Directory support/ctanify
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| CTANIFY |
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| Prepare a package for upload to CTAN |
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| By Scott Pakin, scott+ctify@pakin.org |
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Description
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ctanify is intended for developers of LaTeX packages who want to
distribute their packages via the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
(CTAN). Given a list of filenames, ctanify creates a tarball (a
.tar.gz file) with the files laid out in CTAN's preferred structure.
The tarball additionally contains a ZIP (.zip) file with copies of all
files laid out in the standard TeX Directory Structure (TDS), which
facilitates inclusion of the package in the TeX Live distribution of
TeX.
ctanify has been tested primarily on Linux but with reports from users
that it also works on OS X and can work on Windows under Cygwin.
Volunteers willing to help port ctanify to other platforms are
especially welcome.
File manifest
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README This file
ctanify The ctanify Perl script itself
ctanify.1 ctanify documentation (Unix man-page format)
ctanify.pdf ctanify documentation (PDF format)
Copyright and License
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Copyright (C) 2017 Scott Pakin
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. The latest version of this
license is in
http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version
2008/05/04 or later.
Download the contents of this package in one zip archive (49.2k).
ctanify – Prepare a package for upload to CTAN
Given a list of filenames, ctanify creates a tarball (a .tar.gz file) with the files laid out in CTAN’s preferred structure.
By default this tarball additionally contains a ZIP (.zip) file with copies of all files laid out in the standard TeX Directory Structure (TDS), which may be used by those intending to install the package, or by those who need to incorporate it in a distribution. (The TDS ZIP file will be installed in the CTAN install/ tree.)
Given that CTAN and TeX Live are not fond of .tds.zip files for small and/or otherwise straightforward packages, ctanify has now been provided with an option that prevents the creation and inclusion of such a .tds.zip file.
| Package | ctanify |
| Version | 1.9.1 |
| Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c |
| Maintainer | Scott Pakin |
| TDS archive | ctanify.tds.zip |
| Contained in | TeX Live as ctanify MiKTeX as ctanify |
| Topics | CTAN |
| See also | ctanupload |
