CTAN package update: PerlTeX
Date: June 26, 2006 4:44:12 PM CEST
This package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be
at your favorite mirror.
Thank you Scott.
Jim Hefferon
St Michael's College
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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: PerlTeX
Author's name: Scott Pakin
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex
Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code
License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. PerlTeX v1.3 adds code to work around a limitation of the Perl sandbox (i.e., that certain constructs fail even when perltex is run with the --nosafe option) and introduces a \perldo macro that enables the execution of Perl code outside of any subroutine.
See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. PerlTeX v1.3 adds code to work around a limitation of the Perl sandbox (i.e., that certain constructs fail even when perltex is run with the --nosafe option) and introduces a \perldo macro that enables the execution of Perl code outside of any subroutine.
See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
perltex – Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code
PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2ε package (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. PerlTeX will make use of persistent named pipes, and thereby run more efficiently, on operating systems that offer them (mostly Unix-like systems).
Also provided is a switch to generate a PerlTeX-free, document-specific, noperltex.sty that is useful when distributing a document to places where PerlTeX is not available.
| Package | perltex |
| Version | 2.2 |
| Copyright | 2003–2019 Scott Pakin |
| Maintainer | Scott Pakin |