November 2003 - ctan-ann

CTAN submission: TeXCad32
by Reinhard Zierke 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Peter Furlan ----- I've uploaded version 4.3.3 of the program TeXCad32 to nova.dante.de/incoming/texcad32. I suggest to create a directory systems/win32/texcad32 for it. Licence: TeXCad32 is under the LPPL. Summary: TeXCad32 is a clone of the DOS program Texcad running under Windows from Win95. It is desined to create mathematical drawings with as much WYSIWYG as possible. The output consists either of Emtex-specials or of postscript elements for lines/circles together with LaTeX texts in a picture- environment. Via postscript-pdf conversion also pdflatex is supported. Examples are found on the homepage http://www.das-gelbe-rechenbuch.de/Texcad32/ Best regards and thanks for your work Peter Furlan ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I'm sorry for the delay but I finally installed this in CTAN:graphics/texcad32 next to graphics/tktexcad and graphics/xtexcad. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: package upload (latex/contrib/carlisle)
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

David Carlisle writes: > Not done this for a while... > > I have uploaded some files in to incoming/carlisle at ftp.tex.ac.uk > Please could you move them to macros/latex/contrib/carlisle > colortbl.dtx (update with new cellcolor command, implemented by > Donald Arseneau) > tabulary.dtx > tabulary.ins (new table package implementing a different width > allocation to that of tabularx) > > The server did not let me upload a file called 00readme.txt so I > uploaded it as x-00readme.txt but could you please rename this back and > install as an updated contrib/carlisle/00readme.txt i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- layouts package
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded layouts.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this > to replace the current macros/latex/contrib/layouts (the layman.ps > file should be removed). The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > The layouts package enables the display of various elements of a > document's layout including: general page layout; disposition of > floats; layout of paragraphs, footnotes, table of contents, and > sectional headings; font boxes. Facilities are provided for a > document designer to experiment with the layout parameters. > > Changes in version v2.6b (2003/11/25) > o Fixed some typos in the generated diagrams i've installed the new version as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload: url.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

Donald Arseneau writes: > I've uploaded a new url.sty to CTAN/UK: version 3.0 > > It contains the fix for the reversal-of-penalties just reported, > > It has substantial modifications in the area of grouping and > encapsulation of the lists of break-characters, automatic adjsutment > to font encoding, definitions of new url styles. > > I think there are previously-unreleased changes improving handling > of #, and better separation of verbatim, breaking, and formatting > (which were supposed to be version 2.) > > Users: Please report any new problems asap. i've installed the new version as macros/latex/contrib/misc/url.sty replacing the old one. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: ktv-texdata
by Jim Hefferon 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ktv-texdata Author's name: Ky Anh Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ktv-texdata Summary description: Manage the libraries of exercises. Usefull for teachers. License type: nocommercial Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is useful for the teachers of mathematics who often work with large libraries of exercises of mathematics. Assume that you have an input file that specifies 16 exercises. egin{exercise}label{ex:1} This is the first exercise. end{exercise} % egin{exercise}label{ex:2} ... On Tuesday, for e.g., you want to create a student test that contains the first 8 exercises. However, on Wednesday, you want to create another test that contains the last 8 exercises. You may think of a solution like this get{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8} % on Tuesday get{9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16} % on Wednesday This package helps you. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ktv-texdata although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: CTAN upload notification: ebsthesis
by Rainer Schöpf 24 Nov '03

24 Nov '03

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 Philipp N. Baecker wrote: > Name of contribution: ebsthesis > Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ebsthesis > Summary description: Document class and package for European Business School theses. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The ebsthesis class and ebstools package facilitate the production of > camera-ready manuscripts in conformance with the guidelines of Gabler > Verlag and typographical rules established by European Business School. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/ebsthesis For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: fi2t1
by rainer＠dante.de 23 Nov '03

