New on CTAN: TeXRocks

Zhenyu Wu submitted the TeXRocks package. Version: 0.3.6 License: gpl3 Summary description: A minimal (La)TeX distribution Announcement text:

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TeXRocks is a minimal (La)TeX distribution powered by Luarocks/Lux and LuaTeX. It has the following features: - virtual environment: all TeX packages are installed to `.lux/5.3/XXXXX-package_name@version/`, like nodejs's `node_modules/` and python's `.venv/`. After development of PDF, You can delete it safely, and it will not affect your next development of PDF. - minimal: we only install required packages - package version control: when you declare `latex-base == "2025.06.01-1"`, it will install <https://luarocks.org/modules/freed-wu/latex-base/2025.06.01-1> not other versions! pin the version like nodejs's `package.json` and python's `requirements.txt` - package installation in parallel: install many packages at the same time - a server to host compiled TeX packages: <https://ustctug.github.io/texrocks/> - use lua to develop TeX packages: <https://luarocks.org/m/texmf> We also provide some related TeX tools, like kpsewhich and texdef written in lua. See official website <https://texrocks.readthedocs.io/>

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This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/texrocks More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/texrocks

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