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makedtx v1.3 : a Perl script to help create .dtx and .ins files

-   **Last Modified:** 2026-02-16
-   **Author       :** Nicola Talbot
-   **Files        :** listed below:
    -   makedtx.dtx — documented source file
    -   makedtx.ins — installation script

The makedtx bundle is provided to help LaTeX2e developers to write the code and
documentation in separate files, and then combine them into a single .dtx
file for distribution.  It automatically generates the character table, and also
writes the associated installation (.ins) script.

To extract the code do:

    latex makedtx.ins

To compile the documentation do after extracting the code:

    latexmk -r latexmkrc.pl

If you don't have latexmk or makeindex, you can also do the following
to have the documentation w/o index:

    pdflatex makedtx.dtx
    pdflatex makedtx.dtx

Read the documentation for installation instructions.

This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License.
See <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.lppl.html> for
the details of that license.

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