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Identifier Caption
adjustbox Apply graphics package macros to general boxes.
advdate Print a date relative to "today".
afterpackage Add commands to package after it's loaded.
afterpage Execute command after the next page break.
aliascnt Alias counters.
alphalph Convert numbers to letters.
arabic Read a lower-case roman number.
aro-bend Exercises in TeX, with answers.
around-the-bend Typeset exercises in TeX, with answers.
arrayjob Array data structures for (La)TeX.
arrayjobx Array data structures for (La)TeX.
at Short commands starting '@'.
atbegshi Execute stuff at \shipout time.
atenddvi Provides the \AtEndDvi command.
atveryend Hooks at the very end of a document.
authoraftertitle Make author, etc., available after \maketitle.
auxhook Hooks for auxiliary files.
babeltools Tools for dealing with Babel annoyances.
base Definitive source of Plain TeX on CTAN.
basix A BASIC interpreter written in TeX.
bigintcalc Integer calculations on very large numbers.
binhex Convert numbers into binary, octal and hexadecimal.
binomexp Calculate Pascal's triangle.
bitelist Split list, in TeX's mouth.
bitset Handle bit-vector datatype.
blkcntrl Block-element hooks in LaTeX.
boolexpr A boolean expression evaluator and a switch command.
brclc Support 16-bit (double) calculations in LaTeX.
calc Simple arithmetic in LaTeX commands.
calctab Language for numeric tables.
calorie Calorie checking for dieters.
catchfile Catch an external file into a macro.
catchfilebetweentags Catch text delimited by docstrip tags.
catoptions Preserving and recalling standard catcodes.
checkend Extend "improperly closed environment" messages
checklab A patch for the label-checking code.
chklref Check for problems with labels in LaTeX.
chngcntr Change the resetting of counters.
cjw A bundle of packages and classes.
classes The source of LaTeX's standard classes.
clefval Key/value support with a hash.
clsguide Documentation of LaTeX class and package writing.
cmdstring Get command name reliably.
cmdtrack Check used commands.
collcell Collect contents of a tabular cell as argument to a macro.
collect Collect text for later re-use.
collectbox Collect and process macro arguments as boxes.
comma Formats a number by inserting commas.
compare Compare two strings.
compsci Document (LaTeX) programming with LaTeX.
context The ConTeXt macro package.
context-rst Process reStructuredText with ConTeXt.
coollist Manipulate COntent Oriented LaTeX Lists.
coolstr String manipulation in LaTeX.
count1to Make use of count1 to count9.
cprotect Allow verbatim, etc., in macro arguments.
currfile Provide file name and path of input files.
dbprocess Process database output.
dcounter Support dynamic counters.
declare Declare register names locally.
default Provide default parameters for TeX macros.
defstring Define macros as verbatim macros.
dialogl Macros for constructing interactive LaTeX scripts.
doafter Do things after a group.
doc Format LaTeX documentation.
dox Extend the doc package.
dozenal Typeset documents using base twelve numbering (also called "dozenal")
dprogress LaTeX-relevant log information for debugging.
dps Create a "matching" game with a hidden message.
drac Declare active character substitution, robustly.
dtxgallery A small collection of minimal DTX examples.
dtxtut Tutorial on writing .dtx and .ins files
emarks Named mark registers with e-TeX.
endnote Generic "endnotes" code.
engord Converts numbers to English ordinal numbers.
engrec Enumerate with lower- or uppercase Greek letters.
environ A new interface for environments in LaTeX.
eolgrab Catch arguments delimited by end of line.
eplain Extended plain tex macros.
escapetext Make plain text safe for use in LaTeX.
etex An extended version of TeX, from the NTS project.
etexcmds Avoid name clashes with e-TeX commands.
etex-pkg E-TeX support package.
etextools e-TeX tools for LaTeX users and package writers.
etoolbox Tool-box for LaTeX programmers using e-TeX.
etoolbox-de German translation of documentation of etoolbox.
euro Provide Euro values for national currency amounts.
eurofont Provides a command that prints a euro symbol.
everyhook Hooks for standard TeX token lists.
everypage Provide hooks to be run on every page of a document.
everyshi Take action at every \shipout.
expl3 Wrapper package for experimental LaTeX 3.
export Import and export values of LaTeX registers.
exp-testopt Expandable \@testopt (and related) macros.
extract Extract parts of a document and write to another document.
extradefs A miscellany of support macros.
fancynum Typeset numbers.
fenixpar One-shot changes to token registers such as \everypar.
