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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Re: CTAN upload notification: todo
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Aug '02

21 Aug '02

our web upload daemon tells me: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20020806.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: todo > Name and email: Federico García <...> > Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/todo > Summary description: Macros for fully cross-referenced `to do' lists > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > With `todo' package the user can collect lists of things > to do, to by typeset at the end of the document, with > (hyper)references from and to the text itself. There are different > options for the appearance of the marks in the text, and a one-step > way to ignore the to-do list and marks for final or semi-final > printing. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new package as suggested (sorry for the delay -- i've been relaxing in cretan sunshine ;-). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- appendix package
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Aug '02

21 Aug '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded appendix.tar to the UK incoming directory. Please use > this to replace the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/appendix. The > distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > The appendix package provides various ways for formatting the titles of > appendices. Also (sub)appendices environments are provided that can be used, > for example, for per chapter/section appendices. > > Changes in version 1.2 > o The ifthen package is not required > o Supports hyperref bookmarks i've installed the package as requested (sorry for the delay: even ctan maintainers have holidays ;-); thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- eqlist 2.1
by Reinhard Zierke 20 Aug '02

20 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from M. Vaeth ----- I have uploaded the new release 2.1 of the eqlist package. The new version should replace the old one in macros/latex/contrib/supported/eqlist Description: With this LaTeX package you can write lists with equal indentation. The new release also provides mechanisms to treat lists with exceptionally long labels. The eqparbox package is required. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version of the eqlist package as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- preview-latex-0.7.3.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 15 Aug '02

15 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.7.3.tar.gz and preview-0.7.3.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-0.7.3.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-0.7.3.tar.gz so that people can always get the newest version under this name. Unpack preview-0.7.3.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 0.7.3 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex could be the greatest thing since sliced bread, were it not just the same. Sliced bread provides you with a handle on conveniently sized chunks of the real matter as well as unhampered creative freedom for the space in between. It obliterates the unwieldy handling of loaf-sized chunks and puts the bread right on your plate where it belongs. preview-latex similarly chops unwieldy pages of subpixel-accurate LaTeX previews into handily sized fully dressed chunks (such as single formulas) that get placed right into your Emacs/XEmacs source buffer, freeing the desktop space otherwise required for separate carving plates, while keeping the original source readily accessible. You get to have your eye candy and edit it, too. 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, at least GNU Emacs-21.1 under the X window system, AUC TeX (11.11 recommended, see below), a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. This version also supports XEmacs-21. For best results, at least version 21.4.9 is recommended since it incorporates several fixes necessary for proper operation of preview-latex. Under the Windows operating system, we have had positive reports for both native and Cygwin ports of XEmacs. Recent CVS versions of GNU Emacs could conceivably be made to run preview-latex under Windows, but we have had no reports for this combination yet. Release 0.7.3 is a consolidation release containing mostly bug fixes. It has to disable a broken security implementation that persists into version 7.05 of GNU GhostScript. A complete lack of developer response makes it likely that future versions of GhostScript will not work unless preview-latex gets configured to disable security for them as well. For further information, please read the PROBLEMS file or the respective manual section. One new feature is dumping of precompiled preambles in order to facilitate faster regeneration of previews. You can do this via a key combination or from the Preview menu which has been moved to the menu bar from the LaTeX menu. This further improves the already impressive performance even on bottom-line computers. The README file provides adequate information for preinstalled distributions. The INSTALL file contains a special section with advice for package providers. 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 that should be readily available in current distributions. As of RH 7.3, Emacs-21.2 and GhostScript-6.52 are included. The current RedHat beta Limbo contains the security-impaired GhostScript-7.05 (see above). XEmacs in those distributions will still be affected with a serious display bug, see the PROBLEMS file or the respective manual section. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old versions 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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CTAN submission -- allrunes 2.0
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Aug '02

13 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from Carl-Gustav Werner ----- I have uploaded a new version (2.0) of the allrunes font collection and LaTeX package to ftp.dante.de/incoming/ (as allrunes.zip). Please remove the files in /fonts/allrunes and replace them with the new ones. The allrunes is still free (dfsg). Keep the CTAN Catalogue description: Fonts and LaTeX package for almost all runes. This collection of fonts and the LaTeX package gives access to almost all runes ever used in Europe. It covers not only the main forms but also a lot of varieties. The new version has more runic characters, other minor enhancements, and in addition to the mf-source, the main varieties of the fonts also comes as type1 fonts. Carl-Gustav Werner ----- End forwarded message ----- Tack så mycket! I have installed the new version as suggested replacing the old one in CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/allrunes/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: upload mceinleger
by Rainer Schoepf 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Florian Benischke wrote: > Report on upload of directory 'mceinleger': > > + what you've uploaded > > 3 files in the named directory: > mceinleger.sty > mceinleger.pdf > mceinleger.tex > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.dante.de > > + where you want the files to go > /support/mceinleger > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > gpl GNU General Public Licence > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do > > package for creating MC-covers on your own; allows creation of simple > covers as well as covers with an additional page for more information > about the cassette (table of contents e.g.). needs package 'rotating' to > work. > mceinleger.tex and mceinleger.pdf are files to explain the use of the > package. Thanks for your upload. Since your package is mainly a LaTeX package, I decided to install it in macros/latex/contrib/supported/mceinleger For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- caption v2.1 update
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from Axel Sommerfeldt ----- I just uploaded a new version of the LaTeXe `caption' package to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/caption2. What I've uploaded: 4 files: caption2.ins + caption.dtx + caption2.dtx + anleitung.tex Which CTAN node I've uploaded to: ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/caption2. Where you want the files to go: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/caption (replacing completely the old version 2.0) What licensing conditions you apply to your software: LPPL A brief summary of what your upload is intended to do: The caption package provides an easy-to-use interface to customise the layout of the figure and table captions. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/caption replacing the old version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: bib-fr
by Jim Hefferon 01 Aug '02

01 Aug '02

A new package has been installed on 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: bib-fr Author's name: Nicolas MARKEY Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/bib-fr Summary description: French translation of classical BibTeX styles License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These are complete and easy-to-adapt translations of classical BibTeX style files (abbrv, alpha, plain, unsrt). - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN Upload: miller.sty
by Rainer Schoepf 01 Aug '02

01 Aug '02

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded the file miller.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please unpack it > to CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/supported/miller/. > > It contains a package that typesets Miller indices used in material > science, where negative numbers are written with a bar over them. It > provides the command hkl which can be used in one of the following ways: > hkl[1-10], hkl<1-10>, hkl(1-10), hkl{1-10}. > > License is LPPL. Thanks for the upload, I installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/supported/miller For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: SIunits
by Rainer Schoepf 01 Aug '02

01 Aug '02

A submission was uploaded to CTAN: > Name of contribution: SIunits > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/SIunits > Summary description: Package for using general markup for al your SI units in LaTeX > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Updated version of the SIunits package. > > Bug Fixes + added functionality. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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