ctan-ann June 2002

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22 discussions

Re: placeins.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

Donald Arseneau writes: > I have uploaded placeins.sty version 2.0 to ctan/uk, destined > for macros/latex/contrib/other/misc > > The default behaviour has been changed to prevent floats from > floating up past a FloatBarrier. A package option [above] > is now provided to restore the original more permissive > behavior (in analogy with [below]). > > (Licence is public domain) i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- AstroSym 2.00
by Reinhard Zierke 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Peter Schmitt ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20020625.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: AstroSym 2.00 Name and email: Peter Schmitt Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/astro Summary description: font of astronomical symbols (MetaFont) License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AstroSym 2.00 provides 55 astronomical (and astrological) symbols -- planets, signs of the zodiac, and other (including variant shapes) -- in three styles, plus 6 symbols for the phases of the moon. [It extends version 1 which had 29 symbols in three styles.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/astro Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: cTAN submission --- newfile package
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded newfile.tar to the UK incoming directory. Please use > this to create a new /macros/latex/contrib/supported/newfile directory. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README > > The newfile package provides convenient user level commands for reading > and writing new files during a LaTeX run. i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload: OLETeX
by Jim Hefferon 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

A new package has been placed on tug.ctan.org and should appear at your local mirror in a 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: OLETeX Author's name: Peter Trifonov Location on CTAN: systems/win32/oletex Summary description: OLE-LaTeX interface License type: bsd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The program is aimed to allow LaTeX users easily embed pictures and other objects produced by OLE-aware programs into their LaTeX documents keeping it platform-independent. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New on CTAN: decsci.bst
by Jim Hefferon 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

