The TeX Catalogue Online

by Graham Williams

Alphabetically Indexed CTAN Edition


Section P


pagedraw

CTAN:graphics/pagedraw Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

A free vector-graphics program capable of creating EPS files suitable for inclusion in TeX documents.


pandora

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

The Pandora font family (16 May 1996)


paper

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

A class derived from article, tuned for producing papers for journals. Introduces new layout options and font commands for sections/parts. Defines a new keywords environment, and subtitle and institution commands for the title section. New commands for revisions. And more. Latest recorded version is 1g. (20 May 1996)


paradissa

CTAN:fonts/cm/ps-type1/paradissa Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

Free TeX fonts in PostScript (Type1) format. Contains the families: Computer Modern (designed by D. Knuth); Euler (H. Zapf); Computer Modern Cyrillic (N. Glonty and A. Samarin); Special LaTeX fonts. (14 Jun 1996)


parallel

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

Provides a parallel environment which allows two columns of text to be typeset. Useful for typesetting two languages side-by-side.


patch

Included in the TeXLive distribution

Macros for package management. (3 May 1997)


path

CTAN:macros/eplain/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante teTeX

A LaTeX package to break long strings at convenient places. The strings might be directory paths, email addresses, URLs, etc. (25 Jun 1996)


pawpict

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

A package for easy inclusion of graphics made by PAW (Physics Analysis Workstation). You need to have PAW installed on your system to bennefiet from this package. (10 Feb 1998)


pb-diagram

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

Diagram package, using LAMSTeX fonts, by Paul Burchard. Latest recorded version is 4.1. (14 Feb 1997)


pcfonts

CTAN:languages/hebrew/fonts/pccode Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

Support for Hebrew. (21 Oct 1996)


pdcmac

CTAN:macros/plain/contrib/pdcmac/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Damian Cugley's macro tools. (16 May 1996)


pdftex-djgpp

CTAN:systems/pdftex/bin/DJGPP/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

A PDFTeX executable compiled with DJGPP v.2.01, to be used with the DJGPP v.2.01 port of web2c for DOS and Windows 95. (23 Feb 1998)


pf2afm

CTAN:fonts/utilities/pf2afm/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

A PostScript program for making an AFM file from PFB/PFA and (optionally) PFM files. It will be included in the next distribution of Ghostscript, but it can work with versions from 4.xx. (18 Mar 1998)


phonetic

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

MetaFont Phonetic fonts, based on Computer Modern (16 May 1996)


phppcf

CTAN:biblio/bibtex/contrib/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

A BibTeX style derived from apalike with author names in all caps. (14 Jun 1996)


physe

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

PHYSE format (12 Apr 1997)


phyzzx

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

A TeX format for physicists (16 May 1996)


picinpar

CTAN:macros/latex209/contrib/picinpar/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Insert pictures into paragraphs. (NOTE: Piet van Oostrum does not recommend this package. Picins is recommended instead.)


picins

CTAN:macros/latex209/contrib/picins/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Insert pictures into paragraphs.


pictex

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

Picture drawing macros for LaTeX. See also m-pictex. (24 Feb 1998)


piff

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

Macro tools by Mike Piff (16 May 1996)


piq

CTAN:fonts/okuda/modified/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

MetaFont package for the Klingon language with okuda orthography. (17 Nov 1996)


pkfind

CTAN:systems/unix/pkfind/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

The TDS standard specifies that pk and gf files contain \special strings to identify the contents of pk and gf files. Pkfind is a variant of the GNU find utility modified to understand those specials, and to act on them in some cases. For example, it can be used to delete all pk files created by gsftopk from a subdirectory tree. Latest recorded version is 1.0. (3 Mar 1998)


pl

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

Literate Programming for Prolog with LaTeX. (25 Feb 1998,)


pl-mf

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

Polish extension of Computer Modern fonts in MF sources. See also plpsfont. (08 Feb 1998)


plain

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

The plain.sty package defines an environment which allows plain TeX commands in LaTeX.


plainmisc

CTAN:macros/plain/contrib/misc/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Miscellaneous useful macros for plain TeX (16 May 1996)


plaintex

Included in the TeXLive distribution

Basic Plain TeX macros (16 May 1996)


platex

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

PLaTeX provides tools to typeset documents in Polish using LaTeX2e. It can use Polish fonts (so-called PL fonts), EC fonts, it can be usefull even one has only CM fonts. Latest recorded version is v1.0. (08 Feb 1998)


plcalendar

CTAN:macros/plain/contrib/calendar/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Plain macros for making nice calendars See also calendar. (16 May 1996)


plgraph

Included in the TeXLive distribution

LaTeX graphics package with wrapper to allow it to be used with generic plain TeX (16 May 1996)


plpsfont

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

Polish extension of Computer Modern fonts, PL fonts in PostScript T1 format. Use the same tfm files as for pk fonts generated by METAFONT. See also pl-mf. (08 Feb 1998)


pmcstex

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

A macro package that implements many (em)TeX related features for the OS/2 EPM editor. A menu item is added to the EPM menu, a new toolbar is provided, and hotkeys for some (\La)TeX commands are defined. (27 Nov 1997)


pmgraph

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

A set of extensions to LaTeX picture environment, including a wider range of vectors, and a lot more box frame styles. (13 May 1997)


poligraf

CTAN:macros/generic/TeX-PS/poligraf/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Page preparation for prepress, color separation, crop-marks, color and gray scale bars, booklet preparation, etc. (08 Feb 1998)


polyglot

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

A package for LaTeX2e multilingual support. Latest recorded version is 1.1. (12 Sep 1997)


ppchtex

CTAN:macros/context/ppchtex/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante

