ctan-ann January 2005

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CTAN update: extract v1.2
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Hendri Adriaens uploaded version 1.2 of his package extract Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/extract License: lppl Summary description: Extract specific content from a source document and write that to a target document Update info: 1) fixed AfterEndEnv hook for nested environments 2) increased efficiency of package 3) simplified optional argument check for extract environment Thanks for the update For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload notification: l2tabuit v.1.8.4
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 Emanuele Zannarini uploaded version 1.8.4 of l2tabuit the italian translation oMark Trettin's `l2tabu'. Location on CTAN: /info/l2tabu/italian/ License type: other Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update to my previous (v1.8.3) italian translation of the Mark Trettin's practical overview to LaTeX, called `l2tabu' v. 1.8. Changes from previous version: * fixed typos * fixed/updated references ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload notification: unitsdef
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 Patrick Happel uploaded an update of his package unitsdef to CTAN. There are a lot of packages for typesetting units in LaTeX2e. Some define macros to typeset a lot of units but do not suit to the actual font settings, some make the characters needed available but do not predefine any unit. This package tries to comply with both requirements. It predefines common units, defines an easy to use interface to define new units and changes the output concerning to the surrounding font settings. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/unitsdef/ Summary description: Typesetting units in LaTeX2e License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of unitsdef to version 0.2. It includes some bugfixes, all units are robust now, a configuration file is supported and unitsdef now uses xspace to simplify the writing process. There are some new options to exclude some abbreviations to avoid conflicts with macros defined by other packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: msg package update V 0.10
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk an update of the msg package > for LaTeX package/class writers. > > Volunteers are really welcome to translate the short (13) messages > file in their own language. > Currently msg is localized in French, Englisk, Norsk and German. > > The msg package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users who could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is also really > easy to use by class/package writers. > > Please, be free to try/test it on any existing package/class and > report any pb. > > The upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk is: msg.tar.gz > Ctan directory: 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 > > V 0.10 mods: bug corrections: mostly msgencoding not running before > egin{document}; > German message file completed. > Few documentation changes. thanks for the upload; i've installed the files as required. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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hyperlatex
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

idling through the catalogue, as i do, i lighted on the silly state of this stuff. i've updated it from sourceforge, and pushed a new version out.

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CTAN package update: pxfonts and txfonts
by Jim Hefferon 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

The two packages shown below have been updated at tug.ctan.org and will make their way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pxfonts / txfonts Contributer's name: karl berry Location on CTAN: /fonts/txfonts and /fonts/pxfonts Summary description: [pt]xfonts.sty update for active characters License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The txfonts.sty and pxfonts.sty packages released in 2000 by Dr. Young Ryu had the deficiency of using to specify character codes, etc. Consequently, if is an active character when these styles were read (e.g., if german.sty had been loaded), they would not work. Thomas Esser fixed this some years ago in teTeX by changing all the references to decimal. This upload simply propagates the new files to CTAN, with Dr. Ryu's permission. (Thanks also to Volker Schaa for reporting the inconsistency.) Also, the txfonts.map and pxfonts.map files from the TeX Live distribution are now included in the distribution on CTAN; they simply omit the entries for the standard base fonts (e.g., Palatino-Roman, Times-Roman). Finally, users of [pt]xfonts may be interested in this note on future work from Dr. Ryu: When I released the current txfonts and pxfonts, I thought it would be the final release. But, I have heard of some issues, especially those related to spacing of math alphabets, symbols and the size of small caps (being too small), integrals looking ugly, and parentheses being flat too quickly. I have a plan to update these fonts (together with complete hxfonts including complete math alphabets and symbols), but not until I finish something that I am now committed to. Hopefully it will be within a couple of years... - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the two packages at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/pxfonts/ and http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/txfonts/ 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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uk tex faq v3.13
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

