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. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team _______________________________________________ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann