Template Toolkit LaTeX Plugin Version 3.00_05 13 October 2007 Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Andrew Ford. All Rights Reserved Copyright (C) 1996-2007 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. DESCRIPTION ----------- The Template Toolkit is a collection of modules which implement a fast, flexible, powerful and extensible template processing system. The LaTeX plugin provides the facility to filter content through LaTeX, provided of course that the content is valid LaTeX source. The LaTeX plugin takes care of running and re-running latex so that forward references, tables of contents, and lists of figures and tables are resolved. It will also run bibtex and makeindex if it detects that a bibliography or in index have been specified, and will re-run latex again one or more times until the formatting of the document has stabilized. (This functionality is new in version 3.00 of the module.) QUICK START ----------- The latest version of the Template Toolkit LaTeX Plugin can be retrieved from: http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Template-Latex/ Fetch and install Template Toolkit (2.16 or newer) if you don't already have it installed. Available from CPAN in: http://www.cpan.org/authors/Andy_Wardley/ To install the Template Toolkit Latex Plugin: tar zxf Template-Latex-3.00_05.tar.gz cd Template-Latex-3.00_05 perl Makefile.PL make make test make install The Makefile.PL will prompt for additional configuration options, including the installation of optional template libraries, HTML documentation and examples. You can safely answer 'n' to all of these questions for a quick and basic installation. If you're running ActivePerl on a Win32 platform then you can use the Perl Package Manager (PPM) to install the Template Toolkit. Chris Winters maintains a repository of pre-compiled PPM packages which contains the Template Toolkit, AppConfig and others. For further information, see: http://openinteract.sourceforge.net/ For further details on installation, see the separate INSTALL file. WHAT'S NEW? ----------- Version 3.00 is a complete rewrite of Template-Latex. Version 2.16 was the first release of Template-Latex. It was created by moving the code out of the core Template Toolkit distribution (version 2.15). See the Changes file for further details of the changes in these releases. GENERAL FEATURES ---------------- Some of the key features of the Template Toolkit Latex Plugin are listed below. See the documentation for further detail. DOCUMENTATION ------------- The Template Toolkit is provided with enough documentation to keep all but the most voracious reader happy for quite some time. The 'Changes' file in the distribution directory documents all visible changes between versions of the Template Toolkit. See the section 'VERSION COMPATABILITY' below for further details. The 'TODO' file, also in the distribution directory, lists known bugs, planned enhancements and possible new features for future versions. The rest of the documentation is distributed in Pod and HTML formats. The Pod pages are installed when you 'make install' and can be viewed using 'perldoc', e.g. SUPPORT ------- The Template Toolkit mailing list provides a forum for discussing issues relating to the use and abuse of the Template Toolkit. There are a number of knowledgeable and helpful individuals who frequent the list (including the author) who can often offer help or suggestions. Please respect their time and patience by checking the documentation and/or mailing list archives before asking questions that may already have been answered. To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to: templates-request@template-toolkit.org with the message 'subscribe' in the body. You can also use the web interface to subscribe or browse the archives: http://www.template-toolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/templates A low-volume, moderated mailing list exists for announcements about new releases of the Template Toolkit and related products. To subscribe, send an email to: templates-announce-request@template-toolkit.org with the message 'subscribe' in the body. A web interface also exists for subscription and browsing the archives: http://www.template-toolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/templates-announce For information about commercial support and consultancy for the Template Toolkit, please contact the author. AUTHOR ------ The Template Toolkit Latex plugin was originally written as part of the Template Toolkit distribution by Andy Wardley with the assistance and contributions from many other people. In 2006 the Latex plugin was separated out into its own distribution and Andrew Ford the took over as maintainer. See Template::Manual::Credits for details. COPYRIGHT --------- Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Andrew Ford. All Rights Reserved. Copyright (C) 1996-2007 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.