ctan-ann August 2001

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CTAN submission -- datenumber
by Reinhard Zierke 09 Aug '01

09 Aug '01

I installed the package macros/latex/contrib/supported/datenumber by Jörg-Michael Schröder. >From the documentation: This package provides commands to convert a date into a number and vice versa. Additionally there are commands for incrementing and decrementing a date. Leap years and the Gregorian calendar reform are considered. The license is LPPL. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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minor bugfix and rename -- dashbox and bitfield
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Aug '01

08 Aug '01

the package formerly known as dashdbox was found to suffer a minor infelicity. in the course of correcting the bug, the author (Reuben Thomas) decided to change the name of the package to dashbox. i have therefore deleted the previous macros/latex/contrib/supported/dashdbox, and installed the new version of the package in macros/latex/contrib/supported/dashbox the dashbox package does fbox(etc)-like things, with dashed borders the bitfield package (macros/latex/contrib/supported/bitfield) has also been upgraded, since it uses dashbox. the bitfield package draws bitfield diagrams. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: crossreference
by Jim Hefferon 08 Aug '01

08 Aug '01

A new LaTeX package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next few days. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =============================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: crossreference Name: Vincent Filby Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/crossreference Summary description: Crossreferencing package that can help provide tracability for technical documents, especially Software Requirements Specifications. License type: lppl Announcement text: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary release. see http://filbar.org/projects/crossreference/ for more details. Wish list: 1. combining multiple references with a ,. For examples [ref 31], [ref 87] should be [ref 31, 87]. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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package upgrade: bundledoc
by Jim Hefferon 08 Aug '01

08 Aug '01

An upgrade of the bundledoc package has been installed on CTAN. It should have made its way to your favorite mirror by now. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bundledoc Name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: support/bundledoc Summary description: Bundle all the files needed to build a LaTeX document License type: lppl Announcement text: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bundledoc is a post-processor for the snapshot package that bundles together all the classes, packages, and files needed to build a given LaTeX document. It reads the .dep file that snapshot produces, finds each of the files mentioned therein, and archives them into a single .tar.gz (or .zip, or whatever) file, suitable for moving across systems, transmitting to a colleague, etc. As an added bonus, this distribution includes a small script called arlatex. arlatex is a LaTeX-specific archiving program that combines a bunch of files into a single .tex file. When the .tex file is run through latex, all of the original files are recreated and the LaTeX document is built. bundledoc can be easily configured to use arlatex as its archiver in place of tar, zip, etc. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: tkTeXCAD
by Rainer Schoepf 08 Aug '01

08 Aug '01

On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Hilmar Straube wrote: > What: tkTeXCAD Beta > Node: graphics > Licence: GPL > Purpose: Creation of standard picture-environments with special focus on > creating reuseable picture parts. > System: Requires Python >2.0 and Tcl/Tk (Available for various platforms at > www.python.org and www.scriptics.com) > > There is currently only german documentation. English user interface can be > activated by setting LANG = 1 in config.py. Thanks for the upload, I installed the files in graphics/tktexcad For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: upload musixps-unix.tar.gz
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Aug '01

07 Aug '01

Takanori Uchiyama writes: > I uploaded musixps-unix.tar.gz at cam.ctan.org. > > Please replace previous one on fonts/musixtex/ps-type1/. > > The license of the fonts is LPPL. > > CHANGES > > + Reducing control points. > + Hinted automatically with Fontographer. > + Upgrade from T101 to T102 (musix11 - 29, xslhz20, xslhz20d) > + PostScript names were changed. > Ex. TeX-musix20 --> TeXMUSIX20-Regular > + typo correction. > musix.tex --> musix.map > > OUTLINES > > This package provides PostScript (type 1) fonts (PFB format), and dvips and > dvipdfm map files for MusiXTeX. The fonts are based on the original METAFONT > sources, such as musix20.mf, which are distributed with MusiXTeX. The fonts > provided here may be used to produce printer-independent Postscript files. PDF > files generated using type 1 fonts are well displayed by the Acrobat Reader and > xpdf. > > The fonts were generated from the METAFONT sources in the TeX Live CD 2000 July > using TeXtrace 0.45 but musix11-20, xslhz20 and xslhz20d were upgraded to those > in musixtex-T102.tar.gz. > > Here is a list of the 71 generated fonts. > > musix11.pfb xgreg24.pfb xsld29.pfb xslhd24.pfb xslhu24.pfb xslu20.pfb > musix13.pfb xgreg29.pfb xsld29d.pfb xslhd24d.pfb xslhu24d.pfb xslu20d.pfb > musix16.pfb xsld11.pfb xsldd20.pfb xslhd29.pfb xslhu29.pfb xslu24.pfb > musix20.pfb xsld11d.pfb xsldu20.pfb xslhd29d.pfb xslhu29d.pfb xslu24d.pfb > musix24.pfb xsld13.pfb xslhd11.pfb xslhu11.pfb xslhz20.pfb xslu29.pfb > musix29.pfb xsld13d.pfb xslhd11d.pfb xslhu11d.pfb xslhz20d.pfb xslu29d.pfb > musixsps.pfb xsld16.pfb xslhd13.pfb xslhu13.pfb xslu11.pfb xslud20.pfb > musixspx.pfb xsld16d.pfb xslhd13d.pfb xslhu13d.pfb xslu11d.pfb xslup20.pfb > xgreg11.pfb xsld20.pfb xslhd16.pfb xslhu16.pfb xslu13.pfb xslz20.pfb > xgreg13.pfb xsld20d.pfb xslhd16d.pfb xslhu16d.pfb xslu13d.pfb xslz20d.pfb > xgreg16.pfb xsld24.pfb xslhd20.pfb xslhu20.pfb xslu16.pfb xtie20.pfb > xgreg20.pfb xsld24d.pfb xslhd20d.pfb xslhu20d.pfb xslu16d.pfb > > Note: musix25 and xgreg25 were not generated because they are not used in > musixgre.tex or musixtex.tex. > > The control points were reduced with Fontographer. > The fonts were hinted automatically with Fontographer. musix11 - 29 were > hand tuned by Takanori Uchiyama. i've installed the new file (as before) as fonts/musixtex/ps-type1/musixps-unix.tar.gz -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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revtex 4 production (i.e., non-beta) release
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Aug '01

