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