fifinddo Filtering files using TeX.
filecontents Extended filecontents and filecontents* environments
fileerr LaTeX's mechanisms for dealing with file errors.
filehook Hooks for input files.
filemod Provide file modification times, and compare them.
fltpoint Simple floating point arithmetic.
fmtcount Display the value of a LaTeX counter in a variety of formats.
forarray Using array structures in LaTeX.
forloop Iteration in LaTeX.
format Format a counter as a fixed-point number.
fp Fixed point arithmetic.
fragments Fragments of LaTeX code.
fwlw Get first and last words of a page.
gates Support for writing modular and customisable code.
getfiledate Find the date of last modification of a file.
getoptk Define macros with sophisticated options.
gmutils Support macros for other packages.
grfext Manipulate the graphics package's list of extensions.
grffile Extended file name support for graphics.
hackalloc Make allocations local.
hanoi Tower of Hanoi in TeX.
hardwrap Hard wrap text to a certain character length.
harvmac Macros for scientific articles.
he-she Alternating pronouns to aid to gender-neutral writing.
hex Print a counter in hexadecimal.
hobsub Construct package bundles
hopatch Load patches for packages.
iching A font for I Ching divinations.
ifdraft Detect "draft" and "final" class options.
ifetex Provides \ifetex switch.
iflang Expandable checks for the current language.
ifluatex Provides the \ifluatex switch.
ifmtarg If-then-else command for processing potentially empty arguments.
ifnextok Utility macro: peek ahead without ignoring spaces.
ifoddpage Determine if the current page is odd or even.
ifpdf Provides the \ifpdf conditional.
ifplatform Conditionals to test which platform is being used.
iftex Am I running under pdfTeX, XeTeX or LuaTeX?
ifthen Conditional commands in LaTeX documents.
ifthenx Extra tests for \ifthenelse.
ifvtex Detects use of VTeX and its facilities.
ifxetex Am I running under XeTeX?
infwarerr Complete set of information/warning/error message macros.
inlinedef Inline expansions within definitions.
inputtrc Trace which file loads which.
inscrutable A response to Perl hackers' silliness.
intcalc Expandable arithmetic operations with integers.
interfaces Set parameters for other packages, conveniently.
inversepath Calculate inverse file paths.
itnumpar Spell numbers in words (Italian).
js-misc Miscellaneous macros from Joachim Schrod.
kantlipsum Generate sentences in Kant's style.
keycommand Simple creation of commands with key-value arguments.
keyreader A robust interface to xkeyval.
keyval Process 'key=value' schemes.
keyval2e A lightweight and robust key-value parser.
kpathsea Path searching library for TeX-related files.
kvdefinekeys Define keys for use in the kvsetkeys package.
kvoptions Key value format for package options.
kvsetkeys Key value parser with default handler support.
l3dt Experimental LaTeX 3 data tables.
l3experimental Experimental LaTeX3 concepts.
l3kernel LaTeX3 programming conventions.
l3keys2e LaTeX 2e option processing using LaTeX 3 keys.
l3packages High-level LaTeX3 concepts.
l3regex Regular expression facilities for LaTeX.
laansort Sorting within TeX.
labelcas Check the existence of labels, and fork accordingly.
lambda-lists Lists in TeX's mouth.
lamstex A merge of the best in AMS-TeX and LaTeX.
laps Zero-width boxes for annotations, etc.
latex A TeX macro package that defines LaTeX.
latex-base Base sources of LaTeX.
latex-tds A structured copy of the LaTeX distribution.
lazylist Lists in TeX’s “mouth”.
lcg Generate random integers.
letltxmacro Let assignment for LaTeX macros.
linegoal A "dimen" that returns the space left on the line.
lipsum Easy access to the Lorem Ipsum dummy text.
lmake Process lists to do repetitive actions.
locality Various macros for keeping things local.
localloc Macros for localizing TeX register allocations.
logbox e-TeX showbox facilities for exploration purposes.
logfilter Choose what you want to see of a (La)TeX log.
logical-markup-utils Packages for language-dependent inline quotes and dashes.
longnamefilelist Tidy \listfiles with long file names.
ltxcmds Some LaTeX kernel commands for general use.
ltxdoc Class for documented LaTeX macro files.
ltxfileinfo Print version info for latex class or style file.
ltxkeys A robust key parser for LaTeX.
ltxnew A simple means of creating commands.
ltxtools A collection of LaTeX API macros.
ltxutil LaTeX utility macros.
luacode Helper for executing lua code from within TeX.
