README for pageslts package, 2011/08/08, v1.2a TABLE OF CONTENTS ================= 1 Introduction 2 Download 3 Installation 4 Additional Packages 5 Package Compatibility 6 Author/Maintainer 7 Bug Reports 8 Known Problems 1 INTRODUCTION ============== This package puts the labels LastPage (\AtEndDocument) and VeryLastPage (\AfterLastShipout) into the .aux file, allowing the user to refer to the (very) last page of a document. This might be particularly useful in places like headers or footers. When more than one page numbering scheme is used, these references do not give the total number of pages. For this case the label LastPages is introduced. Additionally, at the last page of each page numbering scheme a label pagesLTS. is placed, where is e. g. arabic, roman, Roman, alph, or Alph. For fnsymbol please use \lastpageref{pagesLTS.fnsymbol} instead of \pageref{pagesLTS.fnsymbol}. When the same numbering scheme is used twice, the page numbers are either reset to one or continued automatically, depending on the option given when the package is called. The command \theCurrentPage prints the current total/absolute page number - in contrast to \thepage, which gives only the page name in the current page numbering scheme. \theCurrentPageLocal gives the current number of pages in the current page numbering scheme. \thepage and \theCurrentPageLocal are different e. g. when \addtocounter{pageg}{...} or \setcounter{page}{...} were used. At the first page of the document a label pagesLTS.0 is created. This label can be referred to, too. Further labels are provided for special cases. The alphalph package is supported, i. e. page numbers alph or Alph > 26 and fnyambol > 9 can be used (with according options set). Even zero and negative page numbers can be used with arabic, alph, Alph, roman, Roman, and fnsymbol page numbering (with alphalph package and according options). \pageref* and \pageref*, for using hyperref but suppressing links, are supported. This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL). See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/ licenses.lppl.html for the details of that license. 2 DOWNLOAD ========== `pageslts' is available on CTAN: CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/pageslts/ Also a ZIP file is provided that contains the files, already sorted in a TDS tree (should become available on CTAN soon): CTAN:install/macros/latex/contrib/pageslts.tds.zip `CTAN:' means one of the `Comprehensive TeX Archive Network' nodes or one of its mirrors. This is explained in http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=archives The CTAN stuff will be mirrored automatically from the ftp server, so ftp://ftp.tug.org/pub/tex/pageslts/ corresponds to CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/pageslts/ 3 INSTALLATION ============== Installation with ZIP file in TDS format ---------------------------------------- The ZIP file `pageslts.tds.zip' contains the files sorted in a TDS tree. Thus you can directly unpack the ZIP file inside a TDS tree. (See CTAN:tds.zip for an explanation of TDS.) Example: cd /...somewhere.../texmf unzip /...downloadpath.../pageslts.tds.zip Do not forget to refresh the file name database of this TDS tree. Example: texhash /...somewhere.../texmf Manual installation ------------------- a) Download the pageslts files from CTAN or the TUG server. If necessary, unpack them. b) Generate the package and driver files: tex pageslts.ins c) Install the files `*.sty' and `*.cfg' in your TDS tree: cp *.sty *.cfg TDS:tex/latex/pageslts/ Replace `TDS:' by the prefix of your TDS tree (texmf directory). d) Copy the documentation files to "TDS:doc/latex/pageslts/": README, pageslts.pdf,pageslts-example.tex, pageslts-example.pdf. e) Update the databases if necessary, e. g. for teTeX: mktexlsr .../texmf 4 ADDITIONAL PACKAGES ===================== Depending on the driver and option settings, pageslts loads other packages: For unpacking the pageslts.dtx file and constructing the documentation it is required: - TeXFormat LaTeX2e, 1994/06/01, v2e - document class ltxdoc, 2007/11/11, v2.0u, CTAN:macros/latex/base/ltxdoc.dtx - package holtxdoc, 2011/02/04, v0.21 CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/holtxdoc.dtx - package hypdoc, 2010/03/26, v1.9, CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/hypdoc.dtx - package geometry, 2010/09/12, v5.6, CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/geometry/geometry.dtx - package ulem, 2011/03/18, (no version number given), CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ulem/ The pageslts.sty for LATEX2e (i. e. all documents using the pageslts package) requires: - TeXFormat LaTeX2e, 1994/06/01, v2e - package atveryend, 2010/03/24, v1.5, CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/atveryend.dtx - package everyshi, 2001/05/15, v3.00, CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ms/everyshi.dtx - package kvoptions, 2010/02/22, v3.7, CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/kvoptions.dtx - package undolabl, 2011/08/08, v1.0j, CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/undolabl/undolabl.dtx The pageslts-example.tex requires the same files as all documents using the pageslts package, and additionally: - package alphalph, 2010/04/18, v2.3, CTAN:macros/latex/generic/oberdiek/alphalph.dtx - package lipsum, 2011/04/14, v1.2, CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/lipsum/lipsum.dtx - package showkeys, 2007/08/07, v3.15, CTAN:macros/latex/required/tools/showkeys.dtx - package hyperref, 2011/04/17, v6.82g, CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/hyperref.zip - package pageslts, 2011/08/08, v2.0a, CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/pageslts/pageslts.dtx (Well, it is the example file for this package, and because you are reading the README for the pageslts package, it can be assumed that you already have some version of it - is it the current one?) which again load other packages (see the result of the \listfiles command in the log-file of the example). 5 PACKAGE COMPATIBILITY ======================= * endfloat package pageslts is not compatible with very old versions of endfloat(2.0 and older). Just get the recent version of the endfloat package from CTAN. * lastpage package \usepackage[pagecontinue=false]{pageslts} can simulate the behaviour of the lastpage package. Loading old (!) versions of the lastpage package before the pageslts package before the hyperref package results in multiply definitions of the LastPage label. * undolabl package Version >= 1.0h is needed. 6 AUTHOR/MAINTAINER ===================== * H.-Martin Münch 7 BUG REPORTS ============== A bug report should contain: * Comprehensive problem description. This includes error or warning messages. * \errorcontextlines=\maxdimen can be added in the TeX code to get more information in TeX error messages. * Minimal test file that shows the problem, but does not contain any unnecessary packages and code. * Used drivers/programs. * Version information about used packages and programs. * If you are using LaTeX, then add "\listfiles". Then a list of version information is printed at the end of the LaTeX run. * Please no other files than the minimal test file. The other files .log, .dvi, .ps, .pdf are seldom necessary, so send them only on request. * Please .zip or .tar.gz your file(s) before sending them! Bug address ----------- Bug reports can be send to the maintainer: H.-Martin Münch 8 KNOWN PROBLEMS ================= * as yet: none...