# KOMA-Script 2024/10/24 v3.43
Copyright [Markus Kohm](mailto:komascript@gmx.info) 1994–2024
This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License Version 1.3c. See [`lppl.txt`](lppl.txt) (English) or [`lppl-de.txt`](lppl-de.txt) (German) for the details of that license.
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KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and packages. The classes are designed as replacements to the standard LaTeX2e classes. Several features have been added to make them more configurable.
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## Classes and packages in this release:
### `koma-script-source-doc` — internal source documentation class of KOMA-Script
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: koma-script-source-doc is an internal LaTeX class of the
KOMA-Script bundle. It is an extension of ltxdoc.
KOMA-Script uses scrdoc for the implementation documentation
and the documentation of packages that aren't KOMA-Script core
packages. The user manual of this class can be generated from
koma-script-source-doc.dtx. However average users should not
need the user manual, because they should never use this
internal class.
Requires: ltxdoc - the LaTeX2e source documentation class
doc.sty - at least version 3.0 is needed
scrartcl - the KOMA-Script article class
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2022-07-08 v0.92
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### `scraddr` — Package to provide data from scrlttr2's adr-files
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scraddr is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script bundle.
scrlttr2 uses adr-files to create form letters. The scraddr
package provides commands to read such files and to use the
data of the address entries not only with the scrlttr2 class
and not only for form letters.
Requires:
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2022/01/24 v1.1d
***
### `scrartcl` — versatile class may be used as a drop-in replacement of article
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrartcl is a LaTeX class of the KOMA-Script bundle. It is
the KOMA-Script drop-in replacement for the standard LaTeX
article class. It provides all options, environments,
counters, lengths and commands of the standard LaTeX article
class, as well as several additional options, environments,
commands, etc. to make it much more versatile. The default
layout of scrartcl differs from article, with an emphasis on
good typography. Nevertheless, by changing the defaults, you
can achieve a layout very similar to that of the standard
class.
Requires: scrkbase - internal KOMA-Script package
tocbasic - KOMA-Script package
typearea - KOMA-Script package
Recommended: scrlayer-scrpage - KOMA-Script package
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrarticle` — wrapper class to scrartcl
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrarticle is a very simple wrapper class to scrartcl. It has
been made, because several younger KOMA-Script users do not
understand the 8.3 name scheme.
However it is still recommended to use scrartcl instead of
scrarticle.
Requires: scrartcl.cls - KOMA-Script class
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrbase` — basic features for KOMA-Script, e.g. conditionals and key=value
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrbase is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script bundle. It
provides some basic functions used by KOMA-Script that can
also be used by authors and users of other classes and
packages.
First, it provides extended handling of key=value pairs
that can be used for run-time options of classes and
packages. Several packages in a family can share options,
and all the options in a family can be changed with a
single command.
Additional conditions like \ifundefinedorrelax, \ifpdftex,
\ifVTeX, \ifpdfoutput, \ifstr etc. are provided. Most of
them can be prevented from being defined and have
additional internal representations that can be used by
package or class authors.
It also provides commands to easily define or change
language-dependent terms that work not only with babel but
with other packages like ngerman too.
It provides some commands for package and class authors
missing in the LaTeX kernel like \ClassInfoNoLine,
\PackageInfoNoLine or \l@addto@macro.
Last but not least, it provides commands for integer
division and integer modulo operation that can be used,
for example, inside \numexpr ...\relax or with \ifnum.
Requires: keyval - key=value package from the graphics bundle
scrlfile - KOMA-Script package for file loading
manipulation
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrbook` — versatile class may be used as a drop-in replacement of book
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrbook is a LaTeX class of the KOMA-Script bundle and a
drop-in replacement for the standard LaTeX book class. It
provides all options, environments, commands, etc. of the
standard LaTeX book class, as well as several additional
options, environments, commands, etc. to make it much more
versatile. The default layout of scrbook differs from book,
with an emphasis on good typography. Nevertheless, by changing
the defaults, you can achieve a layout very similar to that
of the standard class.
