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+                      +-----------------------+
+                      | THE THREADCOL PACKAGE |
+                      |                       |
+                      |      Scott Pakin      |
+                      | scott+thrcl@pakin.org |
+                      +-----------------------+
+
+
+Description
+===========
+
+The threadcol package combines a document's columns into a PDF
+"article thread".  PDF readers that support this mechanism (probably
+just Adobe Acrobat/Reader) can be instructed to scroll automatically
+from column to column, which facilitates on-screen reading of
+two-column documents.
+
+Even for single-column documents, threadcol supports the creation of
+multiple article threads, which help organize discontiguous but
+logically related regions of text into a form that the user can scroll
+through as if its contents were contiguous.
+
+
+Installation
+============
+
+There's nothing special about building threadcol.  To create
+threadcol.sty simply run "tex threadcol.ins".  Install threadcol.sty
+somewhere where LaTeX can find it.  See
+http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instpackages for
+general information about installing packages.
+
+
+Copyright and license
+=====================
+
+Copyright (C) 2013 Scott Pakin
+
+This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of
+the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license
+or (at your option) any later version.  The latest version of this
+license is in:
+
+                http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+
+and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX
+version 2008/05/04 or later.
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+% \iffalse meta-comment
+%
+% Copyright (C) 2013 by Scott Pakin <scott+thrcl@pakin.org>
+% -------------------------------------------------------
+%
+% This file may be distributed and/or modified under the
+% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c
+% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
+% The latest version of this license is in:
+%
+%    http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+%
+% and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX
+% version 2008/05/04 or later.
+%
+% \fi
+%
+% \iffalse
+%<*driver>
+\ProvidesFile{threadcol.dtx}
+%</driver>
+%<package>\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1999/12/01]
+%<package>\ProvidesPackage{threadcol}
+%<*package>
+    [2013/01/06 v1.0 Convert columns to PDF article threads]
+%</package>
+%
+%<*driver>
+\documentclass{ltxdoc}
+\usepackage{threadcol}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\usepackage{hyperref}
+\EnableCrossrefs
+\CodelineIndex
+\RecordChanges
+\setthreadname{User documentation}
+\begin{document}
+  \sloppy
+  \DocInput{threadcol.dtx}
+  \setthreadname{Developer documentation}
+%  \PrintChanges
+  \setthreadname{}
+  \makeatletter
+  \let\orig@index@prologue=\index@prologue
+  \def\index@prologue{%
+    \phantomsection\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Index}
+    \orig@index@prologue
+  }%
+  \makeatother
+  \PrintIndex
+\end{document}
+%</driver>
+% \fi
+%
+% \CheckSum{119}
+%
+% \CharacterTable
+%  {Upper-case    \A\B\C\D\E\F\G\H\I\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y\Z
+%   Lower-case    \a\b\c\d\e\f\g\h\i\j\k\l\m\n\o\p\q\r\s\t\u\v\w\x\y\z
+%   Digits        \0\1\2\3\4\5\6\7\8\9
+%   Exclamation   \!     Double quote  \"     Hash (number) \#
+%   Dollar        \$     Percent       \%     Ampersand     \&
+%   Acute accent  \'     Left paren    \(     Right paren   \)
+%   Asterisk      \*     Plus          \+     Comma         \,
+%   Minus         \-     Point         \.     Solidus       \/
+%   Colon         \:     Semicolon     \;     Less than     \<
+%   Equals        \=     Greater than  \>     Question mark \?
+%   Commercial at \@     Left bracket  \[     Backslash     \\
+%   Right bracket \]     Circumflex    \^     Underscore    \_
+%   Grave accent  \`     Left brace    \{     Vertical bar  \|
+%   Right brace   \}     Tilde         \~}
+%
+%
+% \changes{v1.0}{2013/01/06}{Initial version}
+%
+% \GetFileInfo{threadcol.dtx}
+%
+% \DoNotIndex{\@empty,\box,\copy,\def,\else,\fi,\gdef,\global}
+% \DoNotIndex{\hss,\ifx,\let}
+% \DoNotIndex{\MessageBreak,\newcommand,\protect}
+% \DoNotIndex{\setbox,\space,\vbox}
+%
+% ^^A  Define a few helper commands.
