The TeX Catalogue Online, Alphabetically Indexed CTAN Edition

### by Graham Williams

##### Alphabetically Indexed CTAN Edition

### Section A

a0poster |
Provides fonts in sizes of 12pt up to 107pt. Provides fonts in sizes of 12pt up to 107pt and also makes sure that in math formulas the symbols appear in the right size. Can also creates a postscript header file for dvips which ensures that the poster will be printed in the right size. Supported sizes are DIN A0, DIN A1, DIN A2 and DIN A3. (25 Feb 1998)
a4 |
Support for A4 paper sizes. Provides support for A4 paper sizes, however it is mostly superseded by the a4paper option of LaTeX and by the geometry package. It does, however, also define the extra option of widemargins. Latest recorded version is 1.2e. See also geometry, and a4wide. (13 May 1997)
a4wide |
Increases width of printed area of an a4 page. This package provides an option to increase the width of the a4 page. Note however that it is superceded by geometry. Latest recorded version is 1.2d, 1995/08/11. See also geometry, and a4. (18 May 1996)
a5 |
Support for a5 paper size. This package provides support for a5 paper sizes. Note however that it is superceded by geometry. (19 Apr 1998)
a5comb |
Support for a5 paper. Note however that it is superceded by see geometry. (19 Apr 1998)
aaai |
AAAI style. (25 Feb 1998)
abbrevs |
Expand abbreviations. Macros to expand abbreviations to text and insert the proper following space depending on context. These macros can also expand to one thing the first time they are used and another thing on subsequent invocations (to automatically spell-out abbreviations or acronyms at their first use). A generic facility is also provided for suffixes like 1900\BC and 6:00\PM, which correctly handles following periods.
abc2mtex |
Notate tunes stored in abc notation. A package to notate tunes stored in an ascii format (abc notation). One of the most important aims of abc notation, and perhaps one that distinguishes it from most, if not all, computer-readable musical languages is that it can be easily read by humans. The package produces files that can be processed with MusicTeX. Latest recorded version is 1.6. (27 Nov 1996)
abstbook |
Books of abstracts. A LaTeX2e class file for making ``books of abstracts'', commonly used for conferences. It is based on report class, however \chapter has been redefined and shouldn't be used. (5 Mar 1997)
abstyles |
No description available. (22 Feb 1999)
accents |
Multiple accents. A package for multiple accents with nice features concerning creation of accents and placement of scripts. Latest recorded version is 1.1. (25 Feb 1999)
accfonts |
Includes mkt1font, vpl2vpl, CSX.def, and Norman.def. Latest recorded version is 0.211. (30 Jan 1999)
achemso |
LaTeX and BibTeX style for American Chemical Society. (8 Jul 1998)
acronym |
Expand acronyms at least once. This package ensures that all acronyms used in the text are spelled out in full at least once. It also provides an environment to build a list of acronyms. See also glosstex. (17 Nov 1997)
acroread |
View pdf formatted files. Acrobat (acroread) is a tool from Adobe for reading Adobe PDF files. It is available for a variety of architectures, and can be used as a plugin for Netscape. Adobe's distill (you have to buy that one) can be used to produce PDF files from PostScript. This provides a very useful way of accessing PostScript documents on the Web since PDF compresses the document internally. Best to use PostScript fonts in your LaTeX documents to make the most of it though. See also acrotex. (20 May 1997)
acrotex |
How to generate PDF with TeX. Information about using TeX and LaTeX to generate PDF documents that can be viewed with acroread. (2 Dec 1998)
adfathesis |
Australian Defence Force Academy thesis format. Latest recorded version is 2.4. (23 Feb 1999)
adobe |
Font metrics and macro support for many Adobe fonts. (16 May 1996)
adobeother |
Font metrics for Adobe non-standard fonts. (22 Feb 1999)
adobestd |
Font metrics for Adobe `standard' fonts. (22 Feb 1999)
adrlist |
Using address lists in LaTeX. (16 May 1996)
advdate |
Provides macros which can add a specified number of days to the current date (as specified in \today) and print it. Intended for use, for example, in invoices payable within 14 days from today etc. Has only been tested with Czech dates. A version supporting English dates is expected soon. (5 Mar 1997)
ae |
