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CTAN updates: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental

Date: November 19, 2011 10:30:00 PM CET
the daemon bothers my relaxed saturday afternoon... > Name of contributions: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team at latex-project.org > Package version: SVN 2966 > Locations on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/(l3kernel|l3packages|l3experimental)/ > Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Snapshot of SVN 2966 > -------------------- > > - Functions to measure coffins at the code level > (\coffin_ht, etc.) and at the design level > (\CoffinHeight, etc.) > - New family of \cs_if_exist_use:(N|c)(T|F|TF) > functions > - New \dim_abs:n function > - Box viewport/trimming functions, plus driver-level > box clipping when using the "native-drivers" option > for expl3. The later work with dvips, direct PDF output > by pdfTeX/LuaTeX and with XeTeX. > - First part of a general move to use "_nopar" only for > a very limited number of functions - most will become > long over time > - Some fixes in l3galley for start-of-paragraph bugs > - Documentation for l3str and l3regex improved > - \str_from_to:Nnn renamed as \str_substr:Nnn > - A number of improvements in l3regex, including bug > fixes, performance enhancements, support for caseless > matches and partial support for "{m,n}" repetition syntax > - \regex_extract:(N|n)nN renamed as > \regex_extract_once:(N|n)nN, with > \regex_extract_all:(N|n)nN added thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new versions, and updated the catalogue repository entries. > Users may view the packages' catalogue entries at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html > or they may browse the packages' directories at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ The catalogue entries will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

l3experimental – Experimental 3 concepts

The l3experimental packages are a collection of experimental implementations for aspects of the 3 kernel, dealing with higher-level ideas such as the Designer Interface. Some of them work as stand alone packages, providing new functionality, and can be used on top of with no changes to the existing kernel.

The present release includes:

  • l3benchmark for measuring the time taken by to run certain code;
  • l3draw, a code-level interface for constructing drawings;
  • l3graphics, an interfaces for the inclusion of graphics files;
  • l3opacity, support for opacity in PDF output;
  • l3str, support for string manipulation;
  • xcoffins, which allows the alignment of boxes using a series of ‘handle’ positions, supplementing the simple reference point;
  • xgalley, which controls boxes receiving text for typesetting.

Packagel3experimental
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