ctan-ann August 2001

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CTAN submission -- PSNFSS 8.2 final release
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Aug '01

23 Aug '01

The LaTeX required package PSNFSS is now version 8.2, i.e. I renamed the directory CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/psnfss-beta to CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/psnfss. >From the changelog (file changes.txt): 2001-06-04 PSNFSS-v8.2 * mathpazo.sty: Changed behavior of the options sc and osf; jmath and imath changed back to type 'mathord', as in normal LaTeX. * mathptm.sty: Revoked the changes re. AMS fonts, since the package is only provided for use with legacy douments, anyway. * Many changes to the documentation (psnfss2e.*). * test1.tex, test2.tex, test3.tex: Fixed typo. 2001/05/27 PSNFSS-v8.2beta * mathpazo.sty: An improved version of this package is now part of the PSNFSS distribution. * freenfss.zip: Added TFM, VF and FD files for the Pazo fonts. * mathptmx.sty New option: [slantedGreek] * The AMS fonts are scaled properly now, when used in conjunction with the packages mathptmx, mathpple or mathpazo. Specifying the [psamsfonts] option for the packages amsfonts or amssymb may be needed wrt/ the Euler Fraktur fonts, but will not affect the scaling of the others. * ot1*.fd: additional font shape substitition bx/ui -> b/it * fixed TFM file zptmcm7y.tfm so as to raise the subscripts generated by mathptmx (pr/3279) * fixed FD files for Adobe Courier so as to disable hyphenation (I wonder why this bug was never noticed...) * test file completely revised Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: ps2eps 1.35 in /incoming/ps2eps
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

Roland Bless has submitted an update of support/ps2eps he writes of it: > ps2eps v1.35 in CTAN:support/ps2eps > ----------------------------------- > ps2eps is a tool to produce Encapsulated PostScript Files (EPS/EPSF) > from usual one-paged Postscript documents. It calculates correct > Bounding Boxes for those EPS files and filters some special postscript > command sequences that can produce errorneous results on printers. > > You need: > - perl (an interpreter for the perl language, see http://www.perl.com) > - ghostscript (an interpreter/raster image processor > for the PostScript language, > see http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/) > - maybe an ANSI-C compiler if you don't use Linux, Solaris, Digital > Unix, HP-UX or Windows 9x/NT/2000. > > The program is licensed under gpl. > > Important changes since version 1.28: > - Improved processing of files with leading or trailing binary code > - Improved processing of files with embedded binary coded images > - Removes gabby diagnostic output from Adobe Printer Driver (see > variable removeADO) > - Corrected handling of existing %%BoundingBox comments. Now it > takes the last one seen. Should esp. work with %%BoundingBox: > (atend) usage... > - Fixed case sensitiveness when checking for suffix replacement > (thanks to Erik J=F8rgensen) > - Heuristic added for finding end of file by counting %%EOF comments. > Now correctly treats already embedded EPS, too. > Usually only trailing garbage (e.g., PCL control sequences) follows > last %%EOF. However, sometimes the last %%EOF may be missing. > Therefore, the behavior is switchable by new -E option. > - New first line of code for getting rid of the #! comment > - EOF handling corrected, allowing better handling of already > embedded eps files > - New -P option to allow selective removal of embedded preview > images (was previously default) > - Preview images were not filtered in the prolog section (now > corrected with -P) > - New -N option to prevent inclusion of any surrounding postscript code Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: KOMA-Script
by Rainer Schoepf 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

Markus Kohm wrote: > Name of contribution: KOMA-Script > Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script > Summary description: KOMA-Script is a bundle of classes and packages > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is only an update or fix of the last release. > Most changes are bug fixes. There are also some new > features at scrpage2 e.g. option 'nouppercase' and macro > clearscrheadfoot. > > Never the less most files are changed, so I'll upload a > complete archive (but I've preseved file date and time of > the unchanged files). Please extract the contents of > directory > koma-script at the tar.gz into the koma-script directory > at CTAN. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Update of biocon package
by Rainer Schoepf 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Pieter Edelman wrote: > I just uploaded a new version of the biocon package to ftp.dante.de. It > should replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/biocon/ > directory on CTAN. It is still licensed under the GPL. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- booklet package
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Aug '01