lualatex-platform Load platform-specific code into luatex.
luatexbase Basic resource management for LuaTeX code.
luatex-pkg Basic definitions for LuaTeX.
luatextra Additional macros for Plain TeX and LaTeX in LuaTeX.
lua-visual-debug Visual debugging with LuaLaTeX.
macros2e A list of internal LaTeX2e macros.
magicnum Access TeX systems' "magic numbers".
makebox Defines a \makebox* command.
makecmds The new \makecommand command always (re)defines a command.
makedoc Preprocessing documentation with TeX.
makedtx Perl script to help generate dtx and ins files
makeprog A literate system for TeX programming.
makerobust Making a macro robust.
makerobust209 Make an existing LaTeX command robust.
maybeload Prevent reloading of files.
mdwlist Miscellaneous list-related commands.
mdwtools Miscellaneous tools by Mark Wooding.
memexsupp Experimental memoir support.
mfirstuc Uppercase the first letter of a word.
mflogo LaTeX support for Metafont logo fonts.
mhsetup The MH bundle "setup" function
midnight A set of useful macro tools.
midpage Environment for vertical centring.
miniltx An abstract of LaTeX facilities for use with Plain TeX.
mlist Logical markup for lists.
modroman Write numbers in lower case roman numerals.
moredefs LaTeX defining, expansion, and debugging commands.
morewrites Always room for a new write stream.
mtbe Macros for "Mathematical TeX by Example".
multido A loop facility for Generic TeX.
mwrite Write information to files.
myfilist Configuring the output of the \listfiles command.
mylatex Make a format containing a document's preamble.
mylatexformat Build a format based on the preamble of a LaTeX file.
nameauth Name authority mechanism for consistency in body text and index.
namespc Rudimentary c++-like namespaces in LaTeX.
nbaseprt Print numbers in non-decimal bases.
nccstretch Insert a stretch between each token of a string
newcommand Generate new LaTeX command definitions.
newfile User level management of LaTeX input and output.
newinsert Reworking Plain TeX's insert macros.
nicetext Minimal markup for simple text (Wikipedia style) and documentation.
niceverb Minimising markup for documenting LaTeX packages.
noprot Avoid the need for protection.
nth Generate English ordinal numbers.
numname Convert a number to its English expression.
numprint Print numbers with separators and exponent if necessary.
occam Strip unnecessary macros from a file.
one2many Generalising mathematical index sets.
onlyamsmath Inhibit use of non-amsmath mathematics markup when using amsmath.
optional Facilitate optional printing of parts of a document.
optparams Macros with multiple optional parameters.
ordinalpt Counters as ordinal numbers in Portuguese.
overword Parse text.
pageslts Variants of last page labels.
papermas Compute the mass of a printed version of a document.
parselines Apply a macro to each line of an environment.
patchcmd Change the definition of an existing command.
pdcmac Damian Cugley's document tools.
pdftexcmds LuaTeX support for pdfTeX utility functions.
perltex Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code
perpage Make a counter reset at every page boundary.
pgfkeys Key value control for pgf.
pgfkeyx Extended and more robust version of pgfkeys.
pgfopts LaTeX package options with pgfkeys.
pi Calculate pi.
pictexwd A patched version of PicTeX using fewer registers.
picture Dimens for picture macros.
plain The Plain TeX format.
plain-ltx Make plain TeX files LaTeXable.
plainmisc Miscellaneous contributed macros for plain TeX.
polynom Macros for manipulating polynomials.
polynomial Typeset (univariate) polynomials.
preview Extract bits of a LaTeX source for output.
printlen Print lengths using specified units.
processkv Process key-value pairs.
properties Load properties from a file.
protecteddef Define protected commands.
ps4pdf Use PostScript commands inside a pdfLaTeX document.
pst-xkey Key-value syntax for pstricks packages.
random Generating "random" numbers in TeX.
randtext Randomise the order of characters in strings.
rangen Generate random integers, rational and decimal numbers.
realboxes Variants of common box-commands that read their content as real box and not as macro argument.
realcalc Macros for real arithmetic calculations.
redefine Conditional macro, etc., definitions.
refcount Counter operations with label references.
regcount Display the allocation status of the TeX registers.
regexpatch High level patching of commands.
regstats Information about register use.
removefr Remove from counter-reset lists.
remreset Remove counters from reset list.
renditions Multiple versions from the same content.
repeat Repeat execution of macros.
reverxii Playing Reversi in TeX.
robustcommand Declare robust command, with \newcommand checks.
