LaTeX
My LaTeX Packages
Overview
On this page you can find some of my LaTeX packages. Most of these packages are published on the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) and your TeX/LaTeX system (such as MiKTeX or TeX Live) should provide options to conveniently install them for you.
If your TeX/LaTeX distribution does not come with these packages or you need
a newer version, you can install them manually from the sources below. Detailed
information on their license, installation and usage can be found in the
README file contained in the packages.
Packages
ionumbers stands for “input/output numbers”.
This package restyles numbers in math mode. If a number in the input file
is written, e.g., as $3,231.44$ as commonly used in English texts,
this package is able to restyle it to be output as $3\,231{,}44$
as commonly used in German texts (and vice versa). This may be very useful, if
you have a large table and want to include it in texts with different output
conventions without the need of changing the table.
Furthermore this package can automatically group digits left to the decimal
separator (thousands) and right to the decimal separator
(thousandths) in triplets without the need of specifing commas
(English) or points (German) as separators. E.g., the input
$1234.567890$ can be output as $1\,234.\,567\,890$.
By default, thousands/thousandths are grouped in triplets, but the grouping
length is configurable, which is useful for numerical data.
Finally, an e starts the exponent of the number. For example,
$21e6$may be output as $26\times10\,^{6}$.
See ionumbers.pdf included in the package for detailed
information on usage.
This package provides a macro (\includecombinedgraphics) for
the inclusion of combined EPS/LaTeX and PDF/LaTeX graphics (an export
format of Gnuplot, Xfig, and maybe other programs). Instead of including
the graphics with a simple \input, the
\includecombinedgraphics macro has some comforts:
- changing the font and color of the text of the LaTeX part
- rescaling the graphics without affecting the font of the LaTeX part
- automatic inclusion of the vector graphics part, as far as LaTeX part does not do it (e.g., for files exported from Gnuplot before version 4.2)
- changing the inclusion order of LaTeX and vector graphics parts (e.g., Gnuplot 4.4 exports files in a way that the vector graphics part overlays the LaTeX part, which means that text may be hidden under shaded areas)
- rescaling and rotating of complete graphics (similar to
\includegraphicsfrom graphicx package) - scaling the vector graphics part (without affecting the font) to a defined width or height of the graphics, which might, e.g., be of importance for graphics that are intended for publication in a journal requesting a certain size of graphics
A test PDF file with extensively commented examples is shipped with this package.
A BASH script (texpic2epspdf.sh) to convert combined
EPS/LaTeX and PDF/LaTeX graphics to EPS or PDF files with text part included
can be downloaded below. Run texpic2epspdf.sh --help for
information on usage.
See combinedgraphics.pdf included in the package for detailed
information on usage.
This package provides the environment fullminipage,
which generates a minipage spanning a new, complete page
with page style empty. The environment provides options to
set margins around the minipage and configure the background.
See fullminipage.pdf included in the package for detailed
information on usage.