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\publicationmonth{December}
\publicationyear{2007}
\publicationissue{18}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
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\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be out of date when you read this!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!).
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