XyMTeX explained

XyMTeX
Logo Alt:	The XyMTeX logo
Developer:	Shinsaku Fujita
Released:	^[1]
Latest Release Version:	5.06^[2]
Latest Release Date:	^[3]
Platform:	Multiplatform (TeX)
Size:	15125 KB
Genre:	Molecule editor
License:	LaTeX Project Public License 1.3

ΧyMTeΧ is a macro package for TeX which renders high-quality chemical structure diagrams. Using the typesetting system, the name is styled as . It was originally written by . Molecules are defined by TeX markup.

Example

The following code produces the image for corticosterone below.\documentclass\usepackage\pagestyle\begin\begin(1000,500) \put(0,0) \put(684,606)\end\end

See also

• PPCHTeX (

PPCHTeX)

• Molecule editor
• List of TeX extensions

References

1. Web site: Fujita . Shinsaku . XyMTeX: A Macro Package Set for Typesetting Chemical Structural Formulas . 1996-08-16 . Ashigara Research Laboratories . Minami-Ashigara, Kanagawa, Japan . 2 . 1.01 . DVI . 10 April 2019 . 1-01-manual . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907205934/http://xymtex.com/fujitas3/xymtex/xym101/xymdvi/xymtex.dvi . 2008-09-07 . dead.
2. Web site: CTAN: Package xymtex . . . 2019-04-10.
3. Web site: Fujita . Shinsaku . XyMTeX for Drawing Chemical Structures . 2016-09-02 . 10 April 2019 . official-site . https://web.archive.org/web/20180824213724/http://xymtex.com/fujitas3/xymtex/indexe.html . 2018-08-24 . live .

External links

• Shonan Institute of Chemoinformatics and Mathematical Chemistry
  • XyMTeX for Drawing Chemical Structures — Download of XyMTeX Version 5.01 (the latest version: 2013-09-01) and its manuals.
  • XyMTeX for Drawing Chemical Structures — Download of XyMTeX Version 5.01 (the latest version: 2013-09-01) and its manuals.
• The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN)
  • The TeX Catalogue Online, Entry for XyMTeX, CTAN Edition (Version 4.06)
• WikiTeX now includes support for XyMTeX directly in Wiki articles.
  • UPDATE 1: Original WikiTeX link (above) is not working. It's returning the error 403 Forbidden (tested in 2022-12-08)
  • UPDATE 2: There still exists a WikiTeX official website consisting of a single-page presentation at WikiTeX.org but the download and repository's links are not working (tested in 2022-12-08)
  • OPTIONAL 1: Sourceforge: Project's version 1.1 beta 3 (last update in 2013-03-21)
  • OPTIONAL 2: GitHub: Forked from SourceForge (above link) in 2018-09-27
• TeX Users Group (TUG)
  • The PracTeX Journal
    • LaTeX Tools for Life Scientists (BioTeXniques?) — An article that discusses XyMTeX.