README for pagecolor package, 2025-01-28, v1.2d


TABLE OF CONTENTS
=================

1 Introduction
2 Download
3 Installation
4 Additional Packages
5 Package Compatibility
6 Author/Maintainer
7 Bug Reports
8 Known Problems


1 INTRODUCTION
==============

This LaTeX package provides the command \thepagecolor, which gives
the current page (background) color, i. e. the argument used with
the most recent call of \pagecolor{...}.
The command \thepagecolornone gives the same color as
\thepagecolor, except when the page background color is "none".
In that case \thepagecolor is white and \thepagecolornone is none.
When \nopagecolor is unknown or broken (crop package),
this package provides a replacement.
Similar to \newgeometry and \restoregeometry of the geometry package
\newpagecolor{...} and \restorepagecolor are provided.
For use with the crop package \backgroundpagecolor{...}
as well as \newbackgroundpagecolor{...} and
\restorebackgroundpagecolor are provided.

This material is published under the LPPL 1.3c: This work may be
distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project
Public License, either version 1.3c of this license or (at your option)
any later version. This version of this license is in
https://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-3c.txt
and the latest version of this license is in
https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of
LaTeX version 2005-12-01 or later.


2 DOWNLOAD
==========

"pagecolor" is available on CTAN:
https://ctan.org/pkg/pagecolor

Also a ZIP file is provided that contains the files:
the manual (pagecolor.pdf), the example (pagecolor-example.tex),
the compiled example (pagecolor-example.pdf),
driver (pagecolor.drv), pagecolor.dtx,
installation file (pagecolor.ins),
the style file (pagecolor.sty),
and this README, already sorted in a TDS tree:
https://mirror.ctan.org/install/macros/latex/contrib/pagecolor.tds.zip


3 INSTALLATION
==============

Installation with ZIP file in TDS format
----------------------------------------
The ZIP file "pagecolor.tds.zip" contains the files
sorted in a TDS tree. Thus you can directly unpack the
ZIP file inside a TDS tree.
See https://ctan.org/TDS-guidelines for an explanation
of TDS.
Example:
  cd /...somewhere.../texmf
  unzip /...downloadpath.../pagecolor.tds.zip
Do not forget to refresh the file name database of this
TDS tree.
Example:
  texhash /...somewhere.../texmf

Manual installation
-------------------
a) Download the pagecolor files from CTAN.
   If necessary, unpack them.
b) Generate the package and driver files:
     tex pagecolor.dtx
c) Install the file "pagecolor.sty" in your TDS tree:
     cp pagecolor.sty TDS:tex/latex/pagecolor/
   Replace "TDS:" by the prefix of your TDS tree
   (texmf directory).
d) Create the documentation, if necessary, e.g.
     pdflatex pagecolor.dtx
     makeindex -s gind.ist pagecolor.idx
     pdflatex pagecolor.dtx
     makeindex -s gind.ist pagecolor.idx
     pdflatex pagecolor.dtx
e) Update the databases if necessary, e.g. for TeXLive
     texhash or mktexlsr.
f) Create the pagecolor-example.pdf, if necessary, e.g.
     pdflatex pagecolor-example.tex
     pdflatex pagecolor-example.tex
     pdflatex pagecolor-example.tex
g) Copy the documentation files to
   "TDS:doc/latex/pagecolor/":
   README, pagecolor.pdf, pagecolor-example.tex,
   pagecolor-example.pdf.


4 ADDITIONAL PACKAGES
=====================

pagecolor loads another package: xcolor,
if the color package has not been loaded before pagecolor
which again loads other packages
(see the result of the \listfiles command in the log-file
 of the example).


5 PACKAGE COMPATIBILITY
=======================

pagecolor should be loaded quite early, i.e. before
\pagecolor{...} is used by some other package
(but can be loaded later using the pagecolor={...} option
with accordingly chosen value), but must be loaded after
\nopagecolor is defined (if that is defined in the document
at all). If the xcolor or the color package shall be used,
they also should be loaded before pagecolor.


6 AUTHOR/MAINTAINER
===================

H.-Martin Münch


7 BUG REPORTS
=============

A bug report should contain:
* Comprehensive problem description. This includes error or
  warning messages.
* \errorcontextlines=\maxdimen can be added in the
  TeX code to get more information in TeX error messages.
* Minimal test file that shows the problem,
  but does not contain any unnecessary packages and code.
* Used drivers/programs.
* Version information about used packages and programs.
* If you are using LaTeX, then add "\listfiles" to the document.
  Then a list of version information is printed at the end
  of the LaTeX run.
* Please no other files than the minimal test file.
  The other files .log, .dvi, .ps, .pdf are seldom
  necessary, so send them only on request.
* Please .zip or .tar.gz your file(s) before sending them!

Bug address
-----------
Bug reports can be send to the maintainer:
  H.-Martin Münch
  <Martin [dot] Muench [at] Uni-Bonn [dot] de>


8 KNOWN PROBLEMS
================

* as yet: none.