07 Aug '01

ctan is now mirroring the production version of revtex 4. changes are: macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex4-beta has been withdrawn macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex is the new release in parallel, the old (latex 2.09) version has been moved to obsolete/macros/latex209/contrib/revtex Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload -- new version of ruhyphen package (1.4)
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Aug '01

07 Aug '01

Vladimir Volovich writes: > i've uploaded to ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/ruhyphen-010807.tar.gz > the new version of our ruhyphen package (collection of russian > hyphenation patterns). > > changes between the previous version (1.3) and this new version (1.4): > > * Alexander Lebedev's patterns, ruhyphal.tex, are now generated using > patgen and his rus-ispell dictionary (previously it was derived from > Dimitry Vulis' patterns). This and many other improvements for > Alexander Lebedev's patterns made over the last years, make them the > highest quality patterns for russian language. > > * added one more original pattern by Mikhail Grinchuk. it is the > smallest of all patterns for Russian language, and could be used on > TeX systems with limited memory; due to its small size, the number > of wrong hyphenated words is bigger than for other patterns. > > * the pattern ruhyphvl.tex was updated with the new version (slightly > modified by A.Cherepanov, V.Kryukov and A.Shen). > > * accompanying patterns for the cyrillic letter `yo' were regenerated > using the latest version of Alexander Lebedev's comprehensive word > list generated from his rus-ispell dictionary. > > * patterns were made stable against re-encoding to any cyrillic > encoding, and also usable with non-standard on the fly reencoding > mechanisms like TCX or TCP (switched on at TeX format creation > phase) used in some TeX implementations (provided that these > transformations are 1-to-1 in *all* the range 128--255, -- otherwise > the results may be incorrect). This was suggested by Alexander > Cherepanov. > > Please replace the old version located at > CTAN:language/hyphenation/ruhyphen/ with this new version (please > remove old package files first, because there were some changes in > filenames). installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submissions --- ccaption,verse packages, memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Aug '01

07 Aug '01

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded ccaption.tar to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current contents of > macros/latex/contrib/supported/ccaption. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > The ccaption package provides commands for `continuation > captions', unnumbered captions, and legends. Methods are provided to > define captions for use outside floats, caption styles, and new > floats. > > Changes in version 3.0a: > o Catered for old versions of amsmath package doing odd things with > @tempa etc. and > I have uploaded memoir.tar to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > Memoir is a configurable class for typeseeting general (non-) > fiction and mathematical books. It encompasses the book and report > classes and can simulate the article class and double-spaced > typewritten manuscripts. > > It provides a variety of predefined page, chapter and caption > styles with easy means of creating your own. There is a reasonably > intuitive way of specifying page margins. etc, and trimming marks > can be printed. Documents can use 9--12pt and 14pt fonts as the > normal size. > > Changes in version 0.32: > o Fixes for old versions of the amsmath package. and > I have uploaded verse.tar to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current contents of > macros/latex/contrib/supported/verse. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > verse provides some aids for typesetting simple verse (poems). > > Changes in version 1.1: > o Added pattern-based line indents. i have installed all three upgrades as requested. thanks for the uploads. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new version of uk tex faq on archive and web
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Aug '01

06 Aug '01

i have just installed a new version of the uk tex faq on ctan (help/uk-tex-faq) and on the web (http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq) i've mended a small number of bugs in the markup and translation to html, corrected and/or extended a few answers, and added answers to another small number of questions. note that question numbers have (again) changed, though no old questions have gone away this time. users are again urged to use the label= form of reference to questions, rather than the old question= form: label= references may be found at the end of every answer the web version of the faq returns. Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ maintainer (and CTAN manager)

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