Will Robertson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From the way things look to me, that will basically be impossible. > The changes between LaTeX3 and LaTeX2e are much greater than between > 2e and 2.09. Perhaps a strict subset of LaTeX2e documents will be able > to be processed with LaTeX3, but I think we'll end up with two > distinct document processing systems. That is, I doubt that LaTeX2e > will ever be "replaced" by LaTeX3 -- people who need backwards > compatibility will have to use the old code. i fear you're probably right. > On the other hand, it might be possible to detect when a 2e document > is being processed and "drop down" into the old code automatically, > but it's probably too early to say since we're not even building a > separate LaTeX3 format at this stage (well, I'm not, at least). > > We could probably write a "frequently asked questions" page to address > questions like this. i have an answer (which is currently pretty waffly, and largely content-free) about latex 3 in the uk faq. http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=LaTeX3 any suggestions for something i could say, or pages i might reference (e.g., joseph's thing we looked at yesterday) would be welcome. (after a period of manic work on the catalogue, i'm trying to produce a new version of the faq in odd minutes in the corner.) robin