July 2004 - ctan-ann

Re: cam.ctan.org upload: glossary
by Robin Fairbairns 30 Jul '04

30 Jul '04

Nicola Talbot writes (through the magic of the upload daemon): > Name of contribution: glossary > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossary > Summary description: Create a glossary > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package glossary.sty is provided to assist generating a glossary > with makeindex. It has a certain amount of flexibility allowing the > user to customize the format of the glossary and define new > glossary-style objects so that you can have more than one type of > glossary in your document. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can have a look at the package at > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossary/ > 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 thanks for the upload; installed as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: acronym-1.13 uploaded
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Jul '04

29 Jul '04

Tobias Oetiker writes: > I have uploaded acronym-1.13 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/acronym-1.13. > > If you think it is appropriate, announce it please. i renamed readme to README for the benefit of the web server, but otherwise i've installed exactly what you uploaded in macros/latex/contrib/acronym thanks for the upload. i think the changes are enough to justify advertisement to the world at large: > Recent Changes: > --------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.13 (July 2004): deflist renamed to AC@deflist to > avoid unnecessary nameing conflict. > -- Peter May <peter.may(a)philips.com> > > Version 1.13 (July 2004): printonlyused was not working anymore > -- Tobi Oetiker <oetiker(a)ee.ethz.ch> > > 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 > issued once per acronym and page, so that all instances of the same acronym > on a page get the same footnote mark. Feel free to contribute patches. > -- Tobi Oetiker <oetiker(a)ee.ethz.ch> > > Version 1.12 (June 2004): Make acronyms robust and compatible > with pdf bookmarks. > -- Danie Els <dnjels(a)sun.ac.za> Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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cam.ctan.org, {ftp,rsync,www}.tex.ac.uk down sun 1 aug
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Jul '04

29 Jul '04

the central cambridge university switches, etc., will all be down from about 08:00 to 17:00 next sunday 2004-08-01. the university will keep needing more central facilities and the entire backup power supply is to be replaced. as a result, all the cambridge ctan services will be inaccessible for that period. (we don't take power from the centre, so at least our machines ought to survive the down-time.) my apologies for the inconvenience; among other things, it will allow even more under-used bandwidth to the cambridge ctan. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Upload
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Jul '04

29 Jul '04

Herbert Voss writes: > I am just uploading pst-3dplot.tgz to the UK mirror. > Please delete _all_ files in the directory > > graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ > > and put the new ones in there. i've installed the new files as requested. > The 1.35 version of pst-3dplot, a PSTricks related package > contains several bugfixes (spurious blanks) and provides > now ticklines and labels for the 3D-axes. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: bmeps-1.0.9
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Jul '04

29 Jul '04

Dirk Krause uploaded a new version of his bmeps package. > Name of contribution: bmeps-1.0.9 > Suggested location on CTAN: /support/bmeps > Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS > License type: lgpl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update minimizes interferences between the image produced > by bmeps and the enclosing document by: (1) suppressing the > showpage operator unless required explicitely (option -o), > (2) undefining the /pstr and /inputf dictionary entries > after usage and (3) using a separate dictionary which is > removed at the end of file (Option -u). Garbage collection via > 1 vmreclaim can be forced using the -r option. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version has been installed in support/bmeps For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: TeXPower bundle version 0.1b
by Rainer Schöpf 27 Jul '04

27 Jul '04

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 Hans Fredrik Nordhaug submitted an update to the texpower package to CTAN: > Name of contribution: TeXPower bundle version 0.1b > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/texpower > Summary description: Creating dynamic online presentations with LaTeX > License type: gpl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The TeXPower bundle consists of the TeXPower package, the powersem > class and the tpslifonts package. The main author is Stephan Lehmke. > > Changes in texpower.sty since v0.0.9d: > > - Removed font stuff (now resides in tpslifonts.sty). > - Fixed display errors with some packages like pdfscreen related to shipout > - Color management extended a little to integrate better with LaTeX. > - Made step-like commands give better error messages when outside stepwise. > - Moved source to dtx-format. This made the examples/demos much easier to read. > > Other changes in texpower bundle since v0.0.9d: > > - powersem.cls and tpslifonts.sty now in dtx format. (No other changes.) > - tpslifonts documentation moved out of manual.tex and into tpslifonts.dtx > - manual updated, only minor changes. > - tplists.sty. New (experimental) addon package for texpower which provides easy > dynamic lists. Currently there are stepped, flipped and dimmed versions of > itemize and enumerate (and corresponding lists from the eqlist and paralist > package). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your upload, I installed the new version in macros/latex/contrib/texpower The old version in macros/latex/exptl/texpower I replaced with a symlink to the new version. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: CVsty
by Rainer Schöpf 27 Jul '04