23 Nov '03

Albert Kapune submitted: > Name of contribution: fi2t1 > Suggested location on CTAN: support/miktex-contrib/fi2t1 > Summary description: Tools for installing T1 fonts in the MiKTeX environment. > License type: Generic DFSG > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Preparing Type1 fonts for MiKTeX is a tedious work. This package > contains a short guideline for the font installation and a binary (and > its BASIC source) that performs the necessary *.pfb conversions. The > tool requires the fontinst package. It is specific to MiKTeX 2.3 and 2.4. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in support/miktex-contrib/fi2t1 For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submssion mtpro.sty v2.1.0
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Nov '03

22 Nov '03

Walter Schmidt writes: > I have uploadad the ZIP archive mtpro2-1-0.zip to the > /incoming directory at cam.ctan.org. It includes the > files > mtpro.txt > mtpro.dtx > mtpro.pdf > > Please, move them to the CTAN directory > > macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/mathtimepro/ > > (The existing files mtpro.ins and mtpro.yy remain > unchanged.) > > This is version 2.1.0 of the package mtpro.sty, which > serves to use the commercial MathTimeProfessional fonts > with LaTeX. I have fixed a few minor flaws (see the > change history in the documentation), and mtpro.txt > finally includes a pointer to the vendor PCTeX Inc. i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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[ctan-upload@nova.dante.de: CTAN upload notification: TeXpert 1.2]
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Nov '03

22 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: TeXpert 1.2 Name and email: Christian Weiß Suggested location on CTAN: Tools Summary description: German language TeX-Editor für Windows License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TeX-Editor für Windows mit Syntax-Highlighting, automatischer (De-)Kommentierung, etc. http://texpert.berlios.de Eine Version speziell für Windows NT, 2000 und XP, eine zweite für Windows 95, 98 und ME. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it in CTAN:support/TeXpert, adding a short README file. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: xcolor 1.05
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Nov '03

22 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20031121.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xcolor 1.05 Name and email: Uwe Kern Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xcolor Summary description: Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003/11/21 v1.05 * Bugfixes: - Package option `hideerrors' should now work as expected. - Usage of `.' in the first color expression in a document caused an error due to incorrect initialisation. * Code re-organisation: extractcolorspec now uses XC@splitcolor, making XC@extract obsolete. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/xcolor Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- BaKoMa TeX 6.15 - LaTeX update, bug fixing
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Nov '03

