ctan-ann June 2003

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Re: CTAN Submission -- Devanagari for TeX version 2.02
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Anshuman Pandey writes: > I have uploaded velthuis.zip to the 'incoming' directory at > ftp.tex.ac.uk. This zip archive contains version 2.02 of the > Velthuis Devanagari for TeX package. > > This package belongs in /language/devanagari. There are three > directories under this CTAN directory: 'contrib', 'distrib', and > 'omega'. Please remove the 'contrib' and 'distrib' directories. The > contents of those directories have been revised; some are included > in this latest update, some are obsolete. > > Please unpack velthuis.zip into a new directory called 'velthuis'. > > You may post a message to comp.text.tex informing readers of the new > release if you wish. i've installed the new files, and deleted the old, as requested. thanks for the upload. in summary, the whole of the old devanagari/contrib and /distrib directories are replaced (or superseded) by a new subtree devanagari/velthuis; the existing subtree devanagari/omega is untouched. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: ePiX
by Jim Hefferon 08 Jun '03

08 Jun '03

An update has been done of this package at tug.ctan.org and it should propagate to a mirror near you quite soon. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: ePiX Author's name: Andrew D. Hwang Location on CTAN: graphics/epix Summary description: Utility for mathematically accurate, camera quality plots and line figures License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ePiX is now capable of true perspective drawing and plotting. Other new features are too numerous to announce; please see the documentation. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN Submission -- lettrine
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Daniel Flipo wrote: > I have just uploaded into ftp.dante.de/incoming a file lettrine.tar.gz, > which contains an upgrade (V 1.4b) 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 is a minor release, apart from cosmetic changes to the .dtx file, > a new demo file in German has been added (contribution of Georg Wagner), > the French demo file has been updated too. Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Updates by Heiko Oberdiek
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Heiko Oberdiek wrote: > I have uploaded pagesel.dtx and pagesel.ins in the > /incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. They update the > files in the directory > CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/oberdiek/ > > The licence: LPPL 1.2. > > Changes: > * Fix, if more than maxdeadcycles pages are omitted. > I have uploaded engord.sty in the /incoming directory > of ftp.dante.de. It replaces the file in > CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/oberdiek/ > > The licence remains LPPL 1.2. > > Changes: > * Bug fix for 30, 40, 50, ..., 100, 130, ... > * ordletters renamed to documented engordletters. Thanks for the updates, I installed the three files in macros/latex/contrib/supported/oberdiek For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Upload - BaKoMa 5.50 - SVG/Animated Presentations
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to the BaKoMa package. I installed all files in nonfree/system/win32/bakoma For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf > ------------------- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --------------------- > > I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory > update for BaKoMa TeX 5.50 (issued 1-Jun-2003). > > Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. > > 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. > > More information about adding animations is at: > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> > > Bye. > Basil K. Malyshev > 2-Jun-2003 > > PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. > > --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.50 ---------------------- > > CONTENTS > * Highlights > * Graphical Capabilities > * Fonts > * User Interface > * PDF Generation Features > * HTML Generation features > * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.50 > > 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 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 5.50 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 5.40 *** > > BaKoMa TeX 5.50 introduces generation of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) > from your DVI files. Animation is supported. > > For more information see > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> > > ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ----------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: ps4pdf v0.6a
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

> Name of contribution: ps4pdf v0.6a > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ > Summary description: Using Postscript code in pdfLaTeX documents > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes: > o trim parameter and draft option can be used > with the inactive option > o Size and alignment after trimming changed. > o Parameter hpos and vpos removed. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, it was installed as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload: ttf2tex 0.6.1
by Rainer Schöpf 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've put a new release of ttf2tex into the incoming directory on > ftp.dante.de. This is a documentation update only. Please unpack > ttf2tex.tar.gz into support/ttf2tex, replacing the contents of this > directory. Thank you in advance. > > From the README: > > ttf2tex is a Bash script which generates all files required to use > Truetype fonts with Tetex from a set of .ttf files. In short, it will > do for Truetype fonts what fontinst's latinfamily command usually > does for Type 1 Postscript fonts. > > The script is designed for Unix systems running Tetex. It was > reported to work under several Linux flavors, FreeBSD, and MacOS X > with Fink. > > From the CHANGELOG: > > 2003-06-04 v0.6.1 > * documentation update only > * added FAQ to manual Thanks for the update, it was installed in support/ttf2tex For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- pdfpages v0.2m
by Reinhard Zierke 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

----- Forwarded message from Andreas Matthias <amat(a)kabsi.at> ----- I have uploaded the archive file `pdfpages.tar.bz2' to ftp.dante.de/incoming. Please, extract this archive in /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages/ (formerly .../contrib/supported/pdfpages/) The `pdfpages' package makes it easy to insert pages of external PDF documents. Several logical pages can be arranged onto each sheet of paper. The package provides hypertext operations like hyperlinks and article threads. New feature of the version: * support of PDF documents with mixed landscape/portrait pages * support of reverse page order: pages=7-3 * support of graphicspath * new option `picturecommand'; its argument is executed within a picture environment on each sheet of paper It is distributed under the LPPL. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: russian translation of lshort
by Reinhard Zierke 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

----- Forwarded message from Boris Tobotras ----- I'm uploading lshort-ru-4.12.tar to ftp.dante.de/incoming. This is update of my translation of lshort; please place it to /info/lshort/russian, replacing its contents. License is GPL, like original text. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. This translation seems to be not so short anymore as the files have about doubled in size. Good work! Anyway, I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:info/lshort/russian/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Upload of urlbst-0.3
by Robin Fairbairns 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Norman Gray writes: > + what you've uploaded > > urlbst-0.3.tar.gz > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming > > + where you want the files to go > > /tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/urlbst/ replacing the files there now > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > > gpl > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > Adds functionality to urlbst, supporting eprint BibTeX field, and > adding --hypertex and --hyperref options. Documentation expanded, > explaining the difference between the goals of urlbst and those of > custom-bib. i've installed the package as requested (and i'll try and remember to get it in my faq for next time around). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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