27 Jul '04

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 Marcou Gilles and Antonio Pereira submiited a new package to CTAN: > Name of contribution: CVsty > Summary description: Yet another sty for easy CV pagination > License type: pd > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package contains a proposition for making CV presentation more > easy. The sty file define new space for the page, and allows new > control of the presentation. A tex file give an example of CV. Yet, a > CV reflects your personality. We encourage you to edit that sty and > modify it as you prefer and to play with pagination of your CV as much > as possible. > > Have Fun! > > G. Marcou, A. Pereira > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your submission. I installed your package as macros/latex/contrib/cvsty (macros/latex/contrib/cv already being there ) For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: latexdiff
by Rainer Schöpf 27 Jul '04

27 Jul '04

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 Frederik Tilmann submitted a new package to CTAN: > Name of contribution: latexdiff > Suggested location on CTAN: support > Summary description: latexdiff - determine and mark up significant differences between latex files > License type: gpl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > latexdiff is a script-based system for visual mark up and revision of > significant differences between two latex files. > > latexdiff is a PERL script, which compares two latex files and marks > up significant differences between them. Various options are > available for visual markup using standard latex packages such as > color.sty. Changes not directly affecting visible text, for example > in formatting commands, are still marked in the latex source. > > A rudimentary revision facilility is provided by another PERL script, > latexrevise, which accepts or rejects all changes. Manual > editing of the difference file can be used to override this default > behaviour and accept or reject selected changes only. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed your package in support/latexdiff For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: cam.ctan.org upload: probsoln
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Jul '04

24 Jul '04

> An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20040724-182436/ > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: probsoln > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/probsoln > Summary description: generate problem sheets and their solution sheets > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package probsoln.sty is designed for lecturers who have to > generate new problem sheets for their students on a regular basis > (e.g. yearly) by randomly selecting a specified number of problems > defined in another file. This means that you can easily generate a > new problem sheet that is different from the previous year, thus > alieviating the temptation of students to seek out the previous > year's students and checking out their answers. The solutions to the > problems can be defined along with the problem, making it easy to > generate the solution sheet from the same source code. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can have a look at the package at > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/probsoln > 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 thanks for the upload. i've now installed it as i've indicated. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN: ttb changes
by Jim Hefferon 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

The package that I installed yesterday as info/biblio/ttb has been put in info/bibtex/tamethebeast . You can look at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/bibtex/tamethebeast Note in particular that the .pdf now works. (Who knew that saving a .pdf from acrobat by printing to a file would cause it to come out as PostScript document text conforming at level 3.0?) Thank you to the folks who noticed the error, Jim Hefferon

