ctan-ann January 2002

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CTAN submission -- crop.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 14 May '02

14 May '02

----- Forwarded message from Melchior FRANZ ----- I've just uploaded version 1.6 of `crop.sty' as archive >>>> crop.tar.gz <<<< to >>>> ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/ <<<< Please replace the contents of >>>> /macros/latex/contrib/supported/crop/ <<<< by the new files. The package is again licenced under the terms of the >>>> LPPL <<<< The new version now =================== - has a new option for setting the info line font, e.g: crop[font=small extsf] - automatically uses the currently loaded device dependent graphic[sx] driver; that can still be overridden by explicitly asking for a specific driver (dvips, pdf(la)tex, vtex currently supported) - supports the (no)graphics options also for pdftex - has a fix for a nasty bug, which disallowed setting custom physical paper sizes in the config file ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/crop replacing the old version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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VTeX/Free 7.530 for Linux and OS/2
by Reinhard Zierke 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Release 7.530 of VTeX/Free is now mirrored in the CTAN directory sytems/vtex/ . VTeX/Free is a free TeX system, which is available for the Linux-x86 and OS/2 platforms. Unlike traditional TeX systems, VTeX/Free can generate PDF and PostScript output immediately from the TeX source. No intermediate DVI files are generated, no dvi driver programs are required, and there is no need to care for their -- sometimes problematic -- setup. Common PostScript and PDF viewers such as Ghostscript and Acrobat Reader can be used for (pre)viewing and printing. VTeX/Free includes a PostScript distiller, thus inclusion of PostScript graphics as well as inline PostScript programming (PSTricks, psfrag etc.) are supported, even when generating PDF output. VTeX/Free comes with a comprehensive LaTeX systen and many additional packages and fonts, now including also the full collection of the EC/TC fonts in Type 1 format. See the file CTAN:systems/vtex/NEWS for a list of all additions, changes and fixes with this release. VTeX/Free is a partial port of the commercial TeX system VTeX/Win by MicroPress Inc.

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Re: CTAN Submission -- cd-cover
by Rainer Schoepf 29 Jan '02

29 Jan '02

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Christian Holm Christensen wrote: > * I've uploaded an update (now version 1.4) of the cd-cover class > > * cd-cover resided in > > macros/latex/contrib/other/cd-cover > > though Robin Fairbanks has suggested to put it in > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/cd-cover > > * The lisence of cd-cover is GPL > > * Typesetting CD covers for various case formats > > Changes: > > Automatic detection of the grpahics driver (if any) and automatic > emmision of |special| (or similar) so that the document will be > printed in landscape mode. Only supported for DVIPS, PDFLaTeX, and > VTeX. Some minor documentation changes. Thanks for the update. I removed the old version and installed your new version in macros/latex/contrib/supported/cd-cover For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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new packages from GUST on CTAN
by Reinhard Zierke 27 Jan '02

27 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Stanis/law Wawrykiewicz ----- I've just downloaded to dante://incoming/ 1. qfnt.zip -- it contains all set of the new qfonts families, generated by metapost; gpl Please remove first all stuff from fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/ even pl-qx.zip (obsolete) *except* of fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/qxcm/ Then unzip qfn.zip in fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/ Do not unpack zip files which are in qfnt.zip 2. antt.zip -- contains some files added; pd to be concise with all distributions like teTeX, TL, etc. it should go rather to fonts/psfonts/polish/antt/ so please unpack it in fonts/psfonts/polish/ Please *remove* fonts/psfonts/polish/antyktor 3. tap077.zip, 0README.TAP updated, pd; please replace the old contents of macros/generic/tables/ oops, and unpack 0README.TAP, as before (cannot upload) 4. tex-ps.zip contains 2 files updated: epsfx.tex and trans.tex please unpack it in macros/generic/TeX-PS 5. tiff2ps.zip updated, pd please unpack it in support/pstools/tiff2ps/ Updated xml files will go soon to Graham's Catalogue. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed all these files on CTAN as suggested. BTW, pl-qx.zip was in fonts/psfonts/polish/ not in fonts/psfonts/polish/qfonts/. I hope it was OK to remove it anyway. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- pdfpages v0.2d
by Reinhard Zierke 27 Jan '02

27 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Andreas Matthias ----- I have uploaded the archive file `pdfpages.zip' to ftp.dante.de/incoming. Please, extract this archive and replace the files in /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/pdfpages/ The `pdfpages' package makes it easy to insert pages of external PDF documents. Several logical pages can be arranged onto each sheet of paper. (Like psnup.) The package provides hypertext operations like hyperlinks and article threads. This version provides a new option `fitpaper', which adjusts the paper size to the one of the inserted document. It is distributed under the LPPL. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/pdfpages/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload: Makor, version 1.0
by Jim Hefferon 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