22 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 6.15 (issued 17-Nov-2003). Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. This version has Patch status and may be freely installed by holders of NON-UPGRADABLE license for BaKoMa TeX 6.10. Improvements: * Updated most of LaTeX packages. * Prosper was updateted and refined to use transparency for item bullets. This feature is often noticable in moving the bullets over a gradients. * Fixed Bugs: - `image' Postscript operator failure; - wrong import of 16-bit PCX files (PCX2EPS). More information about changes is at: <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 18-Nov-2003 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 6.15 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * HTML Generation features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 6.15 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 * BaKoMa TeX is PostScript enabled TeX system. * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region of the file being edited. (like to Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). ** Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. ** Generates *SVG* (PSTricks, Prosper + animation features). ** Generates HTML (TeX4HT, DVI2HTML), also supports Hevea and TTH. * 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. * Font Setup Wizard installs OpenType/TrueType/Postscript fonts in one click * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. * 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: * OpenType (both TTF and OTF are supported), * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), * PostScript Type 3, * TrueType, * 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. Font Setup Wizard lets you to install most of commercial (and free) OpenType, TrueType, and Postscript Type 1 fonts in almost one click. OpenType/Type1 fonts (OTF) are supported also under Windows 9x and NT 4.0 even without ATM. USER INTERFACE * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. It reformats (and preview) selected part of document on the fly, when you edit it. This feature accelerates tuning paragraphs, mathematics, pictures, etc. * Flexible window docking lets you optimize splitting your screen for using Dynamical Preview efficiently. * 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. * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. * Syntax Completion is context sensitive and flexible. * 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, * SVG (animation effects are supported), * HTML. 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. * Embedding ToUnicode CMAPs to support search and copy-paste of cyrillic and other international characters. * Handling HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. HTML GENERATION FEATURES BaKoMa TeX 5 supports several ways for conversion of (La)TeX documents into HTML files. * `TeX|Generate HTML ...' text editor menu command lets you launch `TeX4HT' convertor with numerous options. * `File|Generate HTML ...' DVI viewer menu command lets you convert pages of a DVI file into PNG files wrapped into navigation HTML pages. This approach is useful for documents with complex graphics, such as slides. In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use `HEVEA' and/or `TTH' convertors. Launching of these convertors is available via extra TABS of `TeX|Generate HTML ...' editor command. Including graphics is well integreated with BaKoMa TeX graphical engine. In this reason, you can insert everithing supported by BaKoMa TeX into generated HTML pages. SVG GENERATION FEATURES BaKoMa TeX 5.50 introduces generation of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) from a DVI files. Ability to add animation to the SVG output, makes it the best for producing high quality presentations. Sample of animated presentation is available at: ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/samples/index.html Key Features: SVG output is compatible with another output formats (PDF, PS, HTML, View, and Print) so, that the same graphical formats, font formats, and other features are supported. In details: * All TeX Formats (LaTeX 2e, LaTeX 2.09, AmSTeX, Plain TeX) are supported. * TeX extensions (e-TeX and Omega) are supported. * ALL LaTeX packages (including PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics, draftcopy, etc.) are supported. * Graphical formats: EPS, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, HPGL, and DXY are supported. * More generally, Any imported or embedded Postscript is supported. * Hyperref is supported, including outline and links. For Acrobatmenu most general commands (such as NextPage or PrevPage) are supported. * Popular presentation packages: Prosper, PDFScreen, PDFSlide, Seminar, etc. are supported. *** The existing presentations can be enhanced by adding animation. * All Font Types: OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, Postscript Type1 (including MM), Postscript Type 3, and TeX PK are supported. Details about adding animation to generated SVG files are explained at: <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/svgwrite.html> *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 6.15 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 6.10 *** * Updated most of LaTeX packages. * Prosper was updateted and refined to use transparency for item bullets. This feature is often noticable in moving the bullets over a gradients. * Fixed Bugs: - `image' Postscript operator failure; - wrong import of 16-bit PCX files (PCX2EPS). For more information see <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new files as suggested in CTAN: nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- wasysym update
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Nov '03

22 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Axel Kielhorn ----- I have uploaded a new version of wasysym to ftp.dante.de New in version 2.0: New integral handling by Walter Schmidt Added leavevmode to some characters to fix problems reported in de.comp.text.tex The new version is under LPPL. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/wasysym Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Version 1.03 of beamer and version 0.42 of pgf
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Nov '03

22 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Till Tantau ----- I have put version 1.03 of the beamer package (macros/latex/contrib/beamer) in the incoming directory of dante.ctan.org. The file beamer-version-1.03.tar.gz is a replacement tar ball. I have put version 0.42 of the pgf package (graphics/pgf) in the same directory. The file is pgf-0.40.tar.gz. Possible text for announcement of beamer: Version 1.03: - Documented beamerboxes.sty - Added animation example. - Documented changes of syntax of ransxxxx commands. - Added shadow theme. - Added masked versions of images. - Added shadow blocks. - Added another example. Needs pgf 0.42. Possible text for announcement of pgf: Version 0.42: - Added masks and documented them. - Fixed bug in pgf.sty for nested pictures. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed both packages as suggested replacing the previous versions in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer and CTAN:graphics/pgf Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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patch release of the uk tex faq
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Nov '03

22 Nov '03

i've just installed a patch release of the faq on ctan help/uk-tex-faq and on the web at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq the present release (v 3.10e) wraps up a few bug corrections that have appeared in the web version only; there are also a few editorial corrections. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: parrun
by Reinhard Zierke 20 Nov '03

20 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: parrun Name and email: massimiliano dominici Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/parrun Summary description: Typesets two streams of text running parallel. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New version, automatic computation added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version on CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/parrun. -- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class updates
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Nov '03

