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CTAN Update: l3kernel + l3packages + l3experimental

Date: July 16, 2017 3:07:33 PM CEST
The LaTeX Team submitted an update to the l3kernel + l3packages + l3experimental bundles. Version: 2017-07-15 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions Announcement text:
Release 2017-07-15 - New \hbox_set_to_wd:Nnw and \vbox_set_to_ht:Nnw functions - Revised l3file module to give better defined path/file/extension split - New experimental functions in l3file: \file_input_stop:, \file_get_mdfive_hash:nN, \file_get_size:nN and \file_get_timestamp:nN; currently XeTeX does not support getting file size/timestamp - New experimental \mode_leave_vertical: as a code-level equivalent of \leavevmode - New experimental support for shell escape in l3sys module - New mechanism for checking variable declarations locally: see option "enable-debug" and \debug_check_declarations_(on|off): - More invalid regex patterns trapped with warning - More regex documentation examples - Bug fix for \tl_mixed_case:n(n) with pdfTeX when the first character is outside the ASCII range - Fix nesting of selective setting in l3keys
The packages’ Catalogue entries can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel https://ctan.org/pkg/l3packages https://ctan.org/pkg/l3experimental The packages’ files themselves can be inspected 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/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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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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