romannum Generate roman numerals instead of arabic digits.
rotchiffre Perform simple rotation cyphers.
rvwrite Increase the number of available output streams in LaTeX.
samples Samples of Plain TeX coding.
savesym Redefine symbols where names conflict.
seqsplit Split long sequences of characters in a neutral way.
setouterhbox Set hbox in outer horizontal mode.
setstrut Automatic strut computation.
settobox Assigning dimensions of a box to a length register.
settosize Scale text to given width.
settosize-ltx Scale text to make it fit a given width.
sgmlcmpt Suppport for LaTeX formulae as SGML PCDATA.
show2e Variants of \show for LaTeX2e.
showdim Variants on printing dimensions.
showkeys Show label, ref, cite and bib keys.
silence Selective filtering of error messages and warnings.
sines Calculate sin function values.
skb Tools for a repository of long-living documents.
skeycommand Create commands using parameters and keyval in parallel.
skeyval Extensions to xkeyval.
somedefs Save loading all of another package.
sphack Patch LaTeX kernel spacing macros.
srcltx Jump between DVI and TeX files.
stack Tools to define and use stacks.
statistik Store statistics of a document.
stdclsdv Provide sectioning information for package writers.
stex An Infrastructure for Semantic Preloading of LaTeX Documents.
storebox Storing information for reuse.
storecmd Store the name of a defined command in a container.
stringstrings String manipulation for cosmetic and programming application.
sty2dtx Create a .dtx file from a .sty file.
substr Deal with substrings in strings.
suffix Define commands with suffixes
syntrace Labels for tracing in a syntax tree.
tamefloats Experimental use \holdinginserts with LaTeX floats.
tdsfrmath Macros for French teachers of mathematics.
technics A package to format technical documents.
ted A (primitive) token list editor.
tex2tok Convert a TeX source file into tokens.
texapi Macros to write format-independent packages.
texdef Display the definitions of TeX commands.
texfilt A (La)TeX log filter.
texinfo Texinfo documentation system.
texinfo-latest Latest developers' working copy of Texinfo.
texsis Plain TeX macros for Physicists.
texsort Sort/compress numerical lists.
textfit Fit text to a desired size.
textmerg Merge text in TeX and LaTeX.
time Defines a macro \now to print the current time.
tip Macro examples from “TeX in Practice”.
tokenizer A tokenizer.
totcount Find the last value of a counter.
trace Make sensible use of TeX tracing in LaTeX.
translation-filecontents-de German version of filecontents.
trig Simple trigonometric functions.
trigonometry Demonstration code for cos and sin in TeX macros.
trimspaces Trim spaces around an argument or within a macro.
tweb A web system for TeX macro sources.
twoopt Definitions with two optional arguments.
uniquecounter Provides unlimited unique counter.
unouter Suppress \outer flags in Plain TeX.
varsfromjobname Extract variables from the name of the LaTeX file.
verbatimbox Deposit verbatim text in a box.
verbdef Define commands which expand to verbatim text
warning Global warnings at the end of the logfile.
weekday Generate "day of week".
williams Miscellaneous macros by Peter Williams.
wochtag Generate the German weekday name for a date.
wright Define commands with optional arguments.
xargs Define commands with many optional arguments.
xcoffins Rich boxed material for LaTeX 3.
xcomment Allows selected environments to be included/excluded.
xesearch A string finder for XeTeX.
xfor A reimplementation of the LaTeX for-loop macro.
xgalley Control text feeding onto the page.
xhfill Extending \hrulefill.
xifthen Extended conditional commands.
xkeyval Extension of the keyval package.
xkvltxp Provision for expandable macros in package options.
xkvview Xkeyval viewer.
xlop Calculates and displays arithmetic operations.
xltxtra "Extras" for LaTeX users of XeTeX.
xmltex Support for parsing XML documents.
xnewcommand Define \global and \protected commands with \newcommand.
xoptarg Expandable macros that take an optional argument.
xparse A generic document command parser.
xpatch Extending etoolbox patching commands.
xspace Define commands that appear not to eat spaces.
xstring String manipulation for (La)TeX.
xtcapts Defining language-dependent text macros.
xtemplate A high-level interface for declaring document commands.
xtrcode Extract contents of LaTeX environments.
yax Yet Another Key System.
ydoc Macros for documentation of LaTeX classes and packages.
ytex Macro package developed at MIT.
zahl2string Format numbers as German words.
zero Start list (etc.) numbering at zero.
zref A new reference scheme for LaTeX.
zwgetfdate Get package or file date.

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