20 Nov '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memupdate.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this > to replace corresponding files in macros/latex/contrib/memoir. The > distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > Memoir is a flexible class for typesetting general fiction, > non-fiction and mathematical works as books, reports, articles or > manuscripts. Documents can use 9, 10, 11, 12 14 or 17pt as the > normal font size. Many methods are provided to let you create your > own particular design. > > Changes (2003/11/16) > > o New version 1.9 of mempatch.sty (major extensions for typesetting > arrays and tabulars; hung paragraphs; reduced moans about using > deprecated font commands; bug fixes) > > o New version of the Addendum (memmanadd.pdf) > > o Apart from the README, no changes to any other files. > > I hope that next time the patches and Addendum will be bundled > into the class code and manual. i've installed the new files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: pdfcprot: package should be considered unsported
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Nov '03

20 Nov '03

Carsten Schurig writes: > as I didn't have the time to actively support 'pdfcprot' for more > than a year now and I don't see this changing in the near future, I > announce herewith officialy that I won't support'pdfprot' any > longer. > > Please move it to the unsupported tree and add the attached > README.unsupported to the directory. Please announce the change to > CTAN-ANN. there's never been an unsupported tree, but we collapsed the supported/other level of the tree earlier this year ... so the pdfcprot directory doesn't move. however, i have installed your new README.unsupported into the directory, so anyone who looks is unlikely to be misled. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: sseq
by Jim Hefferon 18 Nov '03

18 Nov '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: sseq Author's name: Tilman Bauer Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/sseq Summary description: Drawing spectral sequence charts in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a new LaTeX environment for inline typesetting of spectral sequence charts (certain two-dimensional diagrams coming up in mathematics, in particular in topology and algebra). It is built on top of Xy-pic. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sseq although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by Jim Hefferon 18 Nov '03

18 Nov '03

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite local mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeXPiX Author's name: N.J.H.M. van Beurden Location on CTAN: systems/win32/latexpix Summary description: License type: pd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The eighth CTAN bugfix release has the following improvements: * On Windows 95/98/ME LaTeXPiX crashed because it could not retrieve a registry value. This retrieval is removed for now until a good solution is found. * All preferences are now stored in the registry instead of in a .set file. * Added PDF preview possibility. * It is now possible to set a fixed executable path for your LaTeX executable, DVI preview and DVI-to-PDF convertor. In the old situation is was assumed that you used latex.exe, yap.exe and dvitopdfm.exe. Also, these files had to be specified in the Windows path statement. When this was not the case the preview process failed. Now you can set fixed paths and specifiy your favorite set of executable to use for the previewing. * Added copy and paste to clipboard commands. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/latexpix although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN submission -- soul.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 18 Nov '03

18 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Melchior FRANZ ----- I've just uploaded ## soul.tar.gz ## to ## ftp.dante.de ## licensed under the ## LPPL ## Please unpack to ## macros/latex/contrib/soul/ ## The soul package provides hyphenatable letterspacing, underlining, overstriking, and highlighting. Version 2.4 ============================================================= - fixes bug that broke using soul under plain TeX, ConTeXt etc. - adds accent - adds > definition (for additional space between characters) - defsoulomit#1{#1} outside the soul domain - lets capssave check for overwriting a cs-name - fixes -,'` flushing - adds MakeUppercase and extsuperscript to font list - fixes font handling bug (makes MakeUppercase et al. work) - makes rudimentary footnotes work - fixes charhyphencharfont for negative hyphenchar (hl{ exttt{a-b}} ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/soul/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- beamer version 1.00, pgf version 0.40
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

