hvextern – Write and execute external code, and insert the output
This package allows to write METAPOST, TeX, ConTeXt, LaTeX, LuaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeTeX, XeLaTeX, Lua, Perl, or Python source code into an external file, run that file via shell-escape to create PDF, PNG, or text output, and include that output automatically into the main LaTeX document.
| Sources | /macros/latex/contrib/hvextern |
| Documentation | |
| Version | 0.42 2025-05-14 |
| Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3 |
| Copyright | 2016–2025 Herbert Voß |
| Maintainer | Herbert Voß |
| Contained in | TeX Live as hvextern MiKTeX as hvextern |
| Topics | Experimental LaTeX3 Image support Comp supp External code |
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