ctan-ann August 2002

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CTAN submission -- apa.cls v1.3.0
by Reinhard Zierke 30 Aug '02

30 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from Athanassios Protopapas ----- I have just uploaded to ftp.dante.de the file apa.tar.gz which contains the following: apa/CHANGELOG apa/LICENCE apa/README apa/apa.cls apa/apacls.txt apa/apaenum.txt apa/endfloat.cfg apa/examples.txt This is a major upgrade for apa.cls, the LaTeX2e class for typesetting documents according to the APA manual (5th ed) recommendations for manuscript submission, or in an APA-journal look, or as regular LaTeX documents, with the switch of a class parameter. The current version is 1.3.0 and is datestamped as 2002/08/30. It replaces version 1.23 (which should have been 1.2.3) of apa.cls (and accompanying documentation) currently found at CTAN under tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/apa There are several bug fixes and new features in this new version, most notably an upgrade to the latest edition of the APA manual, handling of appendices and long tables, and miscellaneous minor corrections and improvements, all detailed in the CHANGELOG. The licensing terms for this package are as specified by the LaTeX Project Public License (lppl) -- a note to this effect is included in apa.cls and also as a separate LICENCE file. Please replace the contents of the aforementioned directory with the contents of the uploaded archive. Thank you for maintaining CTAN! Thanassi Protopapas ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/apa/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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DANTE CTAN snapshot on CD ROM
by Klaus Hoeppner 29 Aug '02

29 Aug '02

As the years before there will be a CTAN snapshot on CD ROM produced by DANTE, the German language users' group, and Lehmanns bookstore in Germany. My time schedule isn't fixed, yet, but expect that I will copy the data from CTAN to my machine about mid of September. So if you are a package author and have an update in your queue, it might be a good idea to do it in the next 2--3 weeks. Regards Klaus

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Aug '02

28 Aug '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir directory. > > Changes this time: > o Minor typos fixed in the manual (and the postscript version is current, > not one edition behind). > o Minor bug fixed in mem12.clo > > Maybe it would be as well to make a brief announcement. > > BTW Adriano Pascoletti (who I have cc'd) says that when trying to print > memman.pdf the CM fonts are substituted by Courier, although noting that > Acrobat Reader 5.0 says that the document has embedded 10 CM Type 1 fonts. > It prints OK for me. Do you have any ideas? i've installed teh new version as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new version of footmisc installed
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Aug '02

28 Aug '02

i have just installed a new version (v5.0) of footmisc.dtx on ctan this represents a substantial revision of the previous version. 1. new package options 1a: side - put notes into marginpars rather than at the foot of the page; this option isn't terribly satisfactory, but it addresses at least one user's requirements 1b: ragged - set notes ragged right in their box; also a parameter footnotelayout that determines how the notes are to be set 1c: hang - set footnote marker flush with the margin and hang-indent the footnote text according to the value of footnotemargin 2. new commands 2a: setfnsymbol and DefineFNsymbols - these commands permit control of the way fnsymbol-style footnote marks operate (i.e., they allow you to define the sequence of symbols) 2b: mpfootnotemark - like footnotemark, but referring to minipage footnotes if you're inside one 2c: footref - make reference to a footnote label as if a footnotemark (this is a copy of a command in the memoir class, at the suggestion of peter wilson) 3. improvements 3a: i've worked on the documentation somewhat. several things are noticeably better, i think. 3b: the multiple option has been completely re-implemented using a scheme that is compatible with alexander rozhenko's manyfoot package -- i.e., his package and my package will each respect the other's footnote marks when checking for multiple footnote markers. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload - doublestroke 1.111
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Aug '02

28 Aug '02

Olaf Kummer writes: > I have uploaded to ftp.tex.ac.uk the file > doublestroke.tar.gz > which contains the updated version 1.111 of the > doublestroke font for typesetting the mathematical > symbols for natural numbers, real number etc. > > This package replaces the files in > /tex-archive/fonts/doublestroke. > > In this version PostScript variants of the fonts > were added, which were kindly provided by Marco > Kuhlmann. thanks for the upload; i've installed the files, as requested, to replace the old version. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Eukleides (geometry drawing language)
by Reinhard Zierke 27 Aug '02