A package that can be used to typeset chemical formulas. The package is a separate module of the context macro package for TeX (context is a full featured, parameter driven macro package, which fully supports advanced interactive documents). (15 Jan 1997)


prelim2e

CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/prelim2e/ PDF Documentation Documentation Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Allows the marking of preliminary versions of a document. Latest recorded version is 1.2. (13 May 1997)


prettyref

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

Additional functionality to LaTeX2e label--reference mechanism. It allows the author to ``preformat'' all types of labels. (16 May 1996)


progkeys

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

The file `programs.sty' is intended to allow a parameterized way of typesetting programs with TeX/LaTeX commands inside. The file `keywords.sty' allows use and define sets of keywords that will be typeset with different fonts, according to the wish of the user. (16 May 1996)


program

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

Typesetting programs and algorithms (16 May 1996)


proofs

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

Macros for building proof trees. (12 Apr 1997)


ps_view

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

Fast and easy previewing of PostScript documents! A PostScript preamble providing an interactive environement for previewing PostScript documents. The current version can drive the current version of the Ghostscript interpreter and assumes conformance of the document to the Adobe PostScript structuring conventions. Batch files are provided for MS-DOS, however ps_view can be adapted to any operating system. Latest recorded version is 1.06. (08 Feb 1998)


psboxit

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

Enables one to put a PostScript drawing behind a TeX box. The drawing is parametrised by the position and the size of the TeX box.


psconv

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

A PostScript program for converting one-page PostScript files into and EPS (encapsulated PostScript) files acceptable by CorelDRAW!(R), Adobe Illustrator(TM) and Fontographer(R). (17 Nov 1996)


psfont

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

Intended as a replacement for psfonts of psnfss, psfont uses one file for redefining all default fonts instead of one file for each font. It also contains all parts of psfonts.dtx which are not covered by this general concept (i.e., the pifonts, mathptm and two fd-files for Adobe Symbol and Adobe Zapf Dingbats). This file is specific to PostScript fonts. See also psfonts, and psnfss. (1 Jul 1996)


psfonts

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

PostScript fonts for use with TeX and LaTeX. (13 May 1997)


psfrag

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

A set of macros and a PostScript header which allows LaTeX constructions (equations, picture environments, etc.) to be precisely superimposed over Encapsulated PostScript figures. The user can use his/her favorite drawing tool to create an EPS figure, placing simple text ``tags'' where each replacement is to be placed. PSfrag will automatically remove those tags from the figure and replace them with the LaTeX construction that the user specifies, properly aligned, scaled, and/or rotated. Latest recorded version is 3.03. (31 Jan 1997)


psizzl

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

A TeX format from SLAC (16 May 1996)


pslatex

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

A small package that makes LaTeX default to `standard' PostScript fonts. It is basically a merger of the times and mathptm styles from the psnfss suite of packages. You must have installed standard LaTeX and PSNFSS PostScript fonts to use this package. The main novel feature is that the pslatex package tries to compensate for the visual differences between the Adobe fonts by scaling Helvetica by 90\%, and `condensing' Courier (i.e. scaling horizontally) by 85\%. The package is supplied with a (unix) shell file for a `pslatex' command that allows standard LaTeX documents to be processed, without needing to edit the file. (13 May 1997)


psmerge

Concatenate PostScript files, if they have been generated by the same program (e.g., dvips). (1 Nov 1996)


psnfss

CTAN:macros/latex/packages/psnfss/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Font definition files, macros and font metrics for common PostScript fonts (24 Apr 1997)


psnfssx

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

Extra styles and encodings for PS fonts, including Y\&Y encoding support. (12 Apr 1997)


pspicture

CTAN:macros/latex209/contrib/misc/ Download from somewhere nearby (Search) Download from Dante Included in the TeXLive distribution

Replacement for core LaTeX picture macros to use PostScript \special commands (16 May 1996)


pstotext

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A free (but copyright) Unix program that extracts ASCII text from PostScript and PDF (Acrobat) files. pstotext uses Ghostscript, but does a more careful job with kerned characters and nonstandard font encodings than Ghostscript's ps2ascii utility. (31 Oct 1996)


pstricks

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

An extensive collection of PostScript macros that is compatible with most TeX macro packages, including Plain TeX, LaTeX, AMS-TeX, and AMS-LaTeX. Included are macros for color, graphics, pie charts, rotation, trees and overlays. It has many special features, including: a wide variety of graphics (picture drawing) macros, with a flexible interface and with color support. There are macros for coloring or shading the cells of tables. See also color, colortab, fancybox, and shading. (30 May 1996)


psutils

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

Utilities for manipulating PostScript documents, including page selection and rearrangement, resizing the page, arrangement into signatures for booklet printing, and page merging for n-up printing. Utilities include psbook, psselect, pstops, psnup, psresize, epsffit.


punk

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

Donald Knuth's punk font (16 May 1996)