New material has been added to CTAN and should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tugn.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: decsci.bst Author's name: Paul A. Rubin Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/ Summary description: BibTeX style file for the journal Decision Sciences License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is is BibTeX style file suitable for submissions to Decision Sciences, the journal of the Decision Sciences Institute. Use it with the natbib package (author-year format citations). - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: xmltex for CTAN
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Sebastian Rahtz sent me an update for macros/xmltex (which i've installed), and asked me to delete macros/passivetex (which i've done). he writes: > This release of xmltex is to bring it into line > with the slightly enhanced version that has been > distributed with PassiveTeX for the last year. Regular > users should notice no difference, except that the default > xmltex.cfg now turns *off* the verbose reporting. > > The PassiveTeX update fixes some small problems, > nothing outstanding Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- ctable-1.2.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Wybo Dekker ----- - I have uploaded ctable-1.2.tar.gz - at ftp.dante.de - I suggest to unpack it in texmf/source/latex/ctable - GPL - ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered table and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. It makes use of the booktabs, keyval and tabularx packages. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. Best regards, Wybo Dekker ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed the package in the directory CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/ctable/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- BaKoMa TeX 4.60
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 4.60. Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. Most important new features: * Pasting Images by using `Edit|Paste' editor command. * Automatical generation of BB-files for ALL graphical formats, * Improved appearance of raster images on a Display. * Improved handling of True Color images (touches PNG, BMP, MSP, WMF). * Important refinments in generation of PDF files. More details are explained at end of this message. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 24-Jun-2002 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 4.60 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 4.60 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 * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region of the file being edited. (It is analog of Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). * 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 10, Adobe Streamline 4.0, Mathematica 4, MatLab, CorelDraw 10, 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 * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, * 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 4.60 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 4.50 User Interface * Pasting Images When Windows Clipboard contains an image `Edit|Paste' editor command launches a wizard for pasting one. The wizard provides reasonable way for importing clipboard image into LaTeX document. It sequentially performs: 1 saving the image into a file (PNG or EPS), 2 insertion of proper `includegraphics' command at the cursor position. Commonly, this operation requires pressing only ENTER key two times. * Automatical generation of BB-files is now available for all formats BaKoMa TeX beginning from version 3.0 supports automatical creation of BB-files for most frequently used graphical formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX. In this version the same approach is extended for other graphical formats: BMP, MSP, WMF, and compressed PostScript (supported extensions are: `.pz', `.ps.Z', `.eps.Z', `.ps.gz', `.eps.gz'). * Bottom TAB Frame will be restored (if it was minimized) at any activity inside controlled windows (Console, Messages). * Space = Shift+Space = Ctrl+Space. They are bind to the same procedure. * Small fix for valid handling of 8-bit BIB-files by BibTeX8. Graphics * Appearance of raster images on a Display was improved Now you can find that quality of displaying raster images by DVI Viewer is comparable with one provided by Acrobat Reader. * Import of True Color PNG files was improved. (LIBPNG was upgraded to most recent version.) * Embedding into PDF True Color images imported via Metafile filters (BMP, MSP, WMF) was refined. * Fixed problem related with printing PDF from AcrobatReader 5.0 on a PostScript printer. * Fixed problem related with handling PDF by some Acrobat PLUG-INS. For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes3.html> ----- End forwarded message ----- THanks for the upload. I installed the new files as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: ePiX
by Jim Hefferon 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or so. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ==================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: ePiX Author's name: Andrew D. Hwang Location on CTAN: graphics/epix Summary description: LaTeX preprocessor for creating mathematically accurate figures License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ePiX (epic with a soft k:) is a command-driven (non-GUI) preprocessor for creating flexible, mathematically accurate line figures containing mathematical typography. The language is simple and easy to use; detailed documentation and sample files are included. ePiX is written for and tested on GNU/Linux, but should run on any Unix-like operating system; a C++ compiler and GNU Bash are required for ordinary use. ePiX is very usable, but in a fairly rapid state of development; feedback (bug reports, feature requests, general suggestions) is welcome! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- KOMA-Script
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Markus Kohm ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20020621.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: KOMA-Script Name and email: Markus Kohm Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script, a versatile LaTeX2e bundle License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the June '02 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka What we forgot in our previous release. -------------------------------------------------------- What is KOMA-Script -------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to the standard LaTeX2e classes. KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities in order to provide the user an almost complete working environment. -------------------------------------------------------- Versions of classes and packages at this release: -------------------------------------------------------- scrartcl.cls 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrbook.cls 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrreprt.cls 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrlttr2.cls 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) scrtime.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrdate.