Version 0.4.1 is now deprecated! PGF/TikZ support coming soon in version 0.5!

OTtablx.sty	the OTtablx package, v0.5 coming soon!
OTtablx-doc.pdf	documentation (v0.5)
OTtablx-0.4.1.sty ⤓	the OTtablx package, v0.4.1 2026/07/18 deprecated!
OTtablx-doc-0.4.1.pdf	documentation (v0.4.1)
	distributed under the GNU General Public License v.3

The OTtablx package is designed to give linguists the ability to create and customize Optimality Theoretic tableaux in LaTeX.

OTtablx only generates the basic layout and formatting of OT tableaux; it does not do any sort of automated computation of constraint violations, fatal violations, or winning candidates. While OTtablx was designed primarily with OT phonology in mind, it is suitable for other uses of OT, such as in syntax.

OTtablx version 0.4.1 is a deprecated version, the final frozen form of the PSTricks-based package. It retains all previous functionality, so feel free to continue using this older package for your own serious work. The forthcoming version 0.5 will replace the entire PSTricks architecture with PGF/TikZ. The goal is to replicate the basic functionality and commands from version 0.4.1 so that all previous documents built with version 0.4.1 will still produce the same output. However, some changes are inevitable. Version 0.4.1 will continue to be available here indefinitely in case it is needed.

If you find a bug, want to request a new feature, or even have advice on improving the underlying programming of the package, please let me know. I make no guarantees that OTtablx will ever be designed to do exactly what you want or that it will even work for you at all, but I will do my best to make the package functional and useful for as many users as possible, given my own constraints on time and ability.