The LaTeX3 Development Repository
Overview
The repository contains development material for LaTeX3. This includes
not only code to be developed into the LaTeX3 kernel, but also a variety
of test, documentation and more experimental material. A great deal of
the experimental LaTeX3 code can be loaded within LaTeX2e to allow
development and testing to occur.
The following directories contain experimental LaTeX3 code:
l3kernel: code which is intended to eventually appear in a
stand-alone LaTeX3 format. Most of this material is also
usable on top of LaTeX2e when loading theexpl3package.l3backend: code for backend (driver) level interaces across
theexpl3codebase.l3packages: code which is written to be used on top of
LaTeX2e to experiment with LaTeX3 concepts. The interfaces to these
higher-level packages are 'stable'.l3experimental: code which is written to be used on top of
LaTeX2e to experiment with LaTeX3 concepts. The interfaces
for these packages are still under active discussion. Parts of this code may
eventually be migrated tol3kernel, while other parts are tied closely
to LaTeX2e and are intended to support mixing LaTeX2e and LaTeX3 concepts.l3trial: material which is under very active development, for potential
addition tol3kernelorl3experimental. Material in this directory
may include potential replacements for existing modules, where large-scale
changes are under-way.l3leftovers: code which has been developed in the past by The
LaTeX3 Project but is not suitable for use in its current form.
Parts of this code may be used as the basis for new developments
inl3kernelorl3experimentalover time.
Support material for development is found in:
support, which contains files for the automated test suite which are
'local' to the LaTeX3 repository.
Documentation is found in:
articles: discussion of LaTeX3 concepts by team members for
publication in TUGBoat or elsewhere.
The repository also contains the directory xpackages. This
contain code which is being moved (broadly) l3experimental.
Over time, xpackages is expected to be removed from the repository.
The directory contrib is used to test the interaction of LaTeX3
code with selected contributed packages.
Discussion
Discussion concerning the approach, suggestions for improvements,
changes, additions, etc. should be addressed to the list
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Issues
The issue tracker for LaTeX3 is currently located
on GitHub.
Please report specific issues with LaTeX3 code there; more general
discussion should be directed to the LaTeX-L list.
Build status
LaTeX3 uses Travis CI as a hosted continuous
integration service. For each commit, the build status is tested using
the current release of TeX Live.
Current build status:
Development team
LaTeX3 is developed by The LaTeX3 Project.
Copyright
This README file is copyright 2019 The LaTeX3 Project.