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CTAN has a new package: functan
by Jim Hefferon 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your mirror of choice. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: functan Author's name: Antoine Lejay Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/functan Summary description: macros for functional analysis and PDE theory License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of this package is to provide a convenient and coherent way to deal with name of functional spaces (mainly Sobolev spaces) in functional analysis and PDE theory. It also provides a set of macros for dealing with norms, scalar products and convergence with some object oriented flavor (it gives the possibility to override the standard behavior of norms, ...). - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/functan 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 has a new package: ttb
by Jim Hefferon 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: splitbib Author's name: Markey Nicolas Location on CTAN: info/biblio/ttb/ Summary description: A manual about bibliographies and especially BibTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An (as-complete-as-possible) manual about bibliographies in LaTeX, and thus mainly about BibTeX. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/biblio/ttb/ 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 has a new package: Bibex
by Jim Hefferon 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon (maybe even now) make 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: Bibex Author's name: Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc Location on CTAN: support/bibex Summary description: Bibex automates the extraction of bibliographic references from BibTeX databases License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bibex, BibTeX Extractor, is a 100%-pure Java program that automates the extraction of bibliographic references from BibTeX databases using regular expressions. Using Bibex user interface, it is possible to define, to save, and to perform BibTeX references extraction tasks easily and automatically. Bibex is very useful when using bibtopic or similar packages! - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/bibex 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: CTAN upload notification: maketable
by Rainer Schöpf 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on CTAN: > Name of contribution: maketable > Name and email: Gunther Maier > Summary description: convert Word or Excel tables to TeX tabular structures > License type: dfsg > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > MAKETABLE helps in converting tables in Word, Excel, etc. to a tabular > structure for TeX. Copy your table in Word, Excel, etc. and paste it > into a data grid in MAKETABLE. Click a button to convert the data grid > to the tabular structure, then copy and paste it into your TeX editor. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed it in support/maketable For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: bmeps-1.0.8
by Rainer Schöpf 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 an update to the bmeps package was submitted. > Name of contribution: bmeps-1.0.8 > Name and email: Dirk Krause > Suggested location on CTAN: /support/bmeps > Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS > License type: lgpl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > bmeps is a converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS. > This update fixes two bugs: (1) a memory leak in the > pnmeps module, the memory allocated for the PNM image > was not freed and (2) uninitialized pointers to colormaps > in the jpgeps module. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it in support/bmeps For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: algorithms
by Jim Hefferon 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: algorithms Author's name: Peter Williams Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/algorithms Summary description: Macros for describing algorithms and a float to encapsulate them License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides two environments, algorithmic and algorithm, which are designed to be used together but may be used separately. The algorithmic environment provides an environment for describing algorithms and the algorithm environment provides a float wrapper for algorithms (implemented using algorithmic or some other method at the author's option). The reason that two environments are provided is to allow the author maximum flexibility. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/algorithms 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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tug.ctan.org upload: latexrender
by Jim Hefferon 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LatexRender Author's name: Steve Mayer Location on CTAN: support/latexrender Summary description: Use LaTeX in PHP programs License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LatexRender is a set of scripts that allows one to call LaTeX from PHP programs; in particular, this allows users to enter LaTeX commands in a forum and, on posting, have it replaced by a suitable gif or png. LatexRender requires LaTeX and ImageMagick to be installed. The open source PHP code was originally designed for use with phpBB, but it can be adapted for use with other PHP programs. Details and Example Installations are given at http://www.mayer.dial.pipex.com/tex.htm#latexrender - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexrender 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 upload -- enumitem 1.0 and esindex 1.1
by Reinhard Zierke 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from Javier Bezos ----- I've uploaded to the DANTE server the files esindex.sty esindex.tex README (zipped as bezos.zip) which should be replace the files currectly under /macros/latex/contrib/bezos =============================================================== With esindex you can write, say, esindex{cañón} and the entry will be correctly alphabetized. This release of esindex works with accented characters in any encoding, or so I hope, and without babel. =============================================================== I've uploaded to the DANTE server the 4 files enumitem.sty enumitem.tex enumitem.pdf README (zipped as enumitem.zip) which should be placed under the new directory /macros/latex/contrib/enumitem Note this package is not placed under contrib/bezos any more. =============================================================== Enumitem is package to customize the three basic lists (enumerate, itemize and description) by means of a set of parameters. It provides most of the flexibility you may want to design your own lists: - fancy labels and fancy refs, - leftmargin, labelsep and labelwidth automatically set, - changes applied globally or only in one of the three types or even in a single list (including topsep) by means of a sort of inheritance, - several description styles (which fix some bad spacing, too), - starting value and resuming the counter, - trivlists properly formatted, - control on page breaking =============================================================== ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you very much for the upload. I installed the files as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/bezos/ and CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/enumitem/. The latter package moved from the common directory macros/latex/contrib/bezos to a place of its own. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: mimeTeX
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Jul '04

