CTAN update: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental

Date: February 1, 2012 10:39:39 AM CET

the daemon wrote (last night, when i was struggling with a problem)@ > Name of contributions: l3kernel > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team at latex-project.org > Package version: SVN 3287 > 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 3285 > -------------------- > > - Drop loading of calc package by expl3. This was included for > historical reasons, and users requiring calc should now load > it explicitly. > - Better documentation of load-time options for expl3. > - Extend coverage of characters set to 'correct' catcodes by > \ExplSyntaxOn. > - l3str and l3regex documentation improved in preparation > for addition to stable codebase. > - Various l3str functions renamed or removed. > - l3regex now recognises "\u" as a shortcut for token list > variables. > - Better handling of active characters and spaces in file > names when using \io... or \file... operations. > - xgalley improvements to incorporate behaviour of \\ as in > LaTeX2e. > - New experimental module l3dt to construct 'data tables'. > This module is intended for handling tabular data, for > example as is done by the LaTeX2e package datatool. At > present, the functions provided are at the most basic > level only. 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/l3packages.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html > or they may browse the package 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) by tomorrow morning. 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

CTAN update: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental

l3experimental – Experimental LaTeX3 concepts

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