CTAN update: l3kernel
Date: August 18, 2026 1:29:37 PM CEST
The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the
l3kernel
package.
Version: 2026-08-10
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions
Announcement text:
## [2026-08-10] ### Changed - Integrate `l3backend` files into `l3kernel` distribution ## [2026-08-02] ### Added - `raw` export format for `\color_export:nn(n)N` (see issue \#1934) - Basic HiTeX support: names for new primitives, engine and format detections - `\sys_if_engine_hitex:(TF)` - `\sys_if_engine_unicode:(TF)` - `\sys_if_output_hnt:(TF)` - Support for loading `hitex` backend
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Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
## [2026-08-10] ### Changed - Integrate `l3backend` files into `l3kernel` distribution ## [2026-08-02] ### Added - `raw` export format for `\color_export:nn(n)N` (see issue \#1934) - Basic HiTeX support: names for new primitives, engine and format detections - `\sys_if_engine_hitex:(TF)` - `\sys_if_engine_unicode:(TF)` - `\sys_if_output_hnt:(TF)` - Support for loading `hitex` backend
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/l3kernel More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
l3kernel – LaTeX3 programming conventions
The l3kernel bundle provides an implementation of the LaTeX3 programmers’ interface, as a set of packages that run under LaTeX2ε. The interface provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel and other future code are built: it is an API for TeX programmers. The packages are set up so that the LaTeX3 conventions can be used with regular LaTeX2ε packages.
Important: l3backend is now integrated in l3kernel!
| Package | l3kernel |
| Version | 2026-08-10 |
| Copyright | 1990–2026 The LaTeX Project |
| Maintainer | The LaTeX Project Team |