CTAN update: PerlTeX
Date: November 24, 2009 12:35:04 PM CET
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Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: PerlTeX
Version number: 2.0
Author's name: Scott Pakin
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex/
Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (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. Version 2.0 (not a major release, just the version after 1.9) of PerlTeX fixes two bugs. First, user code can now safely change the current directory. Second, multi-paragraph error output is now reported correctly. Thanks to Przemyslaw Wesolek for providing a bug report and minimal example that triggered both bugs.
This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/perltex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (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. Version 2.0 (not a major release, just the version after 1.9) of PerlTeX fixes two bugs. First, user code can now safely change the current directory. Second, multi-paragraph error output is now reported correctly. Thanks to Przemyslaw Wesolek for providing a bug report and minimal example that triggered both bugs.
This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/perltex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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 | 2.2 |
| Copyright | 2003–2019 Scott Pakin |
| Maintainer | Scott Pakin |