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CTAN updates: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental

Date: August 17, 2012 12:33:10 PM CEST
> Name of contribution: l3kernel > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team at latex-project.org > Package version: SVN 4091 > 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 4091 > -------------------- > > - Fix \iow_close:N to work 'immediately', not at shipout. > - Fix issues with expansion of message text. > - Internal improvements in l3fp, making better use of standard > LaTeX3 conventions where applicable. > - Correct nature of expansion in \lua_... functions. > - Improve documentation of \ior_map... functions. > - Extend "check-declarations" for expl3 loading to cover more > cases. > - Alter xparse environment definition such that it uses the > same number of groups as LaTeX2e's standard approach. > - Extend use of FPU in dealing with floating point input for > box and coffin scalings, etc. > - Clarify code and interface separation by defining \Height, > etc., only in xcoffins (design-level) and not l3coffins > (code-level). > - Remove \BoxToCoffin from xcoffins. > > Users may view the package catalogue entries at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html > or they may browse the package directories at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ as always, thanks for the uploads; the updates should have made their way around the world by now, and are now in tex live (though possibly not yet at every mirror). 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
Version 2024-03-14
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MaintainerThe Project Team

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