A set of virtual fonts which emulates T1 coded fonts using the standard CM fonts. The package is called AE fonts (for Almost European). The main use of the package is to produce PDF files using Type1 versions of the CM fonts instead of the bitmapped EC fonts. Latest recorded version is 1.0. (5 Dec 1998)
afterpage |
Implements a command that causes the commands specified in its argument to be expanded after the curent page is output. Useful to flush floats, for example. For example, LaTeX's float positioning mechanism sometimes gets overloaded and all floating figures and table drift to the end of the document. One may flush out all the unprocessed floats by issuing a \clearpage command, but this has the effect of making the current page end prematurely. Now you can issue \afterpage{\clearpage} and the current page will be filled up with text as usual, but then a \clearpage| command will flush out all the floats before the next text page begins. Latest recorded version is 1.08. (13 Aug 1998)
afthesis |
LaTeX thesis/dissertation class for US Air Force Institute Of Technology. (15 Dec 1996)
aguplus |
Styles for American Geophysical Union. Latest recorded version is 15g. (16 Sep 1998)
aiaa |
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. A bundle of LaTeX/BibTeX files and sample documents to aid those producing papers and journal articles according to the guidelines of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Latest recorded version is 2.4. (24 Feb 1999)
akletter |
An advanced letter document class which extends LaTeX's usual letter class, providing support for building your own letterhead and marking fold points for window envelopes. See also brief, dinbrief, envlab, and formlett. (1 Jun 1998)
alatex |
An extended LaTeX with better modularity. (16 May 1996)
alg |
LaTeX environments for typesetting algorithms. (16 May 1996)
algorithmic |
Provides an environment for describing algorithms. Within an algorithmic a number of commands for typesetting popular algorithmic constructs are available.
algorithms |
Defines a floating algorithm environment designed to work with the algorithmic package. (13 May 1997)
alltt |
Defines the alltt environment which is like the verbatim environment except that \ and braces have their usual meanings. Thus, other commands and environments can appear within an alltt environment. See also moreverb, verbatim, and vrb. (28 May 1996)
alphanum |
Permits alphanumeric section numbering. For example, A. Introduction; III. International Law. See also jura. (10 Mar 1998)
altfont |
A generalised replacement for some parts of psnfss and mfnfss. Similar to psfont with the PostScript specific code removed. (13 May 1997)
amiweb2c |
An Amiga port of the complete UNIX-TeX system. Latest recorded version is 7.2. See also web2c. (25 Mar 1998)
amsbsy |
Part of the AMS-LaTeX distribution, this package provides a command for producing bold math symbols when appropriate fonts exist, and a `poor man's bold' command that can be applied when no appropriate bold font is available. In paticular, the macro \boldsymbol is defined. See also amslatex. (18 Jun 1997)
amscd |
Part of the AMS-LaTeX distribution, this package adapts the commutative diagram macros of AMS-TeX for use in LaTeX. Latest recorded version is 1.2a. See also amslatex. (1 Nov 1996)
amsfonts |
A set of TeX fonts from the American Mathematical Society augmenting the standard set normally distributed with TeX, including: extra mathematical symbols; blackboard bold letters (uppercase only); fraktur letters; subscript sizes of bold math italic and bold Greek letters; subscript sizes of large symbols such as sum and product; added sizes of the Computer Modern small caps font; cyrillic fonts (from the University of Washington); Euler math fonts. Latest recorded version is 2.2. (9 Nov 1996)
amslatex |
A collection of loosely related files that are distributed together by the American Mathematical Society. These files are miscellaneous enhancements to LaTeX whose aim is superior information structure of mathematical documents and superior printed output. Latest recorded version is 1.2. See also amsmath, amscd, and amstext. (13 May 1997)
amsltx11 |
Version of AMS-LaTeX for version 2.09 of LaTeX. See also amslatex. (9 Nov 1996)
amsmath |
This package is the principal package in the AMS-LaTeX distribution. I adapts for use in LaTeX most of the mathematical features found in AMS-TeX. See also amslatex. (9 Nov 1996)
amsppt |
AMS-TeX article preprint document style. Latest recorded version is 2.1a. See also amsppt1. (24 Sep 1996)
amsppt1 |
AMS-TeX conversion file to provide compatibility between amsppt.sty version 1 and amsppt.sty version 2. Latest recorded version is 2.1b. See also amsppt. (25 Sep 1996)
