ctan-ann November 2004

ctan-ann@ctan.org

3 participants
35 discussions

CTAN package update: QCM
by Jim Hefferon 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: QCM Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/qcm Summary description: QCM (multiple choice questionnaires) version 2.0 is released License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is version 2.0 of QCM. New in this release: QCM now comes both in class and style form. QCM is a package for making multiple choices questionnaires (QCM is the corresponding French acronym) under LaTeX 2e. A special environment allows you to define questions and possible answers. You can specify which answers are correct and which are not. QCM not only formats the questions for you, but also generates a form (a grid that your students will have to fill in), and a mask (the same grid, only with correct answers properly checked in). You can then print the mask on a slide and correct the questionnaires more easily by superimposing the mask on top of students' forms. QCM also comes with support for AUC-TeX. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/qcm although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

1 0

CTAN has a new package: extarrows
by Jim Hefferon 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror quite soon. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: extarrows Author's name: Chim Cut Canh Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/extarrows Summary description: Extensive Arrows License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arrows Provided (more than xleftarrow, xrightarrow of AMSMATH package) xlongequal xLongleftarrow xLongrightarrow xLongleftrightarrow xLeftrightarrow xlongleftrightarrow xleftrightarrow xlongleftarrow xlongrightarrow Enjoy! - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/extarrows although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

1 0

Re: Upload -- pst-func
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

Herbert Voss > I uploaded the new PSTricks package pst-func. Please install > it into CTAN:/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ > -------- > pst-func is a PSTricks related package. It has macros > for special mathematical functions: > > - Polynom and its abbreviations f(x)=an*x^n+an-1*x^(n-1)+...+a0 > defined by the coefficients a0 a1 a2 ... and the abbreviation > order > - Fourier sum f(x) =a0/2+a1cos(omega x)+...+b1sin(omega x)+... > defined by the coefficients a0 a1 a2 ... b1 b2 b3 ... > - Bessel function > defined by its order > - Gauss function > difined by sigma > > for more informations have a look at the documentation. i've installed the package as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

Beamer versions 3.01 and pgf version 0.65 uploaded
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Till Tantau submitted new versions to CTAN: version 3.01 of beamer and version 0.65 of pgf Thanks for the update. > Release notes: > > These versions are mainly bugfix versions. However, beamer now has a > much-improved support of verbatims. If you use verbatims a lot, you'll love > the fragile frame option (to get going quickly, read the text in the > tutorial section of the user's guide). > > > Change logs: > > beamer version 3.01: > added: > - Option fragile that allows the use of > overlays together with verbatims. *Extremely* useful. > - Added option T to columns command/environment for alignment of > top of first lines instead of baselines of first lines. > - Added a color theme (dolphin) and a presentation theme > (Boadilla) due to Manuel Carro. > > bugfixes: > - Fixed fotoline in beamerbasecompatibility.sty and > beamerthemeboxes.sty. > - Fixed vertical spacing problem having to do with the use of > rivlist. > - Fixed problem with wrong short forms of section/subsection in > certain outer themes in headline. > - Fixed bug causing unknown command insertblockname in article > mode. > - Changed definition of ormalcolor so that it works inside color > mixins. > - Fixed problems with autoframebreak and unwanted breaks. > - Fixed problem with problem with vertical mode after item. > - Smoothed the rendering of the right side of boxes with > shadows. > - Fixed descriptionwidth to description width. > - Fixed problem with labels outside frames creating empty frames. > - Applied lot's of spelling patches to user guide. > - Fixed hanks. > - Navigation symbols are no longer shown in handout and trans > modes, by default (write > setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}[default] to get them > back). > > pgf version 0.65: > - Fixed bug in pgfshade.sty that arises in conjunction with > calc.sty and latex+dvips. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

1 0

Re: CTAN upload notification: bibtopic package
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 Stefan Ulrich submitted an update to the bibtopic package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/bibtopic/ Summary description: LaTeX package for including several bibliographies in a document License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a maintainance release that fixes compilation problems of bibtopic.ins with newer docstrip versions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

1 0

Re: Upload
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

Herbert Voss writes: > I am just uploading pst-3dplot.tgz > Please delete _all_ files in /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot > and put the new ones in there. > > ---- > This new version 1.42 of pst-3dplot, a PSTricks package > > - uses the extended version of the keyval interface (xkeyval) to > prevent clashes between option names of different packages. > - has some bugfixes (spurious blanks) > - new options for pstPlanePut > - new macro pstThreeDPlaneGrid > ---- i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

Re: FW: acronym-1.15 uploaded
by Robin Fairbairns 04 Nov '04

04 Nov '04

Tobias Oetiker provided a new version of acronym for me to install, on tuesday 2nd november. it's been noticed that this version had an incorrect version number in it... ... so we now have a new version, 1.16; just installed here in macros/latex/contrib/acronym version 1.16 has no distinguishing property _other_ than a correct record of its version number. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

Re: acronym-1.15 uploaded
by Robin Fairbairns 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

Tobias Oetiker writes: > I have uploaded acronym-1.15 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/acronym-1.15. i've used the contents to update macros/latex/contrib/acronym thanks for the upload > If you think it is appropriate, announce it please. since it's a fix for a current thread in c.t.t, it seems appropriate to announce. > Recent Changes: > --------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.15 (November 2004): fix for acresetall to work when ac is called > in grouped material. > > Version 1.14 (October 2004): fix acsp and acfp for footnote mode > > Version 1.13 (July 2004): deflist renamed to AC@deflist to > avoid unnecessary nameing conflict. > > Version 1.13 (July 2004): printonlyused was not working anymore > > Version 1.13 (July 2004): if the footnote option was on, footnotes were > printed for ALL acronyms ALL the time, this looked rather odd if the same > acronym was used more than once on the same page. Changed it so that > footnote printing follows the same rules as normal acronym printing (only > print footnote first time). One might think about changeing this, so that > either footnotes get printed 'once' per page. Or that the footnote marks are > ... Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN has a new package: fontspec
by Jim Hefferon 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror soon. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: fontspec Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/fontspec/ Summary description: An automatic interface to feature-rich fonts in XeLaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fontspec is a package for XeLaTeX. It provides an automatic and unified interface to feature-rich AAT and OpenType fonts through the NFSS in LaTeX running on XeTeX. XeTeX is the successor to TeX-GX, a TeX-variant for Mac OS X that accepts unicode input and can access system fonts directly. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/fontspec/ although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

1 0

revised examples for the latex companion, 2nd ed
by Robin Fairbairns 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

i've just installed a revised set of examples for the second edition of the latex companion; aiui, these apply to the second, revised, printing of the second edition. the ctan location remains info/examples/tlc2 Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

ctan-ann November 2004