Obsolete Packages and Document Classes — Avoid Usage!

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This topic lists obsolete packages and document classes which should not be used. It is based on l2tabu and a search for »obsolete« on CTAN. As far as existing, alternatives or successive packages or classes are listed.

The list below is not meant to be complete. Suggestions are very welcome to make it as comprehensive as possible. Discussions can be started in new threads with reference to this topic here.




Bibliography

• obsolete: germbib
• up-to-date: babelbib

Data Handling

• obsolete: csvtools
• up-to-date: datatool

Figures (Placement/Integration)

• obsolete: floatfig, here, picinpar
• up-to-date: float (option [H]), floatflt, picins, wrapfig

Figures (Sub-Figures)

• obsolete: subfigure
• up-to-date: floatrow, hvfloat, subcaption (from caption), subfig

Font Encoding

• obsolete: t1enc
• up-to-date: fontenc (option [T1])

Fonts (for pdfTeX*)

• obsolete: ae, zefonts (see l2tabu)
• up-to-date: lmodern

• obsolete: mathptm, pslatex, times (see l2tabu)
• up-to-date: txfonts or newtx bundle, combination of mathptmx, »helvet« (from PSNFSS), courier/luximono (see l2tabu)

• obsolete: mathpple, »palatino« (from PSNFSS)
• up-to-date: pxfonts or newpx bundle, combination of mathpazo, »helvet« (from PSNFSS), courier/luximono (see l2tabu)

• obsolete: euler
• up-to-date: eulervm (see l2tabu)

Glossaries

• obsolete: glossary
• up-to-date: glossaries

Graphics

• obsolete: texdraw
• up-to-date: PGF/tikZ, PSTricks

Graphics (Inclusion)

• obsolete: epsf, epsfig, psfig
• up-to-date: graphics, graphicx

Input Encoding

• obsolete: eurotex, isolatin1, umlaute
• up-to-date: inputenc, selinput (from oberdiek bundle)

Language

• obsolete: german, ngerman
• up-to-date: babel (option ngerman)

Lists

• obsolete: enumerate, mdwlist
• up-to-date: enumitem

Multimedia

• obsolete: movie15
• up-to-date: media9

Page Layout

• obsolete: anysize, vmargin
• up-to-date: geometry, typearea (from KOMA Script)

Page Styles

• obsolete: fancyheadings
• up-to-date: fancyhdr, titleps, »scrpage2« (from KOMA Script)

Presentations

• obsolete: HA-Prosper, prosper, seminar
• up-to-date: beamer, powerdot

Scientific Units and Numbers

• obsolete: fancynum, SIstyle, SIunits, units, unitsdef
• up-to-date: numprint, siunitx

Tables

• obsolete: colortab
• up-to-date: colortbl, xcolor (with option »table«)

Text Layout

• obsolete: doublespace
• up-to-date: setspace

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* Font handling for XeTeX and LuaTeX differs.