ctan-ann April 2002

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CTAN package upgrade: subfigure package version 2.1.3
by Jim Hefferon 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

An upgrade of a package on CTAN 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 upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: subfigure package version 2.1.3 Author's name: Steven Douglas Cochran Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfigure 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. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The subfigure package version 2.1.3 fixes an incompatability with several packages including the tocloft and the ccaption packages when used with the hyperref package. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: TeXtopo
by Rainer Schoepf 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 Eric Beitz wrote: > Name of contribution: TeXtopo > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/textopo > Summary description: Plotting, shading and labeling of membrane protein topologies > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is an update (v1.3) of the LaTeX package for plotting, shading > and labeling of membrane protein topologies. The new version introduces > two more helical wheel styles and the indication of the hydrophobic > moment. Further, the DVIPS driver is not mandatory anymore as is > 'rotating.sty'. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: datetime
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

Nicola Talbot writes: > Name of contribution: datetime > Name and email: Nicola Talbot <> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/other > Summary description: Changes format of oday. Provides commands > for current time. > License type: Generic DFSG > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package datetime.sty provides various different formats for the > command oday, and also provides commands for displaying the > current time, either in 12hr or 24hr format. In addition, there are > macros for displaying the value of a count register as an ordinal > (e.g. ordinal{3} would print 3rd, and ordinalstring{3} would print > third) as well as macros for displaying the value of a count > register as a string (e.g. umberstring{3} would print three). i've installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/other/datetime thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: WinShell 2.2 upload
by Rainer Schoepf 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Ingo H. de Boer wrote: > I have uploaded the WinShell 2.2 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 > > 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 update, I installed it in systems/win32/winshell For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Submission -- rcsinfo
by Rainer Schoepf 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Jürgen Vollmer wrote: > Hi, > > I put a new version (1.9) of my rcsinfo package to ftp.dante.de > > The rcsinfo package is used to extract information of the RCS (Revision > Control System) and use it in a LaTeX document. > For users of LaTeX2HTML, a perl-package translating LaTeX documents to HTML, > rcsinfo.perl is added, which adds the functionality to that tool. > > The following files are contained in rcsinfo-1.9.tar.gz > rcsinfo-1.9/rcsinfo.dtx > rcsinfo-1.9/rcsinfo.ins > rcsinfo-1.9/Makefile > rcsinfo-1.9/README-1.9 > > Please put it into tex/macros/latex/contrib/supported/rcsinfo > > HISTORY > 1.9 : the initial $ of $Id may be omitted. > 1.8 : rcsinfo.perl can deal now with latex2html version 99.1. > Restructured package files. > 1.7.1 : Make does not abort, if laext2html is not found > 1.7 : Underscores in file names are now handeled correctly. > 1.6 : Fixed problems with the french-option of `babel'. > (The `:' is made active when using the french language. > Now rcsinfo can handle this situation). > 1.5 : - The Babel-package is not loaded automagically anymore. > This avoids problems within the `babel'-package when other > packages (like `ifthen' or `varioref') are loaded _and_ no > language was given in the `documentclass'. > - Fixed the `notoday' option. > 1.4 : Support fancyhdr-package, added rcsinfo.cfg configuration file. > 1.3 : Fixed documentation, new address, reimplemeted parts, added > rcsinfo.perl. > 1.2 : New Makefile. > 1.1 : (internal changes). > 1.0 : Initial Version, submitted to CTAN. > > License: > This program can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms > of the LaTeX Project Public License Distributed from CTAN > archives in directory macros/latex/base/lppl.txt; either > version 1 of the License, or any later version. Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/supported/rcsinfo For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- checkend and titlesec macros
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from Javier Bezos ----- I uploaded to the dante server the following 2 files to /incoming/bezos: checkend.sty readme checkend.sty should be added to the files under macros/latex/contrib/supported/bezos while readme should replace the file with the same name in that directory. From the style file: % When an environment is left open, LaTeX gives an error at the % end of the document. However it only informs about the first % of them, while the rest are shown with meaningless errors: % % (end occurred inside a group at level N) % % This package replaces them with more useful messages % which show which environments (in reverse order) were % not closed. % % That's all. There are no user macros. Just use the package. ============ I've uploaded as well the following 2 files to /incoming/titlesec/ frame.tss readme which should replace the files with the same name under macros/latex/contrib/supported/titlesec It's a bug fix (mispaced top rule in frame). ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed all files as suggested updating the directories macros/latex/contrib/supported/bezos and macros/latex/contrib/supported/titlesec Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: new version of OzTeX for CTAN (over 10MB)
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Apr '02

