Re: mcode.sty and CTAN

[Abbott, Ben]

On May 30, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Abbott, Ben wrote:

> On May 30, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Florian Knorn wrote:
> 
>> On 30 May 2013 01:44, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> Florian,
>>> 
>>> I saw the article on your mcode.sty file.
>>> 
>>>      
>>> http://www.howtotex.com/tips-tricks/how-to-include-matlab-code-in-latex-documents/
>>> 
>>> I participate in the development of Octave.
>>> 
>>>      http://www.octave.org
>>> 
>>> is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical 
>>> computations.
>>> 
>>> GNU Octave has a GPL v3 license, and supports the m-code syntax.  It also 
>>> has some nice extensions to the language.
>>> 
>>> I'm inclined to modify your style file to support Octave's extended syntax, 
>>> and thought I'd check with you first.  Do you plan to submit your style 
>>> file to CTAN?
>>> 
>>> If not, can you email me a copy (Mathworks policy is that files on file 
>>> exchange are to be used with Mathworks products)?
>>> 
>>> TiA
>>> Ben
>> 
>> <mcode.zip>
>> 
>> Hi Ben,
>> 
>> Thanks for your email. I never knew about the post you referred to,
>> thanks for pointing it out to me.
>> 
>> Of course you are very welcome to port / extend the file so that it
>> also works with Octave files. Please find it attached.
>> 
>> As for CTAN, I'd love to see the package up there, but have no idea
>> how to go about it. Again, I'd be happy for you to put it up there if
>> you have the know-how and time to do so.
>> 
>> Let me know if I can be of further assistance,
>> 
>> Thanks and best wishes,
>> 
>> Florian
> 
> Thanks Florian,
> 
> I'm not familiar with how to get your style file onto CTAN.  But, I've cc'd 
> Octave's help-list in the hope that someone else can offer some comment.
> 
> Ben

Florian,

I spent some time with Google today.  The link below was more difficult to me 
to find than it ought to be.

        http://www.ctan.org/upload

BTW, as the listings package supports Octave, it turns out your style file 
already supports Octave's extended syntax as well.

Ben



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