+% \DeclareRobustCommand{\pkgname}[1]{\mbox{\textsf{#1}}\SortIndex{#1}{\textsf{#1}}}
+% \DeclareRobustCommand{\acro}[1]{\textsc{\MakeLowercase{#1}}}
+% \DeclareRobustCommand{\menu}[1]{\textit{#1}~$\to$ }
+% \DeclareRobustCommand{\menuentry}[1]{\textit{#1}}
+% \makeatletter
+% \DeclareRobustCommand{\panel}[1]{\textit{#1}}
+% \DeclareRobustCommand{\kbd}[1]{\textit{#1}}
+% \DeclareRobustCommand{\AAR}{Adobe Acrobat\slash Reader}
+%
+% ^^A  Specify this document's metadata.
+% \title{The \textsf{threadcol} package\thanks{This document
+%   corresponds to \textsf{threadcol}~\fileversion, dated \filedate.}}
+% \author{Scott Pakin \\ \texttt{scott+thrcl@pakin.org}}
+% \hypersetup{^^A
+%   pdftitle={The threadcol package},
+%   pdfauthor={Scott Pakin},
+%   pdfsubject={Organize document columns into PDF "article threads"},
+%   pdfkeywords={LaTeX, PDF, article threads, beads, automatic column scrolling}
+% }
+%
+% \maketitle
+%
+% \section{Introduction}
+% \label{sec:introduction}
+%
+% Consider the following situation: You have a two-column \acro{PDF}
+% file that you want to read on your computer (or tablet or whatever).
+% Because you have a relatively small screen---and/or less-than-perfect
+% eyesight---you zoom in to more easily read the text.  You read the
+% first column of the first page, then scroll back to the top of the
+% page and over to the right to read the second column, then scroll left
+% to read the first column of the second page, then scroll up and over
+% to read the second column, and so forth.  With all this distracting
+% scrolling, it's easy to lose track of where you were or what you were
+% reading.
+%
+% The \pkgname{threadcol} package helps you avoid this situation for the
+% \LaTeX\ documents you create.  It puts every column into a \acro{PDF}
+% ``article thread''.  A user can then opt to have his \acro{PDF} reader
+% automatically scroll through the document in proper reading order.  In
+% \AAR\ this is accomplished simply by clicking any place in the
+% document window where the mouse pointer is shown as a hand with an
+% arrow in it.  The user can scroll forward by clicking in the document
+% window or pressing \kbd{Enter} and backward by shift-clicking or
+% pressing \kbd{Shift}+\kbd{Enter}.  See the \AAR\ \menuentry{Help}
+% documents for more information.
+%
+% \AAR\ provide an \Acrobatmenu{ArticleThreads}{Articles navigation
+%   panel} that lists all of the document's article threads and lets the
+% user jump to a specified thread.  Figure~\ref{fig:articles-ar9} shows
+% what the \panel{Articles} panel looks like in Adobe Reader~9 on Linux.
+% The panel may have to be displayed explicitly by the user.  This can
+% be done by right-clicking on the navigation-panel button list and
+% selecting \menuentry{Articles}.  Alternatively, in \AAR~9, one can
+% also follow the \menu{View}\menu{Navigation
+%   Panels}\menuentry{Articles} menu path or in \AAR~X and~XI the
+% \menu{View}\menu{Show/Hide}\menu{Navigation
+%   Panels}\menuentry{Articles} menu path.  If \panel{Articles} appears
+% as a pop-up, it can be docked simply by dragging the tab to the
+% navigation panel.
