CTAN update: picture
Date: March 8, 2026 7:50:17 PM CET
The Oberdiek Package Support Group submitted an update to the
picture
package.
Version: 2.0 2026-03-07
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Dimens for picture macros
Announcement text:
The package is disabled unless the calc option or [=v1] is used as the LaTeX kernel provides the functions directly.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/picture The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/picture/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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The package is disabled unless the calc option or [=v1] is used as the LaTeX kernel provides the functions directly.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/picture The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/picture/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
picture – Dimens for picture macros
There are macro and environment arguments that expect numbers that will internally be multiplied by \unitlength. This package extends the syntax of these arguments, so that dimensions with calculation support may be used for these arguments.
| Package | picture |
| Version | 2.0 2026-03-07 |
| Copyright | 2006–2009 Heiko Oberdiek 2016–2026 Oberdiek Package Support Group |
| Maintainer | Heiko Oberdiek |