18 Jul '04

John Forkosh writes: > As per your README.uploads instructions... > + what you've uploaded > mimetex.zip > to replace support/mimetex/mimetex.zip > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > support/mimetex > Please replace both existing files (mimetex.zip and README) > in support/mimetex, and please unzip mimetex.zip README > and then place this separate copy of README alongside > mimetex.zip in the support/mimetex directory > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > GNU GPL > + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > Various new features and fixes, including mathbb font, > nested arrays (e.g., for block diagonal matrices), etc. > ---------------------------------------------------- > From the original submission... > MimeTeX facilitates easily embedding LaTeX math in html pages. > It parses a LaTeX math expression and immediately emits a gif > (or xbitmap) image of it, rather than the usual TeX dvi. > And mimeTeX is an entirely separate little program that's > very easy to install -- it's just one cgi that you put in your > site's cgi-bin/ directory, with no other dependencies. And it's > equally easy to use -- just place an html <img> tag in your > document wherever you want to see the corresponding LaTeX > expression. For example, > <img src=../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=int_{-infty}^xe^{-t^2}dt > border=0 align=absmiddle> > immediately generates the corresponding image on-the-fly, > and displays it wherever you put that <img> tag, without > needing intermediate dvi-to-gif conversion, and without > creating separate gif files for each converted expression. > See > http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html > for many examples demonstrating mimeTeX's features and usage. now installed; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: The caption package 3.0c
by Rainer Schöpf 18 Jul '04

18 Jul '04

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Axel Sommerfeldt wrote: > Name of contribution: The caption package 3.0c > Uploaded to: ftp.dante.de/incoming/caption.zip > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/caption > (Please delete all the old files in this directory) > Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments > License type: lppl > > Abstract: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions > in floating environments like figure and table and cooperates with > many other packages. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Changes: > > - Bugfix: otcaption* did not work if the caption package was loaded *after* > the rotating package. > - Bugfix: sideways-captions did not work at all if the caption package was > loaded *after* the sidecap package. > (NOTE: info/examples/LaTeX_Companion_2ed/6-5-15.ltx did not compile with v3.0b!) > - Bugfix: Old documents using the caption package and the captcont package > should compile fine now. > (NOTE: New documents should use ContinuedFloat instead of captcont) > - Improvement: Minimal adaption for use with the memoir document class Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: splitbib
by Jim Hefferon 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: splitbib Author's name: Nicolas Markey Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/splitbib Summary description: Split and reorder your bibliography License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows you to split a bibliography into several categories and subcategories. It does not depend on BibTeX, and any bibliography may be split and reordered. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/splitbib 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 upload notification: movie15
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: movie15 Name and email: Alexander Grahn Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex2e/contrib/ Summary description: PDF-1.5 compatible multimedia inclusion License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Options added: autopause,autostop,autoresume (for page open/close events). Implementation of autoplay slightly changed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/movie15 Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: FeatPost
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: FeatPost Name and email: L. Nobre G. Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/metapost/macros/featpost Summary description: FeatPost is an extension of the MetaPost language, works in three dimensions and has several features to facilitate the production of physics schemes. License type: GNU Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Producing large numbers of pictures for animations to be shown at TUG2004 revealed some bugs in some macros. Only ashes of bugs remain in tropicalglobe and smoothtorus. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:graphics/metapost/macros/featpost Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: struktex
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 12:05:58PM +0200, ctan-upload wrote: > Name of contribution: struktex > Name and email: Jobst Hoffmann > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/struktex > Summary description: a package to generate Nassi Shneidermann structure charts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Even in the age of OOP one must develop algorithms. Nassi Shneidermann structure charts are a well known tool to describe an algorithm in a graphical way. This packages presents some macros for generating those structure charts in a LaTeX document > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installd the new package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/struktex/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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version 3.12 of uk faq on ctan and web
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

