ctan-ann April 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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Re: CTAN submission --- memfixb package
by Robin Fairbairns 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded memfixb.sty to UK incoming. Please install this in > macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir. > > The memfixb package provides temporary fixes for the memoir class, > version 1.1. This release fixes: > o Not initializing maxsecnumdepth > o Bad interaction between subcaption and pdfLaTeX with the hyperref package i've installed the file as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: mathabx
by Jim Hefferon 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

A new package has been installed on 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: mathabx Author's name: Anthony Phan Location on CTAN: fonts/mathabx Summary description: mathabx, quite large series of mathematical symbols License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The mathabx series are at their development's first stage. The ``me'' suffix means ``Merely for Evaluation''. Their author hopes to have time one day to design anew some symbols, especially large ones. Thus, he claims no stability about metrics and encoding of these fonts, nor about plain TeX and LaTeX input files. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upload: LaTeX Songbook Style version 4.0
by Jim Hefferon 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and is making its way through the mirroring process. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeX Songbook Style version 4.0 Author's name: Christopher Rath Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/songbook Summary description: Latest version of LaTeX Songbook style License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.0 of my LaTeX Songbook style has now been posted to CTAN as well as the Songbook homepage (http://www.rath.ca/Misc/Songbook). The Songbook style provides an all purpose songbook style for LaTeX2e. The package allows for three types of output from a single input file: words and chords books for the musicians to play from, words only songbooks for the congregation to sing from, and overhead transparency masters for congregational use. The style will also print a table of contents, an index sorted by title and first line, and an index sorted by key. It attempts to handle songs in multiple keys, as well as songs in multiple languages. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- WP2LaTeX
by Reinhard Zierke 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from J.Fojtik ----- + what you've uploaded wp2latex package update + which CTAN node you've uploaded to ftp.dante.de/incoming + where you want the files to go support/wp2latex + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list below). GPL + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) New: Supported style epsfig.sty, fixed problem with filenames. New: RTF parser now working. Try make rtf. New: Small attempt to do something with raster images. New: Gamma version of Windows GUI. New: Ability to read WP3.x Macintosh files. New: Make install perhaps works under Linux. New: Supported package fontenc[T1]. New: Better windows GUI. Nested tables supported. New: German localization (Thanks to Hillmar Preusse). New: Make install should work under DOS/WINDOWS. New: T602 parser. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/wp2latex/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: skull
by Jim Hefferon 25 Apr '02

25 Apr '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tugn.ctan.org ==================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: skull Author's name: Scott Pakin (uploader only; package written by Henrik Christian Grove) Location on CTAN: fonts/skull Summary description: Skull-and-crossbones symbol License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Metafont version of a skull-and-crossbones symbol, with LaTeX bindings. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN uploads -- showlabels, textpos, urlbst and feyn
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Apr '02

25 Apr '02

Norman Gray writes: > I've just uploaded four packages to ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming. Two are > updates, two are new. > > =========================================================================== > > + What you've uploaded > > showlabels-1.4.tar.gz > > + where you want the files to go > > Replacing macros/latex/contrib/supported/showlabels/ > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > gpl > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > > Showlabels: put the names of labels into the margins of a draft document > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > %%VERSION%% > Version 1.4 > > This package helps you keep track of all the labels you define, by > putting the name of new labels into the margin whenever the > label command is used. > > The package allows you to do the same thing for other commands. The > only one for which this is obviously useful is the cite command, but > it's easy to do it for others, such as the ef or egin commands. > > Changes in v1.4, 24 July 2001 > ------------------------------ > > Significant alteration to the mechanism for displaying the labels, > which makes it easy to do the same trick for the cite command. It's > also fairly easy to extend this to any other commands which might want > it, through the new showlabels command, though ef is the only one > which immediately springs to mind. > > Also, the package option [inline] was introduced, giving an > alternative format for displaying the labels. This route is ripe for > generalisation. > > Corrections to the code which places labels in the margin. This is > manifest in that the package is now (more) compatible with the wrapfig > package. > > =========================================================================== > > + What you've uploaded > > textpos-1.2.tar.gz > > + where you want the files to go > > Replacing macros/latex/contrib/supported/textpos/ > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > gpl > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > > Textpos: absolute positioning of text on the LaTeX page > ------------------------------------------------------- > > %%VERSION%% > Version 1.2 > > This package facilitates placing boxes at absolute positions on the > LaTeX page. There are several reasons why this might be useful, but > the main one (or at least my motivating one) is to help produce a > large-format conference poster. > > This package provides a single environment, which contains the text > (or graphics, or table, or whatever) which is to be placed on the > page, and which specifies where it is to be placed. > > > Changes in v1.2, 21 April 2002 > ------------------------------- > > Rolf Niepraschk <niepraschk(a)ptb.de> provided code to make textpos > compatible with the {calc} package. > > Added the [verbose] and [quiet] package options. > > > =========================================================================== > > + What you've uploaded > > urlbst-0.1.tar.gz > > + where you want the files to go > > I suppose in biblio/bibtex/contrib/urlbst ? > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > gpl > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > Adds a `webpage' BibTeX entry type, and support for general `url' and > `lastchecked' fields, to arbitrary BibTeX style files. > > %%VERSION%% 0.1 > > The Perl script urlbst.pl can be used to add this support to an > arbitrary .bst file which has a reasonably `conventional' structure. > The result is meant to be robust rather than pretty. > > Usage: urlbst.pl [input-file [output-file]] > > if either the input-file or the output-file is omitted, they default > to stdin and stdout respectively. If the input file already has a URL > entry type, then the script objects. > > For example: > > urlbst.pl `kpsewhich siam.bst` siamurl.bst > > The distributed files abbrvurl.bst, alphaurl.bst, plainurl.bst and > unsrturl.bst are versions of the standard style files which have been > pre-converted. > > Only the style files which result from conversion of the standard > styles are checked in the regression tests. Other style files which > are known to work include > > acm.bst, amsalpha.bst, amsplain.bst, apalike.bst, gerabbrv.bst, > geralpha.bst, gerapali.bst, gerplain.bst, gerunsrt.bst, ieeetr.bst and > siam.bst > > Style files known not to work, because they are too different from the > standard styles, include the koma-script styles and the refer styles > (they are not designed to produce conventional .bbl files). The > natbib and revtex style files already have URL fields. If you have a > BibTeX style file which you think ought to work, but with which the > script fails, send it to me, and I'll try to work out what I've missed. > > > > =========================================================================== > > + What you've uploaded > > feyn-0.1.tar.gz > > + where you want the files to go > > I suppose in fonts/feyn ? > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > gpl > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > > Feyn: a Metafont for Feynman diagrams > ------------------------------------- > > %%VERSION%% > Version 0.1 > > This describes the font `feyn', which can be used to produce relatively > simple Feynman diagrams within equations in a LaTeX document. > > The other Feynman diagram package which exists is Thorsten Ohl's > `feynmf/feynmp' package. That works by creating Metafont or MetaPost > figures using a preprocessor. It's more general than this package, > but is at its best when creating relatively large diagrams, for > figures. In contrast, the present system consists of a > carefully-designed font with which you can write simple diagrams, > within equations or within text, in a size matching the surrounding > text size. i've installed all four packages as suggested (i.e., i've adopted your proposed locations for urlbst and feyn). thanks for the uploads. (sorry about the delay in installing: an emergency at [real] work intervened.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Announcement Greek kerkis fonts
by Rainer Schoepf 24 Apr '02