+%
+% \begin{figure}[htbp]
+%   \centering
+%   \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{articles-ar9}
+%   \caption{The \panel{Articles} button and navigation panel in Adobe Reader~9}
+%   \label{fig:articles-ar9}
+% \end{figure}
+%
+% I don't know if any \acro{PDF} readers other than Adobe's provide
+% special viewing of threads.
+%
+% \bigskip
+%
+% Although \pkgname{threadcol} is most beneficial to two-column
+% documents, it nevertheless also works with single-column
+% documents---and even documents that switch between the two using
+% |\onecolumn| and |\twocolumn|.  In fact, although it is typeset in a
+% single column, this document is itself threaded using
+% \pkgname{threadcol}.  Section~\ref{sec:implementation}, which presents
+% the commented \pkgname{threadcol} source code, lies in a thread
+% entitled, ``Developer documentation''.
+% Sections~\ref{sec:introduction}--\ref{sec:limitations}
+% and~\ref{sec:future-work} lie in a thread entitled, ``User
+% documentation''.  What this structure implies is that you can
+% double-click ``User documentation'' in the
+% \Acrobatmenu{ArticleThreads}{Articles navigation panel} then
+% repeatedly click (or press \kbd{Enter}) on the document's text to read
+% all of the user documentation while automatically skipping the
+% developer documentation.  Likewise, double-clicking on ``Developer
+% documentation'' takes you right to that, bypassing all of the user
+% documentation.
+%
+% Indexes are not normally read from start to finish so this document's
+% index is omitted from both the ``User documentation'' and ``Developer
+% documentation'' threads.
+%
+%
+% \section{Usage}
+% \label{sec:usage}
+%
+% One of the \pkgname{threadcol} package's goals is simplicity.  All you
+% have to do is include a
+% \begin{verbatim}
+    \usepackage{threadcol}
+% \end{verbatim}
+% \unskip\noindent
+% in your document's preamble for \pkgname{threadcol} to do its work.
+%
+% \bigskip
+%
+% \DescribeMacro{\setthreadname}
+% One bit of customization that \pkgname{threadcol} does provide,
+% however, is control over the name of the article thread.  By default,
+% this is ``Entire document''.  However, if you prefer a different name,
+% you can write |\setthreadname{|\meta{name}|}| to change the name of
+% the article thread to \meta{name}.  It is in fact permissible to
+% invoke |\setthreadname| multiple times and with different names.  In
+% this case, \pkgname{threadcol} produces one thread per unique name.
+% For example, the document shown in Figure~\ref{fig:articles-ar9} used
+% two threads in the following manner:
+%
+% \bigskip
+% \begingroup
+%   \obeylines
+%   |\setthreadname{Some thread}|
+%   \meta{Text for the first thread}
+%   |\setthreadname{Another thread}|
+%   \meta{Text for the second thread}
+%   |\setthreadname{Some thread}|
+%   \meta{More text for the first thread}
+% \endgroup
+% \bigskip
+%
+% \noindent
+% When the user clicks on the ``Some thread'' thread, navigation
+% automatically bypasses all text in the ``Another thread'' thread and
+% vice versa.  One caveat is that in the current version of
+% \pkgname{threadcol}, |\setthreadname| issues a |\clearpage| command to
+% ensure that text is assigned to the correct thread.  Hence,
+% \pkgname{threadcol} cannot currently be used for sophisticated
+% magazine- or newspaper-style documents with intertwined threads
+% weaving through the pages.  Still, it may be useful for coarsely
+% divided units of text.
+%
+% As a special case, specifying an empty thread name
+% (i.e.,~|\setthreadname{}|) stops adding text to threads.  This can be
+% useful for a document's front matter and back matter, which may not
+% belong in any thread's normal reading order.
+%
+%
+% \section{Limitations}
+% \label{sec:limitations}
+%
+% \pkgname{threadcol} is a fairly simple package.  As such, it has a
+% number of limitations, including the following:
+%
+% \begin{enumerate}
+%   \item \pkgname{threadcol} requires pdf\LaTeX\ or Lua\LaTeX; it does
+%     nothing when used with ordinary \LaTeX\ or
+%     X\lower0.5ex\hbox{\kern-.15em\reflectbox{E}}\kern-0.1667em\LaTeX\@.
