CTAN update: thumbs
Date: March 11, 2014 1:47:42 PM CET
the daemon reports:
> Name of contribution: thumbs
> Author's name: H.-Martin Münch
> Package version: 1.0q
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/thumbs/
> Summary description: Create thumb indexes
> License type: lppl
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>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> Options eventxtindent and oddtxtexdent allow to change the horizontal
> space between page edge and the text inside of the thumb mark.
>
> Options evenmarkindent and oddmarkexdent allow to change the
> horizontal space between page edge and the thumb mark background
> (independent from thumb mark text).
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> Option evenprintvoffset allows to vertically shift the marks on even
> pages by any length (to fix an issue of many duplex printers).
>
> Option txtcentered places the thumb mark text using \centering.
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> Announcement required: Yes
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> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.ctan.org/pkg/thumbs
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/thumbs/
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
thumbs – Create thumb indexes
The package puts running, customizable thumb marks in the outer margin, moving downward as the chapter number (or whatever shall be marked by the thumb marks) increases. Additionally an overview page/table of thumb marks can be added automatically, which gives the names of the thumbed objects, the page where the object/thumb mark first appears, and the thumb mark itself at its correct position. The thumb marks are useful for large documents (such as reference guides, anthologies, etc.), where a quick and easy way to find (for example) a chapter is needed.
| Package | thumbs |
| Version | 1.0q |
| Copyright | 2010–2014 H.-Martin Münch |
| Maintainer | Hans-Martin Münch |