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4.23.3 Packages known to work
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The following table lists packages that had been tested and are known to
work with Eplain, and locations where you can find manuals for these
packages. Some of the short descriptions of the packages were taken from
the documentation for those packages.

autopict ('2001/06/04 v1.1j Picture mode autoload file')
     <http://tug.org/eplain/misc/ltpictur.pdf>

     This is the LaTeX "picture mode", started by '\begin{picture}' and
     ended by '\end{picture}' (in LaTeX, this package is not explicitly
     loaded since it is part of the LaTeX kernel). It provides commands
     to draw simple figures inside your document without resorting to
     any external tools.

color ('1999/02/16 v1.0i Standard LaTeX Color (DPC)')
graphics ('2001/07/07 v1.0n Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)')
graphicx ('1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)')
     <http://www.ctan.org/pkg/graphics>

     These packages are from the LaTeX graphics collection. (The
     independent 'xcolor' package does not work with Eplain.) They
     provide commands for changing text/page colors, text rotation and
     scaling, and much more.

     *Warning 1:* If you encounter problems loading one of these
     packages under pdfTeX (when pdfTeX reads 'supp-mis.tex'), the cause
     may be an outdated 'supp-mis.tex' (part of ConTeXt, a typesetting
     system for TeX) installed on your system. The problem was fixed in
     'supp-mis.tex' version 2004.10.26. You can obtain up-to-date
     versions of 'supp-mis.tex' and the accompanying 'supp-pdf.tex' from
     <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/pdftex/graphics>. To
     convince TeX to use the new files, you have the following options:

       1. put the new files in the same directory with your document;

       2. overwrite the outdated files installed by your TeX
          distribution;

       3. install the new 'supp-mis.tex' and 'supp-pdf.tex' files in the
          relevant subdirectory of your local 'texmf' tree (for info on
          TeX directory structure see
          <http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=tds>);

       4. upgrade your ConTeXt installation.

     Note that option 1 is the safest but provides the fix only for your
     current document. Options 2 and 3 will usually suffice for Eplain
     but may break ConTeXt. Option 4 is the most general but is more
     complicated than the first three. Be sure to backup any files you
     overwrite. Also keep in mind that upgrading your TeX distribution
     may overwrite files you install in the system 'texmf' tree.
     *End of warning 1.*

     *Warning 2:* If you encounter problems using the '\pagecolor'
     command from the 'color.sty' package under pdfTeX, the cause may be
     an outdated pdfTeX color and graphics driver 'pdftex.def'. The
     problem was fixed in 'pdftex.def' version 0.03p. You can obtain an
     up-to-date version from <http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pdftex-def>.
     *End of warning 2.*

     The '\fcolorbox' macro provided by the 'color' package requires the
     macro '\fbox' to work, but 'miniltx' does not provide that. Here is
     a definition for it that uses Eplain's '\boxit' (Note: Boxes),
     thanks to Dan Luecking and Helmut Jarausch:

          \makeatletter
          \def\fbox#1{{%
            \hruledefaultheight=\fboxrule
            \hruledefaultdepth=0pt
            \vruledefaultwidth=\fboxrule
            \let\boxitspace\fboxsep % use miniltx register
            \boxit{\color@begingroup\hbox{#1}\color@endgroup}%
          }}
          \makeatother

     The 'graphics'/'graphicx' packages have the option 'draft' which
     instructs '\includegraphics' not to include the graphics but
     instead typeset a box with the dimensions of the graphics and the
     name of the graphics file in typewriter type at the center of the
     box. These packages expect the LaTeX-provided command '\ttfamily'
     to switch to typewriter type. This command is not defined by
     'miniltx.tex', therefore Eplain defines it and makes it equivalent
     to plain TeX's '\tt'.

     *Note Hyperlinks (xhyper.tex)::, for the demonstration of text
     rotation and graphics inclusion using the 'graphicx' package, and
     using the 'color' package to colorize hypertext links.

     Klaus Ho"ppner has written a nice introduction to the LaTeX
     graphics packages and different graphics formats. You can download
     it from
          <http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2005-3/hoeppner>

epstopdf ('2009/07/16 v2.2 Conversion with epstopdf on the fly (HO)')
     <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek>

     This package does on-the-fly conversion of Encapsulated PostScript
     (EPS) graphics into Portable Document Format (PDF) graphics for
     inclusion with the '\includegraphics' command from the
     'graphics'/'graphicx' packages, so that you do not have to
     explicitly call the 'epstopdf' script.

psfrag ('1998/04/11 v3.04 PSfrag (MCG)')
     <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psfrag/pfgguide.pdf>

     PSfrag allows the user to precisely overlay Encapsulated PostScript
     (EPS) files with arbitrary (La)TeX constructions. In order to
     accomplish this, the user places a simple text "tag" in the
     graphics file, as a "position marker" of sorts. Then, using simple
     (La)TeX commands, the user instructs PSfrag to remove that tag from
     the figure, and replace it with a properly sized, aligned, and
     rotated (La)TeX equation.

soul ('2003/11/17 v2.4 letterspacing/underlining (mf)')
     <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/soul>

     This package provides hyphenatable letterspacing (spacing out),
     underlining, and some derivatives. The package is optimized for
     LaTeX, but works with plain TeX--you don't actually need to load it
     with the '\usepackage' command, just say '\input soul.sty'. If you
     intend to use the highlighting macros of 'soul', don't forget to
     load the 'color' package.

url ('2005/06/27 ver 3.2 Verb mode for urls, etc.')
     <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/url.sty>

     This package provides a form of '\verbatim' that allows line breaks
     at certain characters or combinations of characters, accepts
     reconfiguration, and can usually be used in the argument to another
     command. It is intended for email addresses, hypertext links,
     directories/paths, etc., which normally have no spaces.

     Eplain can create hypertext links with the '\url' command (Note:
     URL hyperlinks).

     Be sure to get a version dated at least 2005/06/27, as older
     versions have problems in plain TeX.