18 Apr '02

Andrew Trevorrow writes: > oztex5.sit > > It's a StuffIt archive and needs to be transferred in binary mode > (it's NOT a MacBinary file). > > The oztex5.sit file replaces ALL the existing files in > CTAN/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex/ > > OzTeX is shareware but I don't place any restrictions on its > distribution so you can put it in the free tree if you like. > Whatever you decide is fine by me. > > OzTeX is a Macintosh implementation of TeX. More details here: > > http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/ > > The site will be updated when oztex5.sit is available from CTAN. i've installed the file in nonfree/systems/mac/oztex on the cambridge ctan -- it'll propagate to the rest in due course. thanks for the update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- preview-latex 0.7.1
by Reinhard Zierke 17 Apr '02

17 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.7.1.tar.gz and preview-0.7.1.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL. 0.7.1 is a bug fix release mainly interesting for XEmacs users (some performance and error handling enhancements for GNU Emacs have been done as well). A potentially fatal XEmacs display bug in connection with dired and installation issues has been fixed. Please refer to the previous announcement and the RELEASE file for details. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it replacing the a few days 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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Re: CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 4.30 with Instant Preview
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Apr '02

15 Apr '02

Basil K. Malyshev writes: > I have uploaded to `ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/bakoma-430' directory > > Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. > > General new feture of this version is *Dynamic Preview* of the > selected text. It is like to `Instant Preview' by Jonathan Fine. > > In details see at end of this message. > > Bye. > Basil K. Malyshev > 15-Apr-2002 > > PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. > > --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 4.30 ---------------------- > > CONTENTS > * Highlights > * Graphical Capabilities > * Fonts > * User Interface > * PDF Generation Features > * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 4.20 > > For more information about BaKoMa TeX see > <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> > > BaKoMa TeX is a complete TeX system for Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95 > > 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. > * Supports hyperlink text broken across lines and pages. > * 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. > > In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use most of free Type 1 fonts > available on CTAN and Trutype fonts coming with MS Windows systems. > > 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, > * Automatic creation of a BB-file for non-PostScript graphics. > * Spell Checker: On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, > correction proposals, handling accents and babel shortcuts. > configurable for handling (La)TeX commands. > * Support for Multi-User systems. > > 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 4.30 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 4.20 > > DYNAMICAL PREVIEW > > Dynamical Preview is a new feature of BaKoMa TeX, > that allows the user to preview instantly selected region > of the file being edited. > > This feature is like to well known package: Instant Preview > (see: http://www.activetex.org). > > Dynamical Preview reformats the selected text on demand. > On modern computers, it refreshes preview window with every keystroke. > On old and slow computers, it will skip some editting stages. > In other words, this feature will not hang your input. > > Dynamical Preview is useful for completing following applications: > * typesetting complex paragraphs; > * typesetting complicated math formulas; > * designing a diagrams with LaTeX picture environment, > and with such macro packages as *PSTricks*, *Xy-Pic*, etc. > > MISCEANY: > * Handling of Mouse Wheel. > * `Generate as a Mirror Image' and `Generate as a Negative Image' > options was added to PDF Generation dialog. > * Del-key deletes non-persistent region. > * Shift + Left mouse click provides advanced way for selecting a text. > > For more information about changes see > <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes3.html> > > ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- i have installed the files as requested (they actually live in nonfree/, since the distribution is shareware, but there are links to that tree from the main tree). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- preview-latex 0.7
by Reinhard Zierke 15 Apr '02

15 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.7.tar.gz and preview-0.7.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-0.7.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.tar.gz so that people can always get the newest version under this name. Unpack preview-0.7.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 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, GNU Emacs-21 under the X window system, AUC TeX, 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. Some non-critical issues with the display engine have been uncovered in the course of porting; consult the PROBLEMS file for more information. No versions have 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 you stand a chance of trying XEmacs there, too. Please report your experiences. Release focus have been documentation improvements, staggering performance enhancements, better error handling and new features. For the first time, workable XEmacs support is included. The LaTeX style has gained a load of new options. It is now possible to generate all image files for a document with a single run of GhostScript on a single PostScript file from Dvips. The README file has been changed in order to provide adequate information for preinstalled distributions. In that case, including the separate INSTALL file will not be necessary. 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/ CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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