amssym |
Defines names for all the math symbols in the AMS symbol fonts (msam and msbm). If not used with AMS-TeX, amssym.tex must be used with amssym.def (q.v.). Latest recorded version is 2.1. See also amssym, amsfonts, and amssymb. (25 Sep 1996)
amssymb |
Part of the AMSFonts distribution, this LaTeX option defines symbol names for all the math symbols in the fonts MSAM and MSBM, of the AMSFonts package. See also amsfonts. (11 Nov 1996)
amstex |
American Mathematical Society plain TeX macros. Latest recorded version is 2.1. (9 Nov 1996)
amstext |
Part of the AMS-LaTeX distribution, this package defines a \text macro, which makes it easy to incorporate fragments of text inside a displayed equation or a sub or superscript. Font sizes are automatically scaled in sub/superscripts. See also amslatex. (11 Nov 1996)
answers |
Styles for setting questions (or exercises) and answers. See also exams. (29 May 1996)
anttvf |
A collection of virtual fonts generated with fontinst 1.6, that provide a Postscript font `Antykwa Toru\'nska' (antyktor) in OT1, T1, TS1 and OT4 encodings, to be used with LaTeX2e. See also antyktor. (08 Feb 1998)
antyktor |
Antykwa Toru\'nska is a serif font designed by the Polish typographer Zygfryd Gardzielewski which have been reconstructed and digitized as Type1. See also anttvf. (18 Jun 1998)
apa |
A LaTeX class to format text according to the American Psychological Association Publication Manual (4th ed.) specifications for manuscripts or to the APA journal look found in journals like the Journal of Experimental Psychology etc. In addition, it provides regular LaTeX-like output with a few enhancements and APA-motivated changes. Latest recorded version is 1.22. See also apacite, and mslapa. (12 Nov 1998)
apacite |
A BibTeX style which closely follows the APA style citation, claiming to provide the closest match. See also apa, and mslapa. (12 Jul 1996)
apasoft |
A more conforming apa-like style for BibTeX. (15 Sep 1998)
apl |
Fonts for typesetting APL programs. (12 Apr 1997)
appendix |
Provides various ways of formatting the titles of appendices. The word `Appendix' or similar can be prepended to the appendix number for article class documents. The word `Appendices' or similar can be added to the table of contents before the appendices are listed. The word `Appendices' or similar can be typeset as a \part-like heading (page) in the body. An appendices environment is provided which can be used instead of the \appendix command. (11 Dec 1998)
ar |
MetaFont files and a LaTeXe package for producing and using the capital A and capital R ligature, used for the symbol of the ``aspect ratio'' by scientists and engineers in the field of aeronautics. (24 Apr 1998)
arabtex |
Macros and fonts for typesetting Arabic. Latest recorded version is 3.05. (13 May 1997)
armenian |
A package which lets one to write in Armenian with TeX. It can be used with a standard Latin keyboard without any special encoding and/or support for Armenian letters. It can also be used with any keyboard which uses encodings having Armenian letters in the second half (characters 128-255) of the extended ASCII table. Latest recorded version is 1.0. (3 Jul 1997)
arosgn |
Support for the Bengali language. Latest recorded version is 2.1. See also pandey. (21 Oct 1996)
array |
An extended implementation of the array and tabular environments which implements options to format columns. The \! option, for example, is introduced with this package.
arrow |
Eplain macros for arrow theoretic diagrams. Latest recorded version is v1.0 dated 20 Jan 1992. (7 Nov 1996)
asaetr |
An attempt to mimic Transactions of the ASAE. (25 Feb 1998)
ascii |
Support for IBM extended ASCII font. (16 May 1996)
astro |
Astronomical (planetary) symbols. (16 May 1996)
at |
A package to remove a lot of tedious typing that ends up in LaTeX documents by expanding the number of short command names available. The new command names begin with the `@' character, rather than the conventional `\', so you can tell them apart. Latest recorded version is 1.02. See also mdwtools. (12 Nov 1996)
auctex |
Emacs support files for TeX. Provides one of the best environments for TeX/LaTeX document production. Latest recorded version is 9.8l. (19 Oct 1998)
aurora |
Header files for dvips to make colour separations (16 May 1996)
authorindex |
A package to generate a list of all authors cited in a document along with a list of pages where these citations occur. (16 Feb 1998)
autotab |
Generating tabular setups. (12 Apr 1997)