ctan-ann May 2002

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New CTAN package: proof
by Jim Hefferon 22 May '02

22 May '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way soon to a mirror near you. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =============================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: proof Author's name: Klaus Bosau Location on CTAN: support Summary description: Proof is a shell based completion to an ordinary word processing program, able to process and view TeX-, LaTeX-, METAFONT- and MetaPost-sources. This program needs an intact TeX/LaTeX environment and GNU bash (Bourne Again Shell), version 2.03 or higher to work properly. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Proof is a shell based auxiliary program that's able to process and view TeX-, LaTeX-, METAFONT- and MetaPost-sources and thus can be used to quickly produce snapshots of TeX related documents whenever necessary. Its main purpose however is to act as a completion to an ordinary word processing program which normally lacks appropriate facilities to process TeX sources within a common TeX/LaTeX environment. Here, Proof completely relieves the author of doing shell related work and thus simplifies the process of preparing PostScript documents particularly in those cases where various different sources are involved. Besides Proof offers a simple control mechanism that may be accessed from within the editor being used, an interface to common METAFONT font test algorithms and a simple back-up facility, ensuring that sourcefiles can easily be restored when accidentally overwritten or deleted. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: drftcite.sty version 3.9?
by Robin Fairbairns 22 May '02

22 May '02

Donald Arseneau writes: > Thomas Esser brought to my attention: > > > I just have noticed that TeX Live has version 3.9 of drftcite.sty whereas > > the latest CTAN version is version 3.7. > > That is an oversight. I've uploaded version 3.9 (Nov 2001) > to ftp.tex.ac.uk: incoming.drftcite.sty. It should > replace the one in macros/latex/contrib/supported/cite. > > This version has quite a few changes (some of which I won't remember > now) and maybe I should have called it 4.0. Since it isn't as > thoroughly tested as I used to do, mybe I'll adopt the convention > that a .9 version is a pre-test of the next major revision :-) i've installed this new version to replace the old one: macros/latex/contrib/supported/cite/drftcite.sty thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission: Pazo fonts v1.003
by Rainer Schoepf 21 May '02

21 May '02

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the archive file mathpazo.zip to the /incoming > directory at dante.ctan.org. > > This is version 1.003 of Diego Puga's Pazo math fonts. > > Please, rename the existing CTAN directory fonts/mathpazo to > fonts/mathpazo-1001 and install the uploaded files to a new > directory fonts/mathpazo > > Notice that version 1.003 of the Pazo fonts is to be used with > version 9 of PSNFSS, which was also updated now. > > [Version 1.001 should, however, still be kept on CTAN, with > respect to the users of the TeXLive6 CD-ROM, which includes > PSNFSS 8.2, but it is lacking the required Pazo 1.001 fonts.] > > What's new? > > * Added all the remaining uppercase latin letters and the > digit one to Pazo Math Blackboard Bold. > > * Re-designed Phi to make it better proportioned. > > * Re-designed varsigma to give it a more recognisable shape > Re-designed xi and zeta to match the new varsigma. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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minor update to uk faq
by Robin Fairbairns 21 May '02

21 May '02

i've installed a minor update to the uk faq. changes are -- removes assertions about the EC view of euro symbol typesetting -- various typos corrected sources, etc., are now on ctan at help/uk-tex-faq the web-massaged version is at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq

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Re: Upload: ttf2tex 0.5, a TrueType font installer for teTeX
by Rainer Schoepf 21 May '02

21 May '02

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Philipp Lehman wrote: > From the README: > > ttf2tex is a Bash script which generates all files required to use > TrueType fonts with teTeX from a set of .ttf files. In short, it will > do for TrueType fonts what fontinst's latinfamily command does for > Type 1 PostScript fonts. ttf2tex is designed for Linux/UNIX systems > running teTeX. > > From the CHANGELOG: > > 2002-05-21 v0.5 > * preliminary support for OpenType fonts (TT based only) > * support for real small caps > * support for old style figures > * support for -n and -N switches of ttf2tfm > * new option to disable hyphenation (for 'typewriter' typefaces) > * new option to overwrite files when installing > * new option to dump internal vectors > * check availability of required binaries > * default path for .ttf files changed > * updated and extended manual Thanks for the update, I installed it in support/ttf2tex For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission: PSNFSS 9
by Rainer Schoepf 21 May '02

