March 2002 - ctan-ann

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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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Mar '02

29 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK/incoming. Please use this to replace > the current contents of macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir. Also, delete > memfixa.sty from that directory (it has also been sitting in /incoming for > some time now). my desk is untidy, too. > From the README: > Memoir is a configurable class for typesetting general fiction, > non-fiction and mathematics. It encompasses the standard book and report > classes and can simulate the article class, as well as double-spaced > typewritten manuscripts. > > It provides a variety of predefined page, chapter and caption styles > together with easy means of creating new ones. There is a reasonably > intuitive way of specifying page margins, etc., with an option for printing > trimming marks. Documents can use 9, 10, 11, 12 or 14pt as the normal font > size. > > Changes in version 1.1 (2002/03/28) > o Incorporated all fixes from memfixa.sty that applied to version 1.0 > o Removed memfixa.sty > o Minor change to *.clo files > o Native support for subfigures > o Fixed incompatibility with the natbib package > o Additional facilities for verse typesetting > o Experimental marginpar-like extensions > o New edition of the user manual i've installed (and deleted) files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New material on CTAN: ama.bst
by Jim Hefferon 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

New material has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: ama.bst Author's name: Eric Kort Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib Summary description: AMA (JAMA, Cancer, NEJM, etc) Style File for Bibtex License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ama.bst is a modification of IEEE bibtex style file to conform to the American Medical Association Style Guide guidelines for references. This is the style required by numerous biomedical journals (including JAMA, NEJM, Cancer) for manuscript submissions. Don't forget to rebuild the file database after placing this file somewhere such as bibtex/bst/base - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: TeXshade v1.6
by Rainer Schoepf 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

Eric Beitz <eric.beitz(a)uni-tuebingen.de> uploaded a new version of the sequence alignment shading package TeXshade (v1.6). Thanks for the upload, I installed it at the usual place in macros/latex/contrib/supported/texshade For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload: doublestroke font
by Rainer Schoepf 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Olaf Kummer wrote: > I have uploaded to ftp.dante.de the file ds.tar, > which contains replacement files for the files in > /tex-archive/fonts/doublestroke . > > This upload clarifies the license, which is > essentially public domain with the restriction that > Donald Knuth's conditions for modifying the CM fonts > (from which the doublestroke fonts are derived) > still apply. Thanks for the update, the new files have been placed in fonts/doublestroke For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload: marvosym
by Rainer Schoepf 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Thomas Henlich wrote: > I've uploaded the file LICENSE to the ftp.dante.de/incoming/marvosym > directory. > > This file describes the licensing conditions (GPL) of the marvosym package > and should be placed along with it, in the fonts/psfonts/marvosym/ tree Thanks for your upload. I placed the LICENSE file in fonts/psfonts/marvosym/LICENSE For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- verse package
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > Dear CTAN/Robin, > > I have uploaded verse.tar.gz to UK/incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/verse directory. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > verse provides some aids for typesetting simple verse (poems). > > Changes in version 2.1 (2002/03/28) > o Added repeating patterns > o Added \> as a linebreaking command > o Fixed label when used with the first line of a poem. i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- verse package
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded verse.tar.gz to the UK /incoming directory. Please us this > to replace the current 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 2.0 (2002/03/24) > o Lines in a poem may be numbered (and label ed) > o Verses may be numbered or otherwise distinguished > o Line-end macros (\ and friends) work as advertised. i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- layouts package
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded layouts.tar.gz to UK /incoming. Please use this to > replace the current 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: general page layout; disposition of floats; > layout 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 v2.5a (2002/03/24) > o Fixed problem with footer box size on page diagrams. i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: ncclatex
by Jim Hefferon 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: ncclatex Author's name: Alexander I Rozhenko Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/supported/ncclatex Summary description: The NCCLATEX bungle is the first oficial release of NCC-LaTeX classes License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bungle contains the NCC class and NCCLATEX package released for use with LaTeX2e. It works together with NCCTOOLS, Release 2.03 or later. The description of classes and packages is provided with the ncclatex.tex guide (ncclatex.dvi is also available and can be announced to conferences). The NCC-LaTeX has many customization features and service commands making it more powerfull than standard LaTeX classes. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: TrueTypeToType42
by Jim Hefferon 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to a mirror near you in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =============================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: TrueTypeToType42 Author's name: THomas H. Barton Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/TrueTypeToType42 Summary description: Conversion of TrueType to PostScript Type 42 font License type: pd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TrueTypeToType42.ps and its auxiliary programs creates a PostScript Type 42 font file from a TrueType font file. The included C program ShowAllGlyphs creates a PostScript program which shows all the glyphs defined by the font. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: upload: devnag-contrib.zip
by Robin Fairbairns 23 Mar '02

