ctan-ann March 2003

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CTAN submission -- l2tabu
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Mark Trettin ----- I have uploaded `l2tabu-1.2.tar.gz' (l2tabu.{pdf,tex}, Version 1.2) to ftp.dante.de/incoming/ Name of contribution: Das LaTeX-Sündenregister (sins of LaTeX users) Suggested location on CTAN: info/german/l2tabu/ Summary description: Obsolete commands, packages and other common mistakes License type: Free (Open Publication License v1.0) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A small list of obsoleted commands and packages that are constantly posted in minimal examples to de.comp.text.tex. I further listed common mistakes (e.g. egin{appendix}...end{appendix} instead of appendix ...). This file should be considered an add-on to the available documentation like l2kurz and FAQs. This document is written in German. Changes: * License changed to Open Publication License * Fixed typos * Changed name from `altepakete' to `l2tabu' since it is more descriptive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please remove the files and the directory CTAN:info/german/altepakete/ and untar the archive to CTAN:info/german/l2tabu/ ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:info/german/l2tabu/ and removed the previous version CTAN:info/german/altepakete/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: Kerkis Font Family
by Jim Hefferon 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and the new version should make its way to a mirror 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: Kerkis Font Family Author's name: Antonis Tsolomitis Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/greek/kerkis Summary description: Kerkis Font Family with complete Greek support License type: other Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New version of the Kerkis Font Family. Complete support of polytonic greek in all shapes and series. Initial release of KerkisSans. Polytonic support for KerkisSans included as well. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Prosper update
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 02:20:58PM +0100, Mathieu Goutelle wrote: > I have uploaded a brand new version of the prosper class, to update the > quite old (and a little buggy) one on CTAN. This update is done with > full permission from the developer of Prosper (Frederic Gouarlard), > whose spare time doesn't allow to do this himself. > > Here are the informations about the upload: > > + what you've uploaded > > /incoming/prosper.tar.gz > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > dante.ctan.org > > > + where you want the files to go > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/prosper (unchanged) > > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > > below). > > LPPL (LaTeX Project Public License) > > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > This is an update of the prosper class (slides using LaTeX), written by > Frédéric Goualard. There is a lot of changes and bugs fixes since the > last version committed to CTAN (see ChangeLog file for further details). Thanks for the update. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/prosper Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- minitoc update
by Reinhard Zierke 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Jean-Pierre Drucbert ----- I have uploaded a new release of the minitoc package (release #38) in /incoming of ftp.dante.de under the name minitoc.tar.gz The minitoc package allows to create mini-tables of contents (and mini-LOFs/LOTs) by chapter (in books and reports), by section (in arcticles) or by parts. The licence is LPPL as before. The location is as before: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/minitoc The new release replaces all files in that directory. As the version number jumps from 34 to 38, there are a lot of corrections, improvements (and perhaps bugs?) in the new release. See below the historic of changes. I am very grateful to all people who helped me by pointing bugs, asking for new features, giving hints and solutions, or for useful packages (placeins from Donald Arseneau). Could you install this package to replace the current release #34. Thanks a lot. Best regards, Jean-Pierre F. Drucbert (who is ashamed to have left so much time pass away since the preceeding update) % 03Jan2001 Version 35 % 09Jan2001 Added macros to test if a file is ``empty'' % (i.e. empty, blank or inexistent) or ``non % empty'' (i.e. useful). % I used some code from Stephan von Bechtolsheim. % Added the checkfiles/nocheckfiles options. % Replaced The@chapter by The@mtc. % 26Feb2001 Added bulgarian.mld, hebrew.mld, % icelandic.mld, latin.mld, samin.mld. % 09Mar2001 Added mtcselectlanguage. % 01Jun2001 Fixed estionian option (missing). % 04Jul2001 Added interlingua language. % % 11Feb2002 Version 36 % 11Feb2002 Corrected an interaction with ableofcontents % which creates a chapter* or a section*, % perturbing mtc/stc counters (problem signalled % by Frank Mittelbach). % 18Feb2002 Corrected a spacing problem with empty titles % (problem signalled by Frank Mittelbach). % Workaround for the parttoc-chapter* % problem. % 19Feb2002 Added mtcskip and mtcskipamount. % 27Feb2002 Fixed test for empty files. % 13Mar2002 Added bangla language. % 15Mar2002 Reduced depth of mtc@strutbox. % % xxxxxxxxx Version 37 canceled % % 24Jan2003 Version 38 % 24Jan2003 pt -> p@ and 0pt -> z@ % 24Jan2003 hrule and vrule replaced by ule (latex) % 24Jan2003 added mtc@zrule for zero-dims rules % 28Jan2003 added frenchb language (synonym of french) % 30Jan2003 changed test for empty titles % 30Jan2003 added options flsection and flsectionb % 31Jan2003 option tight applies to parttoc % (Thomas Leonhardt leonhardt(a)informatik.tu-darmstadt.de) % 07Feb2003 options flsection and flsectionb removed, % 07Feb2003 replaced by insection option (=flsectionb). % 11Feb2003 corrected numbering of SLF, SLT % 20Feb2003 added frenchle and frenchpro languages (synonym of french) % 20Feb2003 corrected secttocs, at least. % 18Mar2003 corrected some vertical spacings and struts % (I added some mods by Frank Mittelbach, many % thanks to him.) % A lot of cleaning remains to do, but the % release seems to be needed now. % Jean-Pierre F. Drucbert % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/minitoc/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: sffms
by Jim Hefferon 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

