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CTAN package update: texapi

Date: October 2, 2011 6:42:16 PM CEST
the daemon crawls out and cries: > Name of contribution: texapi > Author's name: Paul Isambert > Package version: 1.04 > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/ > Summary description: Macros to write format-independent packages. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Added: > - \ifwhatever: evaluates a conditional no matter whether it's a TeX > conditional (expecting \else... \fi) or a conditional with <true> > and <false> as arguments; > - \ifexpression: evaluates a conditional expression, i.e. conditionals > separated by "&" (and) and "|" (or), possibly negated with "-" and > grouped into subexpressions; > - \ifelseif: takes any number of conditional/statement pairs and > executes the statement associated with the first true conditional. > > Modified: > - \reverse now defaults to \unless instead of producing an error if > the following command isn't recognized as a texapi conditional. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/texapi.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/texapi/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

api – Macros to write format-independent packages

Texapi provides utility macros to write format-independent (and -aware) packages. It is similar in spirit to the etoolbox, except that it isn’t tied to .

Tools include: engine and format detection, expansion control, command definition and manipulation, various testing macros, string operations, and highly customizable while and for loops.

The package requires (and, should you want to compile its documentation, the pitex package is also needed).

PackageTeXapi
Version1.04
MaintainerYuri Robbers
Paul Isambert (inactive)

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