These are the packages in this category.
| Identifier | Caption |
|---|---|
| accsupp | Better accessibility support for PDF files. |
| acroreloadpdf | Reload-the-current-PDF utility for Adobe Reader on Unix systems. |
| adobemapping | Adobe cmap and pdfmapping files |
| aebenvelope | The AeB Pro eEnvelope System. |
| aeb-mlink | Multi-line links with hyperref. |
| aeb-mobile | Format PDF files for use on a smartphone. |
| aeb-pro | Items from the AeB Pro Family of Software. |
| aebxmp | Add advanced metadata to PDF files. |
| analogclock | An analog ticking clock package for PDF output. |
| attachfile | Attach arbitrary files to a PDF document |
| attachfile2 | Attach files into PDF. |
| aurora | Header files for dvips to make colour separations. |
| auto-pst-pdf | Wrapper for pst-pdf (with some psfrag features). |
| autoview | Maintain a ghostscript view of emacs buffer. |
| bookmark | A new bookmark (outline) organization for hyperref. |
| cachepic | Convert document fragments into graphics. |
| cmap | Make PDF files searchable and copyable. |
| dvipdfm | A DVI driver to produce PDF directly. |
| dvipdfmx | An extended version of dvipdfm. |
| dvipdfmx-def | Configuration file for dvipdfmx graphics. |
| dvips | A DVI to PostScript driver. |
| dvipsconfig | Collection of dvips PostScript headers. |
| dvipsk | Convert DVI to PostScript. |
| embedfile | Embed files into PDF. |
| fancytooltips | Include a wide range of material in PDF tooltips. |
| flippdf | Horizontal flipping of pages with pdfLaTeX. |
| fontload | A partial font downloading utility. |
| ghostscript | Freely available PostScript interpreter. |
| ghostscript-gpl | Freely distributable PostScript interpreter. |
| hrefhide | Suppress hyper links when printing. |
| hypdestopt | Hyperref destination optimizer. |
| hypdvips | Hyperref extensions for use with dvips. |
| hyperxmp | Embed XMP metadata within a LaTeX document. |
| hypgotoe | Links to embedded files. |
| idealfonts | Font and LaTeX support for Textures users. |
| impose | PostScript imposition and support utilities. |
| insdljs | Insert document-level JavaScript in LaTeX documents. |
| interactiveworkbook | LaTeX-based interactive PDF on the Web. |
| lametex | A PostScript translator for a subset of LaTeX. |
| media9 | Multimedia inclusion package with Adobe Reader-9/X compatibility. |
| mirr | PostScript mirror header (for dvips). |
| mmap | Include CMap resources in PDF files from PDFTeX. |
| navigator | PDF features across formats and engines. |
| ocgtools | Manipulate OCG layers in PDF presentations. |
| pdf14 | Restore PDF 1.4 to a TeX live 2010 format. |
| pdfcol | Defines macros for maintaining colour stacks under pdfTeX. |
| pdfcolfoot | Separate color stack for footnotes with pdfTeX. |
| pdfcolmk | Improving colour support under pdftex. |
| pdfcomment | A user-friendly interface to pdf annotations. |
| pdfcprot | Activating and setting of character protruding using pdflatex. |
| pdfcrypt | Allows the setting of pdf encryption. |
| pdfescape | Implements pdfTeX's escape features using TeX or e-TeX. |
| pdfjam | Shell scripts interfacing to pdfpages. |
| pdflscape | Make landscape pages display as landscape. |
| pdfmarginpar | Generate marginpar-equivalent PDF annotations. |
| pdf-mps-supp | PDF MetaPost graphics support macros. |
| pdfpages | Include PDF documents in LaTeX. |
| pdfrack | Use psfrag with PDFLaTeX. |
| pdfrender | Control rendering parameters. |
| pdfscreen | Support screen-based document design. |
| pdfsync | Provide links between source and PDF. |
| pdftex | A TeX extension for direct creation of PDF. |
| pdftexcmds | LuaTeX support for pdfTeX utility functions. |
| pdftex-def | Colour and Graphics support for PDFTeX. |
| pdf-trans | A set of macros for various transformations of TeX boxes. |
| pdfx | PDF/X-1a and PDF/A-1b support for pdfTeX. |
| popupmenu | Create popup menus in PDF files. |
| ps4pdf | Use PostScript commands inside a pdfLaTeX document. |
| refreshpdf | Refresh PDF files "remotely" |
| rmannot | Create rich media annotations in a PDF file. |
| tdclock | A ticking digital clock package for PDF output. |
| tex-ps | TeX to PostScript generic macros and add-ons. |
| trans | A simple TeX macro package for PostScript transformations. |
| xmpincl | Include eXtensible Metadata Platform data in PDFLaTeX. |
You can see the packages in another place in this categorization. Alternatively, you can choose another categorization below.
