ctan-ann November 2001

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CTAN submission -- newlfm
by Reinhard Zierke 19 Nov '01

19 Nov '01

----- Forwarded message from Paul Thompson ----- I have uploaded to ftp.dante.de an update to my class file newlfm.cls. It is a zip archive newlfm.zip The package is stored at macros/latex2e/contrib/supported/newlfm Here is a brief description of newlfm: Announcing newlfm.cls 3.2 (NEW Letter Fax Memo) newlfm integrates the letter class with fancyhdr and geometry to o automatically make letterhead stationary o includes support for a database for addresses; instead of putting all the information for different letters into different letters, you put it in the database, and pull it into the letter with a single command o includes support for other languages, including pig Latin o includes a number of excluded article.cls features (table, figure) o integrates support for memos and faxes within the same package o full support for positioning of items (moving the date up or down; putting the date between from and to blocks; etc.) o supports mass mailings and form letters easily and simply o prints addresses on labels. One Avery label type is set up, while others are being added. Additionally, the envlab package has been integrated into newlfm, so that all of the features of envlab are now available in newlfm o supports 3 different types of letters (standard, business) and includes full control for positioning of letter elements o has a full manual, for ease of use. The manual has been rewritten and reformatted newlfm.cls is released under the lppl guidelines, or under gpl or under lgpl, whichever is LESS RESTRICTIVE ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/newlfm replacing the old version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pictex2.sty
by Rainer Schoepf 16 Nov '01

16 Nov '01

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 William Park wrote: > Name of contribution: pictex2.sty > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/pictex2/ > Summary description: Extension to standard PiCTeX (pictex.sty) > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > It's replacement of my old 'pictex2.sty'. I updated with new email > address. I hope Yahoo doesn't go under, or I'll have to do this again. > :-) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Name and email: William Park <opengeometry(a)yahoo.ca> Thanks for the update, I installed the file. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- titlesec patch 2
by Rainer Schoepf 16 Nov '01

16 Nov '01

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Javier Bezos wrote: > I've uploaded to the DANTE server the following file: > > titlesec.new > > Please, replace the file with the same name under > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/titlesec > > This patch (level 2) fixes a few bugs: > - titlesec made compatible with nameref, as suggested by > Heiko Oberdiek. > - sectioning marks inside a group (for example, a bibliography) > were sometimes lost. > - firsttitlemarks sometimes returned the values corresponding > to exttoptitlemarks. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Upload of pdfcprot-2001-11-15.tar.gz
by Rainer Schoepf 16 Nov '01

16 Nov '01

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Carsten Schurig wrote: > I just uploaded the file pdfcprot-2001-11-15.tar.gz to the incoming > directory of dante.ctan.org. > > This archive should contain the following files: > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 266 2001-11-15 15:18:02 00CONTEN > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 41 2001-11-15 15:18:02 00README > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 2977 2001-11-15 13:18:39 README.txt > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 14439 2001-11-15 13:41:40 LEGAL.txt > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 4834 2001-11-15 13:19:25 INSTALL.txt > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 74799 2001-11-15 15:10:37 pdfcprot.dtx > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 5520 2001-11-15 14:56:36 pdfcprot.ins > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 7672 2001-11-15 15:17:13 Makefile.un > > This is a package to activate character protruding with pdftex (and has > some additional features in choosing different adjustments depending on > the font). It is supposed to be used instead of protcode.tex. > > I think these files should go somewhere into the macros/latex tree. I > don't know on what you decide to put it into the unsupported or the > supported tree ;-). > > The licence of the package is LPPL 1.2 or newer. > > Short description (taken from abstract of documentation): > This package was written to provide the ``normal'' > LaTeXe{} user an easy way to use the special character protruding > feature invented by pdftex. Further this package provides an easy > interface to adjust the character protrusion for different fonts and > choosing the right adjustment automatically depending on the font. Thanks for the upload. We put packages into macros/latex/contrib/supproted if the author is willing to accept bug reports and the like. Therefore I've put the files into macros/latex/contrib/supported/pdfcprot For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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minor update of uk tex faq
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

i've just installed another minor update of the uk faq on ctan (help/uk-tex-faq) and on the faq web site (http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq) the changes are mostly small: a couple of corrected typos, a corrected address for the omega mailing list. the one substantial item is the first stab at listing macos x tex support (text thanks to norman gray, who actually _uses_ a mac...) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: usergroup information
by Rainer Schoepf 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Wybo Dekker wrote: > - I have uploaded usergrps.zip > - to ftp.dante.de/incoming > - I propose this to be unzipped in usergrps > (thus generating usergrps/usergrps/) and to remove the currently > present file USERGRPS.TXT > - license: pd > - summary: > usergrps/usergrps contains html pages for each known usergroup. > I made this because USERGRPS.TXT is incomplete, outdated and > unstructured. The same information is present on my website > at www.servalys.nl/lug. wwww.tug.org contains a link to it. Thanks a lot for the upload. I installed this already a few days ago, but somehow forgot to announce it. The html pages for the various usergroups are in CTAN subdirectory usergrps/usergrps For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- preview-latex-0.5.8.2.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.5.8.2.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL, and I would recommend to install it in the following way: Put the packed archive under support/preview-latex/ but unpack the README to support/preview-latex and README-preview and preview.dtx to macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ The reason is that the preview.dtx file can also be used as a standalone LaTeX style for extracting selected elements from a LaTeX source into separate pages of a DVI file. Here are the release notes: Release notes for version 0.5.8.2 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex is a system for displaying inline images of selected parts of a file in Emacs source buffers. It is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, GNU Emacs-21.1, Auc-TeX, a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. XEmacs support is not yet operative, and contributions would be welcome. Due to missing image support of Emacs-21.1 under Microsoft Windows, this platform is not usable at the current point of time, either. Release focus are mostly user interface improvements. Notable are changes in the build process, changes in cursor display handling, preservation of indentation of previews, improvements in process handling, better configurability. User feedback about errors and suggested feature improvements is welcome and heeded. The home page is <URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net>, the SourceForge project page that among others offers anonymous CVS access is located at <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex>. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed the the new version in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/preview-latex/ replacing the old one and installed the preview LaTeX package in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: PSNFSS support for EM fonts
by Jim Hefferon 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

A new package of material has been installed on tug.ctan.org These are the LaTeX PSNFSS support files for the European Modern (EM) fonts. Details in em.txt by the author Berthold Horn in the location macros/latex/contrib/supported/psnfssx/em/ and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org

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Re: CTAN upload notification: psfixbb
by Rainer Schoepf 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

An update was uploaded to CTAN: > Name of contribution: psfixbb > Suggested location on CTAN: support/psfixbb > Summary description: Sets or fixes the bounding box of Postscript files. > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > psfixbb is a program which sets or fixed the bounding box of a Postscript > file, using GhostScript, pnmfile and pnmcrop. In contrast to other tools > with similar purpose (ghostscript, epstools), psfixbb works also when > the background of the image was painted white by the drawing program. > The new version deals corrrectly with files which have no showpage command, > with landscape files and with files produced on a Mac. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: gauss
by Rainer Schoepf 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

Manuel Kauers uploaded: > Name of contribution: gauss > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/other/gauss > Summary description: A package for Typesetting Matrix Operations > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package defines a new environment gmatrix extending the usual matrix > mechanisms to also enable typesetting of operations on rows and columns > of that matrix, i.e. adding the $k$-fold of one row/column to another, > swaping rows/cols, or multiplying them with a given value. > The package is quite usefull for typesetting the individual steps of the Gauss algorithm. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed the package as suggested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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ctan-ann November 2001