ctan-ann April 2004

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CTAN submission -- preview-latex-0.8.1.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Apr '04

13 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.8.1.tar.gz and preview-0.8.1.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. (...) Here are the release notes: Release notes for version 0.8.1 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex dresses up your LaTeX source by pasting judiciously selected chunks (such as single formulas) chopped from unwieldy preview pages right over their source in the Emacs/XEmacs buffer. You get to have your eye candy and edit it, too. The employed style file preview.sty is independently useful for extraction of selected text elements as images. It now fully supports pdftex including the tightpage option. The package is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, at least GNU Emacs-21.1 under the X window system or XEmacs-21 in version 21.4.10 or later, AUCTeX (11.14 or later recommended, see below), a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. dvipng (version 1.0 or later), a very fast dvi converter available from the same CVS archive, can also be used for conversion. Recent CVS versions of GNU Emacs for Windows or MacOS Carbon should also work. 0.8.1 fixes major bugs in code and RPMs for 0.8 which has been pulled. Current releases support for the first time conversion with PDFLaTeX (however, the foreground color of Emacs buffers appears always black here, differing reports and PDFLaTeX/GhostScript expertise welcome), and conversion with dvipng. Several changes were done to the dumping process to get reasonable behavior when the latex executable actually is eTeX-based. The right mouse button now has a context menu. It is now possible to copy source text passages with images into mail buffers. The README file provides adequate information for firing up preinstalled distributions, and pointers how to provide feedback. The INSTALL file contains a special section with advice for package providers. There is also a file INSTALL.windows detailing instructions for users of that operating system. The home page is <URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net>, the SourceForge project page that among others offers anonymous CVS access is located at <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex>. If you can spare the time, you can also comment on or rate this project at <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/preview-latex>. Paypal donations to the maintainer are also possible via SourceForge. Additional files can be found at <URL:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/preview-latex>: * If you don't have texinfo 4.0 or later installed, prebuilt documentation files can be found there. * Tarballs of preview-latex for all users, alternatively RPMs for RedHat Linux. For the binary RPMs, you will need the preview-latex-common RPM as well as the Emacs-flavor specific RPM. * AUCTeX is now located at <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex>. The download area should also provide you with RPMs if you are using RedHat Linux. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old file in CTAN:support/preview-latex/ and CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/preview/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: texinfo 4.7 available
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Apr '04

11 Apr '04

Karl Berry writes: > I have released version 4.7 of Texinfo, the GNU documentation format, > with supporting programs. The NEWS is below. > > You can get it by anonymous ftp from > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.7.tar.gz > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.7.tar.bz2 > and its mirrors worldwide (see http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html). > It will also be available through CTAN and its mirrors, for example, > http://www.ctan.org/macros/texinfo. > > The Texinfo home page is http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/. > > Please email bugs or suggestions to bug-texinfo(a)gnu.org, > general discussion to help-texinfo(a)gnu.org. > > Peace, > karl(a)gnu.org > > > 4.7 (9 April 2004) > * Language: > . new commands @float, @caption, @shortcaption, @listoffloats for > initial implementation of floating material (figures, tables, etc). > Ironically, they do not yet actually float anywhere. > . new commands @docbook, @ifdocbook, @ifnotdocbook for conditional Docbook. > . new commands @ordf{} and @ordm{} for Spanish feminine/masculine ordinals. > . new commands @deftypecv[x] for class variables in typed OO languages. > . new command @registeredsymbol for the r-in-a-circle symbol. > . new command @headitem to make a heading row in @multitable. > . new command @LaTeX{} for the LaTeX logo. > . new command @comma{} to avoid comma-parsing problems. > . @url is now a synonym for @uref; new command @indicateurl has the > old meaning of just displaying a url as text. > . @quotation now accepts an optional argument for labelling the text > as a `Note', `Tip', etc. > . @defun (et al.) heading lines can now be continued with a lone @. > . @acronym accepts an optional argument for the meaning of the acronym. > * makeinfo: > . New environment variable TEXINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT determines the output > format at runtime, if no options are specified. > . New option --plaintext, equivalent to --no-headers with Info output. > . All outputs: > - sections are numbered by default. > . Info output: > - punctuation is inserted after @pxref and @ref, if needed to make > cross-references valid. > - line numbers included in index menus, so Info readers can go to > the exact line of an entry, not just a node. Also in plaintext output. > - ^@^H[index^@^H] cookie included in index menus, so Info readers > can handle the ] etc. commands better. > . HTML output: > - new algorithm for cross-references to other manuals, for maximum > portability and stability. > - include node name in <title> with split output. > - @multicolumn fractions become percentages. > - entities used for bullets, quotes, dashes, and others. > - index entries are links to the exact locations. > - <h4> and <h5> used for @sub and @subsubsections again. > - accented dotless i supported. > . XML output: many new tags and structure to preserve more source features. > . Docbook output: > - upgraded DTD to Docbook XML 4.2, no longer using Docbook SGML. > - improved translation in general, for instance: > - line annotations and marked quotations. > * texi2dvi: > . if available, use etex (pdfetex if --pdf) by default. > . if the input file includes thumbpdf.sty (for LaTeX), then run thumbpdf. > . more output if --debug. > * texinfo.tex: > . @defun names are now printed in typewriter (instead of bold), and > within the arguments, @var text is printed in slanted typewriter. > . @tex code is executed inside a TeX group, so that any changes must > be prefixed with global (or the equivalent) to be effective. (This > change was actually made years ago, but never made it into the NEWS.) > * info: > . new option --where (aka --location, -w) to report where an Info file > would be found, instead of reading it. > . by default, output ANSI terminal escape sequences as-is; new option > --no-raw-escapes overrides this. > . use the newly-generated index line numbers. > * Distribution: > . new script gendocs.sh (not installed), for use by GNU maintainers in > getting their manuals on the GNU web site. Documented in > maintain.texi (http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_toc.html). > . Most code uses ANSI C prototypes, to some extent. > . New translation: nb. > . automake 1.8.3, autoconf 2.59, gettext 0.14.1. the ctan location is in fact macros/texinfo, so the ctan url karl quotes should in fact be http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/texinfo. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledmac v0.51
by Robin Fairbairns 10 Apr '04