Requires: scrkbase - internal KOMA-Script package
tocbasic - KOMA-Script package
typearea - KOMA-Script package
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrdate` — calender date operations, e.g. calculation of the day of the week
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrdate is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script bundle. It
provides several operations with calender dates, e.g., show
the century or the decade of a year, calculate the day of
the week of a given calender date, show the current
calender date in ISO form. It has support for several
languages, including English, German, French, Italian,
Spanish, Croatian, Finnish, Norsk, Swedish, Danish, Polish,
Czech, and Slovak.
Requires: scrkbase - KOMA-Script package for some basic features.
scrlfile - KOMA-Script package for file loading
manipulation
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrextend` — make some features of the KOMA-Script classes available for others
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrextend is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script bundle. It
makes some features of the KOMA-Script classes available to
other classes, i.e., for the standard classes.
Requires: scrkbase - internal package with some basics of KOMA-Script
etoolbox - tool-box for LaTeX programming using e-TeX
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrfontsizes` — package to generate a KOMA-Script font size file
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrfontsizes is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script bundle.
It provides a simple interface to generate KOMA-Script
font-size files.
Requires: scrextend - some KOMA-Script features for other classes
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrjura` — contract environment for advocates and scholary persons in law
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrjura is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script bundle. It
has been made in cooperation with a German lawyer to
provide environments for contracts, laws, acts or other
legal purposes. It supports automatic numbering of
paragraphs and semi-automatic numbering of sentences.
Currently German and English are supported.
Requires: scrkbase - internal KOMA-Script package with basics
tocbasic - features for helper files and float environments
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrkbase` — internal basic features for KOMA-Script classes and packages
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrkbase is an internal KOMA-Script packages that provides
some features that are common to several KOMA-Script
classes and packages. Users and class or package authors
should not use this package directly.
Requires: scrbase - KOMA-Script package for some basic features.
scrlfile - KOMA-Script package for file loading
manipulation
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrlayer-notecolumn` — control note columns parallel to the main text
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrlayer-notecolumn is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script
bundle. It provides an end-user interface to scrlayer to
define and manage note columns. Those note columns are
somewhat similar to marginal notes (see the LaTeX
command \marginpar or packages like notecolumn), but you
can use several of them. The package provides page breaks
inside note columns and synchronization points between the
main text and note columns.
Like most of the KOMA-Script packages, you can use this
package not only with KOMA-Script classes but also with
several other classes, e.g., the standard LaTeX classes.
Requires: scrlayer.sty
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained, proof of concept
Version: 2023/04/17 v0.3.4032
***
### `scrlayer-scrpage` — controlling page headers and footers
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrlayer-scrpage is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script
bundle. It provides an end-user interface to scrlayer to
define and manage page styles. This end user interface is
sufficiently compatible to scrpage2 that users should easily
be able to switch from the old scrpage2 package to the new
one. Nevertheless, it provides several new features to control
headers and footers.
Like most of the KOMA-Script packages, you can use this
package not only with KOMA-Script classes but also with
several other classes, e.g., the standard LaTeX classes.
Requires: scrlayer.sty
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrlayer` — defining layers and controlling page headers and footers
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrlayer is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script bundle.
Users may already be familiar with a type of layer from
packages like eso-pic or textpos. scrlayer is another package
that provides background and foreground layers, but unlike
those other packages, these layers are part of the page-style
definition. With this package, you can easily switch between
the layers used by switching the page style.
In short, the page-style interface of scrlayer provides
commands to define page styles based on a stack of layers and
to manage those layer stacks.
Nevertheless, using the layers directly is recommended for
advanced users only. End-user interfaces for beginners or
average users are provided by additional packages, that
load scrlayer on their own, e.g., scrlayer-scrpage.
