Dear Kelly,



Thanks for your efforts on this project. It will be exciting to see what you come up with (and will no doubt promote a lot of discussion and iteration).



Regards.

Will





> On 14 Oct 2018, at 4:06 pm, Kelly Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 

> Hello Everyone,

> 

> I sent an email, about a week ago, asking if the L3 Team would be interested in

> my observations during the development of a class using L3 techniques and

> tools. I soon received a reply from Frank Mittelbach, who kindly invited my

> feedback. I'd like to say thank-you to the Team for this opportunity to

> contribute to the L3 Project.

> 

> Work is still in the very early stages, but I thought it would be a good idea

> to let the Team know my plans for the near future. I expect that several

> important packages will be incompatible with the class because many core

> components will be rewritten.

> 

> The class is separated into ``modules'' to help with organization. Here is a

> list of the modules I plan to have completed in the near future:

> 

>  bootstrap (in progress) Define wrappers around some necessary primitives

>    (e.g. \tex_pagewidth:D) and 2e layout parameters (e.g. \textwidth).

> 

>  fontsize (complete) Define template for user font size commands and define

>    standard size commands (e.g. \normalsize).

> 

>  pagelayout (in progress) Define template for page layout and define some

>    commands to allow convenient changes.

> 

>  title (not started) Define template for title (page) and commands for setting

>    information such as date, author(s), &c.

> 

> I'll provide an update when I've made some noticeable progress. In the

> meantime, please feel free to let me know of any questions or concerns.

> 

> Warmly,

> Kelly Smith