New on CTAN: smartnotes
Datum: 6. April 2026 14:01:00 MESZ
Abhishek Ranna submitted the
smartnotes
package.
Version: 0.1 2026-04-05
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Visually anchored margin notes with connector lines and dynamic placement
Announcement text:
smartnotes is a light LaTeX package for margin notes whose main idea is simple: place each note on the side of the page that gives the shortest and clearest connector line. Instead of always using a fixed margin, smartnotes chooses the left or right margin dynamically from the note position in the text, making annotations feel direct and visually tied to the exact place they refer to. The package also includes forced side placement, basic overlap avoidance, two box shapes, and a convenient global disable option for draft workflows.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/smartnotes The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/smartnotes/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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smartnotes is a light LaTeX package for margin notes whose main idea is simple: place each note on the side of the page that gives the shortest and clearest connector line. Instead of always using a fixed margin, smartnotes chooses the left or right margin dynamically from the note position in the text, making annotations feel direct and visually tied to the exact place they refer to. The package also includes forced side placement, basic overlap avoidance, two box shapes, and a convenient global disable option for draft workflows.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/smartnotes The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/smartnotes/
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
smartnotes – Visually anchored margin notes with connector lines and dynamic placement
This package provides margin notes that automatically choose the left or right margin based on the note position, so connector lines remain as short and direct as possible. Its main focus is clear visual anchoring: notes can point precisely to the relevant place in a sentence while avoiding unnecessarily long cross-page margin lines. The package also supports forced side placement, basic overlap avoidance, selectable box shapes, and an easy global disable option for drafting.
| Paket | smartnotes |
| Version | 0.1 2026-04-05 |
| Betreuer | Abhishek Ranna |