Re: mcode.sty and CTAN

[Abbott, Ben]

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