23 Mar '02

anshuman pandey writes: > Hello, > > I've uploaded the devnag-contrib.zip to the incoming directory on > ftp.tex.ac.uk. The zip archive has files intended for the directory > /language/devangari/contrib/. The archive contains stored path names > for the following structures: > > /fonts/dvpn/ > /fonts/type1/ > > The files are supplemental files to be used by the Devanagari for > TeX package that resides in /language/devanagari/. i've installed the directories under language/devanagari/contrib/fonts the type1 directory's readme says: These outline renderings (PostScript Type 1) of Frans Velthuis' Devanagari fonts for TeX were created by Primoz Peterlin <primoz.peterlin(a)biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>. The original METAFONT sources were automatically converted to PFB using Peter Szabo's TeXtrace <http://www.inf.bme.hu/~pts/textrace/> package, and subsequently edited using George Williams' PfaEdit PostScript font editor <http://pfaedit.sourceforge.net/>. The AFM files were also automatically created by PfaEdit. Peterlin notes that a direct conversion from the TeX font metrics to Adobe font metric files might yield better results. To use these Type 1 fonts, copy the contents of dvng.map to psfonts.map, or modify the dvips config.ps file to reference the file. Anshuman Pandey 20 March 2002 thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: newlfm.zip
by Rainer Schoepf 21 Mar '02

21 Mar '02

On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Paul Thompson wrote: > I have uploaded a new version of newlfm.zip to the dante.de incoming directory. > > Note that I uploaded newlfm.zip first, determined that a minor change was > needed and tried to upload it again. However, > restrictions on incoming made that impossible. Thus, the current version > is anewlfm.zip. Please 1) delete newlfm.zip, 2) change anewlfm.zip to > newlfm.zip and 3) install as required. Sorry to be troublesome. > > It goes to macros/latex2e/contrib/supported/newlfm This is just a link. The path is macros/latex/contrib/supported/newlfm > License: gpl > Here is an announcement for the list: > > Announcing newlfm.cls, Version 3.4 - this is a minor features upgrade > > newlfm stands for NEW Letter Fax Memo > > Available at CTAN > macros/latex2e/contrib/supported/newlfm > > 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. > > 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 > > Try it out!!! You may never use the letter class again!! Thankls for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Submission -- paralist v2.3b
by Rainer Schoepf 21 Mar '02

21 Mar '02

On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Bernd Schandl wrote: > I have uploaded the file paralist.zip to the /incoming directory of > ftp.dante.de. > > The package is licensed under the LPPL. > > I recommend placing the unpacked files README, paralist.ins and > paralist.dtx in > macros/latex2e/contrib/supported/paralist/ > replacing the old versions. > > From the abstract: > This style file provides some new list environments. Itemized and > enumerated lists can be typesetted within paragraphs, as > paragraphs and in a compact version. Most environments have > optional arguments to format the labels. > Additionally, the LaTeX environments |itemize| and |enumerate| > can be extended to use a similar optional argument. > > New in the version are: > - Bug fixes for setdefaultenum caused by changes made in v2.3a Thanks for the upload. I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/supported/paralist For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: yhcmex10
by Rainer Schoepf 20 Mar '02

20 Mar '02

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: > I have just uploaded on ftp.dante.de/incoming/yhmath > the files TeX-yhmath10.pfb, yhmath.map and yhmath.pdf. > The Type 1 font can be used to typeset documents that > make use of the yhmath package. Thanks for the upload, I installed the files in fonts/yhmath For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Update of EASY package
by Rainer Schoepf 20 Mar '02

20 Mar '02

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Enrico Bertolazzi wrote: > I have put in the directory /incoming of ftp.dante.de a gziped > tar file easy.tgz. It contains the new version of easy macros > family > > This file should replace > the files in /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/easy > wich contain the old versions. Thanks for the update. I installed it after removing the .DS_Store files. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upgrade: javaDVI
by Jim Hefferon 19 Mar '02

