ctan-ann September 2002

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Re: chktex upload to ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 16 Sep '02

16 Sep '02

Baruch Even writes: > I wanted to let you know that I've uploaded a new version of ChkTeX, the > LaTeX typographical checker. > > It is uploaded to the ftp.tex.ac.uk incoming directory and it should > replace the current chktex directory in the archive. This new upload > removes the four subdirectories that were there formerly and packs them > all into a single place at the root. The licensing stays the same (GPL) > > The changes include bug fixes to allow running chktex from within emacs, > fix a memory access error that caused crashes and add the verb* > command. > > I couldn't get in touch with the former author and so I adopted the > program. in the unlikely event of some complaint, there's an old version still on the archive (for a while). otherwise, i've installed the files as you requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: yhmath
by Jim Hefferon 14 Sep '02

14 Sep '02

A package upgrade has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it will 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: yhmath Author's name: Yannis Haralambous Location on CTAN: fonts/yhmath Summary description: Update of the yhmath package License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New version of yhmath package: now contains a PostScript Type 1 font. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upload: mfpic
by Jim Hefferon 14 Sep '02

14 Sep '02

A package revision has be installed 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: mfpic Author's name: Daniel Luecking Location on CTAN: graphics/mfpic Summary description: Macros which generate Metafont or Metapost for drawing pictures. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is version 0.6 beta of mfpic, a package for creating pictures in (La)TeX files via Metafont or MetaPost. The major changes: 1. Now *all* macros that draw a figure and that take a list of points or numbers as their last parameter can take that list from an external file. 2. The options mplabels and truebbox are now independent of one another. 3. With option mplabels, the specification of the location of a label can be any *list* of MetaPost point expressions, enclosed in braces. 4. New options draft, final and nowrite. 5. The main documentation now includes an index of commands and options. 6. Several bugs from version 0.5 corrected. (Our bugs are all new!) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: New version of authorindex uploaded
by Rainer Schoepf 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Andreas Wettstein wrote: > I just uploaded the file authorindex.tar.gz to the /incoming directory > of ftp.dante.de > > This is a new version of my authorindex package, and should replace the > old version, which is located in indexing/authorindex. > > The licence is lppl. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested ,in indexing/authorindex For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: CJHebrew
by Rainer Schoepf 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 Christian Justen wrote: > Name of contribution: CJHebrew > Suggested location on CTAN: /texarchive/language/hebrew/cjhebrew > Summary description: Hebrew typesetting package including fonts. > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > CJHebrew is a package for typesetting Hebrew text. It includes two > Hebrew Type1 fonts. eLaTeX is required for the right-to-left > typesetting. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed the new package as languages/hebrew/cjhebrew For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission: urw2.zip
by Rainer Schoepf 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the file urw2.zip to the /incoming > directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, remove everything from > the directory fonts/urw and unpack the archive urw2.zip > in the directory fonts/urw then. > > Doing so will create the subdirectories urw/antiqua and > urw/grotesq, with the free URW fonts URW Antiqua Condensed > and URW Grotesk Bold, accompanied by detailed installation > instructions and ZIP archives with all required files to use > them with LaTeX. > > The Nimbus fonts are no longer included, because the present > versions on CTAN are hopelessly obsolete and are superseded > by the collection that comes with Ghostscript. Thanks for the upload, I installed the files in fonts/urw > Please, remove also the present metrics for these fonts, > i.e., the directories > > fonts/psfonts/urw/antiqua > fonts/psfonts/urw/grotesq > fonts/psfonts/urw/nimbus > > These metrics are now obsolete and are lacking decent > documentation, anyway. Metrics, VFs etc. are now > distributed with the fonts. I deleted these directories from CTAN. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Update for custom-bib
by Rainer Schoepf 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Daly Dr., Patrick wrote: > I have uploaded an update to my custom-bib bundle to the dante CTAN server > under /incoming. > > There are 4 files in custom-bib.zip: > merlin.mbs (Replacement) > geojour.mbs (Replacement) > slovene.mbs (New file) > README.404 (Replaces Readme.403) Thanks for the update, I isntalled it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/custom-bib For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

Maurizio Loreti writes: > + what you've uploaded: > > A new release of the auxilliary files for the webomints font. > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to: > > ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/ > > + where you want the files to go: > > Remove all the existing files from the directory > tex-archive/fonts/webomints, and replace them with the new ones. > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software: > > Public domain. > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do: > > Here follows a part of the enclosed README file: > > ============================================================================ > On Tuesday 05 Feb 2002, Walter Schmidt (wal_schmidt(a)arcormail.de) has > posted a message on comp.text.tex about a freely downloadable > PostScript Type-1 font containing various types of ornaments. > > The URL is http://www.galapagosdesign.com/download/index.html, and > contains the following lines: > > Galapagos Design Group is pleased to make available to the > Internet community free downloads of original typefaces and > clipart. > > Our first offering is a tasty border and ornament font called > Web-O-Mints. Created by George Ryan, Web-O-Mints contains a > rich assortment of typographic decorations inspired by > historical sources. > ... > This collection includes all the files needed to use this font in > LaTeX and three small LaTeX examples. > ... > Important changes have been introduced with the current release of this > package; these changes were performed by the same Walter Schmidt who > first named in comp.text.tex these fonts. > ... > In case you have installed a previous release, please update your TeX > system accordingly. thanks for the upload. i've installed the files as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: comicsans
by Jim Hefferon 12 Sep '02

12 Sep '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It will make its way, through the magic of mirroring, to a location 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: comicsans Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/comicsans Summary description: Use Microsoft's Comic Sans font with LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The comicsans package makes Microsoft's Comic Sans font available to LaTeX2e. comicsans supports Roman text, boldface text, small-caps text, and -- with a little extra effort -- italic text; it supports both Latin and Cyrillic alphabets; and, it supports mathematical typesetting with Comic Sans to the best of the font's ability. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- PSNFSS 9.0a bug-fixing release
by Reinhard Zierke 12 Sep '02

12 Sep '02

----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the file psnfss90a.zip to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. It provides some bug fixes for the PSNFSS bundle, which is updated to version 9.0a. Please, unpack the archive in the directory macros/latex/required/psnfss . Doing so will replace the following files: psfonts.dtx lw35nfss.zip freenfss.zip changes.txt >From the change log: * Fixed TFM and VF files for mathpazo. The size of certain symbols was wrong, because of a bug in the fontinst package. * mathpazo.sty: Changed definition of hbar with better spacing. * Fixed identification strings in 8rpcr.fd and t1put.fd. * Fixed comments in 8r.enc. * Unneeded file removed from lw35nfss.zip. The changes to the mathpazo fonts may result in changed line and page breaks. I'm really sorry for the mess; the bug in the fontinst program was unnoticed for a long time. All changed files in the archives, as well as psfonts.dtx, show the time stamp as of 2002-09-08. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new files as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/psnfss/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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ctan-ann September 2002