CTAN update: tcolorbox
Date: November 29, 2025 4:12:32 PM CET
Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the
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> tcolorbox
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> package.
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> Version: 6.9.0 2025-11-28
> License: lppl1.3
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> Summary description: Coloured boxes, for LaTeX examples and theorems, etc.
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> Announcement text:
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> ### Added
> - Libary `documentation`:
> - Macros `\docKeyChoices` and `\docKeyChoices*` for lists of choices with
> options `doc head left width`, `doc head left ratio`, `doc key choices separator`
> (issue #351 and issue #352)
> - Shortcut options `doc key choices` and `doc key choices*`
> - Documentation:
> - New section 'Tagging'
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> ### Changed
> - Tagging improvement for basic tcolorboxes (breakable and unbreakable)
> thanks to Ulrike Fischer (issue #358)
> - Documentation:
> Use minted2 for production since minted v3 is currently broken with Python 3.14
> (https://github.com/gpoore/minted/issues/463)
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> ### Fixed
> - Documentation:
> - Doc polishment and correction (pull request #336 and pull request #346)
> - Remove confusing sentence from `label type` docs (issue #338)
> - Emphasize `skins` library in `geometry nodes` docs (issue #337)
> - Mention new externalization packages `memoize` and `robust-externalize` (issue #339)
> - Mention `beamertheme-tcolorbox` in connection with the `beamer` skin (issue #340)
> - Replace several `xparse` leftovers (issue #341)
> - Remove `\interlineskip` from `tcolorbox-tutorial-poster.tex` (issue #353)
> - Correct some header comments (pull request #343)
> - Add references to options line `run arara` (pull request #344)
> - Add general hooks intro for stackable options (issue #347)
> - Refine docs for `enhanced standard` and `enhanced standard jigsaw` (issue #350)
> - Add note that `bookmark` and `bookmark*` are silently ignored, if the bookmark
> package is not loaded (issue #355)
> - Add note that vertical spread options are not suitable for breakable boxes (issue #357)
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> The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
> https://ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox
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> The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
> https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox/
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> Thanks for the upload.
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> For the CTAN Team
> Vincent Goulet
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tcolorbox – Coloured boxes, for LaTeX examples and theorems, etc
This package provides an environment for coloured and framed text boxes with a heading line. Optionally, such a box may be split in an upper and a lower part; thus the package may be used for the setting of LaTeX examples where one part of the box displays the source code and the other part shows the output. Another common use case is the setting of theorems. The package supports saving and reuse of source code and text parts.
The package depends on the pgf, verbatim, environ, and etoolbox packages.
| Package | tcolorbox |
| Version | 6.8.0 2025-09-09 |
| Copyright | 2006–2025 Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas F. Sturm |
| Maintainer | Thomas F. Sturm |