ctan-ann April 2002

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new CTAN package: plates
by Jim Hefferon 04 Apr '02

04 Apr '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: plates Author's name: Anthony A. Tanbakuchi Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/plates Summary description: Float environment that is gathered to end of doc for special printing (eg. plates, photos, color diagrams) License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The plates package provides a simple facility for inserting color figures in documents they should be gathered and printed together - --- just like in books with a section of color plates. The benefit of such a facility is to allow these special figures to be printed separately and later slipped into the final document. The package provides the plates environment to handle this situation. The user need only place these special figures in a plate environment instead of a figure environment and issue a command to print the plates at a chosen location in the document. Additional, if the author wishes to have a version of the document where the color figures are included in the text merely including the figures option will change the behavior of the plates environment to a figure environment, causing the plates to be printed directly in the text. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: purifyeps
by Jim Hefferon 04 Apr '02

04 Apr '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to you local 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: purifyeps Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: support/purifyeps Summary description: Make EPS files work with both latex+dvips and pdflatex License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- While pdfLaTeX has a number of nice features, its primary shortcoming relative to standard LaTeX+dvips is that it is unable to read ordinary Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files, the most common graphics format in the LaTeX world. purifyeps converts EPS files into a purified form that can be read by *both* LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX. The trick is that the standard LaTeX2e graphics packages can parse MetaPost-produced EPS directly. Hence, purifyeps need only convert an arbitrary EPS file into the same stylized format that MetaPost outputs. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN package update: FiXme
by Jim Hefferon 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

An update to the package FiXme has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: FiXme Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: latex/contrib/supported/fixme Summary description: FiXme, insert fixme notes in your documents License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce a new *major* release of FiXme, a package for inserting fixme notes in your documents, version 2.0. Many new features in this release, including a new layout option (inline), notes counters, a usage summary at the end of processing, more translations, and most important, three additional macros for including non-critical notes (meta comments about the document actualy) of different importance levels. FiXme provides you with a way of inserting fixme notes in your documents. Such notes can appear inline, as marginal notes, footnotes, index entries, in the log file and as warnings on stdout. It is also possible to summarize them in a list. When you switch from draft to final mode, any remaining fixme note will be logged, but removed from the document's body. Additionally, critical notes will abort compilation with an informative message. FiXme also comes with support for AUC-TeX. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN package update: CurVe
by Jim Hefferon 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

An update to the package CurVe has been installed on 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: CurVe Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: latex/contrib/supported/curve Summary description: CurVe, a LaTeX2e class for making curriculum vitae's License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce a new release of CurVe, a class for making curriculum vitae's, version 1.2. New in this release: more translations, a starred form for the entry macro, with a simplified syntax, and most important, support for standard bibliography inclusion. CurVe is a class package that hopefully will make your life easier when you want to write your CV. It provides you with a set of commands to create rubrics, entries in these rubrics etc. CurVe will then properly format your CV for you (possibly splitting it onto multiple pages, repeating the titles etc), which is usually the most painful part of CV writing. Another nice feature of CurVe is its ability to manage different CV flavors simultaneously. It is in fact often the case that you want to maintain slightly divergent versions of your CV at the same time, in order to emphasize on different aspects of your background. CurVe also comes with support for AUC-TeX. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- BaKoMa TeX 4.20
by Reinhard Zierke 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 4.20 and macro packages coming with BaKoMa TeX. Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 1-Apr-2002 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 4.20 ---------------------- 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 4.20 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 4.10 * Text Editor + Document Tabs for switching between Document Windows. + Windows of Console, Messages, Log-file, are managed inside Centaur Frame window (switched via TAB Control). + GUI Control bars are switched via TAB Control instead of radio buttons. GUI Control bars may include bitmaps. Added GUI Bar for insertion of LaTeX frequently used commands. + Show states of document tabs, toolbar, GUI Bar, status bar, and other control bars are controlled from context menu which is opened by right mouse button pushed under a control bar or program menu. + `File|Exit All BaKoMa TeX Programs' - new command. + Buttons for browsing through TeX Log file to TeX Control bar were added. + Alarm button is added at left edge of status bar. It is green when some warnings are in Message Window. It is blinked red when some errors are in message window. Pressing on this button shows Message Window. + Key binding list: list was changed to TAB Control. + Contents of text window is redrawn while dragging scroll bar thumb. + Moving mouse with pressed right mouse button drags text inside window. + Multiple click of left mouse button (without a moving) sequentially selects: Word, Line, Paragraph. * DVI Viewer + Added support for new HyperRef options: pdfpagemode, pdfstartview, pdfstartpage, pdfpagescrop, pdfpagetransition, pdfpageduration, pdfpagehidden. + Options pdfstartview and pdfstartpage are handled by DVI Viewer. * Bug fixing + Fixed conflict between LaTeX packages: PSfrag and Color. + Font handling is refined to import EPS files produced by Corel 9/10. + Fixed incorrect handling of T1-fonts (CM+CX) (baseline quotes) + Fixed a buffer overflow at embedding DOCINFO object into PDF. For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes3.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version of BaKoMa TeX in CTAN://tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/ as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Korean version of lshort
by Reinhard Zierke 02 Apr '02

02 Apr '02

----- Forwarded message from Cheol Ju ----- I uploaded `lshort-kr.pdf', `lshort-kr-src.tar.gz' and `README-kr' to dante.ctan.org/incoming/lshort-kr. I want these files to go `CTAN:/tex-archive/info/lshort/korean/ lshort-kr is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or higher. lshort-kr is the korean translation of `The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX2e'. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/info/lshort/korean/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- pdfpages v0.2g
by Reinhard Zierke 02 Apr '02

02 Apr '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. Changes in version 0.2g: The new option `addtotoc' adds entries to the table of contents. This may be useful, if putting together conference proceedings. It is distributed under the LPPL. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/pdfpages/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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ctan-ann April 2002