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How do I register the prefix of my expl3 package?

This question needs an easy to find answer here, so: I was told that I can and should register prefixes of my macro names in my expl3 using packages. How do I do that?
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Expl variable assignments not behaving as I expect

I don't get what I'm doing wrong here. Neither of the commented lines work as the uncommented version does. \begin{filecontents}{silly.tex} This is just a test. \end{filecontents} ...
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Sorting a clist in LaTeX3

I have a clist that I'd like to bubble sort. I'm sure this is a simple matter of something like \clist_bubblesort:N or something, but I don't know what the appropriate incantation is. A quick google ...
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What do ExplSyntaxOn and ExplSyntaxOff do?

Related to the question What do \makeatletter and \makeatother do? for LaTeX2e, here related to LaTeX3 What do \ExplSyntaxOn and \ExplSyntaxOff do?
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Working with clist indices in LaTeX3

Friends, I'm trying to port an old code of mine to a LaTeX3 implementation. Thanks to egreg, Joseph and David, I made a good progress! But then, I got stuck. From the link above, I'm porting my ...
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How do I create an expandable conditional with a loop inside?

I need to create an expandable conditional that uses a loop (that is, a ..._map_function:). It should either return true from inside the loop, or return false otherwise. In a 'normal' programming ...
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LaTeX3: How to get reliable control over the level of expansion?

Say you want to write LaTeX3 code that manages user data. Sometimes you want to process that data, but other times you just want to store it, move it around and return it unchanged (when developing a ...
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Is there a LaTeX3 approach to \ignorespaces?

The following code works as I would like it to: Given the state of the boolean, certain content is to be printed or not. If it's not printed, then I run the risk of creating extraneous whitespace. ...
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How do you signal an error from within an expandable function?

I would like to do some error checking from within an expandable function. But my attempts at signalling an error are not processed correctly, but rather returned to the input stream---contrary to my ...
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Unexpected hung latex compilation with property list retrieval

This is very closely related to a previous question of mine. From the comments to this previous question, I understand that my approach here is completely wrong headed. So why bother post a ...
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key values getting improperly passed through a property list getter function

I'm creating rather complicated diagram and would like to put all the controls all in one easy to find location and not scattered throughout the document. To do this, I've created setter and getter ...
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Guidelines: when is LaTeX3 too much LaTeX3?

This morning I found myself writing a document where essentially the same text is repeated several times. Because I've been mucking around a lot recently learning LaTeX3, it took absolutely no ...
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LaTeX complaining about illegal parameter number

Inspired by a question yesterday, I thought I'd try my hand at a LaTeX3 solution which would show how to convert base 10 numbers into any other base of the user's choice. Yesterday I wrote a nice ...
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printing the value of a boolean to terminal without stopping latex

I'm trying to debug some LaTeX3 code. To do so I would like to write the value of an internally generated boolean to the terminal, but I don't want to stop the work-flow of the LaTeX run. For the ...
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aliasing vs variants — preferred practices?

This is somewhat related to a question I asked earlier here. I'm trying to split a token using a delimiter. However, the delimiter is stored in a token. Looking at the most recent documentation, I ...
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Splitting delimited token list argument

I wrote a little piece of code (function \getfirst:w) that splits its delimited argument at the first embedded :. The code works well if used standalone, but I am unable to place it into the .code:n ...
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testing whether a variable or control seq. is a box in LaTeX3

Is there a way, in LaTeX3, to find out whether a given control sequence or variable is a box register (created with \box_new:(cN))?
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Commands from xparse inside functions created by \cs_new:Npn?

Is it okay to put commands from xparse inside functions created by \cs_new:Npn instead of \NewDocumentCommand? Would that be a confusion of programming levels? The example below works but I was ...
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Is there a gentle introduction to learning expl3 syntax [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Programming with LaTeX3 I was going to post a question about creating a switch within a command to determine formatting for a command and came across the following link ...
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writing to \jobname.aux using LaTeX3

In LaTeX2e, one can write to the standard auxiliary file via the \@auxout file handle. Are there dedicated LaTeX3 functions (planned) that facilitate writing to \jobname.aux or is there an equivalent ...
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7-2012 l3kernel & l3packages updates | 'broken'?