19 Mar '02

An upgrade of a package has been installed at tug.ctan.org 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 ============================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: javaDVI Author's name: James Hurt Location on CTAN: dviware/javadvi Summary description: TeX and LaTeX DVI file viewer/printer coded in Java License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the second release of javaDVI, a DVI viewer and printer coded in Java. You will need Java RTE 1.3 to run this application. Read the file Readme.txt - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Correct WinShell 2.1 upload
by Rainer Schoepf 18 Mar '02

18 Mar '02

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Ingo H. de Boer wrote: > I have uploaded the correct WinShell 2.1 Release to > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/winshell > > Please move the files to > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/systems/win32/winshell/ > > and delete all the older files. > > thanks & greets & sorry for the first incorrect version > > Ingo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > What is WinShell ? > > WinShell is a graphical user interface for easy working with LaTeX or > TeX. It includes a text editor, different tool bars and user > configuration options. It is NOT a LaTeX system. An additional LaTeX > package for Windows is needed. > > WinShell falls under the 'nosource' licence. Thanks for the corrected files, I installed them as you requested, in systems/win32/winshell For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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[TeXmacs@math.u-psud.fr: Re: CTAN submission -- TeXmacs version 0.3.5.11]
by Reinhard Zierke 18 Mar '02

18 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Joris van der Hoeven ----- I just uploaded the new GNU TeXmacs distribution in ftp.dante.de/incoming/TeXmacs The new distribution contains the files TeXmacs-1.0-1.i386.rpm TeXmacs-1.0-1.src.rpm TeXmacs-1.0-src.tar.gz TeXmacs-1.0-static-gnu-linux.tar.gz The files should be put into the directory systems/unix/TeXmacs All existing files in this directory become obsolete, except for the file .message. ----------------------------------------------------------- Joris van der Hoeven <vdhoeven(a)texmacs.org> http://www.texmacs.org: GNU TeXmacs scientific text editor http://www.math.u-psud.fr/~vdhoeven: personal homepage ----------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/systems/unix/TeXmacs/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- s2latex win32 binaries
by Reinhard Zierke 18 Mar '02

18 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Kees Zeelenberg ----- I have uploaded to Dante an MS-Windows (Win32) executable for s2latex (converts Scribe documents to LaTeX documents): s2latex-win32.exe s2latex-win32.README No changes to the sources were necessary to compile them. I would suggest to place them in a subdirectory win32 of support / s2latex ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the files as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/s2latex/win32/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: uploaded: the sffms latex class
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Mar '02

18 Mar '02

M.C.D writes: > + what you've uploaded > > sffms/sffms.dtx > sffms/sffms.ins > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > cam.ctan.org > > + where you want the files to go > > /macros/latex/contrib/supported/ or > /macros/latex2e/contrib/supported/ - I'm not sure what the difference > is. > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > LPPL (1.2 & above) > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > SFFMS is a latex class for formatting science fiction and fantasy > manuscripts in the format standard for the genre - 12pt monospaced font > with double spacing, etc., etc. It is based on a previous style file > called sfms. It would probably be appropriate for any fiction > manuscripts and non-technical non-fiction manuscripts as well. Full > documentation is provided in the .dtx file. i've installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/supported/sffms [the latex2e directory is in fact an alias]. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: iTeXMac
by Jim Hefferon 16 Mar '02

16 Mar '02

A new package has been installed on CTAN and should make its way to a mirror near you in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ===================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: iTeXMac Author's name: jerome Laurens Location on CTAN: systems/mac/iTeXMac Summary description: All in one application to use TeX on mac OS X License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First release of iTeXMac. This is a full cocoa application that takes benefit of mac os 10. It allows to produce higher quality TeX documents in a very efficient environment. It is GPL product. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: WinShell 2.1 upload
by Rainer Schoepf 15 Mar '02

15 Mar '02

On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Ingo H. de Boer wrote: > I have uploaded WinShell 2.1 Release to > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/winshell > > Please move the files to > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/systems/win32/winshell/ > > and delete all the older files. > > What is WinShell ? > > WinShell is a graphical user interface for easy working with LaTeX or > TeX. It includes a text editor, different tool bars and user > configuration options. It is NOT a LaTeX system. An additional LaTeX > package for Windows is needed. > > WinShell falls under the 'nosource' licence. Thanks a lot for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update -- lettrine
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Mar '02