A package has been upgraded on tug.ctan.org and the new version should make its way through the mirroring process 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: sffms Author's name: M. C. DeMarco Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/sffms/ Summary description: A LaTeX class for typesetting fiction manuscripts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sffms, a LaTeX class for typesetting science fiction and fantasy manuscripts, has been updated to version 2.0. Sffms now includes several options for specific publishers as well as extensive documentation aimed at new LaTeX users. The code has been cleaned up for version 2.0 and the geometry package made optional. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: dvipng
by Jim Hefferon 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

A new packge has been 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: dvipng Author's name: Jan-Åke Larsson Location on CTAN: dviware/dvipng Summary description: A fast DVI to PNG converter License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. Its benefits include * Speed. It is the fastest bitmap-rendering code for DVI files known to the author. On a fairly low-end laptop, it takes less than a second to generate 150 one-formula images. * It does not read the postamble, so it can be started before TeX finishes. There is a -follow switch that makes dvipng wait at EOF for further output, unless it finds the POST marker that indicates the end of the DVI. * It supports PK and VF fonts, color specials, and more. The motivation for this project is preview-latex, a previewing tool for LaTeX in emacs, but since dvipng can be independently useful, a separate package is provided. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Omega] Omega stuff for Hindi
by Robin Fairbairns 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Yannis Haralambous writes: > Omega stuff for Hindi has been submitted to CTAN: > > >-- mail the administrators (ctan(a)dante.de) to report: > > + what you've uploaded > > omega-hindi.tgz > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.tex.ac.uk > > > + where you want the files to go > > language/devanagari/omega > > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > > below). > > free (same status as Omega distribution) > > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > These are the files described in our TUGboat paper at TUG India. With > them you can typeset Devanagari texts with omega. More info in Low-level > Devanagari Support for Omega--Adapting devnag, TUGboat, Volume 23 (2002), > No. 3--Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Meeting, pp. 49--55. i've installed the files as requested (at cambridge). they'll take some time to get to the other two ctan nodes, but will probably be at every ctan mirror within a small number of days. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Sumbission -- cmap package: create searchable PDF files
by Robin Fairbairns 16 Mar '03

16 Mar '03

Vladimir Volovich writes: > I've uploaded the file cmap.tar.gz into the incoming directory of > ftp.tex.ac.uk. It is a new (version 1.0a) cmap package. > The license is LPPL. > > The cmap package is to be used with pdf(e)latex and provides CMap > files for various LaTeX font encodings (currently, T1, T2A, T2B, T2C, > T5; this list will grow in the future) and a latex package which adds > the /ToUnicode entries into the font dictionaries of fonts used in the > document on the fly, making the resulting PDF files searchable and > cut-and-pasteable in Acrobat Reader and other PDF previewers. > > Thus, when the document uses Type 1 fonts like cm-super or other fonts > in standard font encodings, teh PDF files will contain the additional > information in the form of CMap entries which will define the mappings > from LaTeX font encodings to Unicode, making functions like search in > PDF and cut-and-paste from PDF to other applications work properly. > > Please install it in the CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/cmap > directory. > > Contributions and/or requests for other font encodings support, as > well as user feedback/bug reports are welcome. > > P.S. currently, this package is mirrored to > macros/latex/contrib/supported/t2/etc/cmap; i think that a more > generic location in macros/latex/contrib/supported/cmap is better, > since the package is of general use. i'll remove it from the T2 > package once it will be installed on > macros/latex/contrib/supported/cmap i've installed the package as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: excludeonly
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

Donald Arseneau writes: > I have just uploaded excludeonly.sty to ctan/uk. > > What: excludeonly.sty and excludeonly.xml > Why: Provides excludeonly which is the opposite to includeonly > How: PD > Who: Donald Arseneau and Dan Luecking > Where: macros/latex/contrib/other/misc installed: as reqested. xml-file: going off to catalogue maintainer thanks: yeah. responder: rf for: ctan team

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new CTAN package: RST
by Jim Hefferon 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org. It shoud 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: RST Author's name: David Reitter Location on CTAN: nonfree/macros/latex/contrib/supported/rst Summary description: Drawing rhetorical structure analysis diagrams in LaTeX License type: nocommercial Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is of interest for people working in linguistics and language technology. Drawing rhetorical analyses is no fun when you need to change and update diagrams as you refine your work, or, more importantly, if a lot of analyses are to be drawn. Voila, there we go: This package enables us to typeset beautiful diagrams with no hassle. It is oriented towards the style of the diagrams shown in Mann&Thompson's Rhetorical Structure Theory and subsequent works. This package works perfectly with (LaTeX) and pdfLaTeX and does not require any special postscript capabilities in the output side. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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