After installing recent updates to l3kernel and packages (both packaged 2012-07-19) on my MikTeX 2.9 system, several things seem to have broken: docs relying on unicode-math no longer compile ...
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LaTeX 3 read/write to file like toc

I tried to reimplement some kind of a toc facility. I write wouts argument into a file and try to reinclude this. So the Problem is, that \ior_str_gto:NN seems to stop at linebreaks. Please consider ...
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How do I get a value out of a group?

I've just recovered from my first real foray into LaTeX3 programming. It was ... an experience. Not a completely unpleasant one and once I'd gotten used to the syntax then I found it a lot easier ...
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Subscripts and superscripts

In LaTeX2 a_1, a_{123} and a^1, a^{123} used to produce subscripts and superscripts respectively. In LaTeX3 superscripts still work the same way, but what happened to subscripts? I suspect the ...
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Apply command list to argument correctly

I have a clist filled with values I want to use as commands and apply them all successively e.g. \cmda{\cmdb{\cmdc{arg}}} to the argument of the \apply function. I added an example but it doesn't ...
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regexp capturing issue

The following regexp code gives the result \documentclass[11pt]{book} % use larger type; default would be 10pt \usepackage{pgffor} \usepackage{l3regex,xparse} \usepackage{etextools} ...
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Use the \SplitArgument function to pass an array of token-separated values as a single argument

In my work with linear algebra and matrices I have been quite restricted by LaTeX2 and its maximum of 9 arguments that may be passed to a \newcommand. While LaTeX3 imposes that same limitation for the ...
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formatting real numbers using LaTeX3

I want to format real numbers, which are the result of lengthy calculations using the l3fp package, for output as values to keys in PDF objects. The formatted numbers should have at most 9 figures ...
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Nesting of case-selecting functions [closed]

Can case-selecting functions like \prg_case_int or \prg_case_str be nested? If so I will provide some examples of very weird results I observe with nesting. REVISION: I messed up the syntax ...
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LaTeX3 versus pure Lua

Reading this site for the last nearly two years I've learned a lot about LaTeX3 (which I had previously understood to be a defunct pipe dream) and LuaTeX (of which I was previously totally unaware). ...
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LaTeX3 — What is the difference between the modules l3seq and l3clist?

LaTeX3 provides the two modules seq and clist. What is the difference? The module clist is introduced by Comma lists contain ordered data where items can be added to the left or right end of ...
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What is the difference between \cs_if_exist:NTF and \cs_if_free:NTF?

I don't understand what difference of existance and being free means. Consider this example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{expl3} \begin{document} \ExplSyntaxOn \cs_new:Npn \my_cs: {} ...
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Moving to LaTeX3 for package authors

I would like to write a package using as much of LaTeX3 stuff as possible (in particular expl3, xparse and xtemplate). What should I read to learn these? In particular: I know that there are good ...
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Where can I find the LaTeX3 manual?

Few month ago I saw a big pdf-manual of all LaTeX3-packages and the new syntax. I think it was bigger than 300 pages. I can't find it on the web. Does anyone have a link?
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LaTeX3: expansion of argument to function

I would like to define functions which extract the PDF object number from a PDF object reference, such as 12 from 12 0 R. I defined two versions of such a function, a low level one and a high level ...
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How can I define NaN in LaTeX3

LaTeX3 l3fp offers a way to check if a variable has a an infinite value. The following code defines a number and then sets its value to π/2. It then calculates tan(π/2) to get a large result. ...
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How do I use the sin function in LaTeX3

I am exploring some of the LaTeX3 routines and syntax. How do I get to use functions such as sin etc. I get an error with the sin function in the following (please uncomment sin function to view the ...
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What are expl3 quarks? When, where, why and how should I use them?

I feel particularly bombarded by sub-atomic particles right now (and it's mostly Will's fault :)). First, in Will's answer to this question today, he referred to expl3's \prg_case_str:nnn command. ...
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A LaTeX3 macro to typeset chemical compounds?

Out of curiosity I wonder how would a macro coded in expl3 that does the basics of mhchem (as in section basics in mhchem manual) looks like? I have found examples in TeX and LuaTeX in ...
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Pros and cons of the LaTeX3 syntax?

The programming language introduced by expl3 in LaTeX3 is a bit unusual compared to other TeX macro languages in that it uses both _ and : for function names. Could someone provide some technical ...
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Will LaTeX3 have proper support for hooks? Does LuaTeX?

Tex has powerful support for extensions triggered by events happen in generating output, by running one of six token lists appropriately: \everycr \everydisplay \everyhbox \everymath \everypar ...