The TeX Catalogue Online, Alphabetically Indexed CTAN Edition

### by Graham Williams

##### Alphabetically Indexed CTAN Edition

### Section M

m-pictex |
Solves the `out of dimen' problem that somethimes occours when using PiCTeX (especially together with LaTeX). (24 Feb 1998)
macbibtex |
BibTeX for the Macintosh. This is the most up-to-date version of the port of BibTeX which is distributed with OzTeX. Latest recorded version is 1.1.2. See also oztex. (7 Nov 1996)
magaz |
Magazine layout. Provides several functions that are used in many magazines' layout. Current version only does special formatting for the first line of text in a paragraph. Latest recorded version is 0.1. (17 Feb 1999)
mailing |
Macros for mail merging. (16 May 1996)
makeindex |
A general purpose hierarchical index generator; it accepts one or more input files (often produced by a text formatter such as TeX or troff), sorts the entries, and produces an output file which can be formatted. The formats of the input and output files are specified in a style file; by default, input is assumed to be a idx file, as generated by LaTeX. Latest recorded version is 2.12, 1993/05/26. (23 May 1997)
malayalam |
Fonts for typesetting Malayalam, with a pre-processor. Latest recorded version is 1.6. (23 Jun 1998)
malvern |
A new sans-serif font family. (16 May 1996)
manyfoot |
Implements a command, \newfootnote, that adds footnote levels to the standard LaTeX's footnote mechanism. Footnotes of every additional level are automatically grouped together on a LaTeX2e output page and are separated from another levels by the special vertical spaces. The command \newfootnote allows customisation of the way foonotes of additional level be represented in LaTeX2e documents. Two customisation styles are available now: the plain style is the ordinary LaTeX's style of footnote representation; the para style causes footnotes to be typeset as a run-in paragraph. (28 Dec 1998)
mapcodes |
Support for multiple character sets and encodings. (16 May 1996)
maple |
Styles and examples for the MAPLE newsletter. (16 May 1996)
maplems |
Export Maple worksheets to LaTeX2e.
margbib |
A package for displaying bibliography tags in the margins. Latest recorded version is 1.0c. (24 Feb 1998)
marvosym |
Martin Vogels' Symbol (marvosym) font is a Type 1 font containing: the Euro currency symbol as defined by the European commission; Euro currency symbols in typefaces Times, Helvetica and Courier; Symbols fur structural engineering; Symbols for steel cross-sections; Astronomy signs (Sun, Moon, planets); The 12 signs of the zodiac; Scissor symbols; CE sign and others. See also europs, and eurosym. (21 Jul 1998)
marvosym-mac |
A Macintosh version of the Marvosym font. The files include both a PS Type 1 and TrueType version, as well as configuration files to use the font with OzTeX. You still need the marvosym package separately. (5 Nov 1998)
mathcmd |
Provides a slightly modified version of the commands for making integrals and sums. Moreover, it provides commands to deal with derivatives an vector operators. (1 May 1998)
mathcomp |
A package which provides access to some interesting characters of the Text Companion fonts (TS1 encoding) in math mode. See also textcomp. (10 Sep 1998)
mathematica |
Virtual TeX fonts that can be used with the PostScript fonts distributed with Mathematica 3.0. The archives use a TDS conforming directory structure. A style file for LaTeX2e is included, that enables use of the fonts and the new symbols from LaTeX2e. (20 Jan 1998)
mathenv |
Defines some often useful math-mode environments. The ``Equation'' environment is defined as having an optional argument used as a label. The ``MultiLine'' environment is used for long formulas that don't fit on a single line, but no ampersand mark is needed, since all lines but the first are authomatically indented by a predefined amount of space. The ``System'' environment is for grouping a set of equations with one number and with an enclosing left brace. These two environments also have an optional argument used as a label. All the above environments have a *-form, which does not generate a number. (1 May 1998)
mathinst |
A script to create proper math fonts for use by TeX and LaTeX using one the family of Roman types and the raw math fonts (any of the commercial MathTime, Euler, or Lucida New Math fonts). All fonts are properly scaled for compatibility with the Roman fonts. (10 Sep 1998)
mathkit |
Creates math fonts that match Type1 outline fonts (Times, Palatino, and others) for typesetting math with TeX. (4 Feb 1998)
mathpple |
A package to define the PostScript font family `Palatino' (ppl) as the default roman font and then uses the `mathpple' fonts for typesetting math. These virtual fonts have been created for typesetting math in a style that suits the Palatino text fonts. The AMS fonts, when used additionally, will be scaled to fit Palatino. Latest recorded version is 0.97. (21 Jan 1999)
mathptm |
Extends the usage of the PostScript times fonts to the math environment.
mathrsfs |
Maths rsfs font support. See also jknappen. (27 Mar 1998)
mathspad |
An XWindows WYSIWYG structure editor implementing stencils which define two views of a document, the on-screen view and the output view (which might be LaTeX, TeX, HTML, trof).
