CTAN update: pgf-go
Date: November 1, 2026 10:05:29 AM CET
Jonatán Perren submitted an update to the
pgf-go
package.
Version: 0.2026.10.30 2026-10-30
License: lppl1.3c fdl
Summary description: Diagramming and commenting on Go games
Announcement text:
pgf-go 0.2026.10.30 adds: - Sensei's Library and Life in 19x19 diagrams ($$ lines), read as SGF, also written in the document (environment pgfgosgf). - TikZ patterns in the fills of stones, marks, territory and background, and a black-and-white profile, draft. - \pgfgostone: a single stone in the text; \pgfgoview with several parts. - Columns of two letters for boards of more than 25 lines, blank intersections (goban/blank), and orientation of SGF files (origin, transpose). - shift for coordinates, lower-case labels, the edge of the grid, vertical alignment and aligned captions in the layout grid, links in problems, and one board per page (package option pages). - Board sizes no longer depend on the font; layout/align is now layout/halign. - Loading takes about a third of the time, and the PDF files are smaller. See CHANGELOG.md for the full list.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/pgf-go The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgf-go/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
pgf-go 0.2026.10.30 adds: - Sensei's Library and Life in 19x19 diagrams ($$ lines), read as SGF, also written in the document (environment pgfgosgf). - TikZ patterns in the fills of stones, marks, territory and background, and a black-and-white profile, draft. - \pgfgostone: a single stone in the text; \pgfgoview with several parts. - Columns of two letters for boards of more than 25 lines, blank intersections (goban/blank), and orientation of SGF files (origin, transpose). - shift for coordinates, lower-case labels, the edge of the grid, vertical alignment and aligned captions in the layout grid, links in problems, and one board per page (package option pages). - Board sizes no longer depend on the font; layout/align is now layout/halign. - Loading takes about a third of the time, and the PDF files are smaller. See CHANGELOG.md for the full list.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/pgf-go The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgf-go/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
PGF-go – Diagramming and commenting on Go games
A LaTeX package for creating Go (Weiqi, Baduk, Igo) diagrams with ease. It can read SGF files, resolve captures, and count territory. It features an efficient coordinate-loading syntax to streamline workflows and offers flexible profile manipulation, allowing users to customize board layouts, stones, and annotations effortlessly. It also provides macros for easily arranging diagrams and problems.
| Package | PGF-go |
| Version | 0.2026.10.30 2026-10-30 |
| Copyright | 2025–2026 Jonatán Perren |
| Maintainer | Jonatán Perren |