An update of the Makor package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next few days. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ============================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Makor, version 1.0 Author's name: Alan Hoenig Location on CTAN: language/hebrew/makor Summary description: A system for typesetting Hebrew with TeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Makor is my system for typesetting Hebrew with TeX. It uses an intuitive interface---that is, you type characters on the English keyboard according to more-or-less what they sound like, and Makor renders them in proper Hebrew, both with and without vowels (nekudot). The vowels are properly centered on their letters, and final letters are selected automatically by Makor+TeX. This package works with both plain TeX and LaTeX. This new version is formally version~1.0. In addition to many bug fixes, the new version includes: * support of many more fonts: -- OmegaSerifHebrew, which is like David or David light; -- Ezra (in regular, italic, bold, bold italic, and outline variants); -- Rashi (regular and bold); and -- Hadassah (regular, italic, bold, and bold italic); * ability to typeset numbers properly amid Hebrew text; * special typesetting treatment of the defective cholem; * Hebrew table macros---you enter the columns left-to-right, and Makor typesets them right-to-left; and * much, much more! The package is documented in the file makorman.tex. Please check out the file makorman.pdf which is replete with examples to see if this package might be of interest to you.

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Re: memfixa
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

Peter Wilson has provided another copy of his memfixa.sty, which patches memoir.cls. he writes: > I think that it does need another announcement > as the person who tested the fix has distributed it to some others, so an > announcement would make it official. > > The fix now covers the memoir showtrims and oneside options and the calc > package. i've installed the replacement file as macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixa.sty Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Submission --- Short fix for memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 23 Jan '02

23 Jan '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded README.memoir and memfixa.sty to the UK incoming > directory. Could you please move README(.memoir) and memfixa.sty to the > macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir directory. > > Description > ----------- > > The memfixa package fixes a problem when the memoir class showtrims > option is used with the calc package. Put usepackage{memfixa} right after > documentclass[...]{memoir} > > This is a short term fix until the next (soon) release of the memoir > class. i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Upload to CTAN
by Rainer Schoepf 21 Jan '02

21 Jan '02

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Benjamin BAYART wrote: > Following README.uploads: > - I checked this package is admissible (under lppl). > - it should go into macros/latex/contrib/supported/stack > with a link relinput->stack > (it provides both, and relinput is probably the most > useful one). > > 1. I've upload stack.tar > 2. on dante.ctan.org > 3. as explained above, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/stack > with a symbolic link relinput -> stack > 4. this is provided under lppl > 5. a brief summary: > > Those files provide two packages: > - stack, which implements a stack mechanism without using > TeX's stack, so that your stack imbrication is not related > to the TeX-grouping mechanism (useful for package developpers) > - relinput, which implements a chdir-like mechanism so that > input can be done relatively to the directory where a file > is, and not relatively to where the main file is. > > Hope this might prove usefull. Thanks for the upload. I installed the package as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/stack with a link in macros/latex/contrib/supported/relinput For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- BaKoMa teX 4.10
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Jan '02