----- (shortened) forwarded message from Till Tantau ----- I have put version 1.00 of the beamer package (macros/latex/contrib/beamer) in the incoming directory of dante.ctan.org. I have put version 0.40 of the pgf package (graphics/pgf) in the same directory. Possible text for announcement of beamer: Version 1.00: - Added part managment and documented it. - Changed appendix to use part internally. Appendix can now contain numerous sections. - Added ameslide commands for inserting slides into the article version. - Added draft option. - Fixed bug with pause and notesonly. - Added CJK option for Chinese fonts in navigation bars. - Added includeslide command. - Added eamertemplateroundedblocks (quite cute). - Added three examples. - Added compressnotes option. Needs pgf 0.40. Note that the syntax of pgfdeclareimage has changed. Possible text for announcement of pgf: Version 0.40: - Changed syntax of pgfdeclareimage. Uses key=value scheme now. All parameters may now be omitted. - Added pgfimage command. - Option for selecting a specific page from an image file. - Fixed bug in xxcolor.sty having to do with @ifempty command. - Reworked the formatting of the user's guide. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed both packages as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer and CTAN:graphics/pgf replacing the previous versions. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledmac package
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded ledmac.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use > this to replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. The > distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > The ledmac package is for typesetting critical editions. It is a > LaTeX port of the plain TeX EDMAC and TABMAC macro. > > Changes in version 0.22 (2003/11/09) > o More control over paragraphed footnotes > o More control over page or line number printing in footnotes > o Aditional example > o Eliminated clash with the amsfonts package i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Submission --- combine class
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded combine.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use > this to replace the current macros/latex/contrib/combine. The > distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > The combine class lets you bundle individual documents into a > single document, such as when preparing a conference proceedings. > > ...The auxiliary combcite package provides a version of the cite > package for use with the combine class. > > Changes in version 1.0 of combcite (2003/11/09) > o First public release > > Changes in version 0.52 of combine.cls (2003/11/09) > o Added `memoir' to the class options i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Submission -- lettrine
by Reinhard Zierke 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Daniel Flipo ----- I have just uploaded into ftp.dante.de/incoming a file lettrine.tar.gz, which contains an upgrade (V 1.5) of the lettrine package designed to typeset various sorts of dropped capitals. It should replace the old version in 'macros/latex/contrib/lettrine'. The license is unchanged (LPPL). This release offers a new functionality: % Instead of giving optional parameters to the |lettrine| command, % it is now possible to set them on a per character basis in a % second config file (this was suggested by Pascal Kockaert): % | enewcommand{DefaultOptionsFile}{| extit{filename}|}| % in the preamble (or anywhere in the document) will % force each call to |lettrine| to read the file extit{filename}. % See examples of such config files in the subdirectory % file{contrib}. Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/lettrine Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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cam.ctan.org (ftp.tex.ac.uk) resurrected
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

i believe the server was down for less than two hours. there were users downloading things before _i_ was satisfied that it was going again (ca 1730 gmt). my apologies to all and sundry for the inconvenience. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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cam.ctan.org (ftp.tex.ac.uk) failed
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

due to a little local difficulty, the machine serving the cambridge ctan site was down for a while this afternoon (11 nov 2003). now that it's back up, the ftp server is not working. i'm struggling with the problem, and will report progress as soon as there is any. (the rsync server appears to be working.) my apologies for the inconvenience Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: xcolor 1.04
by Reinhard Zierke 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: xcolor 1.04 Name and email: Uwe Kern Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xcolor Summary description: Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003/11/09 v1.04 * New feature: easy access to current color within color expressions. * New option: `override' to replace definecolor by xdefinecolor. * New command: racingcolors for logging color-specific information. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/xcolor Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- contour package
by Reinhard Zierke 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders ----- I have uploaded contour-v1_04.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace the files in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/contour by its contents. License stays LPPL. >From the README: This package generates a colored contour around a given text in order to enable printing text over a background without the need of a color box around the text. Change log: 1.04 2003/11/09 - Avoide usage of cs{textversion} etc. - Avoid line break of inner text ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/contour Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- babelbib package
by Reinhard Zierke 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders ----- I have uploaded babelbib-v0_42.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the updated version of the babelbib bundle. License stays LPPL. Please replace the files in CTAN:biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib by its contents. >From the README: This package enables to generate multilingual bibliographies in cooperation with babel. Two approaches are possible: Each citation may be written in another language, or the whole bibliography can be typeset in a language chosen by the user. The current version supports Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portoguese, Spanish, and Swedish. In addition, the package supports commands to change the typography of the bibliographies. Supported bibliography styles are bababbrv.bst, bababbr3.bst, babalpha.bst, babamspl.bst, babplai3.bst, babplain.bst, and babunsrt.bst. Change log: - 0.42 2003/11/09 - Use unique version strings for all files of the bundle - Reorganise documentation - 0.41 2003/11/02 - Added Norwegian and corrected Swedish ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Version 0.93 of beamer
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Till Tantau ----- I have put version 0.93 of the beamer package (macros/latex/contrib/beamer) in the incoming directory of dante.ctan.org. The file beamer-version-0.93.tar.gz is a replacement tar ball (this time with prefix beamer/ !). Possible announcement text: Version 0.93: - Added article, common, presentation macros for creating an article version of a presentation from the same file. - Corrected several examples in the user guide. - Added additional hyperlink commands. - Added button management. - Reworked the formatting of the user's guide. - Added new navigation symbols. - Replaced inrow option and theme splitcondensed by compress option. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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UK TeX FAQ v3.10
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Nov '03

