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[$Date: 2019-12-19 10:20:31 +0100 (Thu, 19 Dec 2019) $
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Preface to version 3.25]
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\translator{Markus Kohm\and Karl Hagen\and DeepL}
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% Date of the translated German file: 2019-12-19
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\addchap{Preface to \KOMAScript~3.28}
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The \KOMAScript~3.28 manual,\,---\,not only the German version\,---\,once
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again benefits from the fact that a new edition of the print version
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\cite{book:komascript} and the eBook version \cite{ebook:komascript} will be
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published at almost the same time as this version. This has led to many
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improvements which also affect the free manual, in both the German and the
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English version.
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In \KOMAScript~3.28 there are also some significant changes. In some cases,
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compatibility with earlier versions has been waived. Thus a recommendation
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from the ranks of \emph{The LaTeX Project Team} regarding \Macro{if\dots}
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statements is complied with. If you use such statements, you should refer to
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the manual again.
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It is not just about the manual that I now receive little criticism. I
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conclude from this fact that \KOMAScript{} has reached the level that it
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fulfils all desires. At the same time, the project has\,---\,not only starting
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with the current release\,---\,reached a scale that makes it almost impossible
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for a single person to accomplish
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\begin{itemize}
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\item the search for and elimination of errors,
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\item the development and implementation of new functions,
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\item the observation of changes in other packages and the \LaTeX{} kernel
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with regard to effects on \KOMAScript,
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\item the rapid response to such changes,
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\item the maintenance of the guides in two languages,
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\item help for beginners far beyond the functions of \KOMAScript{} down to the
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basic operation of a computer,
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\item assistance in the implementation of tricky solutions for advanced users
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and experts,
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\item moderation and participation in the maintenance of a forum for all kind
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of help around \KOMAScript.
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\end{itemize}
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While I am personally have most fun with the development of new functions, I
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consider troubleshooting in existing features, compatibility with new \LaTeX{}
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kernel versions, and above all instructing users for the most important
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tasks. Therefore I will focus in the future on and new functions will be
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available only in exceptional cases. Therefore already in \KOMAScript~3.28
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some experimental functions and packages have been removed. In future releases
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this should be continued.
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This, of course, also reduces the effort for the documentation of new
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functions. Readers of this free, screen version, however, still have to live
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with some restrictions. So some information\,---\,mainly intended for advanced
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users or capable of turning an ordinary user into an advanced one\,---\,is
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reserved for the printed book, which currently exists only in German. As a
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result, some links in this manual lead to a page that simply mentions this
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fact. In addition, the free version is scarcely suitable for making a
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hard-copy. The focus, instead, is on using it on screen, in parallel with the
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document you are working on. It still has no optimized wrapping but is almost
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a first draft, in which both the paragraph and page breaks are in some cases
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quite poor. Corresponding optimizations are reserved for the German book
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editions.
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Another important improvement to the English guide has been accomplished by
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Karl Hagen, who has continued the translation of the entire manual. Many, many
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thanks to him! Everything that is fine in this English manual is because of
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him. Everything that is not good in this manual\,---\,like the translation of
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this preface\,---\,is because of me. Additional editors or translators,
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however, would still be welcome!
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But the biggest thanks go to my family and above all to my wife. They absorb
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all my unpleasant experiences on the Internet. They have also tolerated it for
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more than 25~years, when I am again not approachable, because I am completely
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lost in \KOMAScript{} or some \LaTeX{} problems. The fact that I can afford to
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invest an incredible amount of time in such a project is entirely thanks to my
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wife.
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\bigskip\noindent
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Markus Kohm, Neckarhausen in the foggy December of 2019.
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