i have just released version 3.12 of the faq; this is only a little more than a month later than i had originally intended. as usual the (limping) dynamic faq is available from http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq, while sources, .pdf and other formats, and a static html version of the faq are available from ctan help/uk-tex-faq the change file for this version is appended Robin Fairbairns For the FAQ and CTAN teams ======================================================================== CHANGES-3.12 Changes in version 3.12 Acquiring the software Replace three finding things answers with a single Finding (La)TeX files, which covers the ground of the old questions, but with a more nearly up-to-date emphasis. This area needs more attention; hints on regular expressions from the old set is no more -- which probably doesn't matter (much) since almost no-one uses quote site index any longer. Systems, etc. Expunge mention of the (defunct) 4allTeX CD-ROM under editors and shells (it had long since gone from CD-ROM answer). Mention the MikTeX CD from the CD-ROM answer. Tidied the answer about systems for macintoshes Mathematics: Clarification of answer label mathsize (following c.t.t. thread) Document structure (and similar places): Corrected stupid error in the example in Q-alreadydef Installing (La)TeX files: Whole section moved up to before Fonts in the FAQ (rationalisation) Macros: further explanation in Q-protect New or revised packages (or just ones never before mentioned): MimeTeX mentioned (along with TechExplorer) in label mathml europecv mentioned in label cv highlight reference upgraded (because I now understand it better) chapterfolder mentioned in label docotherdir Presentation: Web version now copes with tables (in a pretty simplistic way) New answers: subsection{Common errors}: label zerochap: Why is my section numbering 0.1...? subsection{Common misunderstandings}: label tocloftwrong: Numbers too large in table of contents, etc. (providing a link from the problem to the solution in answer label tocloft) subsection{Creating bibliographies}: label buildbib: Creating a BibTeX bibliography file subsection{Creating citations}: label usebibtex: 'Normal' use of BibTeX from LaTeX label compactbib: Reducing spacing in the bibliography label bibtocorder: Table of contents rearranges 'unsrt' ordering subsection{Generic macros and techniques} label ifpdf: Am I using PDFTeX? section{The joy of TeX errors}: label altabcr: Alignment tab changed to cr label manymathalph: Too many math alphabets label normalszmiss: ormalsize not defined label missbegdoc: Missing egin{document} label divzero: Graphics division by zero section{Current TeX-related projects}: label extex: outline description of the ExTeX project label xetex: outline description of the XeTeX project subsection{Hyphenation}: label hyphexcept: use of, and pitfalls of, hyphenation exceptions subsection{Page layout}: label outszwrng: the infamous stupid acrobat reader answer subsection{LaTeX programming}: label ltxabbrv: latex abbreviations and (some of) their meanings subsection{Alternative document classes}: label slidecls: a set of hints on presentations

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CTAN has a new package: pst-infixplot
by Jim Hefferon 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it will make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pst-infixplot Author's name: Jean-Côme Charpentier / Christophe Jorssen Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-infixplot Summary description: Using pstricks plotting capacities with infix expressions rather than RPN License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Plotting functions with pst-plot is very powerful but sometimes difficult to learn since the syntax of psplot and parametricplot requires some PostScript knowledge. What infix-RPN and pst-infixplot styles intend to do is to simplify the usage of pst-plot for the beginner, providing macro commands that convert natural mathematical expressions to PostScript syntax. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-infixplot 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 has a new package: assignment
by Jim Hefferon 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will soon make its way throught the system to your favorite mirror. Thanks again for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: assignment Author's name: Madhusudan Singh Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/assignment Summary description: A class file for typesetting homework and lab assignments License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A LaTeX class file for typesetting homework and lab assignments. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/assignment 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: CTAN submission: csquotes 2.2
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to DANTE incoming. This is an update for > macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Please purge the old files, install the new > ones, and announce the upload as usual. > > Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The csquotes package: > * provides markup for inline quotations > * supports both control sequences and active characters > * toggles between inner and outer quotation marks for nested quotes > * interfaces with babel and adapts quotation marks as required > * features fully configurable quote styles and active characters > > CHANGES > > * Extended DeclareQuoteStyle > * Added initialization hook for inner quotes > * Added support for middle inner quote marks > * Rearranged French quote styles, removing two variants > * Added new style variant for French > * Fixed bug that caused stacking of reset hook for footnotes > * Fixed bug that prevented hyphenation in certain places > * Fixed kerning issue specific to EC fonts Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: underbracket
by Jim Hefferon 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org. It should make its way to your favorite mirror real soon now. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: underbracket Author's name: Bernd Feucht Location on CTAN: macros/musixtex/taupin/add-ons/underbracket Summary description: Draw brackets to underline (song) text License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package underbracket.sty draws brackets to underline text (especially, but not exclusively, syllables of song text). It may be combined with musixtex/musixlyr, within the argument of the setlyrics command or outside the music score. The file underbracket.sty provides several macros to define brackets which may e.g. start/end centered below syllables. Three length variables are provided to allow a fine adjustment of the bracket parameters. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/musixtex/taupin/add-ons/underbracket 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 has a new package: MetaPlot
by Jim Hefferon 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon end up at your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: MetaPlot Author's name: Brooks Moses Location on CTAN: graphics/metaplot Summary description: Plot-manipulation macros for use in Metapost. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaPlot is a set of Metapost macros for manipulating pre-generated plots (and similar objects), and formatting them for inclusion in a Metapost figure. The intent is that the plots can be generated by some outside program, in an abstract manner that does not require making decisions about on-page sizing and layout, and then they can be imported into MetaPlot and arranged using the full capabilities of Metapost. Metaplot also includes a very flexible set of macros for generating plot axes, which may be useful in other contexts as well. Presently, MetaPlot is in something of a pre-release beta state; it is quite functional, but the syntax of the commands are still potentially in flux. Bug reports and other suggestions would be most welcome! - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metaplot 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: SIstyle
by Jim Hefferon 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and it should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you again for the upload, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: SIstyle Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/SIstyle Summary description: Package to typeset SI units, numbers and angles License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The SIstyle package typeset SI units, numbers and angles according to the ISO requirements. Care is taken with font setup and requirements. Help with the definition of more locales will be grately appreciated. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/SIstyle 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 has a new package: courier-scaled
by Jim Hefferon 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should appear at your favorite mirror soon. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: courier-scaled Author's name: Herbert Schulz Location on CTAN: fonts/ps-fonts/courier-scaled Summary description: Provides a Scaled Courier Font similar to the helvet package License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package sets the default typewriter font to courier with a possible scale factor; like the helvet package for Helvetica and sans serif. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//fonts/ps-fonts/courier-scaled/ 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 upload notification: movie15
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: movie15 Name and email: Alexander Grahn Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/movie15 Summary description: multimedia inclusion package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *This is an update to the previously uploaded package 'moviez' with documentation added in PDF format. New package name 'movie15' has been chosen to reflect PDF-1.5 compatibility. *Option 'autoplay' added to 'includemovie' command. It causes media clip to be started right after page has loaded. Useful for side by side movie clips to be played back synchronously. *Dependency on recent versions of ghostscript removed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new package as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/movie15 Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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revision of tugboat macros for latex
by Robin Fairbairns 12 Jul '04