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrpage2.sty 2002/03/28 v2.1 typearea.sty 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrlfile.sty 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrpage.sty 2001/06/22 v1.3c (obsolete) scraddr.sty 2002/06/02 v1.1b -------------------------------------------------------- What is new in this KOMA-Script release -------------------------------------------------------- The two most important changes are that there is now a completely rewritten letter class (scrlttr2) included and for our non-german users we are happy to provide the first time in the KOMA-Script history a complete english manual. Furthermore, the article, report and book classes know some new options, commands and environments. For example KOMA-Script provides an environment to set captions beside a figure or table. Enhanced control over the captions should make packages like caption2 almost unnecessary. A new interface allows to select the style of different text elements very easily. The scrdate and scrtime packages now support also the languages dutch and croatian. The new package scrlfile gives package developers and even users more control over package dependencies. This release includes of course some minor bug fixes and many more enhancements not mentioned here. Go discover. ---------------------------------------------------- Notes to the CTAN and the TeX Catalogue maintainers: ---------------------------------------------------- - I've used tar.bz2 because it's much shorter. - There's a ``koma-script.xml'' at this distribution. Please use it or modified version of it for The TeX Catalogue. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for uploading the new version. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: New version of CJK
by Rainer Schoepf 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > CJK 4.5.1 > ========= > > After a seemingly endless period of lazyness I've finally managed to release > CJK 4.5.1. The last `official' version has been 4.2.0, released in December > 1998. Intermediate versions (4.3.0, 4.4.0, and 4.5.0, already providing > most of the features of 4.5.1) appeared on the TeX Live CDs. > > CJK 4.5.1 is available from ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/language/chinese/CJK > and other CTAN hosts and its mirrors. Following the CTAN rules, the source > files of CJK are unpacked. Additionally, the archive cjk-4.5.1-doc.tar.gz > is available which provides some CJK documentation and example files in > various output formats. > > Current development snapshots (updated twice a day) are available from > ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/cjk/devel/. > > Bug reports should go to cjk-bug(a)ffii.org. > > > CJK is a macro package for LaTeX, providing simultaneous support for various > Asian scripts in many encodings (including Unicode): > > Chinese (both traditional and simplified) > Japanese > Korean > Thai > > A special add-on feature is an interface to the Emacs editor (cjk-enc.el) > which gives simultaneous, easy-to-use support to a bunch of other scripts in > addition to the above: > > Cyrillic > Greek > Latin-based scripts > Russian > Vietnamese > > See below for the relevant snippet from the history file. > > Enjoy! > > > Werner > > > ====================================================================== > > Version 4.5.1: new: > 17-Jun-2002 CJKulem.sty: > Full underlining support using the latest version of > ulem.sty. > > Bg5+ and GBK charsets and encodings added (together with > `Bg5+text' and `GBKtext' environments). The encodings > are C09 and C19, respectively. > > `bg5+latex' and `gbklatex' scripts added (together > with its DOS and OS/2 pendants); both call the new > converter `extconv'. > > EUC-JP and EUC-TW encodings (*with* single shifts) added. > > SJIS encoding with DNP fontencoding. > > A configuration file `CJK.cfg' will be read in by CJK.sty > just before the endinput command. > > CJKnumb.sty: > Added the macro CJKdigits to CJKnumb.sty for printing > a (INT) number with CJK digits. > > Added macro CJKnullspace to control the amount of > space inserted before and after a circle character > used for CJK digit zero. > > Added the macro CJKindent to CJK.sty which sets the > paragraph indentation to two ideographic spaces. > > Added a test file `CJKbabel.tex' for testing CJK, > emacs 20, and the babel package. > > Thai support for Babel added. > > Added a test file `thai.tex' for testing Thai. > > cjk-enc.el: > Will now work with XEmacs also (except for Thai). > > Support for ISO-8859-7 (Greek) added. > > * Support for multifile documents added. As a > * consequence, it is now necessary to specify the > * encoding of all files with local variables for Emacs > * (see the comments at the end of the files in the > * `examples' directory how to do that; the `coding: ...' > * line must exist. > > The translation tex->cjk will now be executed only if > the source file is more recent than the corresponding > output file (it is still possible to force translation > though). > > Hyphenation patterns for unaccented pinyin syllables > (together with support for the Babel package) in > utils/pyhyphen. Documentation is in doc/pyhyphen.doc. > > pinyin.sty: > Added option `useCMmacron' (for LaTeX only) to use > a macron accent from the CM fonts in case the current > font doesn't have it (e.g. some versions of virtual > files for Palatino). > > Compound syllables can now be hyphenated. > > MULEenc.sty: > Added CJKinclude{<file>}, CJKinput{<file>}, and > CJKbibliography{<file>} macros which behave similar > to include, input, and ibliography but include > (input) <file>.cjk and <file>-cjk.bib instead. > > CJK.sty/MULEenc.sty: > The command CJKverbatim will suppress insertion of > glue between CJK and Thai characters in verbatim > environments if the `verbatim' package is used. This > is useful if you have overlong lines. > > changed: > Thai support has been redesigned. The external program > `thaiconv' has been replaced by a Lisp file called > thai-word.el; ligatures in virtual Thai fonts are now > used to select the proper glyph representation forms. > See thaifont.doc and cjk-enc.doc for details. > > CNS stuff moved into a `CNS' directory. > > * CJK.sty/MULEenc.sty, > * cefconv, cef5conv, cefsconv, bg5conv, sjisconv, > * cjk-enc.el: > * The character slot 0xA0 is no longer used for > * CJKchar; instead, the multiplex character 0x7F > * interface will now handle this also. Additionally, > * character 0x7F (instead of 0xFF) will be used as > * delimiting character. 0x7F is used for all CJK > * characters also in preprocessed mode---as a > * consequence, preprocessed and non-preprocessed data > * can be used simultaneously. > * > * You *must* update the *conv programs (if you use > * them). CJKpreproc and CNSpreproc now contain the > * current version string so you can check whether really > * the new versions are called. > > cjk-enc.el: > ET5 encoding for Vietnamese replaced with T5 encoding. > > The version for emacs 20 has been removed. Please > upgrade your emacs to 20.7 or newer. > > contrib/wadalab: > Use CJK font size functions instead of DNP ones. > > hbf2gf: > The configure option --with-kpathsea-dir has been > replaced with --with-kpathsea-include and > --with-kpathsea-lib to support web2c installations > with multiple architectures. > > errors: > cjk-enc.el: > The formatting parameter `%i' has been replaced with > `%d'. > > pmC.chr: > Missing ifCJK@ added. > > Punctuation macros fixed. > > Bg5.chr: > Fixed a typo CJK@temp -> CJK@gtemp. > > hbf2gf: > Will now work correctly with very large pixel sizes. > > Punctuation with half-width katakana in SJIS encoding > improved. > > A bug fixed which prevented the usage of caption files > together with hyperref. > > KS encoding with HLaTeX fontencoding will now support > punctuation also. > > Specifying a font size factor (like `CJK * [1.5]') in > FD files no longer produces a warning message for > all subfonts. > Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: poemscol.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