i've just reinstalled the faq at ctan help/uk-tex-faq and at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq there has been a very long delay since v3.12, for various reasons. the changes list (appended) looks impressive, but isn't very startling for nearly 6 months' work. i have been doing experiments about presentation of the faq, and i'm hoping to have an entirely new mechanism in a few months' time. in the mean time i shall try to install updates in a more timely fashion. so, if you have been, thanks for listening. robin fairbairns (faltering faq maintainer.) ======================= Changes in version 3.13 Fonts: Substantial re-arrangement and re-writing of Choice of scalable outline fonts (label psfchoice) Installing (La)TeX files: Reference made to Jim Hefferon's One person TeX system web page, both under tutorials, and under the installation answers. Current TeX-related projects: Reworked, and brought up-to-date, question label textrace (new question title, as well). New or revised packages (or just ones never before mentioned): algorithmicx (mentioned in label algorithms) bbm fonts and macros (mentioned in label numbersets) bib2xhtml conversion utility (mentioned in label htmlbib) doublestroke fonts and macros (mentioned in label numbersets) euler (macros) and eulervm (macros and fonts) (mentioned in label concrete) extract (mentioned in label conditional) fourier (and utopia) fonts (mentioned in label psfchoice) gellmu latex-like xml system (mentioned in label mathml) latexdiff (mentioned in label changebar) ledpar (mentioned in label parallel) mathtime pro (mentioned in label psfchoice) metatype1 (mentioned in label textrace) parcolumns (mentioned in label parallel) protext (mentioned in label TeXsystems) texniccenter (mentioned in label editors) wallpaper (mentioned in label watermark) xcomment (mentioned in label conditional) ziffer (mentioned in label dec_comma) Presentation: Switched to LuxiMono (in place of cmtt) for monospace fonts, in the default distribution; removed computer modern targets from the makefile -- no .dvi files will now be distributed. New answers: subsection{Creating citations}: label i18nbib: Non-english bibliographies subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}: label rulethk: The thickness of rules in LaTeX tables section{The joy of TeX errors}: label ouparmd: Not in outer par mode subsection{Page layout}: label changemargin: substantial rewrite (not really a new answer) subsection{Generic macros and techniques} label subverttoks: Subverting a token register Things removed: label commercial: Reference to Y&Y TeX Inc (which no longer exists). label psfchoice: Reference to fonts Lucida New Math, MathTime and MathTime plus, none of which are now available since the demise of the distributors, Y&Y TeX.

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CTAN package update: FiXme
by Jim Hefferon 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

The package below has been updated, and should by now have reached all the mirrors. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: FiXme Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/fixme Summary description: A LaTeX2e style for managing fixme's and meta-comments. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce the Christmas release of FiXme: 3.0 ! New in this release: - - - FiXme now provides environments for longer notes. - - - Layouts can be overridden on a per-note basis. - - - Bug fix in the marginal note layout. This package provides you with a way of inserting fixme notes in your documents. Such notes can appear inline, as marginal notes, footnotes, index entries, in the log file and as warnings on stdout. It is also possible to summarize them in a list. When you switch from draft to final mode, any remaining fixme note will be logged, but removed from the document's body. Additionally, critical notes will abort compilation with an informative message. FiXme also comes with support for AUC-TeX. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/fixme 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 --- ledpar package update
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded ledpar.tar.gz to UK incoming. This unpacks into a > directory called ledpar. Please use the contents of this directory to > replace similarly named files in macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. the > distribution is under the LPPL. > > The ledmac package supports the typesetting of critical editions. The > ledpar package is an extension which provides for parallel (multilingual) > texts. > > The ledpatch.sty file eliminates spurious spaces generated by the ledmac > package and the new version of ledpar.dtx improves the cooperation between > the ledpar and babel packages. i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- update mempatch.sty for memoir class
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty > > The patch for the memoir class fixes a minor quibble or two, and also > provides more controls over the position of sidebars. i've installed the file as requested. thanks for the upload. > Best wishes for a fruitful and stress free 2005 and to you, and to all our readers, too! Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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