Questions tagged [package-writing]
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Use l3build to build and package a font package
I would like to use l3build to build and package a support package for a TrueType/OpenType font.
File Layout
truetype/MyFont.ttf
build.lua
my-font-package.dtx
my-font-package.ins
File Contents
build....
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How can I disable shadows (and similar preaction/postaction effects) in TikZ or PGF?
Is there a general way to disable preactions/postactions in TikZ on which effects such as shadows depend?
If not, is there a straightforward way to enable users to add options to an existing style so ...
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Adding a page in the end of a document with preamble
I am working on a special style package for a company and one of templates must include a special blank page in the end of a document. In order to do it I could make a command like \makeEndPage that ...
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Options in style files [duplicate]
How can I have an option to require some packages in a style file I am writing ?
For instance, I can have a Science and Technology Option that makes available certain symbols. And another option to ...
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LaTeX for Companies
I work with a small company (10 people). I've been a LaTeX user for roughly 20 years. We have been trying to implement LaTeX as the primary document preparation system in our company with varying ...
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How to manually space two images in a environment defined by a personal package
I am trying to create a package in order to be able to write in Ithkuil (it's an artificial language). To do this, I need to have an environment \begin{ithkuil} ... \end{ithkuil} in which the ...
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Errors setting up a custom equation environment using \tcbhighmath
Currently, I'm writing a Macros package to store my custom environments and macros for my homework sheets. I'm trying to create a custom environment which I can define within my package (a .sty file), ...
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How to write my own TexLive package?
I want to create my own latex package with a .sty file in it, and install it via tlmgr command.
I've looked it up in Google, and found only this page https://tug.org/texlive/pkgcontrib.html, where I ...
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Why can these custom commands from packages not be seen in the main document?
I am using TeX Live (MacTeX) 2023 with all updates (as of this morning). Consider two packages called packageone.sty and packagetwo.sty. packageone.sty contains a redefinition of \vec to include a ...
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Are header guards necessary for LaTeX packages? If so, how to implement one?
A header guard is used in some programming languages to avoid repeatedly importing the same file. Here's one example of this scenario in LaTeX: Let's say we have header1.sty, header2.sty and main.tex ...
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xkeyval keys not resetting after execution of the command with luatex
The following tex document is compiled with LuaLaTeX engine.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{luakeytest}
\begin{document}
\myAddFunction[c=30,d=40]{10.1}{20}
\myAddFunction{1}{2}
\end{document}
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Macro without arguments to define macro with arguments
I'm trying to use xparse and generic TeX/LaTeX commands to write a macro (that takes no arguments) to define another macro that does take arguments:
\documentclass{minimal}
\RequirePackage{xparse,...
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How to implement some functions in C++ for Asymptote?
I implemented some special functions in pure Asymptote language and they are useful. But one recommends me to implement them in C++ instead. I'd like (and I already have these functions in C++) but I ...
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Passing optional arguments to LaTeX commands with Lua
The following tex document is compiled with LuaLaTeX engine.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{keytest}
\begin{document}
\myAddFunction[c=30,d=40]{10}{20}
\end{document}
This works fine and output ...
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My first package stopped to work!
some years ago I wrote the simple package PSBao.sty. I stopped using it two years ago and now it doesn't work any more. I'm not able to find the cause. Can someone help me?
Unfortunately it was my ...
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LaTeX3 dynamic generation of \prg_new_conditional
I have multiple pieces of redundant LaTeX3 code that creates new conditionals:
\bool_if:nT
{ \cs_if_free_p:N \mypkg_if_package_loaded_p:n &&
\cs_if_free_p:N \mypkg_if_package_loaded_T:n &...
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AUCTeX auto style files for .dtx and .tex with the same base name
In a LaTeX package using DocStrip with pretty standard structure one could have the following files:
mypackage-code.tex
mypackage.dtx
mypackage.ins
mypackage.tex
mypackage.dtx is the main file where ...
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l3build testing several tcolorbox theorems: what would be the best way?
(I'm (still) in the process of trying to understand how l3build tests work.)
Suppose I'd like to l3build a test for a class (based on standalone class, but I guess it is of little importance here) ...
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\AtBeginDocument and packages
Here is a very puzzling behaviour of the (Lua)LaTeX compiler. In the situation below, the output depends on whether some code in put in a package or directly in the main file; asking for an extra \...
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Who are the people behind the CTAN packages? [duplicate]
I am sorry for my naive question but the more I get acquaint with LaTeX packages, the more I wonder who are those people behind the packages. Some of them are very complex, with exhaustive 1000-pages ...
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How can I to pass options (or Load) class to a new package? Is it possible?
I'm planning to build a new package, which I call abntstyle, that can implement Brazilian norms of writing academic works. There is already a class called abnTeX2 that does this. This class is ...
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Trouble writing new package for a numbered 'tcolorbox' style with option for 'number within'
I am writing a new package to define a numbered box style (using tcolorbox) that I use in multiple documents. I want to take the numbering convention of the box as a package option. By default, I want ...
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How to use catcodes in a macro/environment
I want to use catcodes in an environment and the catcodes shall be changed for a very short part in the document.
MnWE:
\documentclass[a5paper, 11pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{environ}
\NewEnviron{Lied}[...
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Condition in Writing New Environment with pgfkeys
I'm writing a new environment in LaTeX where pgfkeys package is used to give the key interface.
Source Code:
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{noteframe}[2023/01/01 Version 1.0]
\...
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How to use \pgfkeys properly in \newenvironment based on xcolor and tcolorbox?
I'm trying to create a new environment called noteframe that is based on tcolorbox.