13 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Daniel Flipo ----- I have just uploaded into ftp.dante.de/incoming a file lettrine.tar.gz, which contains an upgrade (V 1.2) of the lettrine package designed to typeset various sorts of dropped capitals. It should replace the old version in 'macros/latex/contrib/supported/lettrine'. The license is unchanged (LPPL). This new version corrects a bug due to incorrect handling of rubber lengths; the bug occured with seminar.cls for instance. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/lettrine' Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- language/bangtex
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Mar '02

13 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Palash B Pal ----- + what I've uploaded The following files: bfonts.tar.gz bsample.tar.gz bsty.tar.gz README.bangtex + which CTAN node I've uploaded to ftp.dante.de + where I want the files to go Preferably in a directory/subdirectory called bangtex. + licensing conditions GPL + a brief summary of what the upload is intended to do. The several tar.gz files contain font and class files for typesetting in Bangla (Bengali) and Assamese. There are also some sample files, which includes the manual. The installtion instructions can be obtained from http://tnp.saha.ernet.in/~pbpal/bangtex/bangtex.html ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I unpacked the archives and installed them in CTAN:/tex-archive/language/bangtex/{examples,latex,mf} Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- biblio 1.21
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Mar '02

13 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from R.Stepanyan ----- Please find below some information about a new version of my program Biblio, which I have recently uploaded on Your archive (ftp.dante.de). Name of the Biblio v.1.2 contribution My name R. Stepanyan My email rstepanyan(a)yahoo.com Summary description system for maintaining and presenting bibliographies Suggested CTAN directory biblio/ Short text for announcement: Biblio is a program for preprocessing your bibliographic references (written in Perl). After preprocessing the input TeX file it creates output TeX file with references included according to the formats prescribed either in a separate file (template) or in the header of the input TeX file. Output TeX is ready for LaTeX. License lppl Note: license is changed (was Nosell)! Name of the uploaded file: biblio1.21_12mar2002.tar.gz (gunzip-ed tar archive) ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/biblio and removed the old one in .../nonfree/support/biblio. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- Euler-VM v2.8, ly1-min.zip, icomma.sty 2.0
by Reinhard Zierke 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

