ctan-ann July 2003

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CTAN package installed: isi2bib-vim
by Jim Hefferon 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and is right now making its way through the wire to your favorite local mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: isi2bib-vim Author's name: Ajit Thakkar Location on CTAN: support/vim Summary description: Vim script to convert a bibliographic database from ISI to BiBTeX format License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- isi2bib.vim is a script that enables Vim (a popular text editor) to convert a bibliographic database from ISI (Institute of Scientific Information, Web of Science) export format to BIBTeX format. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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the demise of macros/latex/contrib/supported
by Robin Fairbairns 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

earlier this year, at a ctan planning meeting, we decided to abolish the distinction between supported and other packages installed under macros/latex/contrib the decision was made because we have watched the steady erosion of the distinction since 1994, when the sub-trees were created. for example, there were packages that plainly were supported installed under other/, while maintainers of packages installed under supported/ were unavailable to perform any maintenance. as of today, the subtrees of macros/latex/contrib have disappeared from the main ctan sites. the subtree directories other/ and supported/ will retain a shadowy (soft link) existence until the end of september 2003. (apart from the convenience of users for which addresses are memory-imprinted, the ctan team has still to complete the required changes to the catalogue: the uk faq will be up to date at its next release in a day or two). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- fontinst
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

----- Forwarded message from Lars Hellström ----- I have to ftp.dante.de uploaded an archive fontinst.tar.gz into /incoming. It contains the new fontinst release (v1.926), and the license is as usual the LPPL. I think the following will be the best course of action with this: .... 2. Place the archive contents in fonts/utilities/fontinst. 3. Delete the fontinst-prerelease hierarchy, and replace it with a link to its fontinst sibling. The reason for making a link is that there are are references to fontinst-prerelease here and there on the 'net, and it seems unnecessary to break them. .... Short quote from the README: Fontinst is a program that helps with installing fonts for (La)TeX. Since it is written entirely in TeX macros, it is completely portable. More precisely, fontinst helps mainly with the number crunching and shoveling parts of font installation. This means in practice that it creates a number of files which give the TeX metrics (and related information) for a font family that (La)TeX needs to do any typesetting in these fonts. Fontinst furthermore makes it easy to create fonts containing glyphs from more than one base font, taking advantage of e.g. expert font sets. Fontinst cannot examine files to see if they contain any useful information, nor automatically search for files or work with binary file formats; those tasks must normally be done manually or with the help of some other tool, such as the pltotf and vptovf programs. Lars Hellström ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version in CTAN:fonts/utilities/fontinst/ replacing the old version. For the time being, the link CTAN:fonts/utilities/fontinst-prerelease points to the new directory. -- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: package decimal
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Jul '03

15 Jul '03

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: > I have uploaded the files decimal.dtx and decimal.ins in > ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/decimal. This LaTeX package should be > used by people who need the traditional English decimal point, > instead of the American-style period. Please install the package > in any place you feel it is appropriate. Thanks for the upload, I installed the file in macros/latex/contrib/decimal For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by Jim Hefferon 15 Jul '03

15 Jul '03

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: LaTeXPiX Author's name: N.J.H.M. van Beurden Location on CTAN: systems/win32/latexpix Summary description: LaTeXPiX is a windows drawing tool for LaTeX License type: pd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeXPiX is a windows drawing tool for LaTeX. The new version has many improvements. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN submission -- OriyaTeX v0.99
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Jul '03

14 Jul '03

anshuman pandey writes: > I've uploaded the file oriya-tex-0.99.zip to > ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/. This zip archive contains files for > Oriya-TeX v0.99. These files should replace all existing materials > in /language/oriya. i've installed the files (nonfree/language/oriya, the same as the previous version). thanks for the upload. robin

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new ctan item: bibcheck.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Jul '03

13 Jul '03

in the course of a thread on a mailing list, cv raman mentioned a package of his, that checks that every entry in a thebibliography environment has been cited. i have (with his permission) installed the package on ctan, as macros/latex/contrib/misc/bibcheck.sty the licence of the package is gpl.

