CTAN: Comprehensive TeX Archive Network

Time 2020-10-29 13:05:39

Web Name: CTAN: Comprehensive TeX Archive Network

WebSite: http://ctan.org

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The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) is the central place for all kinds of material around TeX. CTAN has currently 5937 packages. 2731 contributors have contributed to it. Most of the packages are free and can be downloaded and used immediately. The contents of CTAN can be searched with full-text search. This search considers the description, the documentation, and the contributors. If you want to have finer control on the parameters of the search you can use the advanced search form instead. CTAN lives from the contributions of software and package contributors. Thus you are strongly encouraged to submit your contribution to the TeX world to CTAN. You can use a Web form to upload your contribution: upload form If you are interested in the background of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network you can read more on What is CTAN? CTAN mirrors CTAN on DVD The contents of CTAN and ready to run TeX systems can be obtained on DVD. The DVD is distributed to the members of many TeX user groups. Consider becoming a member of a user group if you want to receive it. 35packages for metrics, macro incantations and other support for miscellaneous fonts (not on CTAN). more TeX is a typesetting program designed for high-quality composition of material that contains a lot of mathematical and technical expressions. It has been adopted by many authors and publishers who generate technical books and papers. It was created by Professor Donald E. Knuth of Stanford University, originally for preparation of his book series The Art of Computer Programming . TeX has been made freely available by Knuth. From these origins a whole eco-system of distributions, macro packages, and supporting programs has arisen. more TeX Live a cross-platform TeX system. It includes support for most Unix-like systems, including GNU/Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows. MacTeX an easy to install TeX system for Mac OSX, based on TeX Live. It also includes a native Mac installer, the TeXShop front-end, and additional Mac-specific tools. proTeXt an easy to install TeX system for Windows. It is based on MiKTeX, with a detailed document to guide your installation and additional Windows-specific tools. more Many users of TeX and friends have formed user groups. The following ones are mentioned because they support CTAN. The TeX Users Group (TUG) is a not-for-profit organization by, for, and of its members, also representing the interests of TeX users worldwide. The Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TeX e.V. (DANTE) is the TeX users group for German speaking TeX users. more

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