Walter Schmidt was as helpful as ever and sent three package updates to us: ----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file eulervm.zip to the /incoming directory at ftp://dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack this archive to the CTAN directory fonts/eulervm/ Doing so will replace the files readme and eulervm.dtx. This is release 2.8 of the LaTeX package eulervm.sty, supporting the use of the Euler math fonts with LaTeX. Apart from a minor code cleanup, the package has been modified so that it works not only with roman, but also with sans serif text fonts now. The .vf. and .tfm files of the Euler-VM fonts are unchanged. ----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file ly1-min.zip to the /incoming directory at ftp://dante.ctan.org. Please, move this archive -- without unpacking it -- to the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/psnfssx/ly1/, thus replacing the existing file. This archive includes a minimum set of support files for using the LY1 encoding with LaTeX. The present submission fixes only the file texnansi.enc, which had a wrong glyph name for the Euro symbol. The original source of the (correct) file is: <http://www.YandY.com/download/texnansi.enc> The other files in the archive are unchanged. ----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file icomma.dtx to the /incoming directory at ftp://dante.ctan.org. Please, move it to the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/was/ thus replacing the existing file. This is version 2.0 of the LaTeX package icomma.sty. It changes the behavior of the comma in math mode, so that the comma can be used both as a punctuation character and as a decimal separator. As compared with the previous release, the package has been fixed to avoid some potential problems. Special thanks to Bernd Raichle for providing the improved code! ----- End forwarded message ----- I installed all these updates as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN Submission -- paralist v2.3a
by Reinhard Zierke 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Bernd Schandl ----- I have uploaded the file paralist.zip to the /incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. The package is licensed under the LPPL. I recommend placing the unpacked files README, paralist.ins and paralist.dtx in macros/latex2e/contrib/supported/paralist/ replacing the old versions. >From the abstract: This style file provides some new list environments. Itemized and enumerated lists can be typesetted within paragraphs, as paragraphs and in a compact version. Most environments have optional arguments to format the labels. Additionally, the LaTeX environments |itemize| and |enumerate| can be extended to use a similar optional argument. New in the version are: - Documentation mentions problem with babel package when using the french option - Some bug fixes for calculating the left margin in nested lists where enumerate and itemize are mixed. ----- End of forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload, I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/paralist/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- preview-latex-0.6.1.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.6.1.tar.gz and preview-0.6.1.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL. I would recommend installing it in the following way: Put the packed archive preview-latex-0.6.1.tar.gz under support/preview-latex/ and unpack the README from it to support/preview-latex/README Create a symbolic link from support/preview-latex/preview-latex.tar.gz to preview-latex-0.6.1.tar.gz so that people can always get the newest version under this name. Unpack preview-0.6.1.tar.gz in the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ It contains just README-preview, preview.dtx and preview.ins. 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. Previous versions of preview-latex can be deleted. Here are the release notes: Release notes for version 0.6.1 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 again being worked on. If you are planning on contributing, please contact the developers' list. Due to missing image support of Emacs-21.1 under Microsoft Windows, this platform is not usable at the current point of time. Release focus have been user interface improvements and documentation. The TeXinfo documentation now also contains instructions for the used LaTeX style, and users of Emacs' desktop package will have previews survive into their next Emacs session. The LaTeX style now has an option for making TeX bounding boxes known to Dvips in case it gets them wrong (frequent with packages like PStricks). Due to a defective backport of security handling, GNU GhostScript-6.53 failed to work with version 0.6. We now don't use the incomplete functionality. 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>. If you can spare the time, you can also comment on or rate this project at <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/preview-latex>. Additional files can be found at <URL:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/preview-latex>: * If you don't have texinfo 4.0 or later installed, prebuilt documentation files can be found there. * AUC TeX can be found at several places, but if you want the latest 11.11 (alpha, but stable AFAIK) with no known issues concerning preview-latex, you can find it there as well. * RPMs for preview-latex and AUC TeX are provided for users of RedHat Linux. The RPMs require a few packages: * GhostScript 6.51 is included in RH 7.2, but if you use an earlier release it can be downloaded from the RH7.2 updates, <URL:ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.2/en/os/i386/> * Finally, Emacs-21.1 can be downloaded from rawhide, <URL:ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS/>. I installed this using 'rpm -i --nodeps --force', which worked for me, but since it does not follow the usual emacs + emacs-X11 + emacs-nox, YMMV. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/preview-latex and CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Submission: CWEBbin 3.64 [p20]
by Rainer Schoepf 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Andreas Scherer wrote: > I have uploaded the files > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/cwebbin/README.p20 > ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/cwebbin/cwebbin-p20.tar.gz > > containing the adaptation of CWEBbin to the current CWEB 3.64 as of March > 2002. CWEBbin consists of a set of change files (to be applied with the TIE > processor) that make the original sources usable with ANSI-C/C++ compilers on > UNIX/Linux, MS/Windows, and Amiga. Extra functionality, like TeX macros and > CWEB macros for international documentation of CWEB programs, is introduced > in the archive and documented in README.p20. Binary files are not shipped > with this distribution. > > CWEBbin is contributed to the public domain. Licensing conditions are the > same as those of CWEB proper. > > Both the README.p20 file and the cwebbin-p20.tar.gz archive should be > installed at > > CTAN:/web/c_cpp/cwebbin > > and should replace the now out-dated version [p19]. Thanks for the update, which I installed as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- tocbibind package
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded tocbibind.tar to UK/incoming. Please use this to replace > /macros/latex/contrib/supported/tocbibind. The distribution is under the > LPPL. > > From the README: > > The tocbibind package can be used to add the ToC and/or bibliography > and/or the index. etc., to the Table of Contents listing. > > Changes in version 1.5c > o Fixed problem with ocetcmark i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- bmeps 1.0.2
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Mar '02

10 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20020306.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bmeps 1.0.2 Name and email: Dirk Krause Suggested location on CTAN: CTAN:/tex-archive/support/bmeps Summary description: Bugfix for the bmeps program License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bmeps is a program to convert from PNG, TIFF, JPEG, NetPBM to EPS. It writes PS levels 1, 2 and 3. Depending on the PS level one can use run-length, flate and ASCII85-compression or encoding. Alpha channels in PNG and TIFF can be converted to PS level 3 image masks. This package contains a bugfix related to malformed DSC comments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the update, I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/bmeps/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ccaption package
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Mar '02