07 Nov '03

i've installed a new version on ctan (help/uk-tex-faq) and on the web (http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq). during my time off work sick in the last two months, i wrote a few new questions, and did fairly major tidying in several areas. (it took the mind off being uncomfortable for most of the time...) i propose to do some work on the web server's performance (by using a somewhat more sensible mechanism to generate html from the latex source) before the next full release, so i may make minor content- related releases between now and 2004. (the existing texfaq2html mechanism has persisted since 1995, when the faq operated on a web server at the university of sussex.) Robin Fairbairns FAQ maintainer, and for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: custom-bib
by Reinhard Zierke 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: custom-bib Name and email: Patrick Daly Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/custom-bib Summary description: Customizing bibtex style files License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update fixes a bug that entered with the last revision. It caused the comma separating options in the docstrip batch file to be in the wrong location when external language files were added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/custom-bib Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- epiolmec
by Reinhard Zierke 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Apostolos Syropoulos ----- I have upoloaded on ftp.dante.de/incoming the file epiolmec.tar.gz, which contains all the necessary files to typeset Epi-Olmec ``documents.'' Note that when you decompress the file epiolmec.tar.gz, it creates the directory and some subdirectories. Ideally, these subdirectories should be installed in /languages/epiolmec. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload, I installed it in CTAN:language/epiolmec. (CTAN:languages being a symbolic link to CTAN:language). For the unknowing (like me until a few minutes ago), Epi-Olmec is a script used in Southern Middle America until about 500 AD. The license is LPPL. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Upload to Cambridge: relsize.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