mathtime |
The Mathtime fonts have a number of characters remapped to positions different from the ones normally used by the corresponding TeX CM-fonts. For the symbol font ``operators'' the corresponding mathtime style files use the Times Roman font (often called something like: ptmr or ptmr7t or ptmrq). (29 May 1996)
mcite |
Support for collapsing multiple citations into one, as customary in physics journals. (16 May 1996)
mdwtools |
Miscellaneous tools by Mark Wooding, including support for @, a doafter command, footnotes, mathenv for various alignment in maths, list handling, trivial maths oddments, rewrite of LaTeX's tabular and array environments, verbatim handling, and syntax diagrams. Latest recorded version is 1.05.3. See also at, and cmtt. (16 Jun 1998)
meta-mode |
A GNU Emacs Lisp package that implements a major mode for editing MetaFont or MetaPost sources. It provides many features commonly found in Emacs editing modes for programming languages, such as automatic indenting of source code, syntactic highlighting (a.k.a. fontification), symbol completion, as well as miscellaneous other basic editing functions adapted to the mode-specific semantics such as motion commands or commands to mark, reindent, or comment-out environments or regions. Latest recorded version is 1.0. (1 May 1997)
metapost |
A tool based on MetaFont for producing precise technical illustrations, creating scalable PostScript instead of bitmaps. See also threed, emp, and meta-mode. (25 Jun 1996)
method |
A package for typesetting method and variable declarations. (21 Jan 1999)
mex |
MeX is an adaptation of Plain TeX and LaTeX209 formats to the Polish language and to the Polish printing customs. It contains a complete set of MetaFont sources of Polish fonts, hyphenation rules for the Polish language and sources of formats. Latest recorded version is v1.05. (08 Feb 1998)
mf-ps |
A MetaFont package including: epstomf a tiny AWK script for converting EPS files into MF lingo; and mftoeps for generating (encapsulated) PostScript files readable, e.g., by CorelDRAW!, Adobe Illustrator and Fontographer. MetaFont writes PostScript code to a LOG-file, and from the LOG-file the code can be extracted by either TeX or AWK. DOS batch files, TeX source, and AWK source are placed in the subdirectory PROGS. (08 Feb 1998)
mf2pt3 |
Perl script to generate PostScript Type 3 fonts from MetaFont sources by processing METAPOST output. (2 Jan 1999)
mf2tex |
A package of macros in TeX and MetaFont which allows a user to easily add labels to MetaFont sources (text or mathematics). Normally you can only draw in MetaFont and all labels you must write into the TeX source before (or after) inserting the picture. This package allows you to write TeX labels straight into the MetaFont source and to generate corresponding TeX source. (3 May 1997)
mff |
A package to provide something similar to `multiple master' fonts, but using MetaFont; you specify a font by a set of MetaFont parameters, and TeX makes up a mf file to generate the required font; this package is not integrated with NFSS (or MakeTeXTFM) yet fun. (13 May 1997)
mflogo |
LaTeX package and font definition file to access the Knuthian `logo' fonts described in `The MetaFontbook' and the MetaFont and logos in LaTeX documents. Latest recorded version is 1995/12/04 v1.5c. (25 Dec 1996)
mfnfss |
Font description files for extra fonts like yinit and ygoth. (16 May 1996)
mfpic |
Macros which generate MetaFont code for drawing pictures. See also mkpic. (12 Apr 1997)
mftoeps |
Converts MF to EPS. (25 Feb 1998)
mhs |
No description available. (22 Feb 1999)
midnight |
A set of useful macro tools. (16 May 1996)
mif2xfig |
A tool to convert diagrams from Frame Maker's MIF format to XFig's format, and vice versa. (20 Nov 1996)
miktex |
Free Win32 TeX distribution. A free distribution of TeX and friends for Windows95 and Windows-NT. Features include easy installation and configuration, and full TeX and LaTeX support. The `basic' distribution is a (useful) sub-set of the complete distribution removing pdfTeX, Computer Modern PostScript Fonts, AMS-Fonts, PostScript Fonts, MetaPost, Texinfo, Makeinfo, and Web. Latest recorded version is 1.11. See also ntemacs, winedt, win95-guide, and bakoma. (23 Feb 1999)
miktex-axp |
A port of MikTeX to Windows-NT on the Alpha. (25 Sep 1997)
miniltx |
Part of the plain TeX graphics collection which allows the use of LaTeX's graphics, colour, and picture mode commands in plain TeX based formats. (20 May 1996)
minitoc |
Produce a table of contents for each chapter. Latest recorded version is 27. (12 Jan 1997)
mirr |
A small header for making a mirror of dvipsed files. (08 Feb 1998)
miscpk |
No description available. (22 Feb 1999)
mitpress |
Support for MIT Press. (19 Sep 1998)
mkpic |
A Perl interface to mfpic making it possible to enter simple commands with tab separated arguments and without braces/brackets to design figures. The script produces a style file, mkpic.sty, containing one latex command for each picture. (2 Jan 1999)
mla |
A bibliography style for the Modern Language Association's manual of style. (28 Apr 1997)
mlbib |
Support for multilingual bibliographies. Latest recorded version is 10. (5 Nov 1996)
mltex |
Support for MLTeX, the multilingual TeX extension from Michael J. Ferguson. (28 Dec 1998)
mmtools |
Two tools for working with multiple master fonts: mmafm creates an AFM by interpolating at a given point in a multiple master's design space; mminstance creates a ``normal'' PFB font by interpolating at a given point in a multiple master's design space. (23 Jul 1997)
mnras |
Styles for the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. (16 May 1996)
modes |
A collection of MetaFont mode_def's. Also includes common definitions for write/white printers, `special' information, and landscape mode. Latest recorded version is 3.4. (11 Aug 1998)
monotype |
Font metrics, and macro support in LaTeX2e, for a large set of Monotype fonts. (16 May 1996)
monster |
Towards a more rational and modular LaTeX, by Matt Swift; a set of powerful tools. (16 May 1996)
montex |
MonTeX provides Mongolian support for LaTeX2e (now Cyrillic, but soon also Classical Mongolian). (29 Jan 1999)
moredefs |
A collection of defining, expansion, and debugging commands that support `elegant' programming in LaTeX.