+%     The package also relies on \pkgname{etoolbox}, which requires
+%     \mbox{$\varepsilon$-\TeX} support, but this is provided by all
+%     modern \TeX\ distributions.
+%
+%   \item \pkgname{threadcol} is incompatible with the
+%     \pkgname{fixltx2e} and \pkgname{cuted} packages.  These packages
+%     redefine \LaTeX's text-output routines in a manner that confuses
+%     \pkgname{threadcol}.
+%
+%   \item Marginal notes (|\marginpar|) are not included in threads.
+%     The same is true for text that sticks out into the margin
+%     (e.g.,~using |\llap| or |\rlap|), such as the macro names in
+%     Section~\ref{sec:implementation}.
+%
+%   \item As mentioned in Section~\ref{sec:usage}, threads currently
+%     must begin on their own page.  Hence, |\setthreadname| forces a
+%     page break, which is often undesirable.
+%
+%   \item \pkgname{threadcol} does not recognize columns created using
+%     the |multicols| environment from the \pkgname{multicol} package.
+%     These appear to \pkgname{threadcol} as a single column.
+%
+%   \item No attempt is made to preserve proper reading order beyond
+%     page and column order.  For example, if a page ends with the first
+%     part of a sentence and the next page begins with a top float, the
+%     thread will present the text in that same order: the first part of
+%     the sentence, then the float, then the second part of the
+%     sentence.  Even worse, \pkgname{threadcol} is oblivious to
+%     footnotes that span columns; it will show the first column of
+%     text, including the first part of a long footnote, then the second
+%     column of text, which ends with the second part of the long
+%     footnote.
+%
+%   \item The package has not been tested thoroughly.  Consequently,
+%     there are probably many more limitations than those listed above.
+% \end{enumerate}
+%
+%
+% \StopEventually{^^A
+%
+% \setthreadname{User documentation}
+%
+% \section{Future work}
+% \label{sec:future-work}
+%
+% A future version of \pkgname{threadcol} may address some of the
+% limitations described in Section~\ref{sec:limitations}.  In addition,
+% it would great if the package could integrate seamlessly with the
+% \pkgname{flowfram} package, where \acro{PDF} article threads would
+% make a lot of sense.
+%
+% One far more difficult change to implement would be to make
+% \pkgname{threadcol} cognizant of the ``true'' reading order, perhaps
+% with help from the author.  For example, the author could specify the
+% point at which the thread should jump to a floating figure before
+% jumping back to the corresponding text.
+%
+% In practice, \LaTeXe's output routines can be quite arcane, especially
+% with regards to the handling of inserts (e.g.,~floats and footnotes).
+% Getting \pkgname{threadcol} to do more than what it currently does is
+% likely beyond my current level of \LaTeX\ expertise.
+%
+% }
+%
+% \setthreadname{Developer documentation}
+%
+% \section{Implementation}
+% \label{sec:implementation}
+%
+% This section is intended for developers and advanced users to learn
+% how \pkgname{threadcol} is implemented.  Most readers can ignore this
+% section.