27 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from Christian Obrecht ----- As a mathematics teacher using LaTeX, I needed a tool to draw geometry diagrams in my documents. Since I didn't find anything satisfying I decided two years ago to create Eukleides, a Euclidean geometry drawing language. The Eukleides distribution comes with a compiler which translates Eukleides code into PSTricks code, and a graphical frontend named Xeukleides. It is released under GPL. Various kinds of binaries are available: RPM, Debian, Free BSD, and soon Mac OS X. You'll find more informations in the home page: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/obrecht/ Eukleides is now used by people all over the world, for instance in Japan, see: http://www.mlb.co.jp/linux/science/eukleides/ It has been referenced by the FSF: http://www.gnu.org/directory/Mathematics/Misc/eukleides.html Last year, Dr James Foster, Membership Secretary of the UK TUG, made a presentation about it at the annual general meeting: http://uk.tug.org/UK-TuG/AGM-2001/ Since some TeX users may be interested in Eukleides, I thought you may want to add the Eukleides distribution to CTAN. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for your submission. I installed the new files in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/eukleides/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: lilypond
by Jim Hefferon 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

A package has been upgraded on tug.ctan.org and it 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: lilypond Author's name: han-wen nienhuys Location on CTAN: support/lilypond/ Summary description: LilyPond version 1.6 - Print music beautifully License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LilyPond is the GNU Project music typesetter. LilyPond produces beautiful sheet music using a description file as input. This release is focused on improved output quality. For some pieces, LilyPond produces publication quality output. To achieve this, we have completely overhauled the spacing engine, the font and the beaming code. Version 1.6 also adds support for figured bass, tablature and (limited) ancient notation. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the REAME: > > Memoir is a configurable class for typesetting books, reports and > articles. It encompasses the standard book and report classes and simulates > the article class as well as typewritten double spaced maunscripts. > > It provides a variety of predefined page, chapter and caption styles, > plus easy ways of creating new ones. There is an intuitive way of specifying > page margins, etc, with an option for printing trimming marks. Documents can > use 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 or 17pt as the normal font size. > > Changes in version 1.2 (2002/08/10) > o Incorporated all fixes from memfixb.sty that applied to version 1.1 > o Minor changes to *.clo files > o added 17pt class option > o Boxes that break over pages and/or contain verbatim text > o Several ways of dealing with verbatim text > o Convenient methods for file input and output > o Additional provide... commands > o User=specified footnote configuration, and footnotes tha can include > verbatim text > o Additional optional argument to chapter and chapter* for short header > texts I have installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: new version of bibtopic package
by Rainer Schoepf 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Stefan Ulrich wrote: > I've just uploaded to > ftp.dante.de/incoming > an archive > bibtopic.tar.gz > containing the files: > bibtopic.ins > bibtopic.dtx > > Please unpack the archive into > CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/bibtopic/ > replacing the existing files. > > License (unchanged): GPL > > Bibtopic is a package to include several bibliographies covering > different `topics' or bibliographic material into a document. > > Changes in this version (1.0k): > > - fixed a bug with bibitem counter not being reset > properly at the beginning of a new btUnit > > - fixed an incompatibility with KOMA classes v2.9 > > - updated author email info Thanks for the update, I installed the files. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: gatech-thesis upgrade
by Jim Hefferon 21 Aug '02

21 Aug '02

An upgrade has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite 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: gatech-thesis Author's name: Charles Wilson Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/gatech-thesis Summary description: Georgia Institute of Technology thesis class License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I have uploaded an update for the gatech-thesis class. This new version (ver 1.5) is compliant with the June 2002 revision of the Georgia Tech Style Manual, and adds a number of new features and add-on styles. I've also updated the documentation -- see the COMPLIANCE, NEWS, CHANGES, and INSTALL docs, especially. The output generated by using this class has been approved by the Georgia Tech Office of Graduate Studies. Older versions are available here: http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/gatech-thesis/ Also, note that version 1.4 was never publicly released. - --Charles Wilson - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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