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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/README.md b/macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dd8e528ccd --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +## Package `xcolor` by Dr. Uwe Kern + +Version 2022-06-12 v2.14 + +Maintained by the LaTeX Project https://github.com/latex3/xcolor/issues + +`xcolor` provides easy driver-independent access to several kinds of +colors, tints, shades, tones, and mixes of arbitrary colors by means of +color expressions like \color{red!50!green!20!blue}. +It allows to select a document-wide target color model and offers tools +for automatic color schemes, conversion between nine color models, +alternating table row colors, color blending and masking, color +separation, and color wheel calculations. + +## Copyright (C) +- 2003-2021 Dr. Uwe Kern +- 2021-2022 The LaTeX Project + +## License +LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3c or later. + +## Installation instructions + +* Extract all package files: + + ~~~~ + latex xcolor.ins + ~~~~ + +* Put the generated files to their respective locations +within the TeX installation: + + ~~~~ + *.sty -> /tex/latex/xcolor/ + *.def -> /tex/latex/xcolor/ + *.pro -> /dvips/xcolor/ + ~~~~ + +* Create the documentation: + + ~~~~ + latex xcolor.dtx + latex xcolor.dtx + makeindex -s gind.ist xcolor.idx + latex xcolor.dtx + latex xcolor.dtx + ~~~~ + +* Run the test files (N=1,2,...): + + ~~~~ + latex xcolorN.tex + latex xcolorN.tex + ~~~~ + +## Notes + +- `xcolor1.tex` should run with both LaTeX and pdfLaTeX, it yields a + 50-page document with several systematic color conversion examples +- `xcolor2.tex` is a 3-page `pstricks` example document that won't run + with pdfLaTeX +- `xcolor3.tex` is a 2-page example for demonstrating several display + and logging facilities +- `xcolor4.tex` is a 1-page driver test file; + uncomment the relevant code line in the header and run it with the + appropriate program, e.g., `latex xcolor4` or any other processor; + apply any desired post-processing like dvips, dvipdfm, etc. +- If the file `xcolor.ins` is missing, run `latex xcolor.dtx` once + and quit the LaTeX compiler as soon as the first error message + appears. + +## History + +See file `ChangeLog`. |