Finally – a pict2e.sty!
Date: February 27, 2004 2:44:07 PM CET
i have just installed a new directory macros/latex/contrib/pict2e, which
contains a distribution of the new (real) pict2e package, as documented
in lamport, 2nd edition.
from the readme:
This package was described in the 2nd edition of "LaTeX: A Document
Preparation System", but the LaTeX project team declined to produce
the package. For a long time, LaTeX has included a "pict2e package"
that merely produced an apologetic error message.
The new package extends the existing LaTeX picture environment, using
the familiar technique (cf. the graphics and color packages) of driver
files. The package documentation (pict2e.dtx) has a fair number of
examples of use, showing where things are improved by comparison with
the LaTeX picture environment.
Robin Fairbairns
For the authors (Rolf Niepraschk and Hubert Gaesslein), and the LaTeX
and CTAN teams
pict2e – New implementation of picture commands
This package was described in the 2nd edition of ‘LaTeX: A
Document Preparation System’, but the LaTeX project team
declined to produce the package. For a long time, LaTeX
included a ‘pict2e package’ that merely produced
an apologetic error message.
The new package extends the existing LaTeX picture environment,
using the familiar technique (cf. the
graphics and
color packages) of driver files
(at present, drivers for
dvips,
pdfTeX,
LuaTeX,
XeTeX,
VTeX,
dvipdfm, and
dvipdfmx are available).
The package documentation has a fair number of examples of use,
showing where things are improved by comparison with the LaTeX
picture environment.
| Package | pict2e |
| Version | 0.4b 2020-09-30 |
| Copyright | 2003–2020 Rolf Niepraschk, Hubert Gaesslein, Josef Tkadlec
|
| Maintainer | Hubert Gäßlein
Rolf Niepraschk
Josef Tkadlec
|
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