CTAN package update: PerlTeX

[CTAN Announcements]

This package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be
at your favorite mirror.

Thank you Scott.
Jim Hefferon
St Michael's College

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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.

Name of contribution: PerlTeX
Author's name: Scott Pakin
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex
Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code
License type: lppl

Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style
file (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 v1.3 adds code to work around a limitation of the Perl sandbox
(i.e., that certain constructs fail even when perltex is run with the
--nosafe option) and introduces a \perldo macro that enables the
execution of Perl code outside of any subroutine.

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