24 Apr '02

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Antonis Tsolomitis wrote: > I have uploaded to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de (nova.dante.de) > the file kerkis.zip > > The package contains the first (I believe) Type1 font to > fully support Greek (polytonic included) through Babel. > The support of the latin alphabet is also at a very good level > as kerkis supports ot1 and t1 encodings. It is an extension > of the Bookman Old Style fonts. In addition to Greek it contains > many missing ligatures from URWBookman and true Small Caps. > > Since the package supports the latin languages I suppose that > it is proper to be placed among the other Type1 fonts. > Since it especially supports Greek I think that a link should be placed > inside the Greek directory pointing to kerkis (for the moment it is the > only free way to create descent pdf files in Greek as the default > support for Greek provides only Metafont fonts). > > Licensing: They are free to redistribute. There is only one restriction > that is if they are used for commercial purposes (eg books) > the Copyright section must include a note about the fonts saying that > the document uses > kerkis fonts (C) Department of Mathematics, University of the Aegean Thanks a lot for the upload, I installed these files in fonts/greek/kerkis For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission - protocol.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from Thomas Leineweber ----- I have put a new version of protocol.sty in the incoming directory on ftp.dante.de. The file protocol.tgz is intended to replace the contents of the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/protocol/ on CTAN. It is a new version of the protocol package for typesetting meeting-protocols (in german). It is licensed 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/protocol. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- preview latex 0.7.2b
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.7.2b.tar.gz and preview-0.7.2b.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL. 0.7.2b is a post-release hotfix for a build problem. Upgrading from 0.7.2 is not necessary unless building the release failed. A separate announcement is probably not necessary. I would recommend installing it in the following way: Put the packed archive preview-latex-0.7.2b.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-0.7.2b.tar.gz so that people can always get the newest version under this name. Unpack preview-0.7.2b.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 0.7.2 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex is a system for displaying inline images of selected parts of a file in Emacs source buffers. The employed style file preview.sty is independently useful for extraction of selected text elements as images. The package is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, at least GNU Emacs-21.1 under the X window system, AUC TeX (11.11 recommended, see below), a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. This version for the first time also fully supports XEmacs with a version of at least 21.1.14. Some issues with the display engine have been uncovered in the course of porting; consult the PROBLEMS file for more information. No Emacs versions of preview-latex have yet been tested to run under the MS Windows operating system. Recent CVS versions of Emacs could possibly be made to run preview-latex there, and we have had a positive report with Cygwin XEmacs. Please report your experiences. Release 0.7.2 is a consolidation release containing mostly bug fixes. Its stability should be sufficient for third party package providers of GNU Emacs packages. The XEmacs part still has rough edges, partly due to XEmacs internal bugs that are expected to be ironed out in future XEmacs releases. The README file provides adequate information for preinstalled distributions. The INSTALL file contains a special section with advice for package providers. 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. For the binary RPMs, you will need the preview-latex-common RPM as well as the Emacs-flavor specific RPM. 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/>. The current beta of RedHat 7.3 (see below) includes GhostScript 6.53. * Emacs-21.2 is part of the beta release for RedHat 7.3 at <URL:ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/skipjack/en/os/i386/RedHat/R…> unless it has already been superceded by the regular release. 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 it as suggested replacing the old version 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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