john burt told our upload web page: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20020619.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: poemscol.sty > Name and email: John Burt <---> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/supported/poemscol > Summary description: Macros for critical editions of poetry > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Poemscol numbers lines of verse, makes separate endnote sections for > emendations, collations, and explanatory notes, with notes tied to > the line numbers, marks cases where stanza breaks fall on page > breaks. Poemscol provides most of the features necessary for an > critical edition of a poet's works, such as described by the MLA > Committee on Scholarly Editions. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package in macros/latex/contrib/supported/poemscol (not quite as suggested...). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- layouts package
by Robin Fairbairns 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded layouts.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current contents of 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: the general page layout; disposition of floats; > layouts of paragraphs, lists, footnotes, table of contents, and sectional > headings; font boxes. > Facilities are provided for document designers to experiment with the layout > parameters. > > Changes in version 2.6 > o Expanded page layout options i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: mpp, a mutlilingual pretty-printer for noweb
by Jim Hefferon 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

A new version of the material from web/noweb/contrib/kostas has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to a mirror near you soon. It consists mainly of bug fixes for the 4/2002 version of mpp. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ==================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: mpp, a mutlilingual pretty-printer for noweb Author's name: Kostas Oikonomou Location on CTAN: web/noweb/contrib/kostas Summary description: mpp, a mutlilingual pretty-printer for noweb License type: pd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Improvements and bug fixes - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission --- memfixb package
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Jun '02

14 Jun '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memfixb.sty to the UK incoming directory. Please use > this to replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixb.sty > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > The memfixb package provides temporary fixes for the memoir class. This > release corrects an oversight in the definition of the description > environment. i've installed the file as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- tocloft package
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Jun '02

14 Jun '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded tocloft.tar to the UK incoming directoty. Please use this > to replace the current contents of /macros/latex/contrib/supported/tocloft. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > The tocloft package provides control over the typography of the Table of > Contents, List of Figures and List of Tables. You can also define your own > kinds of List of ... > > Changes in version 2.3 > o Made compatible with the koma classes > o Added control over the page style i've installed the package as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: skak (chess) package minor update
by Rainer Schoepf 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Hoffmann Torben-CTOH001 wrote: > Upload: skak.zip > > Node: ftp.dante.de > > Where to go: replace the old skak package in fonts/skak > > Licensing conditions: LPPL (Latex Project Public Licence) > This software is copyright but you are granted a license which gives > you, the ``user'' of the software, legal permission to copy, > distribute, and/or modify the software. However, if you modify the > software and then distribute it (even just locally) you must change > the name of the software to avoid confusion. > > Summary: > This is just a minor addition to version 1.0 of the skak package: > the reference manual now contains info about the package options. Thanks for the update, I installed it in fonts/skak For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- BaKoMa TeX 4.50
by Reinhard Zierke 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 4.50. Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. Most important new features: * Handling fonts embedded into imported Postscript was improved. * Unlimited number of objects in PDF Generation. * Adobe Illustrator 10 Compatibility. * Mathematica 4 Compatibility. * Improved appearance of thin filled elements on Display. * Controlable protection of Global VM for imported PostScript graphics. * Directory for user graphics files is definable in `Options|Directories...' * Command set for tasks around `include' and `input' LaTeX commands: saving expanded document, openning all includes, looking in Gather. * Preserving column position at moving by Up/Down arrows. More details are explained at end of this message. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 10-Jun-2002 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 4.50 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 4.50 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 * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region of the file being edited. (It is analog of Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). * 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 10, Adobe Streamline 4.0, Mathematica 4, MatLab, CorelDraw 10, 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 * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, * 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 4.50 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 4.40 GRAPHICS * Handling fonts embedded into imported Postscript. Handling of fonts embedded into imported graphics was improved. New option: `Options|Graphics|Substitute Embedded Fonts' forces graphical engine to substitute embedded fonts by a fonts installed under BaKoMa TeX. However, when an embedded font isn't matched with some installed font it will be rendered by built-in engine. * Unlimited number of objects in PDF Generation. We have removed any limitations related with generation of PDF files. They are: number of pages, objects, palettes, encodings, fonts, and images. Currently, they are limited only by Virtual Memory available on your computer. Now, you can typeset an enciclopedies. * Adobe Illustrator 10 Compatibility PostScript interpereter was drastically improved to handle import of EPSF generated by Adobe Illustrator 10. * Mathematica 4 Compatibility Commonly, it includes configuration for Tyep1/TrueType fonts used by Mathematica 4 for generating EPS files. * Improved appearance on Display of thin filled elements Commonly, it is to avoid pixel drop out. It provide visibility of small elements even at small zoom factors. Now you can find that thin elements are appeared in DVIEW like to Acrobat Reader display. * `Options|Graphics|Protect Global VM' (new option) enables suppression of writing to Postscript intertpreter global memory by prologs of imported Postscript graphics. * `Graphics Files' is new option in dialog `Options|Directories...'. It lets user to define additional directory for graphical files shared by all documents. Text Editor Features * `File|Save LaTeX Document to Single File ...' (new command) saves the LaTeX Document into single file expanding `include' and `input' LaTeX commands. It is similar to `LaTeXpand' tool. * `File|Open All Includes' (new command) opens (recursively) all files included into currently selected file by `include' and `input' LaTeX commands. * `Window|Close Others' (new command) closes all windows except of currently selected. * `Includes' is new category of Gather (Search|Gather...). It lists appearance of `include' and `input' LaTeX commands. * `Preserve Column at moving by Up/Down' is new option in `Options|Editing Setting ...' dialog It enables preserving column position while moving the cursor by using Up and Down arrows. By default this feature is enabled. 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 files as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: subfiles
by Jim Hefferon 10 Jun '02

