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by: Jonathan Fine - Tue, 28 Feb 2023 19:39 UTC

This TeX Hour is about improved regression tests for TeX and LaTeX. They are a good thing. They check that changed software still performs as expected after a change. It is a very important part of test automation.

And when there are enough automated tests, it becomes much easier to refactor style files to provide improved implementation and additional functionality. And to do this without unknowingly changing the typesetting of existing documents.

The TeX Hour is Thursday 2 March 6:30 to 7:30pm GMT. For more information (and afterwards the video recording) see https://texhour.github.io/2023/03/02/regress-test-unlatex/.
The Zoom URL is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=cHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT09.

with kind regards

Jonathan

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Thu 2 Mar: TeX Hour: Regression tests and unlatex	Jonathan Fine