Index of /archives/text/CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/blindtext

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 README                                    2012-01-06 19:19  1.6K  
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 blindtext_american.dtx                    2012-01-06 19:19  5.6K  
 blindtext_catalan.dtx                     2012-01-06 19:19  5.0K  
 blindtext_english.dtx                     2012-01-06 19:19  5.5K  
 blindtext_french.dtx                      2012-01-06 19:19  5.1K  
 blindtext_german.dtx                      2012-01-06 19:19  6.8K  
 blindtext_latin.dtx                       2012-01-06 19:19  7.4K  
 blindtext_ngerman.dtx                     2012-01-06 19:19  6.9K  

Name of contribution: blindtext  (V2.0)
Name and email:       Knut Lickert <knut@lickert.net>
Location on CTAN:     tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/blindtext
Summary description:  Package for writing text
License type:         LaTeX Project Public License

blindtext.sty: Create dummy text.

Can be used to create examples with a lot text to become a feeling
for the look of classes, packages...

Some macros:
- \blindtext creates some text,
- \Blindtext creates more text.
- \blinddocument creates a small document with sections, lists...
- \Blinddocument creates a large document with sections, lists...

Text corpus cann be changed with package options:
- random
- pangram
- bible

Supported languages:
- (n)german
- english and american
- latin (short Lorem ipsum)
- french (interim solution)
- catalan

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Provided Files:
*blindtext.dtx
*blindtext_<language>.dtx
*blindtext.ins
*blindtext.pdf
*Readme


For more information visit 
  http://tex.lickert.net/packages/blindtext/index.html  (German)
  http://tex.lickert.net/packages/blindtext/index_en.html (English)
  http://tex.lickert.net/dokumente/klassen/index_en.html

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Similar packages:
lipsum  - A long 'Lorem ipsum'

Similarities:
-Both styles create dummy text.
-The length can be defined by optional parameters.

Differences between blindtext and lipsum:
-lipsum contains a larger 'Lorem Ipsum'.
-blindtext supports different languages
-blindtext contains macros for dummy lists (itemize, enumerate, description)
-blindtext contains macros for documents (including sections, text and lists)
-blindtext contains macros for math formulas if requested