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CTAN update: Lollipop

Date: April 9, 2014 3:11:59 PM CEST
the daemon reports a resurrection of one of the more attractive packages from the "olden days": > Name of contribution: Lollipop > Author's name: Victor Eijkhout and Vafa Khalighi > Package version: 0.98 > Location on CTAN: macros/lollipop/ > Summary description: TeX made easy > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lollipop is TeX made easy. Lollipop is a macro package that functions > as a toolbox for writing TeX macros. Its main aim is to make macro > writing so easy that implementing a fully new layout in TeX would > become a matter of less than an hour for an average document, and that > it would be a task that could be accomplished by someone with only a > very basic training in TeX programming. > > Lollipop is an attempt to make structured text formatting available > for environments where previously only WYSIWYG packages could be used > because adapting the layout is so much more easy with them than with > traditional TeX macro packages. > > This is an initial release updating/organizing old files and > generating various formats to be used with different engines. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/Lollipop > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/lollipop/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

lollipop – made easy

Lollipop is “ made easy” — it is a macro package that functions as a toolbox for writing macros. Its main aim is to make macro writing so easy that implementing a fully new layout in would become a matter of less than an hour for an average document. The aim is that such a task could be accomplished by someone with only a very basic training in programming.

Thus, Lollipop aims to make structured text formatting available in environments where typical users would switch to WYSIWYG packages for the freedom that such a mechanism offers.

In addition, development of support for Lollipop documents written in RTL languages (such as Persian) is underway.

Packagelollipop
Version1.07
Copyright1992, 1993 Victor Eijkhout
2014–2016 Vafa Khalighi
Maintainerbidi-tex GitHub Organisation
Vafa Khalighi
Victor Eijkhout (inactive)

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