ctan-ann December 2004

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CTAN Update TeX Front End v5.4 for OS/2
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Walter Schmidt submitted the new release 5.4 of the EPM TeX Front End, a module for the OS/2 editor EPM, which turns the editor into an integrated TeX environment. The TeX Front End is primarily made for use with the TeX system VTeX/2. Main news with this release: * All particular features of the former professional version, including the live menu, are now made available also with the precompiled (linkable) version. Special thanks to Andreas Schnellbacher! * The `classic' flavor of the TFE (the one for use with emTeX) is no longer shipped as a precompiled module. It can, however, still be compiled from the sources. * Both the source code and the ready-made module are compatible with NEPMD 1.01 and later. See the file NEWS for further details. Thanks for the update For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update - BaKoMa TeX 6.73 - PDF/CMYK Output, DVIPS/GS Fix.
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. The package is installed in nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 6.73 are: 1. New option (CMYK Output) in PDF Generation dialog forces conversion RGB/Gray colors into CMYK color space. 2. Refined DVIPS output avoids bug existing in GhostScript 8.xx 3. DVI Search: Improved selection of graphics after jumping to viewer. 4. Refined handling of Image Decode key for indexed and bi-level images. 5. DVI Viewer displays relative position of mouse cursor with pressed SHIFT. This version has patch status and may be used as free upgrade for BaKoMa TeX 6.70. More information about changes is at: <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: csquotes 2.5
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Philipp Lehman submitted version 2.5 of his package csquotes. This package provides markup for inline quotations by means of control sequences and active quote characters. The quotation marks are context sensitive, they alternate for nested quotes and can adapt to the document language by interfacing with the babel package. The active quote characters and all quotation styles are fully configurable. License is lppl. Changes: * Added MakeBlockQuote * Added MakeForeignBlockQuote * Added MakeHyphenBlockQuote * Added ifblockquote * Modified syntax of lockquote * Modified syntax of foreignblockquote * Modified syntax of hyphenblockquote * Changed default threshold for block quotations * Improved math mode compatibility * Improved verbatim compatibility * Improved backend and active character handling * Improved validation of user-defined active characters * Fixed bug suppressing kerning after block quotations * Issue an error message for nested block quotations The package is installed in macros/latex/contrib/csquotes For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: fonts/antt installed
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Staszek Wawrykiewicz kindly supplied a new version of the antt package. The old version, in fonts/psfonts/polish/antt has been removed and placed into fonts/antt/antt-old.zip. Thanks for the update. Description: Antykwa Torunska (meaning just ``Antiqua of Torun'') is a two-element typeface designed by Zygfryd Gardzielewski, a typographer from Torun, Poland. Font author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GPL Version 1.0, which deserves to be called computerised in that it was precise and reused character building elements across the font, was released in 1998 and comprised (similarly as the original) of three faces: upright, bold and italic. This is now archived in antt-OLD.zip The current distribution (ver 2.01) was generated using the METATYPE1 tools package authored by Bogus{l}aw Jackowski, Janusz M. Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk. Version 2.01 contains a greatly extended character set (e.g., cyrillic, greek, most often used mathematical symbols and currency symbols, additional ligatures), as well as additional typefaces (light, regular, medium and bold in normal and condensed widths). Support files for LaTeX and various encoding files were also added. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: the localization package msg
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I'm pleased to announce i'm releasing the first public version of > the msg package which is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users which could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is really easy to > use by class/package writers. File names and syntax are still under > consideration; this is the main reason why it is a beta version 0.06 > which can be improved. Volunteers are welcome to test it, report, > and even localize the messages file in their own language. > Documentation is provided in... English (-like). > > The upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk is: msg.tar.gz > They could go to: macros/latex/contrib/msg > > % This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of > % the LaTeX Project Public License as of http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt > % > % This file has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. > % The current maintainer is Bernard.Gaulle at idris.fr i have installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/msg, as suggested. thank you for the interesting upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: LaTexMng (version 1.1)
by Jim Hefferon 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LaTexMng (version 1.1) Author's name: Petr Vabishchevich Location on CTAN: /nonfree/systems/win32/latexmng Summary description: LaTexMng integrates all the tools, needed to the creation of LaTeX documents. License type: shareware Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.1 Enhancements: Auto setting programs (MiKTeX, Acrobar Reader, Ghostgum) in LaTexMng Wizard Displays or hides line numbers in the active view Fixes problems: Select graphical user interface at initial installation LaTexMng LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system, with features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents. LaTexMng is easy to use product of integrated development environment software for Windows. This application integrates all the tools, needed to the creation of LaTeX documents. LaTexMng requires Windows 2000 or XP, or later editions of MS Windows. We do not warrant that the software is error free. This is not free software. Subject to the terms below, you are hereby. Licensed to use Shareware Version of this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 30 days. The free evaluation period starts at the moment of installation of the software. Installation LaTexMng is distributed as LaTexMngSetup.exe. Run LaTexMngSetup.exe and simply follow the on-screen instructions to install LaTexMng. LaTexMng is copyright (C) 2004, by VNP Comp. Contact: Home Page: http://www.latexsoft.com e-mail: latexmng(a)latexsoft.com - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/latexmng 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

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New CTAN package: hepparticles
by Robin Fairbairns 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Andy Buckley writes, through the magic of the www.tex.ac.uk upload daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: hepparticles > Author's name: Andy Buckley > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/hepparticles > Summary description: Macros for typesetting high energy physics particle names > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > hepparticles is a set of macros for typesetting high energy > particle names, to meet the following criteria: > > 1. The main particle name is a Roman or Greek symbol, to be > typeset in upright font in normal contexts. > > 2. Additionally a superscript and/or subscript may follow the main symbol. > > 3. Particle resonances may also have a resonance specifier which is > typeset in parentheses following the main symbol. In general the > parentheses may also be followed by sub- and superscripts. > > 4. The particle names are expected to be used both in and out of > mathematical contexts. > > 5. If the surrounding text is bold or italic then the particle name > should adapt to that context as best as possible (this may not be > possible for Greek symbols). > > A consequence of point 5 is that the well-known problems with > boldness of particle names in section titles, headers and tables of > contents automatically disappear if these macros are used. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can have a look at the package at > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepparticles > although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror > of CTAN that is near to you; see > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/README.mirrors Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update notification: sauerj
by ctan-ann＠dante.de 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 Jonathan Sauer submitted an update to his sauerj bundle. It is installed in macros/latex/contrib/sauerj Thanks for the upload. Summary description: Some packages for LaTeX: collect, metainfo, optparams, parcolumns, processkv, zahl2string License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An update for the sauerj LaTeX packages: Changed: - parcolumns provides an environment for typesetting text in two or more columns in parallel. Requires the processkv-package (below). Current version: 1.2 (fixes bug with list environments and works correctly with the amsart class) - zahl2string provides macros for formatting numbers as german words, i.e. `1' gets formatted as `eins'. Current version: 1.2.1 (@Numstring and @Ordstring made robust) New: - metainfo provides a macro for only typesetting specially formatted comments of a document. Current version: 0.9.1 Unmodified: - collect provides several environment to collect text in a macro or a file for later use. Current version: 0.9 - optparams provides a small macro for creating macros with multiple optional parameters. Current version: 0.9 - processkv provides macros for processing of key-value-lists by calling a user-defined macro for each key-value-pair. Requires the keyval-package dated 1999/03/16 or later. Current version: 1.0.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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