ctan-ann - ifplatform

CTAN has a new package: ifplatform

2007-11-20T07:46:19Z

A new package has been put on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your
favorite mirror.

Thank you,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: ifplatform
Author's name: Will Robertson
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ifplatform
Summary description: Conditionals for testing the operating system being used
License type: lppl


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CTAN update: ifplatform

2009-09-10T16:43:05Z

the moving finger writes:

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: ifplatform
> Author's name: Will Robertson
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ifplatform
> Summary description: Conditionals to detect the platform (Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/etc.)
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> Updated version of ifplatform now behaves correctly in TeX Live 2009 on 
> Windows and MiKTeX 2.8. Also now provides \ifcygwin for users of Cygwin.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue; thanks for

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CTAN update: ifplatform

2011-01-24T12:42:03Z

This should be at your local mirror.

Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College

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Update summary:
  This minor update to ifplatform corrects its behaviour under LuaTeX, 
  in which it no longer relies on -shell-escape to detect the platform.

Basic package information, as sent by the contributor.Location: /macros/latex/contrib/ifplatform
Authors: Will Robertson; Johannes Große
License: lppl
Caption: Conditionals to test which platform is being used.

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