1. This document discusses the history and development of pTEX from 1991 to 2013. It outlines the key people and milestones involved, including the introduction of pTEX 3.0 in 1994, support for JIS X 4051 in 1997, and the development of ε-pTEX and upTEX in the late 2000s.
2. It also discusses the usage of pTEX for typesetting Japanese documents, including support for OpenType fonts, Unicode, and the jsarticle document class. Methods for including graphics and combining pTEX with tools like TikZ are also covered.
3. The document concludes by mentioning some potential future directions, such as improved PDF support and usage with other systems like XML and