ctan-ann April 2003

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CTAN package update: CurVe
by Jim Hefferon 29 Apr '03

29 Apr '03

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite local mirror real soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =========================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: CurVe Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/curve (Please also not that we are moving directories on CTAN and this package will soon be located in macros/latex/contrib/curve --JH) Summary description: New release of Curve, version 1.4 License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm pleased to announce the release of CurVe version 1.4. New in this release: support for small id photo inclusion, more control on the vertical and horizontal layout of the headers. CurVe is a class package that hopefully will make your life easier when you want to write your CV. It provides you with a set of commands to create rubrics, entries in these rubrics etc. CurVe will then properly format your CV for you (possibly splitting it onto multiple pages, repeating the titles etc), which is usually the most painful part of CV writing. Another nice feature of CurVe is its ability to manage different CV flavors simultaneously. It is in fact often the case that you want to maintain slightly divergent versions of your CV at the same time, in order to emphasize on different aspects of your background. CurVe also comes with support for AUC-TeX. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upload notification: labbook class
by Reinhard Zierke 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: labbook class Name and email: Frank Küster <frank(a)kuesterei.ch> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/[fkuester|fant|wherever] Summary description: a document class that produces an index of sectioning a document class that produces an index of sectioning commands License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This class is designed to typeset laboratory journals that contain chronologically ordered records about experiments. From the sectioning commands, an experiment index is generated. The class is based on the KOMA-Script class scrbook.cls. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/labbook/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: pst-3dplot
by Reinhard Zierke 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20030426.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-3dplot Name and email: Herbert Voss Suggested location on CTAN: ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot Summary description: pstricks package for 3d objects License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-3dplot is a package based on PSTricks to draw graphical three dimensional objects (points, lines, squares, boxes, circles, spheres), math functions z=f(x,y) and three dimensional data files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the package as requested in CTAN:graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN shareware upload -- BaKoMa 5.36
by Reinhard Zierke 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 5.36 (issued 22-Apr-2003). Please put the files to 'CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma' directory. This version includes patch for fixing small but crucial bug: * eventual crashing of DVI Viewer at reopenning files. This version has Patch status and may be freely installed by holders of NON-UPGRADABLE license for BaKoMa TeX 5.30 and 5.35. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 22-Apr-2003 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.35 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * HTML Generation features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.35 For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <CTAN:nonfree/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 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, * 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. *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 5.35 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 5.30 *** Main improvement is support of Expert fonts by Font Setup Wizard: `small caps', `old style figures', and other glyphs from Expert encoding. In advance, for OpenType and TrueType fonts direct access to TS1 glyphs (such as `Euro') is supported. Fonts with glyphs from expert encoding are generated with suffixes: 9e (T1), 9t (OT1), and 9c (TS1). Conventionally, these fonts are accessed via LaTeX font family with suffix `x'. So, for example, to access expert fonts, you must use `fontfamily{padx}' instead of `fontfamily{pad}'. NOTE: ATM compatible (PFB/PFA) expert fonts comes in two font files. First have standard encoding, and second has Expert encoding. For such fonts installation order is important. Font with expert encoding should be installed after font with standard encoding. In other case expert encodings T1 (*9e), OT1 (*9t), and TS1 (*9c) will be missed. For more information about changes see <CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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problems with Catalogue mirroring
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Apr '03

24 Apr '03

there have been problems with Catalogue mirroring for quite a while. we have now established a work-around, and have installed an (almost complete) new copy of the Catalogue. (the one exception we know about is the support/ subdirectory, which contains a bunch of xsl files: we hope to include that in an update within the next 24 hours.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: engpron
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Apr '03

24 Apr '03

The following information was provided by Yvon Henel, by way of our upload daemon: > Name of contribution: engpron > Name and email: Yvon Henel > Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/engpron > Summary description: macros, such as £a, to typeset English > pronunciation (uses tipa.sty) > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ce module utilise le module tipa. Il fournit des macros > commençant par le caractère £, rendu actif, qui permettent > d'écrire la prononciation de l'anglais britannique ou > américain à l'aide de l'API telle qu'on la trouve dans > le << English Pronouncing Dictionary >> de Daniel Jones. > Une option permet d'obtenir le style adopté par le Harraps. > > This package uses the package tipa. It provides macros > beginning with the £-character, made active, which enable > us to write the British or America English pronunciation > as one can find it in the English Pronouncing Dictionary > by Daniel Jones. There is an option to typeset the pronunciation in > the style of Harrap's. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- one should note that the package documentation is in french. there are tables of usage (macros and symbols) in the documentation (engpron.ps) as well as in exemple.ps within the bundle. however, a non-french reader will no doubt miss some of the subtleties of the package. anyway, i have installed the package as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new CTAN package: refstyle
by Jim Hefferon 23 Apr '03

23 Apr '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will make its way to your local 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: refstyle Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/refstyle Summary description: Advanced formatting of cross references License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The refstyle provides a consistent way of producing references throughout a project. Enough flexibility is provided to make local changes to a single reference. The user can configure his or own setup. It has a direct interface to VARIOREF and namedref's from the NAMEDREF package can easily be incorporated (if needed). For large projects such as a series of books or a multi volume thesis, written as freestanding documents, a facility is provided to interface to the XR package for external document references. The REFSTYLE package is BABEL compliant in that all language definitions are added to the extras<langauge> token list, enabling local and global language changes through the BABEL language changing commands. Afrikaans and English definitions are provided --- any other contributions will be appreciated. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: facsimile
by Jim Hefferon 23 Apr '03

23 Apr '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and is even now speeding toward your favorite mirror site. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ======================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: facsimile 1.0 Author's name: Torsten Bronger Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/facsimile Summary description: LaTeX package for creating faxes. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The facsimile package provides a simple interface for creating a fax. This covers by and large two areas: First, a title page is created with a detailed fax header. And secondly, every page gets headers and footers so that the recipient can be sure to have received all pages and complete pages, and to have the correct order. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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new package on CTAN: eemeir
by Jim Hefferon 23 Apr '03

23 Apr '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should, in the next day or two, make its way via the magic of FTP mirroring to a site near you. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: E-Em-Eir package Author's name: Mogens Lemvig Hansen Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/eemeir Summary description: Natural commands to type in place of gender specific words. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The eemeir package facilitates writing documents that must be produced in both a male and a female form by providing natural commands to type in place of gender specific words. The user can extend the list of such commands as the need arises. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN uload -- e-TeX for BaKoMa TeX
by Reinhard Zierke 22 Apr '03

22 Apr '03

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory e-TeX 2.1 for BaKoMa TeX. Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. This implementation of e-TeX is well integrated with BaKoMa TeX. Supported features are: * Dynamical Preview; * DVI Search marks generation; * Automatical generation of BB-files for all graphical formats; * TCX tables. To install the e-TeX under BaKoMa TeX it just open programs/etex.bkz unit. After installing this module and restarting BaKoMa Text Editor following TeX formats will be available: * e-TeX * e-LaTeX 2e For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I have added this to CTAN:/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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