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Re: CTAN upload notification: parrun
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Jul '03

13 Jul '03

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 massimiliano dominici submitted to CTAN: > Name of contribution: parrun > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ > Summary description: typesets (two) streams of text running parallel. > License type: GNU Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For typesetting translated text and his original source, parallel on the same page, one above the other. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/parrun For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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11 Jul '03

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Re: CTAN upload notification: Update of labbook
by Rainer Schöpf 11 Jul '03

11 Jul '03

A submission was uploaded to CTAN: > Name of contribution: Update of labbook > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/labbook > Summary description: Typeset laboratory journals. > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > From the description: > > labbook.cls - a document class that produces an index of sectioning commands > > 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. > > The update fixes some annoying bugs and introduces some new features. First of all, there can now be several index entries for one experiment > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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ecltree updated
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Jul '03

11 Jul '03

the ecltree macros, which have been dormant for *ages*, have now been updated, by frank mittelbach with the authors permission, for better performance with current latex. (in parallel, i've done minor modernisation of the documentation.) i've installed the new version in macros/latex/contrib/eclbip (the old macros/latex209/contrin/eclbip directory has moved to the the obsolete/ tree). the licence is now lppl. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: xdoc upload
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Jul '03

08 Jul '03

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Lars Hellström wrote: > I have to ftp.dante.de uploaded an archive xdoc.tar.gz into /incoming. It > contains a directory xdoc with the six files: > README.txt > docindex.dtx > docindex.ins > xdoc2.dtx > xdoc2.ins > xdocdemo.tex > and I would like to have them put in /macros/latex/contrib/xdoc. The > licence that applies is the LPPL. > > This is an update of the material in /macros/latex/exptl/xdoc, so that > directory and its contents can be removed. It should probably be replaced > by a link to the new contrib/xdoc directory. > > BTW, am I right if I assume that you are in a process of moving the > previous contents of /macros/latex/contrib/other and > /macros/latex/contrib/supported to simply /macros/latex/contrib? (It > certainly looks that way in the archive.) Yes, we are. We announced this on the ctan-ann mailing lsit a while ago. Thanks for the upload, I installed the new material in macros/latex/contrib/xdoc and changed the directory macros/latex/exptl/xdoc to a link to the new one. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf > > On what these files are: > > xdoc2.dtx: > The xdoc2 package contains reimplementations of some of > the features found in the standard LaTeX doc package > by Mittelbach et al. Amongst other things, these > reimplementations provide support for: > * definiting new commands similar to DescribeMacro and > new environments similar to the macro environment, > * two-sided document layouts, > * sorting of version numbers as 2 < 11 < 100 > (if they are marked up using uintver), > * external cross-referencing, > * making index entries for invisible characters, > * optionally ignoring certain prefixes (such as @ and > @@) in macro names when sorting them. > The xdocdemo document demonstrates a couple of these > features. > > I consider the xdoc2 package to merely be the second > prototype for an (as yet nonexistant) package xdoc which > should provide the same features (and more). I have > decided to release the prototype to make its functionality > generally avaiable, but under a variant name to avoid > future incompatibility problems. (E.g., the final xdoc > package will probably use many LaTeX2e* features that are > still on the prototype stage. xdoc2, on the other hand, > uses no LaTeX2e* features.) > > docindex.dtx: > docindex.dtx contains a reimplementation of the doc mechanisms for > sorting and formatting a sorted index. docindex.ins installs two forms > of this package: docindex (which is a LaTeX2e* package) and docidx2e > (which works with the normal LaTeX2e). The main advantage of these > packages over the doc mechanisms is that configuration has been made > much easier.

