The bundle comprises packages to provide:

• accsupp: better accessibility support for PDF files;
• aliascnt: ‘alias counters’;
• alphalph: multiple-alphabetic counting (a…z,aa…zz,… — up to the full extent of a TeX counter);
• askinclude: replaces \includeonly by an interactive user interface;
• atbegshi: a modern reimplementation of package everyshi;
• atenddvi: provides \AtEndDvi command;
• attachfile2: attach files to PDF files;
• atveryend: hooks the very end of a document;
• auxhook: stick stuff at the start of the .aux file;
• bigintcalc: expandable arithmetic operations with big integers that can exceed TeX's number limits;
• bitset: defines and implements the data type bit set, a vector of bits;
• bmpsize: get bitmap size and resolution data;
• bookmark: alternative bookmark (outline) organization for package hyperref;
• catchfile: collects the contents of a file and puts it in a macro;
• centernot: a horizontally-centred \not symbol;
• chemarr: extensible chemists’ reaction arrows;
• classlist: record information about document class(es) used;
• colonequals: poor man’s mathematical relation symbols;
• dvipscol: dvips colour stack management;
• embedfile: embed files in PDF documents;
• engord: define counter-printing operations producing English ordinals;
• eolgrab: collect arguments delimited by end of line;
• epstopdf: conversion with epstopdf on the fly;
• etexcmds: adds a prefix to eTeX’s commands, to avoid conflicts with existing macros;
• flags: setting and clearing flags in bit fields and converting the bit field into a decimal number;
• gettitlestring: clean up the string containing the title of a section, etc.;
• grfext: macros for adding and reordering the list of graphics file extensions recognised by the graphics package;
• grffile: extend file name processing in the graphics bundle;
• hosub: build collections of packages;
• holtxdoc: extra documentation macros;
• hologo: bookmark-enabled logos;
• hopatch: safely apply package patches;
• hycolor: implements the color option stuff that is used by packages hyperref and bookmark;
• hypbmsec: bookmarks in sectioning commands;
• hypcap: anjusting anchors of captions;
• hypdestopt: optimising hyperref’s pdftex driver destinations;
• hypdoc: hyper-references in the LaTeX standard doc package;
• hypgotoe: experimental package for links to embedded files;
• hyphsubst: substitute hyphenation patterns;
• ifdraft: switch for option draft;
• iflang: provides expandable checks for the current language;
• ifluatex: looks for LuaTeX regardless of its mode and provides the switch \ifluatex;
• ifpdf: provides the \ifpdf switch;
• ifvtex: provides the \ifvtex switch;
• infwarerr: provides a complete set of macros for informations, warnings and error messages with support for plain TeX;
• inputenx: enhanced handling of input encoding;
• intcalc: provides expandable arithmetic operations with integers;
• kvdefinekeys: define key-value keys in the same manner as keyval;
• kvoptions: use package options in key value format ;
• kvsetkeys: a variant of the \setkeys command;
• letltxmacro: Let assignment for LaTeX macros;
• listingsutf8: (partially) extends the listings package to UTF-8 encoding;
• ltxcmds: exports some utility macros from the LaTeX kernel into a separate namespace and also provides them for other formats such as plain-TeX;
• luacolor: implements colour support based on LuaTeX’s node attributes;
• luatex: utilises new and extended features and resources that LuaTeX provides;
• magicnum: allows to access magic numbers by a hierarchical name system;
• makerobust: make a command robust;
• pagegrid: prints a page grid in the background;
• pagesel: select pages of a document for output;
• pdfcolfoot: using pdftex’s color stack for footnotes;
• pdfcol: macros for setting and maintaining new color stacks;
• pdfcolmk: PDFTeX COLour MarK — fake a PDFTeX colour stack using marks (not needed for PDFTeX 1.40.0 and later);
• pdfcolparallel: fixes colour problems in package parallel;
• pdfcolparcolumns: fixes colour problems in package parcolumns;
• pdfcrypt: setting PDF encryption;
• pdfescape: pdfTeX’s escape features using TeX or e-TeX;
• pdflscape: landscape pages in PDF;
• pdfrender: control PDF rendering modes;
• pdftexcmds: provide PDFTeX primitives missing in LuaTeX;
• picture: dimens for picture macros;
• pmboxdraw: poor man’s box drawing characters;
• protecteddef: define a command that protected against expansion;
• refcount: using the numeric values of references;
• rerunfilecheck: checksum based rerun checks on auxiliary files;
• resizegather: automatically resize overly large equations;
• rotchiffre: performs simple rotation cyphers;
• scrindex: redefines environment ‘theindex’ of package ‘index’, if a class from KOMA-Script is loaded;
• selinput: select the input encoding by specifying pairs of input characters and their glyph names;
• setouterhbox: set \hbox in outer horizontal mode;
• settobox: getting box sizes;
• soulutf8: extends package
• soul and adds some support for UTF-8;
• stackrel: extensions of the \stackrel command;
• stampinclude: selects the files for \include by inspecting the timestamp of the .aux file(s);
• stringenc: provides \StringEncodingConvert for converting a string between different encodings;
• tabularht: tabulars with height specification;
• tabularkv: key value interface for tabular parameters;
• telprint: print German telephone numbers;
• thepdfnumber: canonical numbers for use in PDF files and elsewhere;
• transparent: using a color stack for transparency with pdftex;
• twoopt: commands with two optional arguments;
• uniquecounter: provides unlimited unique counter;
• zref: a proposed new reference system.

Each of the packages is represented by two files, a .dtx (documented source) and a PDF file; the .ins file necessary for installation is extracted by running the .dtx file with Plain TeX.

The author is Heiko Oberdiek.