ctan-ann October 2005

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CTAN update: lineno.sty/ednotes.sty (critical editions, revising submittings)
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Uwe Lück submitted an update to the lineno and ednotes packages. The lineno package adds line numbers to selected paragraphs with reference possible through the LaTeX ef and pageref cross reference mechanism. Ednotes is a macro package for typesetting scholarly critical editions. It provides macros for critical edition typesetting with LaTeX, including support for line numbers and layers of footnotes. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ednotes macros/latex/contrib/lineno Summary description: lineno.sty v4.32: bug fix License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mainly, a bug in vertical spacing has been fixed -- when a math display or a list meets a heading, or a heading meets a sub-heading [addvspace had been disabled]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ > > this new version has > - use def instead of edef for X|YAxisLabel > - make psgraph correct use of the origin values > - added a new macro psLNode and lput for a > node label with absolute position > - moving the basic arrows into pstricks.tex )-(,]-[ > bugfix for hook arrow > - fix a bug with trigLabels and showorigin i've installed the file and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package updated: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-barcode.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ > > this new version has > - A checksum was added to the Code 2 of 5 encoder. > - A checksum was added to the Code 11 encoder. > - adding a PS-option width for the codes i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: amsldoc-vi
by CTAN Announcements 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Reinhard Kotucha submitted an update for the AMSLaTeX Manual v2.0, Vietnamese edition. to CTAN. Location on CTAN: info/amslatex/vietnamese. Description: AMSLaTeX Manual v2.0, Vietnamese edition. Original Author: American Mathematical Society Translator: Ky Anh <kyanh(a)o2.pl> License of the translation: LPPL, version 1.3 or newer, according to http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: pdftex 1.30.4
by CTAN Announcements 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 Martin Schröder submitted a new version of pdftex Location on CTAN: /systems/pdftex Summary description: fixed some bugs License type: gpl > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The pdfTeX team is happy to announce the release of a new stable version: > > =========================================================================== > pdfTeX 1.30.4 > =========================================================================== > > This is the announcement of pdfTeX 1.30.4, an extended version of TeX that > can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX > typesetting with the help of PDF. > > =========================================================================== > Main changes of pdfTeX 1.30.4 > =========================================================================== > > - bugfix: whitespaces in filenames didn't work on Unix anymore (bug 377) > - bugfix: two immediates cancel themselves (bug 437) > - bugfix: wrong file name in error messages of image inclusion (bug 435) > > For complete release notes see http://www.pdftex.org/NEWS > > =========================================================================== > Legal notice / license > =========================================================================== > > pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2005 Han The Thanh, <thanh(a)pdftex.org> > > pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the > terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software > Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later > version. > > For a complete README (with a full discussion of the license) > please look at http://www.pdftex.org/README > > =========================================================================== > The files / installation > =========================================================================== > > You should first try to get a new version of pdfTeX through your > distribution. > > If you want to compile it yourself, have a look at http://www.pdftex.org -- > there you can find links to the pdfTeX sources on CTAN. And some useful > documentation. > > =========================================================================== > Mailing lists / web pages: > =========================================================================== > > Mailing list: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex > > Related web pages: > http://www.pdftex.org > http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex/ > http://www.tug.org/tex-live/ > http://www.tug.org/tetex/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes > http://www.dante.de/ > http://tug.org/ > http://www.pragma-ade.com/ > > Have fun! > > Martin Schröder (martin(a)pdftex.org) for the pdfTeX team, October 2005 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: fonts from GUST on dante/incoming
by CTAN Announcements 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted a number of font files to CTAN: > ------ > Package: antt > Version: 2.04 > Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki > License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) > Location on CTAN: fonts/antt/ > > The current release (v. 2.04) corrected some glyphs, > normalized again .map end .enc files names, and also added the support > for mathematical typeseting in LaTeX. > > ------ > Package: iwona > Version: 0.92 > Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki > License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) > Location on CTAN: fonts/iwona/ > > Iwona is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was created as an alternative > version of the Kurier typeface, which was designed in 1975 for a diploma > in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision > of Roman Tomaszewski. > > Kurier was designed for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar > periodicals. The Iwona fonts are an alternative version of the Kurier fonts. > The difference lies in the absence of ink traps which typify the Kurier font. > > This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering > the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and > greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical > symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use > with TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), > and OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 > for the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts > for LaTeX. The doc/fonts/iwona folder contains examples for plain TeX as well > as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. > > > ------ > Package: kurier > Version: 0.92 > Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki > License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) > Location on CTAN: fonts/kurier/ > > Kurier is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was designed for a diploma > in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision > of Roman Tomaszewski. The result was presented with other Polish typefaces > at the ATypI conference in Warsaw in 1975. > > Kurier was intended for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar > periodicals. The design goals included resistance to technological processes > destructive to the letter shapes. As a result, amongst others, the typeface > distinguishes itself through intra- and extra-letter white spaces as well > as ink traps at cross-sections of some elements constituting the characters. > > This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering > the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and > greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical > symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use with > TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), and > OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 for > the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts for > LaTeX. The doc/fonts/kurier folder contains examples for plain TeX as well > as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: tabularht v2.0
by CTAN Announcements 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to his tabularht package. The tabularht package defines some environments that add a height specification to tabular and array environments. The default set of new environments take a value for their height in the first argument: defined environments are: tabularht, tabularht* and arrayht. If package <xref refid='tabularx'>tabularx</xref> is also loaded, the package also defines environments tabularxht and tabularxht*. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License remains LPPL 1.3. > Changes: > * New option vlines with drives pdftex and dvips. > It tries to solve the problem of interrupted vertical > lines in tabularht environments, if the space between > the rows is inserted, e.g. by oalign{vspace{...}}. > * New commands for interrow space with support for > option vlines: > interrowspace, interrowfill, interrowstart ...interrowstop > * The height of the table can also be given by spread. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: xcolor 2.06
by CTAN Announcements 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Uwe Kern submitted an update to the xcolor package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ Summary description: Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2005/10/15 v2.06 > * New features: > - color model `wave' for (approximate) visualisation of light > wavelengths, still somewhat experimental; > - pseudo-model `ps' for colors defined by literal PostScript code > in conjunction with `pstricks and `dvips'; an illustrative > example for a gamma-correction approach is given in xcolor2.tex; > - substitutecolormodel command for replacement of missing or > faulty driver-specific color models; > - improved detection and handling of driver-specific color models; > - `dvipdfmx' and `xetex' options to support these drivers; > - generic driver test file xcolor4.tex. > * Changes: > - XC@strip@comma doesn't generate a trailing space anymore, which > improves also the output of the `testcolors' environment. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission: Word2LaTeX
by CTAN Announcements 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Ingo H. de Boer submitted the new package word2latex to CTAN. The wsW2LTX library is an application programming interface (API) designed to translate a MS Word document to LaTeX and converts MS Word documents up to version 9, which is MS Word 2000. The library is based on libwv and on several other - mostly Unix based - libraries. Location on CTAN: support/word2latex License type: nosource Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: WinShell 3.0
by CTAN Announcements 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Ingo H. de Boer submitted version 3.0 of the winshell package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/winshell Summary description: WinShell is a free integrated development environment (IDE) for easy working with LaTeX or TeX. License type: nosource Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WinShell is a free integrated development environment (IDE) 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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