+%
+% \bigskip
+%
+% We begin by loading a few helper packages upon which we rely:
+% \pkgname{ifpdf} to ensure that we have access to |\pdfstartthread| and
+% |\pdfendthread| and \pkgname{etoolbox} for the |\patchcmd| macro.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\RequirePackage{ifpdf}
+\RequirePackage{etoolbox}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\thrcl@thread@name}
+% Define the name of the current thread.  This is what shows up in the
+% \Acrobatmenu{ArticleThreads}{\panel{Articles} navigation panel} in
+% Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\def\thrcl@thread@name{Entire document}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\setthreadname}
+% Let the author change the name of the current thread
+% (i.e.,~|\thrcl@thread@name|).  The starred version suppresses the
+% |\clearpage|.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand*{\setthreadname}{%
+  \@ifstar{\gdef\thrcl@thread@name}{\clearpage\gdef\thrcl@thread@name}%
+}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\thrcl@threaded@box}
+% This is a copy of the column box but surrounded by |\pdfstartthread|
+% and |\pdfendthread|.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\newbox\thrcl@threaded@box
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\thrcl@box}
+% Mimic \TeX's |\box| primitive but wrap the given box within a
+% |\pdfstartthread| and |\pdfendthread|.  If |\thrcl@thread@name| is
+% empty, however, invoke |\box| directly.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\def\thrcl@box#1{%
+  \ifx\thrcl@thread@name\@empty
+    \box#1
+  \else
+    \setbox\thrcl@threaded@box=\vbox{%
+      \pdfstartthread name {\thrcl@thread@name}%
+      \copy#1
+      \pdfendthread
+    }%
+    \box\thrcl@threaded@box
+  \fi
+}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\thrcl@orig@outputpage}
+% We want |\thrcl@outputdblcol| to use the original |\@outputpage| but
+% all other invocations to use our modified |\@outputpage|.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\let\thrcl@orig@outputpage=\@outputpage
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\thrcl@patchcmd}
+% Wrap \pkgname{etoolbox}'s 5-argument |\patchcmd| with a 3-argument
+% version that uses hard-wired success and failure operations.  The
+% whole command is executed only if all of the previous
+% |\thrcl@patchcmd| commands succeeded.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\def\thrcl@patchcmd#1#2#3{%
+  \ifx\thrcl@patches@succeeded Y
+    \patchcmd{#1}{#2}{#3}{}{\let\thrcl@patches@succeeded=N}%
+  \fi
+}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \begin{macro}{\thrcl@outputdblcol}
+% \begin{macro}{\thrcl@outputpage}
+% \begin{macro}{\thrcl@comdblflelt}
+% \begin{macro}{\thrcl@patches@succeeded}
+% Replace |\box| with |\thrcl@box| in \LaTeXe's |\@outputdblcol| and
+% |\@outputpage| macros, which are used to output a column in,
+% respectively, a two-column document or a one-column document.  To
+% avoid nesting of |\pdfstartthread|\dots\linebreak[0]|\pdfendthread|,
+% we replace calls to |\@outputpage| with calls to
+% |\thrcl@orig@outputpage| in |\@outputdblcol|.
+%
+% Because there we need to apply multiple patches, we attempt to patch
+% copies of |\@outputdblcol|, |\@outputpage|, and |\@comdblflelt| and
+% replace the originals only if all changes are successful.  We store
+% ``|Y|'' in |\thrcl@patches@succeeded| if this is the case,
+% otherwise~``|N|''.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\let\thrcl@outputdblcol=\@outputdblcol
+\let\thrcl@outputpage=\@outputpage
+\let\thrcl@comdblflelt=\@comdblflelt
+\let\thrcl@patches@succeeded=Y
+\ifpdf
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% We're in \acro{PDF}-generating mode.  Apply all of our patches.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@outputdblcol}%
+    {\box\@leftcolumn\hss}%
+    {\thrcl@box\@leftcolumn\hss}%
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@outputdblcol}%
+    {\box\@outputbox\hss}%
+    {\thrcl@box\@outputbox\hss}%
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@outputdblcol}%
+    {\@outputpage}%
+    {\thrcl@orig@outputpage}%
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@outputdblcol}%
+    {\@outputpage}%
+    {\thrcl@orig@outputpage}%
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@outputpage}%
+    {\box\@outputbox}%
+    {\thrcl@box\@outputbox}%
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@comdblflelt}%
+    {\box}%
+    {\thrcl@box}%
+  \ifx\thrcl@patches@succeeded Y
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% All of our patches succeeded.  We can finally redefine