21 Jan '02

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 4.10 and macro packages coming with BaKoMa TeX. Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. New features (in short): * Text Editor Spell Checker: On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, correction proposals, handling accents and babel shortcuts. * DVI Viewer supports link text broken across lines. * Fonts: CM-Super, MathPatho, PalatinoLinotype (from Windows XP). * Support for Multi-User systems. * Running under *Windows XP*. * Reading TeX files in binary mode. More details are explained at end of this E-Mail. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 21-Jan-2002 PS: Please send announce to approapriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 4.10 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 4.10 For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> BaKoMa TeX is a complete TeX system for Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000. HIGHLIGHTS * PostScript enabled TeX system. Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. * Supports using PostScript Type 1 fonts (including MM) *WITHOUT ATM*. However, using ATM for font rendering is optionally available. * Complete distribution includes about *1500* TeX Fonts (including EC/TC, LH) in ATM Compatible PostScript Type 1 font format. * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. * Easy to install and use. * Much less expensive than other analogues. GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES BaKoMa TeX includes an interpreter for *PostScript Level 2*, which is tested for compatibility with output from popular software such as: MetaPost, Adobe Illustrator 9.0, Adobe Streamline 4.0, MatLab, CorelDraw, CorelXARA, HIGZ, PageDraw, FrameMaker, ImageMagick, etc. All DVI back-ends support the same special interface compatible with well known Rokicki's DVIPS, including processing PostScript embedded into DVI files (PSTricks, PSfrag, XyPic, etc.). The system includes Graphics Import Filters for the following formats: PostScript, HPGL, DXY, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP. FONTS BaKoMa TeX supports the following font formats: * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), * PostScript Type 3, * TrueType, * OpenType, * TeX PK/VF. The system includes about *1500* typefaces in PostScript Type 1 and Type 3 font format including the following fonts: * CM (including LaTeX and Logo fonts + vf for T1 with CX * AMS Fonts (Euler, Math Symbols), * EC/TC, * LH (T2A), * Concrete (Math, ECC), * Malvern, * CMCyr + vf for T2A/LCY * Scripting fonts, CMPica, Punk. Math Fonts: * Stmaryrd, Wasy, Rsfs, YHMath, BlackBoard (bbm, doublestroke). Diagram drawing fonts: * Lams, Astro Symbols (cmastro, astrosym, moonphase), * Barcodes (barcodes, wlean, wlc*), Logical (loggates, milstd), * timing, MusiXTeX, Chess/CChess, Go, Backgammon, Dingbats/NiceFrame. etc. Any font type can be used for any output device/format. This feature is supported by automatic font conversion between font formats when needed. This feature enables the rendering of Type 1 fonts *without ATM*. On the other hand, it enables the use of TrueType/OpenType fonts for generating PostScript printed even on PostScript Level 1 printers. USER INTERFACE * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, * Typesetting a selected part of a document (styles may be precompiled as format). * Quick navigation via document structure, * DVI Forward/Reverse search (format independent), * Powerful support for different input encodings, * Project support, * Graphics import assistant, * Assitance for multi-file documents: context sensitive openning of included text and graphics files, * Searching for TeX errors using the TeX log file, * Searching for help for TeX commands in entire document collection, * Syntax highlighting is configurable for catcodes and command dictionaries, * Customizable GUI Bars and menus for inserting Math Symbols and other commands, * Spell Checker is configurable for handling (La)TeX commands. * Automatic creation of a BB-file for non-PostScript graphics. OUTPUT DEVICES/FORMATS * View on Windows Display. * Print on any printer supported by a MS Windows driver. * PostScript (really scalable), * PDF. Important feature of BaKoMa TeX is consistent graphics and font support for all types of output. This means that all font formats mentioned may be used for every type of output. This also means that all graphical capabilities mentioned are supported for every type of output. PDF GENERATION FEATURES * Handling in-line PostScript in DVI files (PSTricks). * Creating PDF files which share fonts. Suitable for preparing CD-ROM based document libraries. * Embedding fonts in CFF requires 2--3 times less space then other font forms. * Handles HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 4.10 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 4.05 Text Editor -- Spell Checker improvements. * On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, Spell Checking was integrated with (La)TeX syntax highlighting. In other words, unknown word are highlighted on display. Of course highlighting works correctly when you enter a words. * Speller is now case sensitive. * Suggestions for correction of a misspelled words are present; * It recognizes soft hyphens (exam-ples), accented character typed in 7-bit notation (Fur), whose may be defined in special dictionary. * It recognizes *Babel shorthands* (Fur). We provide ready to use tables for every language which has shorthands defined by Babel package. DVI Viewer -- supports link text broken across lines. DVIEW (DVI Viewer), coming with BaKoMa TeX 4.10, supports link text broken across lines. DVIEW makes links on multiple lines into different PDF links to the same target. Links saved into PDF are the same as shown on display. In advance, there is simple solution for links broken across pages, even when a footnote (or another foot material) is present on this page. Fonts. * The system was improved to support *CM-Super* fonts. Displaying fonts is supported via automatical conversion to Unicoded TrueType fonts. We provide small module (CM-Super.BKZ) which installs all stuffs required to use CM-Super fonts. * The system was improved to support PalatinoLinotype fonts coming with *Windows XP*. The problem is that these fonts have no PostScript glyph names. The names are generated from CMAP table according to Adobe's glyph names. * *MathPazo* fonts was added to PSFONTS.BKZ module. * Experimental set of virtual fonts for Palatino fonts in T2A encoding was added. Running under Multi-User Environment. BaKoMa TeX was refined for working in multi-user systems (Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, NT, and Win 98 with enabled accounts). It includes: 1. saving an user settings into a private configuration file. 2. creating private directories for TEXMFLOCAL and VARTEX. Running under *Windows XP* BaKoMa TeX 4.10 is preliminary tested for running under Windows XP. In result, some features was improved in BaKoMa TeX 4.10. However, if compatibility problems with Windows XP are found we intend to develop an update release of BaKoMa TeX that will address the incompatibilities. Miscellany. TeX processor now reads TeX files in binary mode. This approach has following advantages: * All types of line separators (DOS, UNIX, MAC) are supported. * Reading of Ctrl-Z (ASCII 26) and other control characters as simple characters is supported. For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/dst/changes3.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it in CTAN:/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/ replacing the old version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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