ctan-ann July 2003

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new version (3.8) of uk tex faq on ctan and the web
by Robin Fairbairns 31 Jul '03

31 Jul '03

i've just pushed a snapshot of the current state of the faq onto ctan (help/uk-tex-faq) and the web (http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq). apart from installation and usage instructions for those hardy souls who would like to install the new latin modern fonts, there aren't many substantial changes -- a few new questions synthesised and answered, a few corrections and extensions of existing answers. the static html copy of the faq is now a regular fixture of the ctan distribution (help/uk-tex-faq/FAQ-html.tar.gz), and i have therefore removed the startlingly awful perl scripts that are used to produce html. errors detected, comments, suggestions, to faq(a)tex.ac.uk, please Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ maintainer

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Re: CTAN upload notification: PerlTeX
by Robin Fairbairns 31 Jul '03

31 Jul '03

quoth our upload daemon: > A submission was uploaded to upload-20030731.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: PerlTeX > Name and email: Scott Pakin <...> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/perltex > Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex) and > LaTeX2e style file (perlmacros) that, together, give > the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of > Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes > indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX > thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's > programmability. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/perltex, there being no contrib/supported any more. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: threeparttable
by Robin Fairbairns 30 Jul '03

30 Jul '03

quoth the upload daemon: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20030729.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: threeparttable > Name and email: Donald Arseneau > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/misc > Summary description: Three part tables: title (caption), tabular, > notes, all with the same width > License type: Generic DFSG > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Updated threeparttable package (v. 3.0 Dated June 13 2003) > > This package facilitates tables with titles (captions) and notes. > The title and notes are given a width equal to the body of the > table. > > New with version 3.0 > > - Some bug fixes > - tabularx support. > - package options for a few different table-notes formats > - simple measuredfigure environment operates similarly. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the file to replace the old version. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: upload (new version of) mimetex.zip to ftp.dante.de
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, John Forkosh wrote: > As per your README.uploads instructions... > + what you've uploaded > mimetex.zip > (version 1.10, to replace support/mimetex/mimetex.zip) > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.dante.de > + where you want the files to go > support/mimetex > Please REPLACE all existing files (mimetex.zip and README) in > support/mimetex (and please unzip mimetex.zip README and then > place this separate copy of README alongside mimetex.zip in the > support/mimetex directory) > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > GNU GPL > + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > (a) Completely replaced mimeTeX's original built-in fonts > with thinner and more pleasing fonts, and added one > larger font size. > (b) Also: several new and tested, but as yet unused, functions > to eventually support super-sampling anti-aliasing > (with or without rotated grid), and general code modifications > to eventually support this improved anti-aliasing. > ---------------------------------------------------- > From the original submission... > MimeTeX parses LaTeX math expressions, and emits either mime > xbitmaps or gif images of them, rather than the usual TeX dvi's. > Therefore, mimeTeX's images can be imported directly into html > documents with the <tag>, e.g., > <img src=../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=int_{-infty}^x~e^{-t^2}dt > border=0 align=absmiddle> > without intermediate dvi-to-gif conversion, and without storing > lots of little gif files, one file for each converted expression. > This makes your html documents more readable and easily maintained. > See > http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html#examples > for examples demonstrating mimeTeX's features and usage. > MimeTeX is primarily intended to help maintain native html > documents containing math, not primarily for latex2html-like tasks > where you're maintaining native LaTeX documents that are later > redistributed in several formats, including html. In this sense > it's a kind of lightweight alternative to MathML, with the > advantage that mimeTeX preserves LaTeX syntax. > Similar non-MathML packages, like textogif and gladTeX, > require setup procedures that use TeX to help generate external > gif images of your equations, which are later included > in your html document as it's being rendered. MimeTeX, as far > as I know, is the only such non-MathML package that has its > own built-in parser and rendering engine, entirely independent > of TeX, and therefore requires no setup procedure or external > images whatsoever. It renders realtime, on-the-fly images > directly from LaTeX math expressions embedded in html documents. Thanks for the update. I replaced mimetex.zip and README in the support/mimetex directory. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- babelbib package
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Harald Harders wrote: > what: babelbib.tar.gz, README.babelbib > node: ftp.dante.de > location: CTAN:/biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib > license: lppl > Please replace all files in that directory. In addition, please replace > the README included in the tar archive by the seperately uploaded file > README.babelbib (renamed to README). An xml file is included for the > catalogue. > > > 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, > Portoguese, Spanish, and Swedish. > In addition, the package supports commands to change the typography > of the bibliographies. > Supported bibliography styles are bababbrv.bst, babalpha.bst, > babplain.bst, babunsrt.bst, bababbr3.bst, babplai3.bst, and babamspl.bst. > > Changes to the last version: > > Now, the style file changes the case of titles if necessary (as in > English, while not in other languages). Thus, no change in bib files > needed anymore. > > New languages: Afrikaans, Danish, French, Portoguese, Spanish, and Swedish Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- isodate
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded isodate.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new > version of the isodate package, please replace the files in > CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib(/supported)/isodate. License stays LPPL. > There is an xml file in the distribution for the catalogue. > > From the README: > > Tune the output format of dates. > > This package provides six commands to switch the output format of the > commands oday, printdate, printdateTeX, and daterange > (partly language dependent): > isodate switches to yyyy-mm-dd; > umdate switches to dd.,mm.~yyyy, dd/mm/yyyy, or mm/dd/yyyy; > shortdate switches to dd.,mm.,yy, dd/mm/yy, or mm/dd/yy; > TeXdate switches to yyyy/mm/dd; > origdate switches to the original LaTeX format; and > shortorigdate switches to a short format, e.g. dd mmm yy. > > This version adds Swedish to the list of known languages (thanks to > Christian Schlauer). Thanks for the update, I replaced the old versin by the new one, in macros/latex/contrib/isodate For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: ps2eps 1.47 in /incoming
by Rainer Schöpf 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Roland Bless wrote: > - I just uploaded an updated version of the ps2eps tool > to ftp.dante.de. It's all in the subdir /incoming/ps2eps. > > - You can replace the existing version in support/ps2eps > > - The program is licensed under gpl. Thanks for the update, it's all in support/ps2eps For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Soliciting For Business Venture and Partnership.
by davis wembe 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

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Re: CTAN upload notification: footbib
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

this 'ere upload daemon saith: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20030726.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: footbib > Name and email: Eric Domenjoud > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/footbib/ > Summary description: make bibliographic references appear as footnotes > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > version 2.0.3 of the footbib package > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Touched-up package lazylist on ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

i've just installed lazylist on ctan, in macros/latex/contrib/lazylist this package, formerly known as lambda (by Alan Jeffrey), has been renamed, with the author's agreement, to avoid conflict with the upstart omega lambda (which is believed to have a greater momentum). the package does lists in tex's mouth, and provides a bunch of lambda-calculus and list handling macros. the licence is lppl (again changed with alan's permission). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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