after a long silence, the upload daemon rouses itself from its slumbers and whispers:
The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: expl3 Author's name: LaTeX3 Project Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 Summary description: The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding
The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX programmers with special syntax conventions, completely separating it from document level syntax. Hence, the commands provided are not intended for use at the document level nor for use in describing design layouts in document class files.
This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel and other advanced extensions are built. Special care has been taken so that they can be used within a LaTeX2e context as regular packages.
The TeX and eTeX primitives are all given a new name according to these conventions. However, in the main direct use of the primitives is not required or encouraged: the expl3 modules define an independent low-level LaTeX3 programming language.
At present, the expl3 modules are designed to be loaded on top of LaTeX2e:
usepackage{expl3}
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.
This release (SVN 1422)
This release follows closely on from an earlier snapshot (SVN 1407). The changes are to a small number of functions. These can be divided into three categories:
New functions:
- cs_gundefine:c
- exp_args:NNNV
- prop_put:NnV
- seq_remove_duplicates:N
- seq_gremove_duplicates:N
Removed functions:
- exp_args:Nd
- exp_args:NNd
- l_set:Nd
- l_gset:Nd
- oks_set:Nd
- oks_set:cd
Bug fixes for:
- l_put_right:cV
- l_put_left:cV
- l_rescan:nn
The removed functions reflect the last alterations made possible by the introduction of the V specifier. It is not anticipated that any other functions will be removed from expl3, although more additons are likely as the code is more widely used.
The LaTeX3 Project
i've installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload.
Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/expl3
the version information in the web catalogue entry will change overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
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