ctan-ann September 2003

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Re: CTAN upload notification: dramatist
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 Massimiliano Dominici wrote: > Name of contribution: dramatist > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib > Summary description: package for typesetting dramas > License type: gpl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package `dramatist' has been designed for > typesetting drama both in verse and in prose. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your upload. I installed this new package in directory macros/latex/contrib/dramatist For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: custom-bib
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 Patrick Daly wrote: > Name of contribution: custom-bib > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contributed/custom-bib > Summary description: Customizing bibliography style files > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is an update to the existing collection. Although only a few (main) > files are being replaced, the simplest thing is to replace everything > in the existing collection with the contents of the enclosed zip file. > There is a readme.411 that then vanishes, to be replaced by readme.412. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/custom-bib For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: textpos-1.4 upload
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Norman Gray wrote: > + what you've uploaded > > textpos-1.4.tar.gz > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.dante.de:/incoming > > + where you want the files to go > > macros/latex/contrib/textpos/ replacing the files already there > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > > GPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > Fixes spacing misfeatures (not really bugs, but not good) Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/textpos For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pst-circ
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 Herbert Voss wrote: > Name of contribution: pst-circ > Suggested location on CTAN: ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ > Summary description: pst-circ is a package to draw eltrical and electronical circuits > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > this version fixes a lot of typos in the doc and > adds a potentiometer (variable resistor) Thanks for the update, I installed it in graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: leawood
by Jim Hefferon 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: leawood Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: fonts/psfonts/leawood Summary description: Make the ITC Leawood font family available to LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The leawood package provides all of the files needed to make the ITC Leawood font available to TeX and LaTeX. Note that the font itself is not freely available; the leawood package assumes you have already purchased ITC Leawood. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: ps4pdf v0.6f
by Rainer Schöpf 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 Rolf Niepraschk wrote: > Name of contribution: ps4pdf v0.6f > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ > Summary description: Using Postscript code in pdfLaTeX documents > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Another small bug fix related to `graphics'. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN update: Circuit_macros 5.4
by Rainer Schöpf 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Dwight Aplevich wrote: > Circuit_macros5.3.tar.gz has been copied into the incoming directory > of ftp.dante.de. Its expanded contents are to replace the contents > of graphics/circuit_macros. The copyright is almost public domain. > > From the README: > ... > This is a set of macros for drawing high-quality line diagrams to > include in TeX, LaTeX, or similar documents. The macros were > originally intended for electric circuit diagrams containing > fundamental elements, amplifiers, transistors, and basic logic gates, > but several tools and examples for other types of diagrams are also > included. The advantages and disadvantages of such a system are > similar to those of TeX itself, which is macro-based and non-wysiwyg, > with ordinary character input. > > The macros evaluate to drawing commands in the pic little language, > which is easy to read and learn. Pic is well suited to line drawings > requiring parametric or conditional components, fine tuning, > significant geometric calculations or repetition, or to drawings that > are naturally block structured or tree structured. Arbitrary formatted > text can be included. Free TeX- and LaTeX-compatible interpreters > for m4 and pic are readily available for Unix and PC machines. > ... > EXAMPLES: > Read the manual man.ps and view or print the file examples.ps in the > examples directory, or for the possibly unstable development version, try > http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/Circuit_macros/ > > A collection of examples and hints intended for his colleagues has > been produced by Alan Robert Clark at http://ytdp.ee.wits.ac.za/cct.html > ... > CHANGES: > Version 5.4: New Mux, for_, arca. Reworked gate macros FlipFlop, AND_gate, > OR_gate, NOT_gate. Improved lg_pintxt, boxdim, s_box, s_ht, s_wd, > s_dp, nport, resistor, opamp. Completely reworked bi_tr, mosfet; > deleted smosfet. Minor additions and changes to the manual. Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- numprint v0.30
by Rainer Schöpf 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded numprint.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace all files > in CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/numprint/ by the archive's contents. > License stays LPPL. > > From the README: > > Print numbers with a separator every three digits and convert numbers > given as 12345.6e789 to 12,345,6cdot 10^{789}. The decimal sign, the > thousand separator, as well as the product sign can be changed by the > user, e.g. to reach 12,345.6 imes 10^{789}. > If an optional argument is given it is printed upright as unit. > Numbers can be rounded to a given count of digits. > > Change log: > > - 0.30 2003/05/19 Allow to round numbers, automatically. > Optionally replace zero by text, e.g. ``---''. > - 0.22 2003/02/27 Bugfix with invalid spacing after the number. Thanks for the update., I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: Ednotes.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 Uwe Lück wrote: > Name of contribution: ednotes.sty > Suggested location on CTAN: ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ednotes/ > Summary description: New documentation about evading a bug > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > We explain how to deal with a bug recently found. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed the file as macros/latex/contrib/ednotes/ednotes.sty (Note the lowercase e) For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: ps4pdf v0.6e
by Rainer Schöpf 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 Rolf Niepraschk wrote: > Name of contribution: ps4pdf v0.6e > Suggested location on CTAN: CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ > Summary description: Using Postscript code in pdfLaTeX documents > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A problematic bug related to `tabularx' fixed. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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ctan-ann September 2003