CTAN updates: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental
Date: January 19, 2012 11:38:36 AM CET
the daemon wakes up to tell me of three new versions:
> The following information was provided by the packages' contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: l3kernel
> Name of contribution: l3packages
> Name of contribution: l3experimental
> Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project
> Author's email: latex-team at latex-project.org
> Package version: SVN 3209
> 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 3208
> --------------------
>
> - New xparse argument types "r" and "R" for required delimited
> arguments, for example co-ordinates in parenthesis
> - Completely new expandable argument grabbers for xparse, using
> at most one csname per grabbed argument
> - Better grabbing of xparse d/D type arguments so that braces
> are never lost
> - Improved error output when document command arguments are not
> correctly terminated, giving errors containing the name of
> the command to grab rather than xparse
> - More error checks in xparse on argument specifications
> - Changes to
> * \tl_head:n, \tl_tail:n
> * \tl_reverse:n, \tl_reverse_items:n, \tl_reverse_tokens:n,
> * \tl_expandable_(lower|upper)case:n
> * \tl_item:Nn, \tl_item:nn
> * \clist_item:Nn, \clist_item:nn
> * \seq_item:Nn
> * \prop_get:Nn
> such that they can be used directly inside an x-type
> expansion, leaving they result of the function protected from
> further expansion
> - Better documentation for l3tl-analysis
> - New \(dim|fp|muskip|skip)_zero_nwe:(N|c) functions
> - Clearer status of variables purely for internal kernel use
> - Overhaul of l3regex \c concept for catcode-specific
> find/replace
> - Documentation improvements (thanks to Marc van Dongen)
> - Better checking for consistency of LaTeX3 files
> - Better variable coverage for
> "\usepackage[check-declarations]{expl3}"
thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new versions, and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package 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 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 LaTeX3 concepts
The l3experimental packages are a collection of experimental implementations for aspects of the LaTeX3 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 LaTeX2ε with no changes to the existing kernel.
The present release includes:
- l3benchmark for measuring the time taken by TeX 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 TeX reference point;
- xgalley, which controls boxes receiving text for typesetting.
Package | l3experimental |
Version | 2024-03-14 |
Copyright | 1998–2004, 2008–2012, 2014–2024 The LaTeX3 Project |
Maintainer | The LaTeX Project Team |
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