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makedtx v1.3 : a Perl script to help create .dtx and .ins files

• Last Modified: 2026-02-16
• Author : Nicola Talbot
• Files : listed below:
  • makedtx.dtx — documented source file
    • makedtx.ins — installation script

The makedtx bundle is provided to help LaTeX2ε developers to write the code and documentation in separate files, and then combine them into a single .dtx file for distribution. It automatically generates the character table, and also writes the associated installation (.ins) script.

To extract the code do:

latex makedtx.ins

To compile the documentation do after extracting the code:

latexmk -r latexmkrc.pl

If you don't have latexmk or makeindex, you can also do the following to have the documentation w/o index:

pdflatex makedtx.dtx
pdflatex makedtx.dtx

Read the documentation for installation instructions.

This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License. See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.lppl.html for the details of that license.

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