[latex3-commits] [git/LaTeX3-latex3-latex2e] develop: Update README (39a3e78a)
Joseph Wright
joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk
Tue Jun 21 00:08:09 CEST 2022
Repository : https://github.com/latex3/latex2e
On branch : develop
Link : https://github.com/latex3/latex2e/commit/39a3e78a4a1a5940a318820f815c59fcfe560f01
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commit 39a3e78a4a1a5940a318820f815c59fcfe560f01
Author: Joseph Wright <joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk>
Date: Mon Jun 20 23:08:09 2022 +0100
Update README
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39a3e78a4a1a5940a318820f815c59fcfe560f01
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diff --git a/base/README.md b/base/README.md
index 769562d5..75b6babc 100644
--- a/base/README.md
+++ b/base/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Overview
This bundle provides the core LaTeX kernel. In addition to this bundle,
a minimal LaTeX system also needs the files contained in the
-- LaTeX team documentation (`doc`)
+
- L3 programming layer (`l3kernel`)
- L3 backend interfaces (`l3backend`)
- L3 unicode support (`unicode-data`)
@@ -55,18 +55,12 @@ The following files contain further information:
- `ltx3info.tex` gives you some historical information about the LaTeX3
project
-- `manual.err` lists errata in _LaTeX: A Document Preparation System_ (Lamport)
+- `lamport-manual.err` lists errata in _LaTeX: A Document Preparation System_ (Lamport)
- `tlc2.err` lists errata in _The LaTeX Companion_ (Mittelbach et al.)
The files `ltnews*.tex` (part of the `doc` bundle) contain the LaTeX
newsletters, the highest number being the most recent.
-For historical reasons, the base distribution and the core documentation
-are bundled separately. Documentation is found in the `doc` bundle. In an
-installed TeX system, `base` and `doc` should be placed within the same
-location; the distinction is therefore primarily of importance when looking
-at the development code.
-
Installation
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@@ -80,10 +74,9 @@ Requirements
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The LaTeX kernel requires the e-TeX extensions to TeX, which were finalised
-in the late 1990s and are available in modern TeX-derived engines. Some new
-features require `\ifincsname`, which is currently available in release
-versions of pdfTeX, XeTeX and LuaTeX, and is being introduced shortly in
-e-pTeX and e-upTeX.
+in the late 1990s and are available in modern TeX-derived engines. It also
+requires a set of common post-e-TeX extensions, generally known as the
+pdfTeX additions. These are available in all modern TeX engines.
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