10 Apr '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded ledmac.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this > to replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. The distribution > is under the LPPL. > > Changes in version 0.51 > o Resuscitated line numbers in right hand margin > o Added a third kind of sidenote i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Versions 2.10 of beamer and 0.61 of pgf
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Till Tantau submitted updates for his packaeges beamer and pgf. > The main purpose of these versions is to restore compatibility with xcolor > 1.10. However, they also contain other bugfixes. > > Change logs: > > Version 2.11 of beamer: > - Now works with xcolor 1.10 (and only 1.10). > - Added t, b, c options to frame. > - Fixed esoteric bug in beamerbaseoptions. > - Fixed problem with againframe and counters. > - Added (small part of) texpower emulation and foils emulation. > - Changed the examples for emulation of prosper. > - Fixed a PostScript related problems in bibliographies. > - Fixed lyx default template. > - Fixed bug that caused option CJK to be broken (though cjk > worked). > - Added inserts for section numbers for navigation bars. > - Fixed problem with spacing inside itemize after equations. > > Version 0.61 of pgf: > - Added pgfex and pgfem dimensions. > - Fixed bug that causes pgfshade to fail to work if xcolor > is called with option gray. > - Fixed PostScript code for radial shadings. > - xxcolor now works with xcolor 1.10 (and only 1.10). Thanks for the updates, I installed them. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

> I have uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/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. Many methods are provided to help you create your particular > design. > > Changes (2004/04/05) > o New version of memoir.dtx which will generate version v1.61 of > memoir.cls and the *.clo files with minor fixes for extraneous > spaces, footnotes and sidebars. Incorporates the patches from > mempatch v2.2. > o New (vacuous) version v2.3 of mempatch.sty > o NO CHANGES TO THE USER MANUAL thanks for the upload: i've installed it as you request. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledmac package
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

