Scott Pakin submitted an update to the

perltex

package.

Version number: 2.3
License type: lppl

Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code

Announcement text:
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PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX package
(perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros
in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from
any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with
Perl's programmability. PerlTeX will make use of persistent named pipes, and
thereby run more efficiently, on operating systems that offer them (mostly
Unix-like systems).

Also provided is a switch to generate a PerlTeX-free, document-specific,
noperltex.sty that is useful when distributing a document to users who may not
have access to PerlTeX.

Version 2.3 alters the implementation of the LaTeX package to work around a
change made in the LaTeX3 kernel that breaks PerlTeX. Thanks to Christian Hove
Claussen for the bug report.

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This package is located at
https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/perltex

More information is at
https://www.ctan.org/pkg/perltex

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Thanks for the upload.

For the CTAN Team
Erik Braun

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