CTAN update: perltex
Date: December 6, 2024 5:34:43 PM CET
Scott Pakin submitted an update to the
perltex
package.
Version number: 2.3
License type: lppl
Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code
Announcement text:
PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX package (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. PerlTeX will make use of persistent named pipes, and thereby run more efficiently, on operating systems that offer them (mostly Unix-like systems). Also provided is a switch to generate a PerlTeX-free, document-specific, noperltex.sty that is useful when distributing a document to users who may not have access to PerlTeX. Version 2.3 alters the implementation of the LaTeX package to work around a change made in the LaTeX3 kernel that breaks PerlTeX. Thanks to Christian Hove Claussen for the bug report.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/perltex More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/perltex
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun
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PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX package (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. PerlTeX will make use of persistent named pipes, and thereby run more efficiently, on operating systems that offer them (mostly Unix-like systems). Also provided is a switch to generate a PerlTeX-free, document-specific, noperltex.sty that is useful when distributing a document to users who may not have access to PerlTeX. Version 2.3 alters the implementation of the LaTeX package to work around a change made in the LaTeX3 kernel that breaks PerlTeX. Thanks to Christian Hove Claussen for the bug report.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/perltex More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/perltex
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun
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
perltex – Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code
PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2ε package (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. PerlTeX will make use of persistent named pipes, and thereby run more efficiently, on operating systems that offer them (mostly Unix-like systems).
Also provided is a switch to generate a PerlTeX-free, document-specific, noperltex.sty that is useful when distributing a document to places where PerlTeX is not available.
| Package | perltex |
| Version | 2.3 |
| Copyright | 2003–2024 Scott Pakin |
| Maintainer | Scott Pakin |