Supposedly, the noteframe environment should allow the user to change the theme color of the box using the name of ...
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``key-one=value one'' versus ``key-one={value one}'' in l3keys or package options
I just noticed that key-one=value one and key-one={value one} seem equivalent as \keys_set:nn arguments but not as package options.
In next minimal example, the same key-value argument is parsed as a ...
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Typesetting Non-Latin Unicode Characters with LaTeX
I am writing a package in LaTeX, and would like to have basic macros (e.g. \vulture) for printing almost all the Egyptian hieroglyphs (e.g. U+13150 𓅐 - Egyptian Hieroglyph G14 - Vulture).
As far as I ...
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How to create an `expl3` package?
By a expl3 package I mean a package that includes some commands that uses expl3. The point is that I want a document to be able to \usepackage{} that package and avoid the need of \usepackage{expl3} ...
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How to save a style file in TeXShop?
When I try to save a .sty file in TeXShop, I get the message "You cannot save this document with extension “.sty” at the end of the name. The required extension is “.tex”." Of course, I ...
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Expl3 syntax generate error and warning messages for class and LaTeX
When I do \msg_new:nnnn { module } { errorname } { explenation } and then \msg_warning { module } { errorname } i get Package module Warning:. How can I get it to say Class module Warning: or LaTeX ...
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Produce error when document exceeds a page length
I tried making an fatal error when the document exceeds a set pagelimit. I think there is some problem with my if statement, because although the document exceeds the limit there is no error. The idea ...
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How to make "fatal error"?
How do you make LaTeX stop/ abort the compilation and output a "fatal error"?
I know there are a couple of ways to produce errors/warnings:
\ClassError{class-name}{error-text}{help-text}
\...
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Raise Package/ Class error for incompatible options
When I am writing a package or class, I sometimes have some options that are incompatible with each other. What I want is to raise an error if two such options are imported at the same time. I tried \@...
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How does wrapfig internally work?
wrapfig is a LaTeX package designed to make it possible to let text flow around images. I am acquainted with the documentation, which was written with the needs of an end user in mind. But how does ...
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Customize package between book/article classes
I wrote a small package that I used to typeset a book. Now, I'd like to reuse it for smaller documents. The package uses tcolorbox and defines a box like this:
\newtcblisting[auto counter,
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Create an alphabet package that works like greek letters
Some friends and I have been using LaTeX for some years and, at College, we have created some new letters to use with math (it was kind of a joke because we were constantly saying there were few ...
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Write a package/ document class with babel supported commands
I am writing a latex class and would like to have a command that prints a sentence in different languages if babel is imported. If babel is not imported (detected) it will simply print the sentence in ...
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Why does esint clash when I include it in my package?
I am trying to write my own package, but I can not include esint without getting errors.
Here is an MWE of my package:
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{zyy}[2021/08/14 Yiyu's preamble for ...
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Error while creating a new command in a custom package
I'm trying to follow the steps in this link to create a new package. My current code is
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{custom}[2022/10/29 LaTeX custom]
\let\a\alpha
\newcommand{\bfit}[1]{\...
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Macro to define macros within .aux file is not working
Here are some macros that I am trying to define (based on this question):
\odef{foo}{bar} will define an "object" with name foo and value bar.
\objRef{foo} will insert the value of the foo &...
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Test if a package option defined through pgf is empty
I would like to branch on package/class options defined through the pgfopts package. Here is an example :
% CLASS
% Preamble
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/06/01]
\ProvidesClass{myclass}[2022/10/01]
\...
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Which code is executed when generating .sty from .dtx?
I am trying to understand how to generate .sty using .dtx. Suppose I want the following code to be in the .sty file:
\NewDocumentCommand{\foo}{ }{}
\NewDocumentCommand{\bar}{ }{}
\ifluatex
\let\baz\...
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How to \protect '#' in \PackageError?
I'm trying to write a package with a macro that's abbreviates \PackageError,
and I'd like in particular to use it to report messages such as
Parameter #1 cannot be "s"
(assuming my input ...
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Canonical way to declare new bib2gls entries for use with glossaries-extra
I found my self reusing blocks of
entry-type-aliases={%
module = entry,%
repo = entry,%
...
}
quite often, but I think copy pasting code is a bad idea.
As I keep reusing and expanding my ...
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\AddToHook{file/⟨file-name⟩/before}{\ExplSyntaxOff} seems to be ineffective
(The current question is related to Using of \usetikzlibrary in an expl3 package fails, at least somehow.)
Suppose a (expl3) class of mine, myclass, provides a way to configure it at the document ...
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Setting up a translatable package
I maintain a LaTeX package that produces an output with three English words: “and”, “p.” and “pp.”. I would like that if someone used my package in a German document these three strings automatically ...
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Why can I no longer remove "General:" when using \PrintChanges as of doc 3?
As of version 3, the doc package provides reportchangedates option to display dates along with package changes. I want to remove the word "General" and the colon that follows it from the ...
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As of 2022, how should one build class/package options without l3keys2e? [duplicate]
In a comment of this question,David Carlisle wrote:
[l3keys2e] should be considerd legacy now, the new built in option code is based on the same core expl3 code but extended and improved so hopefully ...
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New conditional to test package version
By now, how should one write the code that does if the package <package> is newer than <version>, do <thing A>; otherwise do <thing B>?
I'm aware of \@ifpackagelater, but I ...
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EuropeCV fails with LaTeX2e pre-release because of loading hyperref in \AtBeginDocument
Below is a minimal example that compiles successfully with stable TeX Live 2022 pdflatex but fails with the latest (and expected to be released in a couple days I think) pdflatex-dev:
\documentclass[...
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