Peter Wilsone writes: > I have uploaded ledmac.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. The distribution is > under the LPPL. > > From the README: > The ledmac package is for typesetting critical editions. It is a > LaTeX port, and extension, of the plain TeX EDMAC, TABMAC and EDSTANZA > macros. > > Changes in version 0.5 (2004/04/04) > o Added sidenotes (as a replacement for marginpar in numbered text) > o All footnotes can be used in numbered text, not just critical ones > o If used with the memoir class, multiple regular and critical indexes. thanks for the upload: i've installed the files as you request. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- miller.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Harald Harders uploaded an update to miller.sty. License stays LPPL. > From the README: > > Typeset miller indices, e.g., <1-20>, used in > material sicence with an easy syntax. > Minus signs are printed as bar above the corresponding number. > > > >From the ChangeLog: > > v1.10 2004/04/07 > - Add a documentation (HH). > - Bugfix: In some cases, arguments without space have been parsed > incorrectly (HH). > - Bugfix: Detect isolated minus sign in argument with spaces (HH). > > > The Makefile contains a target texlive for preparing TeXLive. An xml > file as well as documentation in pdf are included. Thanks for the upload, I installed the update in macros/latex/contrib/miller For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Upload cjhebrew
by Rainer Schöpf 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Christian Justen wrote: > I just uploaded the file > cjhebltx.enc > to > ftp.dante.de/incoming > > It should go to > CTAN/language/hebrew/cjhebrew > > Licence: LPPL > > The file is a corrected version of the CJHebrew encoding file, fixing a bug > which prevented the creation of valid PS documents when using CJHebrew. Thanks for the update, I installed it as languages/hebrew/cjhebrew/cjhebltx.enc For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: floatrow uploading
by Rainer Schöpf 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Olga Lapko submitted a new package called floatrow. It is licensed under the LPPL and has been installed in macros/latex/contrib/floatrow > This package was created like extension or addition for float package. > > The float package has good possibility for creation of common layout > for all floats of one type without adding any layout code in document, > but it deals only with alone (plain) caption---object combinations. > > Current package allows to create and change similar float and caption layout > for plain float boxes, row of floats, and float with beside caption at once. > > This package recommends the usage of caption2 package. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- kerntest.cls
by Reinhard Zierke 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders <h.harders(a)tu-bs.de> ----- I have uploaded kerntest-v1_10.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please unpack it to macros/latex/contrib/kerntest. License is LPPL. >From the README: Print tables and generate mtx files that help to adjust kernings This class makes it easy to generate tables that show many different kerning pairs of an arbitrary font, usable by LaTeX. It shows the kerning values that are used by the the font by default. In addition, this class enables the user to alternate the kernings and to observe the results. Automatically, an mtx file is generated that can be loaded by fontinst to introduce the user-made kernings into the virtual font for LaTeX. The Makefile contains the item `texlive' for producing a TeXLive directory structure. An xml file is contained for the catalogue. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new package as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/kerntest. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: xfrac
by Jim Hefferon 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and is making its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xfrac Author's name: Morten Høgholm Author's email: moho01ab(a)student.cbs.dk Location on CTAN: macros/latex/exptl/xfrac Summary description: experimental/extended fractions License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a prototype implementation of xfrac; a package designed for producing visually pleasing split level fractions for arbitrary fonts. It's experimental and requires experimental code. See the README for more details. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/xfrac 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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Interim release of uk tex faq on ctan and web
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

this morning i found a significant bug in the way the faq's tex->html translator works; i needed to correct both the script and the source. as a side-effect the new version (3.11c) has one new answer (about the error message alignment tab has been converted to cr). the new versions are at the same place as ever: web: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq ctan: help/uk-tex-faq Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN & FAQ teams