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CTAN package update: LaTeX4Jed
by Jim Hefferon 08 Jul '03

08 Jul '03

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and it 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: LaTeX4Jed Author's name: Guido Gonzato, Ph.D. Location on CTAN: support/jed Summary description: A much enhanced LaTeX mode for the Jed editor. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This LaTeX4Jed update introduces many new features: the ability to work on compressed files, new shortcuts, improved indentation of environments, and better documentation. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: sorry ...
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memupdate.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this > to replace some of the files in > macros/latex/contrib(/supported?)/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 > particular design. > > Changes (2003/06/28) > O New version 1.6 of mempatch.sty (improved even/odd page checking, > page layout, and bug fixes). > O New version of the Addendum (memmanadd.pdf) > O New version of the README. > O NO CHANGES TO ANY OTHER FILE. i've moved memoir down to macros/latex/contrib/memoir, and i've installed the files. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- ps2eps 1.45
by Reinhard Zierke 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

----- Forwarded message from Roland Bless ----- - 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. Due to a major bugfix, please announce the update -- if admissible -- as follows to CTAN-ANN. ps2eps 1.45 in CTAN:support/ps2eps ================================== ps2eps is a tool to produce Encapsulated PostScript Files (EPS/EPSF) from usual one-paged Postscript documents. It calculates correct Bounding Boxes for those EPS files and filters some special postscript command sequences that can produce errorneous results on printers. You need: - perl (an interpreter for the perl language, see http://www.perl.com) - ghostscript (an interpreter/raster image processor for the PostScript language, see http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/) - maybe an ANSI-C compiler if you don't use Linux, Solaris, Digital Unix, HP-UX or Windows 9x/NT/2000. - The program is licensed under gpl. Main changes 1.39 -> 1.45 ---------------------------- Please note: Versions <=1.42 may have changed postscript output by filtering too much postscript instructions. This could have been lead to wrongly colored boxes and text. Please consider re-running ps2eps over your files now. Sorry for the inconvenience! - corrected filter for deleting initclip instead of rectangles - option processing is done by GetOpt, i.e. long options are available, too. Syntax for -s has changed therefore. - Wildcards are resolved within the program, thus Windows users will profit from it. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:/support/ps2eps/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Upload announcement (octavo class)
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Jul '03

06 Jul '03

Stefan A. Revets writes: > Please find here hopefully complete and relevant details of an > upload I have made today to CTAN. As this is my first attempt at > writing a LaTeX package, I welcome any comments or suggestions you > may have before putting the package on CTAN. i've had a quick look, but i see no reason not to install your submission as it stands. > Name of the package: octavo.zip (containing octavo.dtx, octavo.ins, read.me) > CTAN upload node: ftp.tex.ac.uk > Suggested repository: macros/latex/contrib/supported/octavo > Licensing conditions: lppl > Summary of the package: > Octavo provides a modification of the standard LaTeX book class > to typeset books following classical layout and design > principles. In particular, book formats are set to classical > sizes such as foolscap, crown, post, demy, etc., margins are set > harmonically, an attempt is made to maintain a constant grid of > printed lines throughout the text, and the page styles are > defined more discretely. The documentation includes methods to > produce signatures so that books can actually be made by the > user. i've actually installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/octavo, since the supported/misc distinction is disappearing and all of both directories is being moved into contrib/ thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: Progress
by Jim Hefferon 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

An upgrade has been made to the CTAN package described below and by now it should have made its way to your favorite local mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Progress Author's name: Kasper B. Graversen Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/progress Summary description: Progress is a package which when compiling LaTeX documents, generates a HTML file giving an overview of the documents state (of how finished its parts are). License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package has become more configurable and now allows a graphical representation of progress as an alternative to the textural one. Finally, the two representations can easily be combined or used alternativly as done in the progress.dvi file in the archive. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN package upgrade: Manuscript
by Jim Hefferon 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

The a package has been upgraded on the tug.ctan.org node of CTAN and through the magic of automatic mirroring should make its way to your favorite local mirror quite soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ======================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Manuscript Author's name: Matej Cepl Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/manuscript Summary description: LaTeX package emulating look of document typed on typewriter License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose of this package is to emulate appearance of the document written on classical typewriter as much as possible. Originally created as a response to backward looking demands for layout created for typewriters, it now tries to emulate them as much as possible. It may be even useful, when the directions are non-negotiable. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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