Donald Arseneau writes: > Continuing to clear out my backlog... > I have uploaded a new version of relsize.sty to ftp.tex.ac.uk: > relsize.sty 3.1 July 4, 2003 > to replace tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/relsize.sty > > Significant changes > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 1) > The new version tries harder to make changes of constant relative > scale (magsteps), rather than just following the sequence of > font size commands (which have irregular size increments). It > will continue to lock on to those specified fixed sizes (with > possible user control) but may interpret steps differently. > > Old: ormalsizesmaller => small (10pt -> 9pt) > New: ormalsizesmaller => footnotesize (10pt -> 8pt) > > This new system is like a chromatic scale as opposed to a diatonic > scale. (Hmmmmm maybe I should provide a compatibility package > option...) > > 2) > The math size-changing is changed to have super/subscripts attached > better. It is still not a seamless solution though. i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: latexMP (update)
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20031105.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: latexMP (update) Name and email: Jens-Uwe Morawski Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/latexmp Summary description: Interface for LaTeX-based typesetting in MetaPost License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the update includes: - code cleanup, new key-value implementation - bug fixes in documentation and examples - a new macro ransparent that provides an interface to MetaFuns transparency features ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/latexmp Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 6.10 - Animated GIF, Sound for SVG
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 6.10 (issued 1-Nov-2003). Please put the files to 'CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma' directory. Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 6.10 are: SVG Generation: * Import of animated GIF into SVG as animated image. * Import multi-page Postscript into SVG as animated graphics - every page is translated as frame. * Sound effects are supported by SVG.STY via sound command. * More customization in Navigation Bar added at SVG generation: size, colors. More details about SVG Generation features are available in <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/svgwrite.html> Graphics (Supported for View, Print, SVG, PDF, Postscript) * Support of transparent background in imported GIF files. * Support of Color Key Masked Images - Type 4 (Postscript Level 3) BibEdit Improvements: * Refined disappering comment subwindow when adding new fields and resizing window. * Added Rename command for changing entry key and field name. More information about changes is at: <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 4-Nov-2003 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 6.10 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * HTML Generation features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 6.10 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 * BaKoMa TeX is PostScript enabled TeX system. * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region of the file being edited. (like to Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). ** Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. ** Generates *SVG* (PSTricks, Prosper + animation features). ** Generates HTML (TeX4HT, DVI2HTML), also supports Hevea and TTH. * 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. * Font Setup Wizard installs OpenType/TrueType/Postscript fonts in one click * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. * 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: * OpenType (both TTF and OTF are supported), * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), * PostScript Type 3, * TrueType, * 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. Font Setup Wizard lets you to install most of commercial (and free) OpenType, TrueType, and Postscript Type 1 fonts in almost one click. OpenType/Type1 fonts (OTF) are supported also under Windows 9x and NT 4.0 even without ATM. USER INTERFACE * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. It reformats (and preview) selected part of document on the fly, when you edit it. This feature accelerates tuning paragraphs, mathematics, pictures, etc. * Flexible window docking lets you optimize splitting your screen for using Dynamical Preview efficiently. * 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. * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. * Syntax Completion is context sensitive and flexible. * 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, * SVG (animation effects are supported), * HTML. 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. * Embedding ToUnicode CMAPs to support search and copy-paste of cyrillic and other international characters. * Handling HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. HTML GENERATION FEATURES BaKoMa TeX 5 supports several ways for conversion of (La)TeX documents into HTML files. * `TeX|Generate HTML ...' text editor menu command lets you launch `TeX4HT' convertor with numerous options. * `File|Generate HTML ...' DVI viewer menu command lets you convert pages of a DVI file into PNG files wrapped into navigation HTML pages. This approach is useful for documents with complex graphics, such as slides. In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use `HEVEA' and/or `TTH' convertors. Launching of these convertors is available via extra TABS of `TeX|Generate HTML ...' editor command. Including graphics is well integreated with BaKoMa TeX graphical engine. In this reason, you can insert everithing supported by BaKoMa TeX into generated HTML pages. SVG GENERATION FEATURES BaKoMa TeX 5.50 introduces generation of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) from a DVI files. Ability to add animation to the SVG output, makes it the best for producing high quality presentations. Sample of animated presentation is available at: ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/samples/index.html Key Features: SVG output is compatible with another output formats (PDF, PS, HTML, View, and Print) so, that the same graphical formats, font formats, and other features are supported. In details: * All TeX Formats (LaTeX 2e, LaTeX 2.09, AmSTeX, Plain TeX) are supported. * TeX extensions (e-TeX and Omega) are supported. * ALL LaTeX packages (including PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics, draftcopy, etc.) are supported. * Graphical formats: EPS, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, HPGL, and DXY are supported. * More generally, Any imported or embedded Postscript is supported. * Hyperref is supported, including outline and links. For Acrobatmenu most general commands (such as NextPage or PrevPage) are supported. * Popular presentation packages: Prosper, PDFScreen, PDFSlide, Seminar, etc. are supported. *** The existing presentations can be enhanced by adding animation. * All Font Types: OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, Postscript Type1 (including MM), Postscript Type 3, and TeX PK are supported. Details about adding animation to generated SVG files are explained at: <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/svgwrite.html> *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 6.10 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 6.0 *** SVG Generation: * Import of animated GIF into SVG as animated image. * Import multi-page Postscript into SVG as animated graphics - every page is translated as frame. * SVG.STY have new command (sound) to add sound effects (WAV-files). * More customization in Navigation Bar added at SVG generation: Size, colors. More details about SVG Generation features are available in <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/svgwrite.html> Graphics (Supported for View, Print, SVG, PDF, PDF, Postscript) * Support of transparent background in imported GIF files. * Support of Color Key Masked Images - Type 4 (Postscript Level 3) BibEdit Improvements: * Refined disappering comment subwindow when adding new fields and resizing window. * Added Rename command for changing entry key and field name. For more information see <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new resp. changed files as suggested in CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: alnumsec
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: alnumsec Name and email: Frank Küster Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/alnumsec Summary description: alphanumeric sectioning numbering with standard sectioning commands License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows you to use alphanumeric section numbering, e.g.: A. Introduction; III. International Law. It s output is similar to alphanum.sty, but you can use the standard LaTeX sectioning commands. Thus it is possible to switch numbering schemes easily. Greek letters, double letters (bb) and different delimiters around them are supported. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/alnumsec as suggested. However, I added the above announcement text to the README file in that directory. For a cursory visitor, this is a bit more informative than just installation instructions. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: upload to Cambridge: cite.sty and overcite.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

