texlive-plain-generic 2017.20170818-1 (amd64 binary) in ubuntu artful

 Add-on packages and macros that work with plain TeX, often LaTeX, and
 occasionally other formats.
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 This package includes the following CTAN packages:
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 abbr -- Simple macros supporting abreviations for Plain and LaTeX
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 abstyles -- Adaptable BibTeX styles
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 apnum -- Arbitrary precision numbers implemented by TeX macros
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 autoaligne -- Align terms and members in math expressions
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 barr -- Diagram macros by Michael Barr
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 bitelist -- Split list, in TeX's mouth
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 borceux -- Diagram macros by Francois Borceux
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 c-pascal -- Typeset Python, C and Pascal programs
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 catcodes -- Generic handling of TeX category codes
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 chronosys -- Drawing time-line diagrams
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 colorsep -- Color separation
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 dinat -- Bibliography style for German texts
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 dirtree -- Display trees in the style of windows explorer
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 docbytex -- Creating documentation from source code
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 dowith -- Apply a command to a list of items
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 eijkhout -- Victor Eijkhout's packages
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 encxvlna -- Insert nonbreakable spaces, using encTeX
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 epigram -- Display short quotations
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 epsf -- Simple macros for EPS inclusion
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 epsf-dvipdfmx -- Plain TeX file for using epsf.tex with (x)dvipdfmx
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 fenixpar -- One-shot changes to token registers such as \everypar
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 figflow -- Flow text around a figure
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 fixpdfmag -- Fix magnification in pdfTeX
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 fltpoint -- Simple floating point arithmetic
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 fntproof -- A programmable font test pattern generator
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 font-change -- Macros to change text and mathematics fonts in plain TeX
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 fontch -- Changing fonts, sizes and encodings in Plain TeX
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 fontname -- Scheme for naming fonts in TeX
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 gates -- Support for writing modular and customisable code
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 genmisc --
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 getoptk -- Define macros with sophisticated options
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 gfnotation -- Typeset Gottlob Frege's notation in plain TeX
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 gobble -- More gobble macros for PlainTeX and LaTeX
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 graphics-pln -- LaTeX-style graphics for Plain TeX users
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 gtl -- Manipulating generalized token lists
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 hlist -- Horizontal and columned lists
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 hyplain -- Basic support for multiple languages in Plain TeX
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 ifetex -- Provides \ifetex switch
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 iftex -- Am I running under pdfTeX, XeTeX or LuaTeX?
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 insbox -- Insert pictures/boxes into paragraphs
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 js-misc -- Miscellaneous macros from Joachim Schrod
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 kastrup -- Convert numbers into binary, octal and hexadecimal
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 lambda-lists -- Lists in TeX's mouth
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 langcode -- Simple language-dependent settings based on language codes
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 lecturer -- On-screen presentations for (almost) all formats
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 librarian -- Tools to create bibliographies in TeX
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 listofitems -- Grab items in lists using user-specified sep char
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 mathdots -- Commands to produce dots in math that respect font size
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 metatex -- Incorporate Metafont pictures in TeX source
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 midnight -- A set of useful macro tools
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 mkpattern -- A utility for making hyphenation patterns
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 multido -- A loop facility for Generic TeX
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 navigator -- PDF features across formats and engines
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 newsletr -- Macros for making newsletters with Plain TeX
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 ofs -- Macros for managing large font collections
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 olsak-misc -- collection with plain TeX macros written by Petr Olsak
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 path -- Typeset paths, making them breakable
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 pdf-trans -- A set of macros for various transformations of TeX boxes
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 pitex -- Documentation macros
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 placeins-plain -- Insertions that keep their place
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 plainpkg -- A minimal method for making generic packages
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 plipsum -- 'Lorem ipsum' for Plain TeX developers
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 plnfss -- Font selection for Plain TeX
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 plstmary -- St. Mary's Road font support for plain TeX
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 present -- Presentations with Plain TeX
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 randomlist -- Deal with database, loop, and random in order to build
 personalized exercises.
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 resumemac -- Plain TeX macros for resumes
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 schemata -- Print topical diagrams
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 shade -- Shade pieces of text
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 simplekv -- A simple key/value system for TeX and LaTeX
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 systeme -- Format systems of equations
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 tabto-generic -- "Tab" to a measured position in the line
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 termmenu -- The package provides support for terminal-based menus using
 expl3
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 tex-ps -- TeX to PostScript generic macros and add-ons
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 tex4ht -- Convert (La)TeX to HTML/XML
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 texapi -- Macros to write format-independent packages
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 timetable -- Generate timetables
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 tracklang -- Language and dialect tracker
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 treetex -- Draw trees
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 trigonometry -- Demonstration code for cos and sin in TeX macros
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 ulem -- Package for underlining
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 upca -- Print UPC-A barcodes
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 varisize -- Change font size in Plain TeX
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 xii -- Christmas silliness
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 xlop -- Calculates and displays arithmetic operations
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 yax -- Yet Another Key System