21 May '02

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the following ZIP archives to the /incoming directory > at dante.ctan.org: > > psnfss9.zip > lw35nfss9.zip > freenfss.zip Thanks for the update. I installed the files in psnfss9.zip in macros/latex/required/psnfss and added lw35nfss.zip and freenfss.zip to this directory. > This is version 9 of the PSNFSS system, supporting the use > of the Base35 PostScript fonts and the free Charter, Utopia > and Pazo fonts with LaTeX. PSNFSS 9 is to be used with the > latest version 1.003 of the Pazo fonts, which were also > updated now. > > > Main news > --------- > > The TeXBase1 encoding (file 8r.enc) includes the Euro symbol > in slot 128 now. Thus, future fonts that provide the Euro, > can be supported. This does, however, _not_ affect the > present Base35, Charter and Utopia fonts. The corresponding > file 8r.etx in the fontinst distribution will soon be > updated accordingly. > > Pazo fonts: Added all the missing uppercase latin letters > and numeral 1 to Pazo Math Blackboard Bold. Re-designed > Phi, varsigma, xi and zeta. Font metrics and virtual > fonts (freenfss.zip) updated accordingly > > Palatino text fonts: The textcompanion fonts of the > Palatino family provide the Euro symbol exteuro as well as > the Omega extohm now. The letters are actually taken from > the Pazo fonts. > > mathptmx.sty: Improved hbar. Added missing redefinitions > of defaultscriptratio and defaultscriptscriptratio. > > Documentation updated and slightly improved. All fonts are > embedded in psnfss2e.pdf now. > > There are no changes over the pre-release as of 2002-04-24, > except for a minor fix to the Pazo blackboard bold fonts, > whose metrics are, however, unchaged. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission: psnfss-src.zip (PSNFSS 9 fontinst sources)
by Rainer Schoepf 21 May '02

21 May '02

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the archive file psnfss-src.zip to the /incoming > directory at dante.ctan.org. These are the fontinst sources of the > latest PSNFSS version 9. > > Please, remove everything (!) from the CTAN directory > > fonts/psfonts/psnfss-source ; > > then unpack the archive file there. Please, create an additional > subdirectory fonts/psfonts/psnfss-source/mathpazo, which should > constitute a link to fonts/mathpazo/pazofnst. Thanks for the update, I installed the files as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: manuscript
by Jim Hefferon 20 May '02

20 May '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 upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: manuscript Author's name: Matej Cepl Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/manuscript Summary description: LaTeX package emulating appearance of typewriter. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package emulates appearance of the document written on classical typewriter as much as possible. The package should be compatible both with classical article-like packages as well as with packages from koma-script family. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: piechartMP
by Robin Fairbairns 18 May '02

18 May '02

our upload daemon rumbled, and quoth: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20020514.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: piechartMP > Name and email: Jens-Uwe Morawski <...> > Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/metapost/macros/piechartmp/ > Summary description: Drawing 2D/3D pie-charts with MetaPost > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package piechartMP enables even users > with not much Metapost experience to draw their > pie-charts with MetaPost. > It supports basic 2D pie-charts as well pie-charts in 3D projection. > The chief purpose for the piechartMP developmentwas the > support for presentations. The user can make segments > invisible or hide a segment completely, in order to draw > multiple different charts from one data-set. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed this contribution as suggested. thanks for the upload (and for your tolerance of ctan internal processes ;-) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- BSR2dvi for Textures
by Reinhard Zierke 16 May '02

16 May '02

----- Forwarded message from Laurent Siebenmann ----- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 02:29:46 +0200 (MEST) From: lcs(a)math.u-psud.fr To: ctan(a)dante.de, lcs(a)math.u-psud.fr, wwwmaint(a)dante.de Subject: BSR2dvi upload Sender: owner-ctan(a)dante.de #NAME OF CONTRIBUTION: BSR2dvi #UPLOADED TO: ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/BSR2dvi.zip #MY POSTING: http://topo.math.u-psud.fr/~lcs/BSR2dvi.zip #AUTHOR'S NAME: Laurent Siebenmann #AUTHOR'S EMAIL: lcs(a)matups.math.u-psud.fr #LOCATION ON CTAN: Expand zip atchive to become dviware/BSR2dvi #SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: A free mass converter, from the private format for the TeX implementation Textures by BlueSky Research (BSR), to TeXs' standard output format dvi. #LICENSE TYPE: public domain #KEYWORDS: Textures, DVI export, Macintosh, freeware #ANNOUNCEMENT: -------------------------------------------------------------- This is the alpha release of BSR2dvi. It is a public domain Macintosh program for mass extraction from Textures' all-in-one file format to TeX's output format suffixed .dvi. It uses a multi-file 'drag-and-drop' user interface, or (for eary Macs) the older 'joint-launch' user interface. BSR2dvi is a natural partner to BSR's own freeware DeleteType utility of 1992, which somewhat similarly extracts TeX's ASCII input format commonly suffixed .tex or .ltx. --------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/dviware/BSR2dvi/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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