# `barracuda` project This a pure Lua library is for drawing barcode symbols. The project components are able to typeset barcode from within a LuaTeX document. Therefore is also possible to use `barracuda` with a Lua standalone interpreter to draw barcodes with different graphic format such as `SVG` (see an example below). This package does not have dependences. ![a Code39 symbol in SVG format](/test/test-ga-svg/test-code39.svg) Internal modules are structured to ensure good performance and to give a complete user control over barcode symbol parameters :thumbsup: . Although development is in beta stage, `barracuda` has a good level of stability. ## Current version Version: v0.0.10 Date: 2020-02-04 ## Barcode symbologies list So far, the barcode symbologies included in the package are: - Code 39 - Code 128 - Interleaved 2 of 5 - EAN family (ISBN, ISSN, EAN8, EAN13, and the add-ons EAN5 and EAN2) Other 1D encoding symbology will be added to the project, then it will be the turn of 2D barcode types like Datamatrix, QRCode or PDF417. ## A very simple LaTeX example The LaTeX package `barracuda.sty` under the cover uses Lua code so you need to compile your source files with LuaTeX or LuajitTeX with the LaTeX format. For instance, here is a minimal working example for LuaLaTeX: ```latex % !TeX program = LuaLaTeX \documentclass{article} \usepackage{barracuda} \begin{document} \barracuda{code39}{123ABC} \end{document} ``` ## Documentation Details and package reference can be found in the manual delivered in the `doc` project directory, even if actually it is very minimal at the moment. Directory `test` contains files useful also for code examples. ## Installation The `barracuda` package can be used with pure Lua interpreter or from within a TeX source file for Lua-powered typesetting engine like LuaTeX. In the first case you can manually copy `src` folder content to a suitable directory of your system. Otherwise, you can install the package via `tlmgr` for your TeX Live distribution. If you have installed TeX Live with the `full` schema, `barracuda` is just available and no further action is required. Please, take into account that only the tagged version (in the `git` sense) of the package will be sent to CTAN. This means that intermediate development version between consecutive releases can be found only at . TeX Live distribution or Lua interpreter executable are available for a very large number of Operating Systems so it is also for `barracuda`. Step by step istruction can be found in the INSTALL.txt file. ## Contribute Contributes are welcome in any form and for any topics. You can contact me directly via email at giaconet.mailbox@gmail.com or via a pull request direct to the repository or writing a public message via the web page for todos, bugs, feature requests, and more (press the bottom `New issue`). Anyway, as a starting point take a look of PLANNER.txt file for the development program. ## License `barracuda` project is released under the [GNU GPL v2](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html). Please, for more legal details refer to LICENSE.txt file or visit the web page Copyright (C) 2020 Roberto Giacomelli