Donald Arseneau writes: > I have uploaded new versions of cite.sty and overcite.sty to > ftp.tex.ac.uk. They should replace the ones currently in > macros/latex/contrib/cite. > > overcite.sty is now just a stub, loading cite.sty with the [superscript] > option. > > 4.0: Combine overcite with cite: [superscript] = [super] option. Also add > [nocompress] option and CiteMoveChars hook; multibib hooks. > 4.01 f -> fseries i've installed the packages replacing older versions in macros/latex/contrib/cite thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by Jim Hefferon 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and those updates should make their way to your favorite mirror very soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeXPiX Author's name: N.J.H.M. van Beurden Location on CTAN: systems/win32/latexpix License type: pd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The eighth CTAN release has the following improvements: * Oval radius is now editable * So called instances can now be saved and loaded again. They act like grouped objects. A number of objects can be saved to an instance file (.lpxi) and be inserted as a grouped single object in your drawings. E.g. a complete two input AND gate can be drawn once, saved to a instance file and be inserted a lot of times to create a logic scheme. * Added some preferences. * Inclusion of bitmap (*.bmp) images is not possible anymore for it is not fully supported by LaTeX. * Improvements made on arc drawing and conversion. * Framebox text rotation can now be specified within a range of -360..360 * Movement, resizing and drawing of objects now by default snaps to grid, by holding the shift key you can move, resize and draw freely without snapping. * Webupdate checker implemented. When a newer version is found on the CTAN server it asks if you want to be redirected. * Major improvements and additions made to the manual. It is not finished yet but a lot better and clearer than the previous releases. * Language editor added again. If you feel like translating LaTeXPiX into your language, please help me. See the manual for details. * Bolditalic texts are possible. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/latexpix although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN submission -- bgteubner document class
by Reinhard Zierke 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders ----- I have uploaded bgteubner-1_10.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please unpack it to CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/bgteubner/, replacing the old files. License stays LPPL with some minor extra remarks. >From the README: I have programmed the bgteubner.cls document class by order of the Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany. This has been done to ensure that books of this publisher have a unique layout. The publisher has allowed me to distribute the document class with auxilliary files and documentation freely. Unfortunately, most of the documentation is only available in German. Since the document class is intended to generate a unique layout, many things (layout etc.) are fixed and cannot be altered by the user. If you want to use the document class for another purpose than publishing with the Teubner Verlag, this may arrise unwanted restrictions (For instance, the document class provides only two paper sizes: DIN A-5 and 17cm x 24cm; only two font families are supported: Times and European Computer Modern). The document class needs some additional packages, partly relatively new ones, partly packages that are not installed on most TeX installations. A list of needed packages is contained in usefiles.txt. ChangeLog: 2003/10/30 v1.10 - Add proof environment - Smaller indentation for quote, quotation, example, etc. - Spacing around important(*) and theorem-like environments improved - Limits for integrals below and above the sign in displayed equations - Command qed for proofs introduced - Font size in theorem-like environments adjustable (global switch, default is normalsize, now) - Line break in ISBN prohibited - Use the same format for ISSN and ISBN - Class option `layoutraster' removed Attention: Some measures have changed from version 1.07 to 1.10. Thus, the line breaks and page breaks will surely change. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thansk for the upload. I installed it replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/bgteubner Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: semantic
by Jim Hefferon 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror real soon now. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: semantic Author's name: Peter Møller Neergaard Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/semantic Summary description: Help for writing programming language semantic including software ligatures License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This revision updates semantic to version 2.0(epsilon). It includes a patch to make semantic compatible with amsmath 2.0. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/semantic although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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