Requires: scrkbase.sty
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrletter` — wrapper class to scrartcl class + scrletter package
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrletter is a wrapper class to class scrartcl with package
scrletter. Is has been made, to provide a letter class, that
also supports features like sections and floats.
Requires: scrartcl.cls – KOMA-Script class
scrletter.sty – KOMA-Script package
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrletter` — letter extension to KOMA-Script classes
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrletter provides the features of the letter class scrlttr2
when using the KOMA-Script classes scrartcl, scrreprt, and
scrbook, or the standard classes article, report, and book.
Requires: scrkbase - internal KOMA-Script package
typearea - KOMA-Script package
scrlayer-scrpage - KOMA-Script package
Recommended: marvosym - package by Martin Vogel providing symbols
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrlfile-hook-3.34` — internal subpackage of scrlfile
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrlfile-hook-3.34 is an internal subpackage of scrlfile to
be used with LaTeX from version 2020-10-01, but before
version 2021-11-15.
Requires: scrlogo.sty
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrlfile-hook` — internal subpackage of scrlfile
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrlfile-hook is an internal subpackage of scrlfile to be
be used with LaTeX from version 2021-11-15 on.
Requires: scrlogo.sty
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrlfile-pacholdlatex` — internal subpackage of scrlfile
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrlfile-patcholdlatex is an internal subpackage of scrlfile
to be be used with LaTeX up to version 2010-04-01.
Requires: scrlogo.sty
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrlfile` — control of package dependencies
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrlfile is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script bundle. It
provides the ability to execute commands before or after
loading files, classes, or packages. It can even
automatically load one file, class, or package in place of
another or prevent a package from being loaded. It also
provides the ability to execute commands before or after
closing the main aux file during \end{document}. It has
been used by the KOMA-Script classes for more than a
decade.
Requires: scrlfile-hook.sty, scrlfile-patcholdlatex.sty, scrlogo.sty
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrlogo` — print the KOMA-Script logo
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrlogo is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script bundle. It
provides the command \KOMAScript to print the official
KOMA-Script logo.
Requires:
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrlttr2` — versatile letter class with separation of text area and note paper
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrlttr2 is a letter class for LaTeX2e that allows
definition of several letterheads and text area settings
that are independent from the letterhead. So you can use
not only the KOMA-Script package typearea but even packages
like geometry to define the text area and the margins.
The positions of the elements of the letterhead can be
changed by so called pseudo-lengths. This makes it possible
to adjust scrlttr2 not only to local conventions and paper
sizes but also to a corporate brand identity.
Several predefined sets of parameters, called
letter-class-option or lco files are part of the
KOMA-Script bundle: two German letters, Swiss letters, US
letters, Japanese letters, and French letters. More can be
found on CTAN or the KOMA-Script homepage as separate
packages.
Additional lco-files for different letterheads can be found
on the KOMA-Script homepage, e.g., one demonstration file
for a letterhead similar to that of Washington State
University.
Requires: scrkbase - internal KOMA-Script package
typearea - KOMA-Script package
Recommended: marvosym - package by Martin Vogel providing symbols
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrreport` — wrapper class to scrreprt
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrreport is a very simple wrapper class to scrreprt. It has
been made, because several younger KOMA-Script users do not
understand the 8.3 name scheme.
However it is still recommended to use scrreprt instead of
scrreport.
Requires: scrreprt.cls - KOMA-Script class
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrreprt` — versatile class may be used as a drop-in replacement of report
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrreprt is the KOMA-Script drop-in replacement for the
standard LaTeX report class. It provides all options,
environments, counters, lengths, and commands of the standard
LaTeX report class, as well as several additional options,
environments, commands, etc., to make it much more versatile.
The default layout of scrreprt differs from that of report,
with an emphasis on good typography. Nevertheless, by changing
the defaults, you can achieve a layout very similar to that of
the standard class.
