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Eplain provides a limited support for loading LaTeX packages (.sty files—not .cls). This will mostly work for packages which were designed with plain TeX compatibility in mind, which means that most LaTeX packages cannot be loaded. The packages which are known to work are listed below (see Packages known to work). If you discover a working package which is not in the list, please report it to the Eplain mailing list (see Introduction).
To set up a pseudo-LaTeX environment for the packages, Eplain uses miniltx.tex (http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/graphics/miniltx.tex) from the LaTeX graphics collection, written by David Carlisle and Sebastian Rahtz (the collection is available at http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/graphics). Eplain extends miniltx.tex to provide some additional features, e.g., support for package options.