CTAN update: luamplib
Date: January 28, 2026 1:49:38 PM CET
Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the
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> luamplib
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> package.
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> Version: 2.38.3 2026-01-27
> License: gpl2
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> Summary description: Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter
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> Announcement text:
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> Run file changes:
> * new optional macro for shading: withshadingstroke
> * avoid error upon shading a picture composed of multiple paths
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> Documentation changes:
> * be more precise about the term 'textual picture'
> * generalize the code for the example macro \mpnumeric
> * add subsections on registerpattern() and registergroup()
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> The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
> https://ctan.org/pkg/luamplib
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> The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
> https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib/
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> Thanks for the upload.
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> For the CTAN Team
> Vincent Goulet
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luamplib – Use LuaTeX’s built-in METAPOST interpreter
The package enables the user to specify METAPOST diagrams (which may include colour specifications from the color or xcolor packages) into a document, using LuaTeX’s built-in METAPOST library.
The facility is only available in PDF mode.
| Package | luamplib |
| Version | 2.38.4 2026-01-29 |
| Copyright | 2008–2026 Hans Hagen, Taco Hoekwater, Elie Roux, Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard, Philipp Gesang and Kim Dohyun |
| Maintainer | Philipp Gesang Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard Dohyun Kim Hans Hagen (inactive) Taco Hoekwater (inactive) Élie Roux (inactive) |