12 Jul '04

I've installed a revision of the tugboat macros in macros/latex/contrib/tugboat The macros should be used by anyone who wishes to submit a paper to tugboat, or to a tug conference. The installation contains revised documentation to go with the new release. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN and TUGboat teams

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CTAN upload notification: ltxindex
by Reinhard Zierke 12 Jul '04

12 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: ltxindex Name and email: J.L.Rivera Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ltxindex Summary description: A LaTeX package to typeset indices with GNU's Texindex License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ltxindex is a macro package that allows the user to make indices with GNU's Texindex program instead of makeindex. It provides the indexing commands available in Texinfo by default. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for your upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ltxindex/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Version 2.21 of beamer and version 0.62 of pgf
by Reinhard Zierke 09 Jul '04

09 Jul '04

Till Tantau wrote: > I have put version 2.21 of beamer on > fpt://ftp.dante.de/incoming/latex-beamer-2.21.tar.gz. > > I have put version 0.62 of pgf on > fpt://ftp.dante.de/incoming/pgf-0.62.tar.gz. > > These versions work together (and require) xcolor 2.00. Also, there are some > minor bugfixes in pgf. Thanks for the upload. I installed both packages on CTAN replacing the previous versions in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer/ and CTAN:graphics/pgf Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: SmileTeX
by Jim Hefferon 08 Jul '04

08 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: SmileTeX Author's name: Christian Schüler Location on CTAN: nonfree/support/smiletex Summary description: creates LaTeX documents and more from simple texts License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SmileTeX is a small compiler for win32 systems, which takes simple text files and creates LaTeX documents and furthermore PDF, DVI and HTML documents from them. It automatically calls all tools necessary to include nearly all types of images and Excel tables, it recognizes equations, hyperlinks, sections, lists, special characters, references, long comments, table of contents, colors, etc. Additionally, it comes with a WinEdt highlighting scheme and menus. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/support/smiletex 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: newlfm
by Jim Hefferon 06 Jul '04