morehelp |
A package to enhance LaTeX2e error messages by providing descriptions of the possible causes including those that may not be obvious. This style is effectively an online substitute for error lists found in the LaTeX books, although it cannot completely replace them. Only true LaTeX errors are included; TeX errors are beyond the reach of ordinary macros. Latest recorded version is early alpha. (19 Feb 1998)
moresize |
A LaTeX2e package for using font sizes up to 35.88pt, for example with the new EC fonts. New commands \HUGE and \ssmall for selecting font sizes are provided together with some options working around current LaTeX2e shortcomings in using big font sizes. The package also provides options for improving the typesetting of paragraphs (or headlines) with embedded math expressions at font sizes above 17.28pt. (17 Jul 1997)
moreverb |
A verbatim mode that can handle TABs properly, can number lines, can number lines in an included file, can produce boxed verbatims, etc. See also alltt, verbatim, and vrb. (13 May 1997)
morse |
A package for printing Morse code signs. (26 Feb 1998)
mpattern |
A package for defining and using patterns in MetaPost, using the Pattern Color Space available in PostScript Level 2. (30 Sep 1998)
mpfnmark |
A package which provides the command \mpfootnotemark, which can be used in the same way as \footnotemark. The difference between these two macros is that within minipage environments the latter uses the standard footnote marker style (defined by \thefootnote), while the new command uses the minipage footnote marker style (defined by \thempfootnote). (13 May 1997)
ms |
No description available. (22 Feb 1999)
mslapa |
LaTeX and BibTeX style files for a respectably close approximation to APA (American Psychological Association) citation and reference style. See also apacite, and apa. (12 Jul 1996)
mt11p |
A package to use the MathTime and MathTimePLUS (``MathTime complete'') fonts in LaTeX2e. Everything is included, incl. (patched) font metrics, except, of course, the Type1 fonts themselves. The package cooperates with the AMS packages (amsmath, amssymb, etc.) T1 and OT1 encodings (as operators fonts!) are fully supported. It does not assume you own any other commercial (non-resident) fonts. This package has no connection with the ``mathtime'' package by Frank Mittelbach and David Carlisle, commissioned by YandY. (14 Feb 1997)
mtbe |
Examples from Mathematical TeX by Example by Arvind Borde. (16 May 1996)
multenum |
Multi-column enumerated lists. (25 Feb 1998)
multicol |
A package to intermix single and multiple columns. For example, it allows you to shift between two and one columns anywhere. Latest recorded version is 1.5q. (21 Dec 1998)
multido |
A loop facility for Generic TeX. (19 Mar 1998)
multirow |
Creates tabular cells spanning multiple rows. Includes an option for specifying multirows with a ``natural'' column width. Latest recorded version is 1.5. (25 Nov 1998)
multitoc |
A LaTeX package which automatically sets only the table of contents, list of figures and list of tables in two or more columns. The number of columns can be configured. Uses the multicol package. Latest recorded version is 2.00. (8 Sep 1998)
musicref |
Reference page for musictex.
musictex |
Typesetting music with TeX. See also abc2mtex. (27 Nov 1996)
musixtex |
Extended MusicTeX, with better slurs. (16 May 1996)
mxedruli |
Georgian fonts including the xedruli Alphabet and the Xucuri-Alphabet. (25 Jul 1998)
mylatex |
MyLaTeX. (1 May 1998)
myletter |
Another letter package. See also brief, and akletter. (12 Apr 1997)