/mdframed

auto-split frame environment for LaTeX

Primary LanguageTeX

Introduction

Working with the command \fbox or \fcolorbox, one has to handle page breaks by hand. The present package defines the environment mdframed which automatically deals with page breaks.

License

Author's name: Marco Daniel and Elke Schubert (supports tikz implementation)

License type: LPPL-LaTeX project public license

Revision history

The revision history is printed in the documentation.

Documenation // Examples

Examples are uploaded at GitHub: DOWNLOAD-PAGE

Installation -- 1

I provide the file mdframed.tar.gz with the correct TDS structure. It can be downloaded at GitHub. Unpack the file and move the folders to TEXMFHOME or TEXMFLOCAL

DOWNLOAD-PAGE

Installation -- 2

If you are using Linux you can simple run make localinstall. This will install the package mdframed in your local TEXMF-tree.

Installation -- 3

The package provides

  • one dtx files,
  • one Makefile (compiling for Linux/Mac),
  • one mdframedmake.bat (compiling for Windows)
  • one personal documentclass ltxmdf.cls
  • one example picture donald-duck.jpg

By running the script make all you will produce the following files:

  • README.txt
  • mdframed.sty
  • mdframed.pdf
  • md-frame-0.mdf
  • md-frame-1.mdf
  • md-frame-2.mdf
  • md-frame-3.mdf
  • mdframed-example-default.tex
  • mdframed-example-default.pdf
  • mdframed-example-tikz.tex
  • mdframed-example-tikz.pdf
  • mdframed-example-pstricks.tex
  • mdframed-example-pstricks.pdf
  • mdframed-example-texsx.tex
  • mdframed-example-texsx.pdf

I recommend the following installation in your texmf-tree:

.../doc/latex/mdframed/

  • README.txt
  • mdframed.pdf
  • mdframed-example-default.tex
  • mdframed-example-default.pdf
  • mdframed-example-tikz.tex
  • mdframed-example-tikz.pdf
  • mdframed-example-pstricks.tex
  • mdframed-example-pstricks.pdf
  • mdframed-example-texsx.tex
  • mdframed-example-texsx.pdf

.../source/latex/mdframed/

  • Makefile
  • mdframed.dtx
  • donald-duck.jpg

.../tex/latex/mdframed

  • mdframed.sty
  • md-frame-0.mdf
  • md-frame-1.mdf
  • md-frame-2.mdf
  • md-frame-3.mdf
  • ltxmdf.cls