06 Jul '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: newlfm Author's name: Paul Thompson Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/newlfm Summary description: Produces letters, faxes and memos License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 8.0 of newlfm is announced. Several improvements have been included in this version. * Letterhead and non-letterhead pages can now have quite different dimensions. * Multiple signatures are now supported. * The manual has been rewritten to attempt to make the program clearer. Several minor fixes have also been included. * A number of dimensions have been fixed to actually work. * Labels now work a little better. Users of newlfm are urged to upgrade to Version 8.0. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/newlfm 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: epmtfe.zip (EPM TeX Front End 4.2)
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the archive file epmtfe.zip to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack the uploaded ZIP file in the CTAN directory: systems/os2/epmtfe (Please, do not unpack the enclosed archives.) This is version 4.2 of the EPM TeX Front End, a module for the OS/2 Enhanced Editor EPM. It turns the EPM into an integrated TeX environment, providing (La)TeXing, previewing and executing of auxiliary programs from the editor menu. Two flavors of the TeX Front End are provided: * classic: for use with any TeX system, including emTeX and VTeX/2 * VTeX: for use with VTeX/2 _only_, making the use of this system particularly convenient Each variant is available with English or German user interface. Changes over the previous version 4.0 are listed in the file NEWS. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:systems/os2/epmtfe Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: xcolor 2.00 (addendum)
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

Uwe Kern asked me to add the list of changes to the xcolor 2.0 accouncement of a few minutes ago. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004/07/04 v2.00 * New features: - extended functionality for color expressions: mix colors like a painter; - support for color blending: specify color mix expressions that are being blended with every displayed color; - xglobal command for selective control of globality for color definitions, blends, and masks; - multiple step operations (e.g. color{foo!!+++}) and access to individual members (e.g. color{foo!![7]}) in color series; - providecolor command to define only non-existent colors; - definecolorset and providecolorset commands to facilitate the construction of color sets with common underlying color model; - additional 147 predefined color names according to SVG 1.1 specification; - `xpdfborder' key for setting the width of hyperlink borders in a more driver-independent way if `dvips' is used. * Changes: - `color' package now completely integrated within `xcolor'; - `override', `usenames', `nodvipsnames' options and xdefinecolor command no longer needed; - `dvips' and `dvipsnames' options now independent of each other; - racingcolors's behaviour changed to make it more versatile and reduce log file size in standard cases; - divide's syntax made more flexible (divide by numbers and/or dimensions); - code restructured, some internal commands renamed; - documentation rearranged and enhanced. * Bugfixes: - definecolor{foo}{named}{bar} did not work (error introduced in v1.11); - more robust behaviour of conditionals within `pstricks' key-values. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: xcolor 2.00
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from Uwe Kern ----- Name of contribution: xcolor 2.00 Name and email: Uwe Kern <xcolor(a)ukern.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ Summary description: Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- `xcolor' provides easy driver-independent access to several kinds of colors, tints, shades, tones, and mixes of arbitrary colors by means of color expressions like color{red!50!green!20!blue}. It allows to select a document-wide target color model and offers tools for automatic color schemes, conversion between nine color models, alternating table row colors, color blending and masking, and color separation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload; I installed the new version of this package as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org/www/ctan.org out
by Jim Hefferon 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

The tug.ctan.org machine is back up, thanks to help from the IT staff here at St Michael's College. We had some strong lightening last night, which fried the power supply, and they kindly replaced it. Sorry about the downtime. Jim Hefferon

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CTAN catalogue search
by Robin Fairbairns 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

I've got an old copy of Jim Hefferon's excellent catalogue search from www.ctan.org; it's been off the air for a bit, but is now available again at http://www.tex.ac.uk/CTANfind.html Does what you need, I think, though it's undoubtedly less pretty than Jim's current thing (which is on a machine that's currently not working...). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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(no subject)
by Rainer Schöpf 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

After a bad storm, the US main CTAN node alan.smcvt.edu is out of service. In particular, the web interface at www.ctan.org cannot be reached. We apologize for the interruption. We will post an announcement when the machine is operational again. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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tug.ctan.org/www.ctan.org out
by Robin Fairbairns 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Jim Hefferon's just reported that the machine has been fried by a storm. He doesn't know how long it will take to get things back on the air again. In the mean time, there's still cam.ctan.org/dante.ctan.org (for ftp) and www.tex.ac.uk and www.dante.de for web access. I fear that www.tex.ac.uk's CTAN search is currently broken, and dante doesn't have one :-( Report problems to ctan(a)dante.de, please. I'll try and get the CTAN search here going again this evening (I had intended to sneak a copy off Jim :-( ) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: m-bib
by Jim Hefferon 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should be spreading to other sites even as you read this. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: m-bib Author's name: Taco Hoekwater Location on CTAN: macros/context/contrib/bib Summary description: ConTeXt bibliography module License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the ConTeXt bibliography module. There is nothing really new in this release, just a (re)packaging for CTAN. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/context/contrib/bib 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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