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peter wilson <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:42:03 -0500
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Will Robertson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Packages (or "modules") in the expl3 bundles use the l3doc class for
> documentation in the tradition of ltxdoc. Up until now, l3doc was
> provided as a straight .cls file, which was in a bit of a mess.
>
> This evening I was a little tired, so rather than attempting to write
> any actual code (or work on my thesis), I bundled l3doc.cls into a
> proper .dtx file and tidied it up somewhat. It's now a bit more
> readable, and I managed to remove some code that was duplicated
> elsewhere or was otherwise not really being used.
>
> One maybe big change, though: it now loads the full expl3 suite and
> declares itself as an "ExplClass". It doesn't actually use much LaTeX3
> code, yet, but this is a change from some time ago when the
> documentation for the LaTeX3 code could still be compiled using LaTeX2e.
>
> If there's any problem with this, please let me know and I'll reverse
> my decision.
>
> ***
>
> Meanwhile, if any members of this list would like to volunteer with
> maintaining this class, it would be wonderful to create a Franken-
> monster of l3doc, hypdoc, xdoc, and gmdoc. What little time I have
> available now I'm spending on the expl3 test suite, so I suspect
> without outside help this class will remain a patchwork of hacked-
> together code to support whatever markup we happen to want/need while
> writing the expl3 modules.

     You might consider throwing the docmfp package into the mix as well.

Peter W.

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