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CTAN update: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental

Date: September 15, 2011 10:35:50 PM CEST
the daemon stirs thrice, and tells me > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: l3kernel > Name of contribution: l3packages > Name of contribution: l3experimental > > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team at latex-project.org > Package version: SVN 2828 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Snapshot of SVN 2828 > -------------------- > > - Bug fix for coffin typesetting where coffin the result should overlap > text to the left of teh insertion point. > - Bug fix for xparse environments such that the correctly suppress > following indents after 'display-like' environments. > - Bug fix for \prop_map_... functions to correctly handle empty key names. > - Protect \prg_stepwise... functions from an infinite loop on a zero step > size. > - Documentation improvements to include date of introduction of > functions into l3kernel, and dates of modification (where appropriate). > - Layout improvements in documentation to balance need for completeness with > length of documentation. > - Improvements to l3doc to enable clearer information on expandability of > functions to be included. > - Alter \mode_if_math so it is expandable under all circumstances, > providing an updated definition of \scan_align_safe_stop: to work with > this. > - New \clist_(g)set:(N|c)n function set to complement \clist_put... > functions and reflect need to set comma-list data with space-stripping > (see previous CTAN snapshot). The relatved .clist_(g)set:(N|c)n property > has also bee added to l3keys. > - Templates now auto-generate variables required for their code. > - Remove a number of deprecated functions, as notified on LaTeX-L in May 2011. > These functions are still in the sources at this stage for consultation, but > are no longer extracted by DocStrip into the packages. > - A small number of additional functions have been marked for removal at > the end of 2011, and so have been removed from the documentation > (again as notified on LaTeX-L). > - Internal improvements in the efficiency of a number of basic functions, > for example \cs_generate_from_arg_count:, \prg_stepwise.... thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new versions, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry 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 package directory 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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