Directory macros/latex2e/contrib/scontents

scontents — Stores LaTeX contents in memory or files

Release v2.7 [2026-06-01]

Description

This package allows to store LaTeX code, including verbatim, in ⟨sequences⟩ using the l3seq module of expl3. The ⟨stored content⟩ can be used as many times as desired in the document, additionally you can write to ⟨external files⟩ or show it in ⟨verbatim style⟩ . This package is fully compatible with tagged PDF.

Requirements

The minimum required is LaTeX release 2026-06-01.

Installation

The package ⟨scontents⟩ is present in TeX Live and MiKTeX, use the package manager to install.

For manual installation, download scontents.zip and unzip it, then run:

$ luatex scontents.ins

Now the different files must be moved into the different directories in your installation TDS tree or in your TEXMFHOME:

  scontents.tex      -> TDS:tex/generic/scontents/scontents.tex
  scontents-code.tex -> TDS:tex/generic/scontents/scontents-code.tex
  scontents.sty      -> TDS:tex/latex/scontents/scontents.sty
  t-scontents.mkiv   -> TDS:tex/context/third/scontents/t-scontents.mkiv
  scontents.pdf      -> TDS:doc/latex/scontents/scontents.pdf
  scontents.dtx      -> TDS:source/latex/scontents/scontents.dtx
  scontents.ins      -> TDS:source/latex/scontents/scontents.ins

then run mktexlsr. To produce the documentation with source code run luatex scontents.ins and lualatex scontents.dtx three times.

Examples

The file ⟨scontents.pdf⟩ contains attached examples, which can be extracted from the PDF viewer or from the command line by running:

$ pdfdetach -saveall scontents.pdf

and then you can use the excellent arara tool to compile them.

License

The package ⟨scontents⟩ may be modified and distributed under the terms and conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3c or greater.

Contents

• README.md (this file)
• scontents.pdf (documentation)
• scontents.dtx (master file that produced all files)
• scontents.ins (installer to extract all files)

Author and copyright

Copyright © 2019 — 2026 by Pablo González L <pablgonz@educarchile.cl>