08 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded ccaption.tar to the UK incoming directory. It is a > new version of the ccaption package to match the soon-to-be-released version > 2.1 of the subfigure package. AFTER subfigure 2.1 has been installed on CTAN > please use ccaption.tar to replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/ccaption, and announce it (I am away on > business all next week). > > From the README: > > The ccaption package provides commands for `continuation captions', > unnumbered captions, and a legen heading for any environment. Methods are > also provided to define captions for use outside floats and to define new > float (and subfloats with the subfigure package) environments. Tools are > provided for specifying your own captioning styles. > > Changes in version 3.1 > o subfigure option code changed to match released version 2.1 of the > subfigure package. the files were (eventually) uploaded a day or so ago, at the same time as was the new version of subfigure. i omitted to send this announcement at that time -- my apologies. thanks, peter, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- memfixa package
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Mar '02

08 Mar '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memfixa.sty to UK/incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixa.sty. > > The memfixa package provides temporary fixes for the memoir class. This > release (v1.2) provides a trial fix for hiccups when the natbib package is > used with the memoir class. I would be grateful if anybody using the > memoir/natbib combination tried it out and let me know if it does not work > before I add it to the next release of memoir. i've installed the package as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: SQLTeX
by Jim Hefferon 07 Mar '02

07 Mar '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It 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 ============================================================ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: SQLTeX Author's name: Oscar van Eijk Location on CTAN: support/SQLTeX Summary description: An SQL Preprocessor for LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SQLTeX is a well documented preprocessor to enable the use of SQL statements in LaTeX . It is a perl script that reads an input file containing the LaTeX source with SQL commands, and writes a LaTeX file that can be processed with your LaTeX package. The SQL commands will be replaced by their values. It's possible to select a single field for substitution substitution in your LaTeX document, or to be used as input in another SQL command. When an SQL command returns multiple fields and or rows, the values can only be used for substitution in the document. This version only supports MySQL databases. It has been tested on Linux, but should work an all platforms where Perl is installed. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission --- subfigure and captcont packages.
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Mar '02

06 Mar '02

Steven Douglas Cochran writes (making it possible for me to produce two separate announcements, but it's late and i'm bundling them into one): > BEGIN======================== subfigure package ======================== > 1. Name of your contribution: > subfigure > > Your name: > Steven Douglas Cochran > > Summary description: > LaTeX package for providing support for the inclusion of > small, `sub', figures and tables. It simplifies the > positioning, captioning and labeling of them within a single > figure or table environment. In addition, this package > allows such subcaptions to be written to the List of Figures > or List of tables if desired. > > Suggested CTAN directory: > macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfigure/ > > Short text for announcement: > > The subfigure package version 2.1 is finally (officially) > released. If you have been using version 2.0 or earlier, > than you should notice no difference in its default behavior. > If you have been using a beta release of version 2.1, you may > need to add the tight option to maintain the same > look-and-feel that you are used to. In addition, if you > use the options: RM, SF, TT, MD, BF, IT, SL, SC, or UP; you > will need to add their lowercase counterparts to get the same > output (see below). > > The main differences are: > > 1. Bug fixes. > > 2. Second optional argument to subfigure to allow control > over the list-of-figures entry separately from the > subcaption. > > 3. A tight option for a more compact and better looking > arrangement of your subfigures, the subcaptions and the > main caption. > > 4. A subref command to allow references to the subfigure > without the associated figure number (useful in the main > caption). > > 5. New raggedright option for the subcaption. Also, > changed the RM, SF, TT, MD, BF, IT, SL, > SC, and UP options to only affect the label portion > of the subcaption. Their lowercase counterparts affect > the subcaption text as before. You can now combine some > of these options for different effects---see the > documentation. > > 2. Indicate the license: > LaTeX Project Public License > > 3. Uploaded file(s): > The uploaded subfigure.tar.gz file unzips and untars into a > local ./subfigure directory. The contents of this directory > are: > > Makefile To install or process documentation on > a UNIX system. > README Manifest and overview of these files. > > subfigure.dtx Code and documentation. > subfigure.ins > > test.tex Test / example files. > test2.tex > test3.tex > test4.tex > END========================== subfigure package ======================== > > > BEGIN======================== captcont package ========================= > 1. Name of your contribution: > captcont > > Your name: > Steven Douglas Cochran > > Summary description: > > LaTeX package for providing support for retaining a figure or > table number across several float environments---usually over > several pages. It also allows control over the contents of > the List-of-Figures and the List-of-Tables pages. > > Suggested CTAN directory: > macros/latex/contrib/supported/captcont/ > > Short text for announcement: > > The captcont package provides the ability to continue the > numbering in your float environment (figure, table, etc.) > with a minimal overhead. This package adds three commands: > caption*, captcont, and captcont*. Along with the > caption command, these give full control over the caption > numbering, caption text and the entries in the list-of > pages. > > o caption and captcont generate list-of page entries. > o caption and caption* increment the figure or table > counter. > > This package also fully supports the subfigure package. > > 2. Indicate the license: > LaTeX Project Public License > > 3. Uploaded file(s): > The uploaded captcont.tar.gz file unzips and untars into a local > ./captcont directory. The contents of this directory are: > > Makefile To install or process documentation on > a UNIX system. > README Manifest and overview of these files. > > captcont.dtx Code and documentation. > captcont.ins > > test.tex Test / example file. > END======================== captcont package ========================= i've installed the files as suggested. thanks for the uploads. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- webfiles 1.0.1
by Reinhard Zierke 06 Mar '02