Requires: scrkbase - internal KOMA-Script package
tocbasic - KOMA-Script package
typearea - KOMA-Script package
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `scrtime` — show the time of the LaTeX run
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: scrtime is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script bundle. It
provides only some small features to show the time of the
LaTeX run.
Requires: scrkbase - internal package with some basics of KOMA-Script
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `tocbasic` — Management of tables and lists of contents using helper files
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: tocbasic is a LaTeX package of the KOMA-Script bundle. The
main purpose of package tocbasic is to provide features for
authors of classes and packages to create their own tables or
lists of contents like the list of figures and the list of
tables, and thereby allow other classes or packages some
measure of control over these. For example, the tocbasic
package delegates control of the language for all these tables
and lists of contents to the babel package. Thus changes of
language will be automatically reflected inside all these
tables and lists of contents. Using tocbasic will free
authors of classes and packages from the burden of
implementing of such features.
KOMA-Script itself uses tocbasic not only for the table of
contents but also for the lists of figures and tables
mentioned previously.
Requires: scrbase - KOMA-Script package for some basic features.
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Author maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
### `typearea` — Calculating typeing area and margins depending on typographic rules
Maintainer: Markus Kohm
E-Mail: komascript@gmx.info
Abstract: Many LaTeX classes, including the standard classes, present
the user with the largely fixed configuration of margins
and type area. With the standard classes, the choice is
limited to selecting a font size. There are separate packages,
such as geometry, which give the user complete control over,
but also full responsibility for, setting the type area and
margins.
KOMA-Script takes a somewhat different approach with its
typearea package. Users are offered ways to adjust the design
and algorithms based on established typographic standards,
making it easier for them to make good choices.
Requires: scrkbase - internal basic features for KOMA-Script packages
License: LPPL 1.3c or later
State: Autor maintained
Version: 2024/10/24 v3.43
***
## Installation:
We highly recommend installing the latest official release via the package manager of the TeX distribution you are using. For example, for Vanilla TeX Live this would be `tlmgr` or `tlshell` or `tlcockpit`. For MiKTeX it would be `MiKTeX Console`. Linux users who use the TeX Live of their Linux distribution will often find KOMA script in one of the many TeX Live supplementary packages. In Debian, for example, it is in `texlive-latex-recommended`.
If the package manager does not offer the desired KOMA-Script version, you can find [various versions in the KOMA-Script Project](https://komascript.de/current). There is also the installation from a TDS archive explained.
From KOMA-Script sources of a [release on SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/p/koma-script/code/HEAD/tree/tags/) one can build and even install KOMA-Script with the help of `l3build`. More details can be found in the instructions for `l3build`.
If you want to generate KOMA-Script step by step from the sources, first run `tex scrmain.ins`. This will generate a larger number of files with the extensions `.cls`, `.sty`, `.lco`, `.clo` and `.hak`. All these files are needed for KOMA-Script to work properly. They have to be copied either into the document directory of your LaTeX project or into a directory of one of your TEXMF search trees. In the TEXMF search tree further actions may be necessary. Consult the instructions of your TeX distribution. After the correct installation of these files, the manual is to be generated. To do this, change to the subdirectory `/doc` and first run `pdflatex scrguide-en.tex` there. Then repeat the runs of `bibtex scrguide-en`, `makeindex scrguide-en`, `pdflatex scrguide-en.tex` min. four times. This way you get a form of the English user manual with a simplified index. The German user manual can be generated in the same way by substituting `scrguide-en` for `scrguide-de`.
If you like to have the implementation documentation of KOMA-Script as a PDF, first create the required class `koma-script-source-doc.cls` with `tex koma-script-source-doc.dx`. This class can then be used to generate the implementation documentation of this class with repeated calls to `lualatex-dev koma-script-source-doc.dtx` and `mkindex koma-script-source-doc`. Correspondingly, the documentation of the other KOMA-Script components can be generated.