On 28/03/2008, at 1:03 PM, Paul Thompson wrote: > Is there some document somewhere which lays out the objectives of > the new system? I have long had some notions which I believe will > improve functionality. Before making them, I would like to see that > plans for the system. I believe the "user interface" to LaTeX3 has not yet been thoroughly researched. This is as good as it gets, as far as I'm aware: <http://www.latex-project.org/guides/ltx3info.pdf> However, a lot of work has been done on the underlying programming interface: <http://www.latex-project.org/svnroot/experimental/trunk/l3in2e/> I'd like to see a more modular, CSS-lile, interface to most LaTeX objects, from section headings to inserting figures. But I'll have to finish my PhD before I even start to experiment... For example: (just off the top of my head) \section[ label=sec:title, short-name={This is the toc title}, mark-name={This is the title in the header}, numbered=true|false, in-toc=true|false, ... ]{This is the title} \insertgraphic[ label=fig:pic, display=float|block|inline, float=htbp, halign=l|r|c, caption={This is the caption}, short-caption={Caption in LoF}, ... ]{mypic.pdf} \begin{table}[ label=... display=float|long|block... caption=... short-caption=... column-setup={@{}ccc@{}} row-setup={ 1>{\toprule} 1l{\bfseries} 2>{\midrule} -1<{\bottomrule} } cell-sep={,}, row-sep={;} ] Bold , Header , Row ; 1 , 2 , 3 ; 4 , 5 , 6 ; \end{table} Will