06 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Mark Potse ----- I just uploaded version 1.0.1 of the WEBFILES package to CTAN. Although the last release was two years ago, there are few changes. The code for PDF links has been improved, the color of links changed from red to blue to conform with other packages, and the documentation now mentions that recent versions of Levy & Knuth's cweave should be run with the +e flag to work correctly with webfiles.sty! Mark Potse ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/web/webfiles/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: TeXaide
by Jim Hefferon 05 Mar '02

05 Mar '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org 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 ================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: TeXaide Author's name: Design Science Location on CTAN: support/texaide Summary description: TeXaide is a special version of Equation Editor that generates TeX & LaTeX. License type: nosource Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TeXaide TeXaide(TM) is a special version of our Equation Editor that generates TeX using MathType's TeX translator technology. Whereas Equation Editor can be used with any application that supports OLE or can paste a graphic from the clipboard, TeXaide only generates TeX on the clipboard, where it can be pasted into any TeX system. Now you can generate TeX equations using Equation Editor's easy-to-use interface! Insert hundreds of characters and symbols without having to look them up! The following TeX translators are supplied: Plain TeX AMS TeX AMS LaTeX LaTeX 2.09 and later TeXaide is available for Windows 95, 98, 2000, Me, XP, NT 4.0 and newer, and comes with a comprehensive help file that describes how to use the product. The download is only 1MB. TeXaide is free; all we ask in return is for your email address. From time to time we'll send you information related to our mathematical typesetting products but will not use your email address for any other reason. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN update -- snapshot pkg version 1.13
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Mar '02

05 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Michael John Downes ----- I have submitted a new version 1.13 of the LaTeX package snapshot. There are two main changes in this version: 1. Give suitable warnings for files listed in an embedded RequireVersions statement that do not appear in @filelist, and vice versa. (This was on the to-do list.) 2. Add a test option that might be used, with some auxiliary scripting, as a sort of system-independent way to resolve file names to a full path for the files listed in the RequireVersions info. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/snapshot/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: FixpPak 8 for emTeX/TDS (OS/2)
by Reinhard Zierke 04 Mar '02

04 Mar '02

----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file emtexfix8.zip to the /incoming directory at ftp://dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack it in the CTAN directory systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS . Doing so will replace the present files readme.eng readme.ger README.fixes and create a new subdirectory fix008 . (Please, do not specify the option -a for unzip; text files have already Unix line endings.) Please, remove the existing subdirectories fix004, fix005, fix006 and fix007; they are obsolete now. This is FixPak 8 for emTeX/TDS; see the file README.fixes for an overview. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the update in CTAN:/tex-archive/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS as suggested and removed the old fix00? directories. -- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: mathdots.sty
by Jim Hefferon 01 Mar '02

01 Mar '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror on the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ========================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: mathdots.sty Author's name: Danial H. Luecking Location on CTAN: macros/generic Summary description: Defines an inverse ddots and improves ddots and vdots. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The mathdots packages provides the command iddots for diagonal dots slanting the opposite of ddots. It also modifies the LaTeX/plainTeX ddots and vdots so that they change size with LaTeX's size changing commands (such as large), and also change size appropriately in sub- and superscripts. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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