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Document types | Everything from books and articles to memos and letters. Also here are documents for specific publishers. |
| Document types > Books | Books. |
| Document types > Books > Publisher styles | Styles for books from specific publishers. |
| Document types > Books > Others | Other packages. |
| Document types > Articles | Articles; research papers. |
| Document types > Articles > Journal styles | Styles for specific journals. |
| Document types > Articles > Others | Others. |
| Document types > Proceedings | Proceedings; a collection of articles. |
| Document types > Proceedings > Proceedings styles | Styles for specific proceedings. |
| Document types > Proceedings > Others | Others. |
| Document types > Reference manuals | Reference manuals. |
| Document types > Presentations | Presentations. |
| Document types > Overhead slides | Overhead slides. |
| Document types > Theses | PhD theses. |
| Document types > Theses > Thesis styles | Styles for specific institutions. |
| Document types > Theses > Others | Others; general theses styles. |
| Document types > Curriculum Vita | Resumes and CV''s. |
| Document types > Letters | Letters and form letters. |
| Document types > Exams, exercise sets, and answers | For examinations and answer keys. |
| Document types > Other | Other. |
| Document types > Other > Calendars | Calendars. |
| Document types > Other > Syllabus | Course syllabus. |
| Document types > Other > Envelopes | Envelopes. |
| Document types > Other > Labels | Labels. |
| Document types > Other > ID Tags | ID Tags. |
| Document types > Other > Business cards | Business Cards. |
| Document types > Other > Minutes | Minutes of meetings. |
| Document types > Other > Memos | Memos. |
| Document types > Other > Newspapers and newsletters | Newspapers, newsletters, and magazines. |
| Document types > Other > Scripts | Stage plays, screenplays, etc. |
| Document types > Other > Chess | Chess games. |
| Document types > Other > Other games | Games besides chess. |
| Document types > Other > Music | Music. |
| Document types > Other > Posters | Posters. |
| Document types > Other > CD and DVD covers | CD and DVD covers. |
| Document types > Other > Recipes | Recipe cards. |
| Document types > Other > Misc | Misc. document types. |
| Document parts | The parts of a document such as the Table of Contents, the Appendix, or the Bibliography. |
| Document parts > Abstract | Adjust the format of your abstract. |
| Document parts > Table of contents | Manipulate the format of your table of contents, or have multiple tables of contents. |
| Document parts > Preface | Manipulate the format of your preface. |
| Document parts > Chapters and Sections | Manipulate the format of your chapters and sections. |
| Document parts > Appendix | Manipulate the format of the appendix, or have multiple appendices. |
| Document parts > Glossary | Manipulate the format of your glossary. |
| Document parts > Bibliography | Display bibliographic materials. |
| Document parts > Bibliography > Bibliographic styles | Styles for specific publishers or journals. |
| Document parts > Bibliography > Others | Others. |
| Document parts > Index | Manipulate the format of your Index. |
| Document parts > Other | Other document parts. |
| Page-focused | Macros aimed at the single page level, or smaller, such as changing margins, page headers, multiple columns, colored text, etc. |
| Page-focused > Page geometry | Margins, portrait vs landscape, etc. |
| Page-focused > Multiple columns | Two or more columns. |
| Page-focused > Page numbers | Pages numbered with roman numerals, etc. |
| Page-focused > Headers and footers | Material on every page. |
| Page-focused > Footnotes | Footnotes. |
| Page-focused > Floats | Material, such as figures, that may float to the top or bottom of a page, or to a following page. |
| Page-focused > Tables | Supplement TeX''s table mechanism. |
| Page-focused > Captions | Captions for figures, tables, or floats. |
| Page-focused > Citations | Citations. |
| Page-focused > Lists | Itemized lists, etc. |
| Page-focused > Boxes and minipages | Material on a page that is boxed. |
| Page-focused > Verbatim | Material shown in the format in which it was typed. |
| Page-focused > Paragraphs | Specialized paragraphs, such as special shapes. |
| Page-focused > Background | Material behind the page''s text. |
| Page-focused > Color | Colored text. |
| Page-focused > Material in margins | Marginal notes, cross references, appearing in the margin. |
| Page-focused > Poetry | Poetry. |
| Page-focused > Other | Other. |
| Subject-specific typesetting | One of the things that sets TeX apart is its facility with typesetting in Mathematics. It is also widely used in other areas, such as Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, and the Humanities. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics | Equations, symbols, etc., from mathematics. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Commutative diagrams | Commutative diagrams. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Equations | Equations, sub-equations, etc. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Matrices, vectors | Matrices and vectors. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Mathematical symbols | Mathematical symbols, including accents. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Theorems | Theorem-like environments. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Other | Other mathematics. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Computer science | For example, typesetting program listings. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Physics | Physics. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Other natural sciences | Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, etc. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Social sciences | Economics, Psycology, etc.. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Linguistics | Linguistics. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Other subjects in the humanitites | Classics, Philosophy, etc. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Music | Typeset music. |
