Directory macros/latex/contrib/hanging
README
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The HANGING package
The hanging package facilitates the typesetting of hanging paragraphs.
It also enables typesetting with hanging punctuation; I don't necessarily
recommend this.
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Change History
Version 1.2c (2026/10/05)
- New maintainer (LaTeX Project)
- Guard ' in math mode (gh/47)
- Tag documentation
Version 1.2b (2009/09/02)
- New maintainer (Will Robertson)
Version 1.2
- Option for less aggressive hanging punctuation
Version 1.1
- Should now work with the ltugboat class
- Takes options to exclude punctuation characters from being hung
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Author: Peter Wilson, Herries Press
Maintainer: LaTeX Project
Copyright 1998--2004 Peter R. Wilson
Copyright 2009--present LaTeX Project
This work may be distributed and/or modified under the
conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either
version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any
later version: <https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt>
This work has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained".
The Current Maintainer of this work is the LaTeX Project.
This work consists of the files:
README (this file)
hanging.dtx
hanging.ins
hanging.pdf (user manual)
and the derived files:
hanging.sty
The distribution consists of the files:
README (this file)
hanging.dtx
hanging.ins
hanging.pdf (user manual)
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To install the package:
- run: latex hanging.ins (which will generate hanging.sty)
- Move hanging.sty to a location where LaTeX will find it
(typically in a local texmf tree at tex/latex/hanging) and refresh the
file database. See the FAQ on CTAN at help/uk-tex-faq or
https://texfaq.org/ for more information on this.
To process the user manual:
- run: lualatex hanging.dtx
- If you want an index then run: makeindex -s gind.ist hanging
- run: lualatex hanging.dtx
- Print hanging.pdf for a hardcopy of the package manual
2004/04/22
Peter Wilson
Download the contents of this package in one zip archive (234.1k).
Hanging – Paragraphs with a hanging indent
The hanging package facilitates the typesetting of hanging paragraphs.
The package also enables typesetting with hanging
punctuation, by making punctuation characters active. This
facility is best suppressed (it can interfere with other
packages) – there are package options for suppressing each
individual punctuation character. Real
attempts
at hanging punctuation should nowadays use the
microtype package, which takes
advantage of the support offered in recent versions of pdfTeX.
| Package | Hanging |
| Bug tracker | |
| Repository | |
| Version | 1.2c 2026-10-05 |
| Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c |
| Copyright | 1998–2004 Peter R. Wilson |
| Maintainer | The LaTeX Project Team Will Robertson Peter R. Wilson (inactive) |
| Contained in | TeX Live as hanging MiKTeX as hanging |
| Topics | Tagged PDF – fully compatible Layout |
| See also | hang |
