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+% \iffalse meta-comment
+%
+% 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.
+%
+% 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
+% 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
+% extension .ins) which are part of the distribution.
+%
+% \fi
+% Filename: ltnews18.tex
+%
+% This is issue 18 of LaTeX News.
+
+\documentclass
+ [lw35fonts] % uncomment this line to get Palatino
+ {ltnews}[2004/02/28]
+
+% \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+
+
+\publicationmonth{December}
+\publicationyear{2007}
+\publicationissue{18}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\maketitle
+
+% \raisefirstsection
+
+\section{}
+
+\emph{empty shell}
+
+
+\section{Updates of required packages}
+
+\section{Work on \LaTeX{} fixes}
+
+\section{Current 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}
+