+% |\@outputdblcol|, |\@outputpage|, and |\@comdblflelt| for real.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+    \global\let\@outputdblcol=\thrcl@outputdblcol
+    \global\let\@outputpage=\thrcl@outputpage
+    \global\let\@comdblflelt=\thrcl@comdblflelt
+  \else
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% Issue a warning message if any patch failed.  This should happen only
+% if a class or package redefines |\@outputdblcol|, |\@outputpage|, or
+% |\@comdblflelt| in a manner incompatible with \LaTeXe's default
+% definition.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+    \PackageError{threadcol}{Failed to patch the output routine}{%
+      The threadcol package needs to modify LaTeX's
+      \protect\@outputdblcol\space macro to\MessageBreak
+      incorporate support for PDF article threads.  These
+      modifications failed,\MessageBreak
+      presumably due to a class or package that redefined
+      \protect\@outputdblcol\space in a\MessageBreak
+      form incompatible with what threadcol expects.%
+    }%
+  \fi
+\else
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% We're not in \acro{PDF}-generating mode.  Warn the author that
+% the package will do nothing.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+  \PackageWarningNoLine{threadcol}{%
+    This package has an effect only when running\MessageBreak
+    pdfLaTeX or LuaLaTeX and only when in\MessageBreak
+    PDF-generating mode%
+  }%
+\fi
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% \end{macro}
+% \end{macro}
+% \end{macro}
+% \end{macro}
+%
+% \Finale
+\endinput
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+%%
+%% Copyright (C) 2013 by Scott Pakin <scott+thrcl@pakin.org>
+%%
+%% This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of
+%% the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license
+%% or (at your option) any later version.  The latest version of this
+%% license is in:
+%%
+%%    http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+%%
+%% and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version
+%% 2008/05/04 or later.
+%%
+
+\input docstrip.tex
+\keepsilent
+
+\usedir{tex/latex/threadcol}
+
+\preamble
+
+This is a generated file.
+
+Copyright (C) 2013 by Scott Pakin <scott+thrcl@pakin.org>
+
+This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of
+the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license
+or (at your option) any later version.  The latest version of this
+license is in:
+
+   http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+
+and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX
+version 2008/05/04 or later.
+
+\endpreamble
+
+\generate{\file{threadcol.sty}{\from{threadcol.dtx}{package}}}
+
+\obeyspaces
+\Msg{*************************************************************}
+\Msg{*                                                           *}
+\Msg{* To finish the installation you have to move the following *}
+\Msg{* file into a directory searched by TeX:                    *}
+\Msg{*                                                           *}
+\Msg{*     threadcol.sty                                         *}
+\Msg{*                                                           *}
+\Msg{* To produce the documentation run the file threadcol.dtx   *}
+\Msg{* through LaTeX.                                            *}
+\Msg{*                                                           *}
+\Msg{* Happy TeXing!                                             *}
+\Msg{*                                                           *}
+\Msg{*************************************************************}
+
+\endbatchfile
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/threadcol/threadcol.sty b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/threadcol/threadcol.sty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a27a5d8644a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/threadcol/threadcol.sty
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+%%
+%% This is file `threadcol.sty',
+%% generated with the docstrip utility.
+%%
+%% The original source files were:
+%%
+%% threadcol.dtx  (with options: `package')
+%% 
+%% This is a generated file.
+%% 
+%% Copyright (C) 2013 by Scott Pakin <scott+thrcl@pakin.org>
+%% 
+%% This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of
+%% the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license
+%% or (at your option) any later version.  The latest version of this
+%% license is in:
+%% 
+%%    http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+%% 
+%% and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX
+%% version 2008/05/04 or later.
