CTAN update: xpackages
the daemon tells me: Name of contribution: xpackages Author's name: LaTeX3 Project Author's email: latex-t...@latex-project.org Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- This is a bug fix for a specific issue with l3keys2e: see http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/17582/ for more detail. thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: xpackages
and now the daemon tells me of the second of the pair... The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xpackages Author's name: LaTeX3 Project Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- This release (SVN 2255) This release maintains synchronisation with expl3. It also features a bug fix for some edge-cases for xparse. thanks for the upload; i've installed it and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: xpackages
and again... The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xpackages Author's name: LaTeX3 Project Author's email: latex-t...@latex-project.org Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- This release (SVN 2126) This snapshot keeps xpackages in sync. with expl3 thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/expl3/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: xpackages
i'm hoping the daemon's coup de grace, for the day, is:
The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: xpackages
Author's name: LaTeX3 Project
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts
License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts
The xpackages are experimental, high-level parts of LaTeX3. They
are designed to provide a link between the programming system
(expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different
area, for example creating document commands (xparse),
producing flexible formatting functions (xtemplate), etc.
At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top
of LaTeX2e:
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{xtemplate}
\usepackage{xcoffins}
In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code.
This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a
stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed.
To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package
available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which
the xpackages are built.
This release (SVN 2119)
This release adds a first CTAN snapshot of the xcoffins
package. The xcoffins package allows the alignment of boxed
materials using a series of handle positions, supplementing
the single TeX reference point. At present, the basic coffin
concept is secure but further work may take place on
functionality and interface as the package is applied to a
variety of design scenarios.
The LaTeX3 Project
thanks for the upload. i've installed the new stuff, and made a
preliminary stab at cataloguing the xcoffins detail (i will review that
work tomorrow, in the cold light of day).
Users may view the package catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html
or they may browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
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CTAN update: xpackages
the daemon also says: The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xpackages Author's name: The LaTeX Project Author's email: latex-t...@latex-project.org Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- This release (SVN 2072) This snapshot keeps xpackages in sync with expl3. -- thanks for the upload. i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: xpackages
i was (righteously) doing housework, and the daemon came up with:
The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: xpackages
Author's name: The LaTeX Project
Author's email: latex-t...@latex-project.org
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts
License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
--
The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts
The xpackages are experimental, high-level parts of LaTeX3. They
are designed to provide a link between the programming system
(expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different
area, for example creating document commands (xparse),
producing flexible formatting functions (xtemplate), etc.
At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top
of LaTeX2e:
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{xtemplate}
In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code.
This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a
stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed.
To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package
available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which
the xpackages are built.
This release (SVN 2047)
This release keeps xpackages in synchronisation with changes
to expl3.
The LaTeX3 Project
thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.
Users may view the package catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html
or they may browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
the catalogue entry, on the web, will change, slightly, overnight tonight.
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CTAN update: xpackages
i'm moving slower in the evenings, now. nearly midnight, and i'm only now responding to the daemon's cry of two and a half hours back: The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xpackages Author's name: LaTeX3 Team Author's email: latex-t...@latex-project.org Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages/ Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: -- This release (SVN 1902) This is an intermediate release, adding the argument processor \SplitList. This processor can be used for lists of arguments of unknown length, to make each entry into a TeX group. The LaTeX3 Project -- thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages/ the change to the catalogue entry will hardly be noticeable, and will happen in the wee small hours of the morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ___ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
CTAN update: xpackages
it's grinding me down:
The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: xpackages
Author's name: LaTeX3 Project
Author's email: latex-t...@latex-project.org
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts
License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
--
The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts
The xpackages are experimental, high-level parts of LaTeX3. They
are designed to provide a link between the programming system
(expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different
area, for example creating document commands (xparse),
producing flexible formatting functions (xtemplate), etc.
At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top
of LaTeX2e:
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{xtemplate}
In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code.
This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a
stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed.
To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package
available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which
the xpackages are built.
This release (SVN 1881)
This release features a new versions of the template package,
xtemplate, which revises the idea of a template and brings in
the idea of a self-documenting template. The new templates
are not compatible with those created using the older
template package, which is depreciated. The documentation
covers the full detail of the new approach, which we hope makes
the template concept easier to follow and more useful for
designers.
In the xparse module, the nesting of D arguments has been
revised so that is is more robust.
This release also keeps the xpackages up to date with changes
in expl3.
The LaTeX3 Project
thanks for the upload; i have installed it and updated the catalogue
repository.
--
Users may view the package catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html
or they may browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
the perceptive will spot the tiny change in the catalogue entry,
overnight.
if they bother to look. it's not very exciting.
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CTAN update: xpackages
that old upload daemon is at it again:
The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: xpackages
Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project
Author's email: latex-t...@latex-project.org
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
Summary description: The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts
License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts
The xpackages are experimental, hihg-level parts of LaTeX3. They
are designed to provide a link between the programming system
(expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different
area, for example creating document commands (xparse), the
output routine (xor), and so on.
At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top
of LaTeX2e:
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{template}
In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code.
This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a
stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed.
To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package
available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which
the xpackages are built.
This release (SVN 1407)
This release is a snap-shot taken from the SVN repository which
can be found from:
http://www.latex-project.org/code.html
At present, only some of the xpackages are ready for
distribution even in this experimental form. The current
xpackages bundle contains:
- xparse, an interface for creating document commands.
- template, a method to generate generic functions using
key-value syntax.
- ldcsetup, a temporary utilities package to provide features
needed by template which are not currently available in
expl3.
In contrast to expl3, which is now broadly stable, the team are
actively working on these packages at the present time. They may
therefore see significant alterations in the near future
(6 months).
Looking forward
The team are currently reviewing the base parts of the
xpackages, with the aim of moving on to examine providing a
page building and output routine. We hope to establish a
semi-regular release pattern of snap-shots, which can then be
propagated using the update features of TeX Live and MiKTeX.
The exact schedule will depend on the code changes made! Each
release will state which SVN revision number it is based on.
Over time, we hope to add more of the xpackages to this
distributed version. This will occur as the team decide that
a particular xpackage will remain available, and as we reach
some stability with those that do.
Other parts of LaTeX3
Several more experimental packages are also available in the
SVN. These xpackages show possible design ideas for LaTeX3, and
their status is currently very variable.
The expl3 package, which contains the base for programming
LaTeX3, is broadly stable and is available on CTAN.
LaTeX3 News
We have established a bi-yearly schedule to publish a LaTeX3
News letter. The second of these will appear at the same time as
this release. The news letters can be found at:
http://www.latex-project.org/l3news/
Discussion
Discussion concerning the approach, suggestions for
improvements, changes, additions, etc. should be addressed to
the list LATEX-L.
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The LaTeX3 Project
Users may view the package catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html
or they may browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
