CTAN update: extractbb
Date: February 12, 2025 10:39:16 AM CET
Max Chernoff submitted an update to the
extractbb
package.
Version: 1.1.0 2025-02-11
License: other-free cc-by-sa-4
Summary description: A reimplementation of extractbb, written in Lua
Announcement text:
- **IMPORTANT** Only compatible with *very* recent LuaTeX binaries (development id >= 7661). - Removes the wrapper script around the original C-based extractbb executable. - No longer uses the FFI library, so should now be compatible with all operating systems and architectures.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/extractbb The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/extractbb/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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- **IMPORTANT** Only compatible with *very* recent LuaTeX binaries (development id >= 7661). - Removes the wrapper script around the original C-based extractbb executable. - No longer uses the FFI library, so should now be compatible with all operating systems and architectures.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/extractbb The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/extractbb/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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
extractbb – A reimplementation of extractbb, written in Lua
extractbb is a program that exports the dimensions of an image or PDF file to a plain text format that is easily parsed by TeX. This tool is rarely run directly by users, but is frequently used by packages running on XeTeX or upTeX. This package specifically contains a Lua-based reimplementation extractbb that behaves identically to the original C-based version distributed with dvipdfmx.
| Package | extractbb |
| Version | 1.1.0 2025-02-11 |
| Copyright | 2024–2025 Max Chernoff |
| Maintainer | Max Chernoff |