new package on CTAN: filecontents
Date: August 24, 2001 3:06:47 PM CEST
A new LaTeX package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should
make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two.
Jim Hefferon
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: filecontents
Name: Scott Pakin
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/filecontents
Summary description: Less-limited version of LaTeX2e's filecontents and filecontents* environments
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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LaTeX2e's filecontents and filecontents* environments
enable a LaTeX source file to generate external files
as it's run through latex. However, there are two
limitations of these environments: They refuse to
overwrite existing files, and they can be used only
before the \documentclass declaration. The
filecontents package removes these limitations, letting
you overwrite existing files and letting you use
filecontents/filecontents* anywhere.
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filecontents – Create an external file from within a LaTeX document
LaTeX2ε’s filecontents and filecontents*
environments enable a LaTeX source file to generate external files
as it runs through LaTeX. However, there are two limitations of
these environments: they refuse to overwrite existing files, and
they can only be used in the preamble of a document. The
filecontents package removes these limitations, letting you
overwrite existing files and letting you use
filecontents/filecontents* anywhere.
As of September 2019 the author tells us:
“This package is no longer necessary due to its functionality
having moved into recent LaTeX kernels.
It’s probably better not to move the package to obsolete
because users may need it to rebuild old documents.
Version 1.5 provides full functionality when run with an
older kernel but issues a warning message and disables itself
when run with a newer kernel.”
| Package | filecontents |
| Version | 1.5 2019-09-20 |
| Copyright | 2011–2019 Scott Pakin
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| Maintainer | Scott Pakin
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