# platex-tools This bundle is an extended version of latex-tools bundle developed by LaTeX team, mainly intended to support pLaTeX2e and upLaTeX2e. Patches for latex-tools bundle and ms bundle (by Martin Schröder) and some additional packages are included. ## Bundle contents - plarray.sty: Patch for array.sty (latex-tools) to improve compatibility with pLaTeX/upLaTeX kernels. Can be used on pLaTeX/upLaTeX. - plextarray.sty: Patch for array.sty (latex-tools) to improve compatibility with plext.sty in pLaTeX. Can be used on pLaTeX/upLaTeX. - plextdelarray.sty: Patch for delarray.sty (latex-tools) to improve compatibility with plext.sty in pLaTeX. Can be used on pLaTeX/upLaTeX. - pxftnright.sty: Patch for ftnright.sty (latex-tools) to support Japanese classes for vertical writing. Can be used on pLaTeX/upLaTeX. - pxmulticol.sty: Patch for multicol.sty (latex-tools) to support `\footnote` in vertical writing. Can be used on pLaTeX/upLaTeX. - pxxspace.sty: Patch for xspace.sty (latex-tools) to fix interword spacing with Japanese characters. Can be used on pLaTeX/upLaTeX. Version 0.2 was written by Takayuki YATO in 2019 (https://gist.github.com/zr-tex8r/7de76036846e149bc28ec6399a683e3a), and incorporated into this bundle by his courtesy. - pxeverysel.sty: Patch for everysel.sty (ms) to improve compatibility with Japanese font selection in pLaTeX. Can be used on pLaTeX/upLaTeX. Version 0.1 was written by Takayuki YATO in 2015 (https://gist.github.com/zr-tex8r/48c6910bbbe2f41d72de), and incorporated into this bundle by his courtesy. - pxeveryshi.sty: Patch for everyshi.sty (ms) to support Japanese classes for vertical writing. Can be used on pLaTeX/upLaTeX. Version 0.1 was written by Takayuki YATO in 2012 (https://gist.github.com/zr-tex8r/2702969), and incorporated into this bundle by his courtesy. - pxatbegshi.sty: Patch for atbegshi.sty (oberdiek) to support Japanese classes for vertical writing. Can be used on pLaTeX/upLaTeX. The essential part of this package was proposed by Hironori Kitagawa in 2017. The packages "pxgentombow", "gentombow" and "bounddvi" are now distributed as part of [gentombow](https://github.com/aminophen/gentombow) bundle. ## Character encoding All the package files (.sty) contain ASCII characters only. All the document files (.tex) are encoded in UTF-8. ## Installation - *.sty -> $TEXMF/tex/platex/platex-tools - *.tex, *.pdf -> $TEXMF/doc/platex/platex-tools ## Repository The bundle is maintained on GitHub: https://github.com/aminophen/platex-tools You can also obtain this bundle from CTAN: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/platex-tools ## License The bundle may be distributed and/or modified under the terms of the 3-clause BSD license (see [LICENSE](./LICENSE)). ## Release Date 2019-09-07 Hironobu Yamashita