18 Aug '01

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded booklet.tar to UK incoming. Please install the > contents into macros/latex/contrib/supported/booklet. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > booklet provides some aids in printing simple booklets or > signatures for longer books. i have installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- warning.sty
by Rainer Schoepf 17 Aug '01

17 Aug '01

On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded warning.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the package > warning.sty and the xml-file for the package list. > Please put it to CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/supported/warning/ > Licence is LPPL > > >From the description: > > Sometimes a class or package has to make a global warning such as > ``Rerun for this or that reason'' or ``This is draft, change this > before the final run''. If you are generating them with > AtEndDocument{PackageWarningNoLine{packagename}{warning}} > the warning appears very early before the filelist. Then the > warning can easily be overseen. This package provides a command > that surely puts the warning at the end near to the global > warnings generated by LaTeX itself. > You can add a warning to a list of user defined warnings using the > command addglobalwarning as it can be seen in the example below. > This package could be useful for the warnings generated e.g. by > the packages changebar.sty or longtable.sty. Thanks for the upload, I installed the files as suggested, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/warning For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- xl2latex
by Reinhard Zierke 17 Aug '01

17 Aug '01

----- Forwarded message from Ronny Buchmann ----- I've uploaded xl2latex in dante.ctan.org:/incoming/xl2latex package summary ---------------- xl2latex Convert Excel (97 and above) tables to LaTeX tabulars This Excel to LaTeX converter exports the current selection as a LaTeX file which can be included via input in your actual document. It supports multicolumn cells (only horizontal), borders, font styles (bold, italic), colored cells and text, LaTeX math in cells and cells with wrapped text. It has a nothing to do with Excel-To-LaTeX, despite some ideas and features. --------------- this should go into CTAN:tex-archive/support/xl2latex license: gpl ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission, I installed it as suggested. Unfortunately, the above mentioned Excel-To-LaTeX is packaged in a zip file CTAN:tex-archive/support/excel2latex/xl2latex.zip even though the file in that archive is called Excel2Latex.bas again. I'm sorry about this confusion of names but I am not allowed to rename the older archive due to several reasons. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- new version of float package
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Aug '01

16 Aug '01

----- Forwarded message from Anselm Lingnau ----- I've uploaded a new version (1.3a) of the float package to ftp.dante.de:/incoming. This should replace the existing version in tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported. It is still a LPPL package. This updates the float package in a number of respects, including - Introduces new `plaintop' float style - Introduces ` estylefloat*' command which will restyle floats but leave their caption processing alone - List-of-float starting code factored out (for the benefit of packages like KOMA-Script, suggested by Markus Kohm) - Adds float@addtolists command to put something (such as extra vertical space at chapter boundaries) into all active list-of-float files - End-of-float handling simplified according to H.A. Sommerfeldt ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission, I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/float replacing the old version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- KOMA-Script update
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Aug '01

14 Aug '01

----- Forwarded message from Markus Kohm ----- Summary description: KOMA-Script is a bundle of classes and packages for LaTeX Suggested CTAN directory: Please remove the contents of tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script but not the contrib subdirectory and extract the koma-script.tar.gz into tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script Short text for announcement: Lots of changes where done. There a many new features, a new package (scrpage2), better compatibility with packages like longtable and float, and a new written german scrguide. Because of lack in time and translation staff the english scrguide is still the old one. License: lppl Greetings Markus ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: arraymaker
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

> The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: arraymaker > Name and email: Donu Arapura > Suggested location on CTAN: support > Summary description: A program for making latex and xypic arrays. > License type: Generic DFSG > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This program is designed to take some of the tedium out of > constructing arrays, diagrams and tables. Latex code is entered into > an array of blank boxes and arrows can be added with a click of the > mouse. The program then outputs an array that can be pasted into a > latex file. This is requires tcl/tk (>= 8.0) to be installed > beforehand; it is on most unix/linux systems. This is an update of > the July 10 2001 version. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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