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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/datatool/README b/macros/latex/contrib/datatool/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7e784650d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/datatool/README @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ +LaTeX Bundle : datatool v2.31 + +Last Modified : 2018-12-07 + +Author : Nicola Talbot + +Package FAQ : http://www.dickimaw-books.com/faqs/datatoolfaq.html + +This bundle consists of the packages: datatool.sty, +datatool-base.sty, datatool-fp.sty, datatool-pgfmath.sty, +databar.sty, databib.sty, datapie.sty dataplot.sty, datagidx.sty +person.sty. + +datatool.sty: + + Databases can be created using LaTeX commands or loaded + from external ASCII files, such as comma or tab separated + variable files. + + Databases can be sorted numerically or alphabetically + (descending or ascending.) + + Repetitive operations can be performed on each row of + data in a database (such as mail merging.) Conditions + can be imposed to exclude rows. + +datatool-base.sty: + + Commands are provided to determine if an argument is + an integer, a real number, currency or a string. + (Scientific notation is currently not supported.) + + Locale dependent number settings are supported + (such as a comma as a decimal character and full stop as + a number group character.) + + Commands are provided to convert between locale dependent + numbers/currency and the standard decimal format required + by the fp or pgfmath packages enabling fixed point arithmetic to be + performed on elements of the database. + + Strings can be tested to determine if they are all upper + or all lower case. + + Names can be converted to initials using \DTLinitials. + +datatool-fp.sty: + Provides an interface with fp.sty + +datatool-pgfmath.sty: + Provides an interface with pgfmath.sty + +datapie.sty: + + A database defined by datatool.sty can be converted into a + pie chart. + + Segments can be separated from the rest of the chart to make + them stand out. + + Colour/grey scale options. + + Predefined segment colours can be changed. + + Hooks provided to annotate chart. + +dataplot.sty: + + A database defined by datatool.sty may be plotted as a 2D + scatter or line plot + + Settings provided to govern the appearance of the chart. + (e.g. show/hide axes, legend, grid, major/minor tick marks.) + + Hooks provided to add extra information to the plot + +databar.sty: + + A database defined by datatool.sty can be converted into a + bar chart. + + Colour/grey scale options. + + Predefined bar colours can be changed. + + Horizontal or vertical formats provided. + + Hooks provided to annotate chart. + +databib.sty: + + Provides commands to convert a BibTeX database into a datatool + database. + +datagidx.sty: + + Provides a way of indexing or creating glossaries/lists of acronyms + that uses TeX to do the sorting and collating instead of using an + external indexing application, such as xindy or makeindex. + +person.sty: + + Provides commands to display a person's name and pronoun in an + order of service style document to provide consistency, or in mail + merging to eliminate the cumbersome use of ``he/she'' etc. + +*The datatool bundle replaces the csvtools bundle which is now obsolete.* + +This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License. +See http://www.ctan.org/license/lppl1.3 for the details of that license. + +http://www.dickimaw-books.com/ + |