The TeX Catalogue Online

by Graham Williams

Alphabetically Indexed CTAN Edition


Section F


fancybox

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/fancybox/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Provides variants of \fbox: \shadowbox, \doublebox, \ovalbox, \Ovalbox, with helpful tools for using box macros and flexible verbatim macros. You can box mathematics, floats, center, flushleft, and flushright, lists, and pages. (2 Mar 1998)


fancyhdr

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/fancyhdr/ PDF Documentation Documentation Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Support for sophisticated control of page headers and footers in LaTeX2e. It supersedes the older fancyheadings package which should no longer be used. Latest recorded version is 1.99b. (17 Jun 1997)


fancyvrb

Included in the TeXLive distribution

Sophisticated handling of verbatim text, to write it out, read it in, and typeset it (16 May 1996)


faq

CTAN:usergrps/uktug/faq/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

The New TeX Frequently Asked Questions, maintained by the UK TeX Users Group. (16 May 1996)


fax

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/fax/ Documentation Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Document class for preparing faxes. (13 Dec 1996)


fc

CTAN:fonts/jknappen/fc/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Fonts for African languages, complementary to Computer Modern. Latest recorded version is 1.3. (5 Mar 1998)


feynmf

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/feynmf/ Documentation Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Macros and fonts for creating Feynman (and other) diagrams. Latest recorded version is 1.08. (30 May 1996)


filehdr

CTAN:tools/filehdr Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

A collection of tools to support BibTeX style format for file/package descriptions.


fix2col

CTAN:macros/latex/supported/carlisle/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

Fixes some two column mode features: mark handling so that \firstmark is taken from the first column if that column has any marks at all; keep two column floats like figure* in sequence with single column floats like figure (like fixfloat). (11 Feb 1998)


fixfloat

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

Modifies LaTeX's float handling mechanism so that double-column floats stay in sequence with single-column floats of the same type. Latest recorded version is 1.0, 1997/05/22. (23 May 1997)


flabels

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/flabels Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

Macros for typesetting pretty labels (optionally colored) for the back of files or binders (currently only the special a4 ``Leitz-Ordner'' ring binder is supported). (21 Jul 1997)


flatex

CTAN:support/flatex/ Home Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

A C program to flatten a LaTeX file into a single file, by explicitly including the files inclued by \include and \input commands. Also, if BibTeX is being used, then includes the bbl file into the resulting file. Thus, creating a stand alone LaTeX file that can be emailed to someone else. Latest recorded version is 1.21. See also flatten. (24 Sep 1996)


flatten

CTAN:/support/flatten Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

A program to flatten a LaTeX root file by copying \input and \include files into the root file. See also flatex. (18 Jun 1996)


float

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/float/ PDF Documentation Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Improves the interface for defining floating objects such as figures and tables. Introduces the boxed float and the ruled float. You can define your own floats and improve the behaviour of the old ones. Also incorporates the H option of the superseded here package. You can select this as automatic default with \floatplacement{figure}{H}. (25 May 1996)


floatfig

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/other/floatflt/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Allows text to be wrapped around figures.


floatflt

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/other/floatflt PDF Documentation Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Float text around figures and tables which do not span the full width of a page. This is an improved version of floatfig. It is more or less similar to floatingtable. The tables/figures can be set left/right or alternating on even/odd pages. Works with the multicol package. Doesn't work well in the neighbourhood of list environments unless you change your LaTeX document. (19 Jun 1996)


flshort2e

CTAN:info/lshort/ Documentation Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

A short introduction to LaTeX2e. (5 Feb 1998)


fncychap

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/fncychap/ Documentation Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

This package provides six predefined chapter headings. Each can be modified using a set of simple commands. Optionally one can modify the formatting routines in order to create additional chapter headings. This package was previously known as FancyChapter. (13 Dec 1996)


fnpara

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante teTeX

Typeset footnotes in run-on paragraphs, instead of one above another. See also endnotes, footmisc, and footnpag. (10 Sep 1996)


foilhtml

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/foilhtml/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Provides integration between FoilTeX and LaTeX2HTML. It adds sectioning commands and elements of logical formatting to FoilTeX and provides support for FoilTeX commands in LaTeX2HTML. It also supports automatic creation of LaTeX2HTML images with proper font sizes and shapes when converting FoilTeX documents. Latest recorded version is 1.2. (19 Feb 1998)


foiltex

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex/ PDF Documentation Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

A LaTeX2e class for overhead transparencies. Can be used with fancybox to place a variety of borders around the slides. Latest recorded version is 2.1. See also seminar, and slidenotes. (14 Feb 1997)


fontinst

CTAN:fonts/utilities/fontinst/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

TeX macros for converting Adobe Font Metric files to TeX metric and virtual font format (16 May 1996)


fontmisc

Included in the TeXLive distribution

Miscellaneous MetaFont input files (16 May 1996)


fontname

Included in the TeXLive distribution

Karl Berry's scheme for naming fonts in TeX (16 May 1996)


fonts

Included in the TeXLive distribution

Extra line and circle fonts for LaTeX (16 May 1996)


fontsmpl

CTAN:macros/latex/packages/tools/fontsmpl.dtx Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante teTeX

Print a sample of a font.


footbib

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/footbib PDF Documentation Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

A package to put bibliographic references as footnotes. (19 Jun 1997)


footmisc

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/footmisc/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Sophisticated footnotes package for LaTeX capturing as package options much (if not all) of the functionality of the various other footnote packages. See also endnotes, fnpara, footnpag, and ftnright. (24 Feb 1998)


footnpag

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/footnpag/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Allows footnotes on individual pages to be numbered from 1, rather than being numbered sequentially through the document. See also endnotes, fnpara, and footmisc. (10 Sep 1996)


formats

Included in the TeXLive distribution

Prebuilt TeX format and MetaFont base files (16 May 1996)


formlett

CTAN:macros/generic/formlett.sty Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

Letters to multiple receivers. See also akletter, brief, dinbrief, and envlab. (27 May 1997)


fp

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/other/fp Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Provides an extensive collection of arithmetic operations for fixed point real numbers of high precision. (4 Nov 1996)


french

CTAN:language/french/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Style for French typography (16 May 1996)


fribrief

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/fribrief/ Documentation Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

A LaTeX class for writing letters. (20 Jan 1998)


ftetx

CTAN:systems/os2/ftetx/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

A TeX package for FTE (FTE = Folding Text Editor by Marko Macek) Adds a TeX menu system for FTE. Changes syntax highlighting for FTE's TeX-Mode. Runs TeX, dvi-drivers, ispell, etc., from FTE. Calls LaTeX help files from FTE. Is preconfigured for emTeX. (24 Feb 1998)


ftn

CTAN:macros/latex209/contrib/misc/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

LaTeX document-style option to make footnotes available in any environment, except inside floats. See also footmisc. (10 Sep 1996)


ftnright

CTAN:macros/latex/packages/tools/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante teTeX

Footnotes in two column documents. See also endnotes, fnpara, and footmisc. (19 Aug 1996)


fullpict

CTAN:macros/latex209/contrib/fullpict/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

Full page pictures. (21 Oct 1996)


fundus

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/other/gene/fundus Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Providing LaTeX access to various font families. (12 Apr 1997)


funnelweb

CTAN:web/funnelAC/ Home Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

A `Literate Programming' tool, which produces documentation for programs in TeX or LaTeX. (25 Jun 1996)


futhark

CTAN:fonts/futhark/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Fonts for the Older Futhark script (16 May 1996)