10 Jun '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: subfiles Author's name: Federico Garcia Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfiles Summary description: Allows individual typeseting of files that are input License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Using subfiles set, the user can handle multi-file projects more comfortably, since it is possible both to process the subsidiary files by themselves, and to process the main file that includes them, without making any changes to them. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New version of UK TeX FAQ on CTAN and on Web
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Jun '02

09 Jun '02

I've just installed on CTAN a new version of the UK TeX FAQ. This new version is also available via the Web via http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq, and TeX distribution builders will find a copy suitable for their use in the usual place. This new version includes an extremely useful answer from David Kastrup, which summarises recent work on the TeX document preparation environment (and puts it in the context of better established work); this answer appears in the TeX Projects section of the FAQ. In addition, there are a few new answers I have written and a number of minor corrections, some of which address changes in the layout of CTAN. The README file that comes with the distribution contains a Licence statement (PD), at Thomas Esser's urging. As always, comments, suggesstions or corrections are welcome. A new address for them has been created, which appears at the appropriate place in the FAQ (somewhat hidden to discourage the bozos who fail to read the surrounding text that says this is not a question-answering service), but the old address will continue to work for a while. Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ maintainer

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CTAN submission -- skak version 1.0 - chess typeseting the easy way
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Torben Hoffmann ----- Upload: skak2.zip Node: ftp.dante.de Where to go: replace the old skak package in fonts/skak Licensing conditions: LPPL (Latex Project Public Licence) This software is copyright but you are granted a license which gives you, the ``user'' of the software, legal permission to copy, distribute, and/or modify the software. However, if you modify the software and then distribute it (even just locally) you must change the name of the software to avoid confusion. Summary: This is version 1.0 of the skak package - it differs from the earlier non-numbered releases in the following aspects: 1. The documentation has been split into three documents: * A short user guide. * An example of how to use the skak package. * A reference manual listing all available commands. 2. Some minor bugs have been removed - thanks to all that have contacted me regarding these subtle errors. Best regards and happy chess typesetting. /Torben ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/skak/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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TexLive images withdrawn
by Robin Fairbairns 01 Jun '02

01 Jun '02

a last-minute problem has arisen, and the TexLive images i put on ctan systems/texlive/Images last week have now been withdrawn. i've deleted them here in cambridge; they will disappear from the rest of ctan in the next few days. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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