LaTeX Area

dvdcoll.cls

dvdcoll.cls is a LaTeX class for creating an overview document of your DVD collection. Beside the standard data the class offers support for seasons of tv series.

pdfcomment.sty

The LaTeX style pdfcomment.sty is a simple and user-friendly interface to pdf annotations in PDF files. Therefore, it is possible to insert comments in your documents, e.g. if several authors work on the same document.

The softmakerfreefont project

The softmakerfreefont project offers LaTeX support files for fonts, which are available at www.freefont.de for free download.

MiKTeX update shell script miktex_update (bash/Cygwin)

With this script you can hold an existing MiKTeX installation up-to-date. Therefore the script syncronizes a local repository with CTAN or connect to a MiKTeX online repository and updates the installed packages afterwards. After that new packages are installed. In the end you have a complete up-to-date MiKTeX installation.

Font installation shell script installfont (bash/Cygwin)

With this script you can install a LaTeX font family (Postscript Type1, Truetype, Opentype). It supports font series from light to ultra bold + (faked) small caps + faked slanted, but no expert fonts. The script will rename the fonts automatically (optinal) or will otherwise expect *.afm files and the font files (in Postscript Type1 format!) named in the Karl Berry scheme (e.g. 5nar8a.pfb). After running the script, you should have a working font installation in your local TeX tree.

CTAN upload shell script ctan_upload (bash/Cygwin)

With this script you can create a zip file, which corresponds with the guidelines of the CTAN team. It is setting file privileges and zipping the subdirectories CTAN and TDS (optional). So it supports different directory structures. You simply call it with: ctan_upload PACKAGENAME.