-bundle of packages was put on \ctan\ to demonstrate a possible \LaTeX3
-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,\\
-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.
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item Extending the
- kernel code of \LaTeX3.
-\item Converting the experimental packages
- such as \package{xor}, \package{template} to use the new
- 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!).
-
-\end{document}
-