ctan-ann December 2001

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Re: CTAN submission --- printlen package
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded printlen.sty to UK /incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/misc/printlen.sty. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > FUNCTION: > > Print LaTeX lengths in a variety of units. > > Additions in version 1.1 > o Print numbers rounded to nearest INT (courtesy Harald Harders) i've installed the package as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- layouts package
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded layouts.tar to the UK incoming directory. Please > use it to replace the contents of macros/latex/contrib/supported/layouts. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > The layouts package enables the display of various elements of a > document's layout including: the general page layout; disposition of floats; > layouts of paragraphs, lists, footnotes, table of contents and sectional > headings; font boxes. Facilities are provided for a document designer to > experiment with the layout parameters. > > Changes in version 2.5 > o Cleaner separataion between generic and designed layouts > o More controls over the appearance of pictures > o Lengths can be printed in any TeX unit (except scaled point) > o Minor code fixes i've installed the new version as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new tex faq sources and web version, accompanying package
by Robin Fairbairns 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

i've just installed a new version (v2.5.8) of the uk faq on ctan (help/uk-tex-faq), and on the faq web page (http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq). included is the answer to a question whose absence has been the subject of a lot of ridicule of the hapless faqer of cambridge: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=euro in addition, i've installed a small package of my own, which is mentioned by a question in the new version of the faq. this package, macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/bold-extra.sty, makes nfss tables for using the fonts in fonts/cm/mf-extra/bold (bold cmtt and cmcsc fonts). those creating tex distributions are welcome to copies of my experimental static versions of the faq pages: please contact me direct. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org upload: mattens
by Jim Hefferon 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

A new package has been installed on the CTAN node tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next few days. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: mattens Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/mattens Summary description: Type vector, matrix and tensor symbols. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This file contains LaTeX macros to type vector, matrix and tensor symbols in accordance with the Hassenpflug matrix-tensor notation. An example file and a torture test for different fonts are included. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- invoice 0.4
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20011208.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: invoice 0.4 Name and email: Oliver Corff Suggested location on CTAN: Summary description: invoice 0.4 is an update of invoice 0.3. License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- invoice.sty is a package for writing invoices with many fees and expenses, possibly in various currencies. The latest update of invoice has version no. 04. It supports now four languages: English, German, Dutch and French. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/invoice Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org upload: venn
by Jim Hefferon 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

The venn package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ============================================================= The following information was provided. Name of contribution: venn Author's name: Jim Hefferon Location on CTAN: graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/venn Summary description: Macros for Venn diagrams with MetaPost License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Macros for drawing Venn Diagrams with MetaPost. For instance, draw_venn_two(true,false,true,false) will draw a two-circle Venn diagram with the universal set shaded, the left circle not shaded, the intersectionwedge shaded, and the right circle not shaded. You can draw zero- through three-circle diagrams. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: epstopdf
by Rainer Schoepf 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 Jürgen Bausa wrote: > Name of contribution: epstopdf > Suggested location on CTAN: support/epstopdf > Summary description: converts eps files to encapsulated pdf (for inclusion in pdflatex) > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is version 2.2.20, a bugfix release > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- metre A LaTeX package for classicists
by Rainer Schoepf 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Gianfranco Boggio-Togna wrote: > I have uploaded the file `metre10.zip' to ftp.dante.de/incoming. > > Name of contribution: metre > Author: Gianfranco Boggio-Togna <gbt(a)acm.org> > Suggested location: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/metre > License: LaTeX Project Public License > > Description: > > The package provides classicists with some of the tools that are > needed for typesetting scholarly publications dealing with Greek and > Latin texts, with special emphasis on Greek verse. > > As the name suggests, the core of the package is a comprehensive set > of commands for generating metrical schemes and for placing prosodical > marks on text set in the Latin or the Greek alphabet. > > The rest of the package provides a miscellany of commands for symbols > (most of them not directly related to metre) that are often used in > critical editions of classical texts. > > The package does not require any special font: all symbols are taken > from the Computer Modern OT1 fonts (included in all distributions of > TeX) or are generated by means of TeX primitives. > > -- > Gianfranco Boggio-Togna > Milano (Italy) Thanks for the upload, I installed the files as suggested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- bpchem
by Reinhard Zierke 04 Dec '01

04 Dec '01

----- Forwarded message from Bjoern Pedersen ----- + what you've uploaded /incoming/bpchem/bpchem.dtx + which CTAN node you've uploaded to ftp.dante.de + where you want the files to go replace the contents of macros/latex/contrib/other/bpchem with bpchem.dtx + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list below). lppl + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. This package provides som commands and environments, which could be useful for chemical typesetting: a command to set chemical formulae a command to allow breakpoints in multiline chemical names a set of commands to enumerate/reference chemical substances NEW: now docstrip-documented ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/bpchem/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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parskip.sty update
by Robin Fairbairns 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

i have updated macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/parskip.sty the package provides patches for standard (and some other) classes to define a typewriter-style paragraph layout with zero paragraph indent and non-zero paragraph skip. the new version has patches to deal with adverse interactions with tables of contents (and the like) -- previously the package added undesirable extra space in these tables. Robin Fairbairns

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