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Thank you Scott. Jim Hefferon St Michael's College

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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.

Name of contribution: PerlTeX Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl

Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability.

PerlTeX v1.3 adds code to work around a limitation of the Perl sandbox (i.e., that certain constructs fail even when perltex is run with the --nosafe option) and introduces a perldo macro that enables the execution of Perl code outside of any subroutine.

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