+%% 
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1999/12/01]
+\ProvidesPackage{threadcol}
+    [2013/01/06 v1.0 Convert columns to PDF article threads]
+    \usepackage{threadcol}
+\RequirePackage{ifpdf}
+\RequirePackage{etoolbox}
+\def\thrcl@thread@name{Entire document}
+\newcommand*{\setthreadname}{%
+  \@ifstar{\gdef\thrcl@thread@name}{\clearpage\gdef\thrcl@thread@name}%
+}
+\newbox\thrcl@threaded@box
+\def\thrcl@box#1{%
+  \ifx\thrcl@thread@name\@empty
+    \box#1
+  \else
+    \setbox\thrcl@threaded@box=\vbox{%
+      \pdfstartthread name {\thrcl@thread@name}%
+      \copy#1
+      \pdfendthread
+    }%
+    \box\thrcl@threaded@box
+  \fi
+}
+\let\thrcl@orig@outputpage=\@outputpage
+\def\thrcl@patchcmd#1#2#3{%
+  \ifx\thrcl@patches@succeeded Y
+    \patchcmd{#1}{#2}{#3}{}{\let\thrcl@patches@succeeded=N}%
+  \fi
+}
+\let\thrcl@outputdblcol=\@outputdblcol
+\let\thrcl@outputpage=\@outputpage
+\let\thrcl@comdblflelt=\@comdblflelt
+\let\thrcl@patches@succeeded=Y
+\ifpdf
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@outputdblcol}%
+    {\box\@leftcolumn\hss}%
+    {\thrcl@box\@leftcolumn\hss}%
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@outputdblcol}%
+    {\box\@outputbox\hss}%
+    {\thrcl@box\@outputbox\hss}%
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@outputdblcol}%
+    {\@outputpage}%
+    {\thrcl@orig@outputpage}%
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@outputdblcol}%
+    {\@outputpage}%
+    {\thrcl@orig@outputpage}%
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@outputpage}%
+    {\box\@outputbox}%
+    {\thrcl@box\@outputbox}%
+  \thrcl@patchcmd
+    {\thrcl@comdblflelt}%
+    {\box}%
+    {\thrcl@box}%
+  \ifx\thrcl@patches@succeeded Y
+    \global\let\@outputdblcol=\thrcl@outputdblcol
+    \global\let\@outputpage=\thrcl@outputpage
+    \global\let\@comdblflelt=\thrcl@comdblflelt
+  \else
+    \PackageError{threadcol}{Failed to patch the output routine}{%
+      The threadcol package needs to modify LaTeX's
+      \protect\@outputdblcol\space macro to\MessageBreak
+      incorporate support for PDF article threads.  These
+      modifications failed,\MessageBreak
+      presumably due to a class or package that redefined
+      \protect\@outputdblcol\space in a\MessageBreak
+      form incompatible with what threadcol expects.%
+    }%
+  \fi
+\else
+  \PackageWarningNoLine{threadcol}{%
+    This package has an effect only when running\MessageBreak
+    pdfLaTeX or LuaLaTeX and only when in\MessageBreak
+    PDF-generating mode%
+  }%
+\fi
+\endinput
+%%
+%% End of file `threadcol.sty'.
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check b/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check
index 24bfc2e29fd..d1492898903 100755
--- a/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ my @TLP_working = qw(
     texpower texshade
     textcase textfit textgreek textmerg textopo textpath textpos tfrupee
     thailatex theoremref thesis-titlepage-fhac
-    thinsp thmbox thmtools threeddice threeparttable threeparttablex
+    thinsp thmbox thmtools threadcol threeddice threeparttable threeparttablex
     thumb thumbpdf thumbs thumby thuthesis
     ticket tikz-cd tikz-3dplot tikz-dependency tikz-inet tikz-qtree tikz-timing
     tikzinclude tikzorbital tikzpagenodes tikzpfeile tikzposter tikzscale
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-latexextra.tlpsrc b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-latexextra.tlpsrc
index f78c97a9de3..3c942e7d102 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-latexextra.tlpsrc
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-latexextra.tlpsrc
@@ -779,6 +779,7 @@ depend textgreek
 depend textmerg
 depend textpos
 depend theoremref
+depend threadcol
 depend threeparttable
 depend threeparttablex
 depend thinsp
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/threadcol.tlpsrc b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/threadcol.tlpsrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/threadcol.tlpsrc