| Subject-specific typesetting > Other | Subjects not listed elsewhere. |
| Documentation | Documentation. |
| Documentation > Tutorial | An introduction. |
| Documentation > Help files | A collection of documents. |
| Documentation > Other | Information on some specific part of TeX. |
| Fonts | Access to fonts, free and commercial. |
| Fonts > Text body fonts | Fonts that can be used as the text of a document, perhaps including symbols. These include TeX support files for these fonts. |
| Fonts > Symbol fonts | Fonts containing only special symbols. These include TeX support files for these fonts. |
| Fonts > Support files | Materials allowing the use in TeX of fonts obtained from various vendors. The fonts are not here, just the materials to use them with TeX |
| Fonts > Font tools | Font tools, including utilities. |
| Fonts > Other | Other fonts. |
| Graphics | Using and making graphics in a variety of formats. |
| Graphics > MetaFont or Metapost | Packages to make fonts or graphics derived from Knuth''s MetaFont. |
| Graphics > Postscript or PDF graphics | Make or manipulate graphics using the Postscript or Portable Document Format languages. |
| Graphics > Tools | Programs to manipulate graphics, often to massage graphics created outside TeX. |
| Graphics > Inside TeX | Graphics created inside a TeX document. |
| Graphics > Other | Graphics packages that fit outside the categories above. |
| Non-English languages | Using non-English languages, including automatically adapting the typesetting conventions in those languages. |
| Non-English languages > French | Français. |
| Non-English languages > German | Deutsch. |
| Non-English languages > Spanish | Español. |
| Non-English languages > Italian | Italiano. |
| Non-English languages > Greek | Both ancient and modern Greek. |
| Non-English languages > Polish | Polszczyzna. |
| Non-English languages > Russian | Russian. |
| Non-English languages > Indian languages | Various languages of the subcontinent. |
| Non-English languages > Chinese, Japanese, Korean | Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in TeX. |
| Non-English languages > Other | Other non-English languages. |
| Output | Output for paper, for the web, or for almost any format. |
| Output > DVI | Use Knuth''s device independent format. |
| Output > PDF, PostScript | Use the Portable Document Format, or PostScript. |
| Output > HTML | Output to the web page language HTML. |
| Output > Other | Output to other targets. |
| Programming in TeX | Programming structures and development infrastructure, in TeX. |
| Programming in TeX > Box manipulation | Manipulating TeX''s boxes. |
| Programming in TeX > Cross references | Tricks with references. |
| Programming in TeX > Date and time | Work with dates and times in a variety of formats. |
| Programming in TeX > Programming structures | Constructs for programming, such as control structures. |
| Programming in TeX > Package management | Managing TeX packages. |
| Programming in TeX > Other | Other packages for programming in TeX. |
| Tools | Document creation, management, and manipulation utilities. |
| Tools > Editors and shells | TeX-aware editors and TeX graphical environments. |
| Tools > Bibliography managers | Programs that namage a bibliographic database. |
| Tools > Bibliographic manipulation | Utilities to manipulate bibliographic materials. |
| Tools > DVI manipulation | Manipulate files in Knuth''s device independent output format. |
| Tools > PDF tools | Manipulate material in the PDF format. |
| Tools > Spell-checkers | Check spelling in a variety of languages. |
| Tools > Document management | Create, develop, compile, and manage TeX documents. |
| Tools > Word counting | Count the words in a document. |
| Tools > Convert formats | Convert to and from word-processor formats. |
| Tools > Other | Other tools. |
| Distributions | People have gathered the needed components, so you don''t have to. |
| Infrastructure | Source code to build TeX systems. |
| Infrastructure > Current systems | Source of TeX systems now in wide use. |
| Infrastructure > Extensions | Extensions beyond TeX. |
| Infrastructure > Hyphenation | Hyphenation patterns. |
| Literate programming | Material in the spirit of Knuth''s WEB system. |
| Other | Things that do not fit in other categories. |
These are the dimensions by which we characterize packages. Click on the name of the one that you want.
| Dimension name | Description |
|---|---|
| Primary | The primary function that this package performs |
| Secondary | Any secondary functions that this package performs |
| By-function | Jurgen Fenn's Catalogue topics categorization |
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