CTAN update: changebar
Datum: 21. Juli 2026 07:37:42 MESZ
Johannes L. Braams submitted an update to the
changebar
package.
Version: 3.7g 2026-07-19
License: lppl1.3
Summary description: Generate changebars in LaTeX documents
Announcement text:
An update to the changebar package which improves processing time when processing large documents with a large number of changebars. The update was supplied by Nicholas Cole who supplied patch files. Nicholas reported a reduction of processing time from 40 minutes to 40 seconds for a 691 page document.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/changebar The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/changebar/
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
An update to the changebar package which improves processing time when processing large documents with a large number of changebars. The update was supplied by Nicholas Cole who supplied patch files. Nicholas reported a reduction of processing time from 40 minutes to 40 seconds for a 691 page document.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/changebar The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/changebar/
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
changebar – Generate changebars in LaTeX documents
Identify areas of text to be marked with changebars with the \cbstart and \cbend commands; the bars may be coloured. The package uses ‘drivers’ to place the bars; the available drivers can work with dvitoln03, dvitops, dvips, the emTeX and TeXtures DVI drivers, and VTeX and pdfTeX.
| Paket | changebar |
| Version | 3.7g 2026-07-19 |
| Copyright | 1994–2026 Johannes L. Braams |
| Betreuer | Johannes L. Braams Michael Fine (inaktiv) |