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tug.ctan.org upload: AIAA LaTeX Package v 3.5
by Jim Hefferon 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and the update should be working its way to your favorite mirror, to arrive in a day or two. Thanks for the update, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: AIAA LaTeX Package v 3.5 Author's name: Bil Kleb Author's email: Bil.Kleb(a)NASA.Gov Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/aiaa Summary description: A class and bibliography style file for AIAA technical conference papers License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This distribution provides a LaTeX class (aiaa-tc.cls) and bibliography style file (aiaa.bst) that are used to create AIAA technical conference papers. The distribution also contains a Users Manual (aiaa.pdf), AIAA paper submission instructions (author_guide.pdf) and two templates, a bare-bones template and an advanced template. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/aiaa 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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CTAN package update: tensor
by Jim Hefferon 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror quite soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: tensor Author's name: Philip G. Ratcliffe Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tensor Summary description: Typeset tensors License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Typeset tensors with mixed upper and lower indices with spacing, also typset preposed indices. This is a complete revision and extension of the original tensor package by Mike Piff. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tensor 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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CTAN submission -- WinShell 2.5
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Ingo H. de Boer ----- I have uploaded a new version of WinShell to: ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/winshell Please replace all the files in: ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/systems/win32/winshell The licence is 'nosource'. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WinShell is a graphical user interface for easy working with LaTeX or TeX. It includes a text editor, different tool bars and user configuration options. It is NOT a LaTeX system. An additional LaTeX package for Windows is needed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- best regards, Ingo -- Ingo H. de Boer http://www.winshell.de ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:systems/win32/winshell Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- chroma
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: chroma Name and email: Uwe Kern <chroma(a)ukern.de> Suggested location on CTAN: info/colour/chroma Summary description: Chroma: a reference book of LaTeX colors License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.00 (2004/04/04) This reference book presents several lists of colors and their respective parameters in a number of color models. The lists are constructed either by parameters or by name. `Colors by parameters' displays systematic series of colors, based on 3-tuples of numbers that are interpreted as color parameters in the `rgb', `cmy', and `hsb' color models. `Colors by name' displays sets of colors that have been given specific names such that LaTeX users do not have to care about their parametrisation. However, as soon as there is the intention to use these colors outside the LaTeX world (e.g. website construction or drawing programs), the parameters suddenly gain importance. For each color name, we display - the color itself plus the name of the underlying model, - a 50%-tint (mixture with `white'), - a 50%-tone (mixture with `gray'), - a 50%-shade (mixture with `black'), - and the complementary color. Additionally, for the base colors defined by the `xcolor' package, also all 50%-mixes of base color pairs are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=chroma datestamp=2004/04/04 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.ctan.org> <about> <name>chroma</name> <caption>Chroma: a reference book of LaTeX colors</caption> <author> <name>Uwe Kern</name> <email>chroma(a)ukern.de</email> </author> <license type=lppl /> </about> <description> <abstract> v1.00 (2004/04/04) This reference book presents several lists of colors and their respective parameters in a number of color models. The lists are constructed either by parameters or by name. `Colors by parameters' displays systematic series of colors, based on 3-tuples of numbers that are interpreted as color parameters in the `rgb', `cmy', and `hsb' color models. `Colors by name' displays sets of colors that have been given specific names such that LaTeX users do not have to care about their parametrisation. However, as soon as there is the intention to use these colors outside the LaTeX world (e.g. website construction or drawing programs), the parameters suddenly gain importance. For each color name, we display - the color itself plus the name of the underlying model, - a 50%-tint (mixture with `white'), - a 50%-tone (mixture with `gray'), - a 50%-shade (mixture with `black'), - and the complementary color. Additionally, for the base colors defined by the `xcolor' package, also all 50%-mixes of base color pairs are included. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>info/colour/chroma</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:info/colour/chroma/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- view_print_ps_pdf 1.3
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Wybo Dekker ----- - I have uploaded vpp-1.3.tar.gz at ftp.dante.de - to be unpacked in /support/view_print_ps_pdf - LPPL - summary: vpp (View and Print Postscript/PDF) displays a pdf or postscript document and lets you print (or save as PDF) selected pages to a one- or two-sided hardcopy or an A5-booklet. Can also be used to re-arrange pages in a document. - changes: * ConteXt pdf-selection and -rearrangements now done with LaTeX using the packages pagesel (Heiko Oberdieck) and pdfpages (Andreas Matthias) to evict font-problems that occurred with uninstalled fonts. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:support/view_print_ps_pdf/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- ctable 1.6a
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Wybo Dekker ----- I have uploaded ctable-1.6a.tar.gz at ftp.dante.de - ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered table and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. - replaces ctable-1.6.tar.gz - unpack in macros/latex/contrib/ctable - LPPL - changes (relative to v1.6): 2 errors were corrected: * fboxsep and fboxrule changes made temporary * extra space behind tabulars removed ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ctable Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Lshort Upload (note the quote)
by Robin Fairbairns 04 Apr '04

04 Apr '04

Tobias Oetiker writes: > I have uploaded lshort-4.14 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/lshort-4.14. i've installed the files in directory info/lshort/english and triggered ctan mirroring. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: refcheck
by Jim Hefferon 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

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 ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: update of refcheck package Author's name: Oleg Motygin Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/refcheck Summary description: a new version of refcheck package License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version (1.9) of refcheck package can check usage of labels in external files and has more compability with cite package. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/refcheck/ 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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Re: New fourier-GUT (v1.3)
by Rainer Schöpf 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Michel Bovani wrote: > I just uploaded fourier-GUT.tgz in dante.ctan.org/incoming > > The fourier-GUT directory should replace the old verion in > tex-archive/fonts > > The licence is lppl > > This version is an upgrade to fourier-GUT 1.0 (note that 1.1 were never > released, 1.2 was released only for the new latex companion). > Several bugs corrected, new widespace option, new ornament font, etc. > See the read me for détails. Thanks for the new version, I installed the files in fonts/fourier-GUT For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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