ctan-ann November 2005

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CTAN update: substr package
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Harald Harders submitted an update to the substr package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/substr License: LPPL >From the README: This package provides commands to deal with substrings in strings: Determine if a string contains a substring, count appearances of a substring in a string. ChangeLog: 2005/11/29 v1.1 Harald Harders - Add IfBeforeSubStringEmpty and IfBehindSubStringEmpty. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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UK TeX FAQ, v3.15 installed
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

I've just installed a new version of the UK TeX FAQ as an interactive entity on the web: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq and as sources on CTAN: http://www.tex.ac.uk/help/uk-tex-faq/ There are now 396 questions answered in the FAQ, but the total number available is mostly limited by my spare time and energy. Those with an urge to submit suggestions for questions (preferably with answers) are urged to do so. Those who find something in the FAQ plain wrong (or merely confusing) are equally urged to do so. Details of such submissions (including an Email address) are to be found in http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=newans (which includes an email address in one of its URLs). Details of changes made are appended below. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ============================================================================== Changes in version 3.15 These are changes from 3.14, as at the first submission of the new version to the web. New answers: Label brkinline: line breaking in in-line maths Label errparnum: illegal parameter number error Label etex: describe e-TeX as a thing in its own right Label fllost: LaTeX floats lost error Label formbiblabel: jiffy on formatting numeric labels in bibliography Label gethelp: basic getting help answer Label ltxhash: defining latex commands within other commands Label maillists*: the other (La)TeX mailing lists Label srchpdf: searching PDF files with non-ASCII characters Label tutorials*: replaces tutorial, with a bunch of links to other answers: man-tex: introductory manuals for Plain TeX man-latex: introductory manuals for LaTeX tutbitslatex: tutorials covering small areas of (mostly) latex ref-doc: reference documents typo-style: typographic style Label varwidcol: variable-width columns in tabulars (using varwidth.sty) Answers removed: Label maillists: replaced by gethelp and maillists* Label NTS: the project is no longer (visibly) active, and e-TeX has entered the mainstream; see above about e-TeX Label tutorials: replaced by tutorials* and its dependents Revised answers: Label [several]: replace references to label NTS Label atsigns: rewrite for new companion, use example from there Label bold-extras: mention luximono font Label breaklinks: cover toc/lof/lot issues, describe where there's no hope Label eplain: revised with input from new maintainer Label fancyhdr: editorial work Label noans: statement of what happens to questions to new faq mail address Label nohyph: correct definition of hyph (!) Label overfull: clarify emergencystretch, discuss microtype package Label psfchoice: reinstate Lucida with pointer to upcoming sale site Label seccntfmt: mention @ commands Label slidecls: mention powerdot Label TeXsystems: mention TeXlive Mac distribution Label type1T1: editorial work Presentation: A serious problem with question cross-references in the PDF version has been mended. The tutorials section has been split into more manageable (and hopefully useful chunks (see above). The address for proposals for FAQ improvement has changed; the steady stream of requests for help, to the old address, from people who hadn't even read the FAQ, became too much for me. I have removed my name and address everywhere it appears in the FAQ; this follows the strong perception that I am widely despised on the texhax list, and is done in the hope that these people won't be put off using the FAQ as a result. Coming up: I have a far more efficient CGI engine for serving answers to the web: its output still needs tuning and more testing is needed before release. I am investigating mechanisms whereby I can point to the CTAN catalogue from FAQ answers. I feel I can write fuller descriptions of individual packages in the catalogue than I can in the FAQ; moreover, the catalogue has links to on-line documentation, which has always been a problem for FAQ readers.

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

The package described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon 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: LaTeXPiX Author's name: N.J.H.M. van Beurden Location on CTAN: systems/win32/latexpix Summary description: As is License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The CTAN 20 version of LaTeXPiX is available. Changes are: * When opening or merging files when canvas is zoomed in, the drawing was incorrectly loaded. Bug reported by Robert Rutten. * When no objects are selected, dragging the when holding the left mouse button enables selecting of multiple objects. Idea came from Robert Rutten. * Added more information and exception handling when the Windows registry cannot be read/written. Thanks to Keith Mellinger for testing. * Renamed Generate Registration Request Number to Register and changed register procedure to name and key only (no registry file will be sent anymore). * Stripped ebb.exe from the style installer. * Version 1.1 of latexpix.sty now in the style installer (changed legal information). * Object resizing with fixed aspect ratio went had a bug. * Undo data now created when moving or resizing objects. Also the program could crash when an object is selected and undone. * Browsing through object shortcut key moved from CTRL+5 to CTRL+TAB. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/latexpix . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: xcolor 2.08
by CTAN Announcements 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 Uwe Kern submitted an update to the xcolor package. This package pProvides easy driver-independent access to several kinds of color tints, shades, tones, and mixes of arbitrary colors. It allows a user to select a document-wide target color model and offers complete tools for conversion between eight color models. Additionally, there is a command for alternating row colors plus repeated non-aligned material (like horizontal lines) in tables. Colors can be mixed like color{red!30!green!40!blue}. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005/11/25 v2.08 * New features: - more flexibility for fcolorbox arguments, e.g., fcolorbox[gray]{0.5}[wave]{580}{test}; - oxframe returns a frame of given dimensions; - new implementation of f(rame)box and fcolorbox as an extension of bug report latex/3655 to reduce pixel positioning errors in output devices; - `kernelfbox' option for those who prefer the previous f(rame)box approach; - experimental `xcdraw' option uses PostScript commands to draw frames and color boxes in case of `dvips'. * Bugfixes: - insufficient expression type detection within colorlet; - wrong calculation in the unit interval reduction for negative integers (affecting color series and extended color expressions). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-3dplot.tgz to the uk mirror. > > please replace all files with the existing ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst3d-plot/ > > pst-3dplot is a PSTricks related package for 3d objects, > data and mathematical functions. > > this new version has: > > pst-3dplot.pro -------- > 0.21 2005-10-10 add PS-code for 3D sphere > > > pst-3dplot.tex -------- > 1.71 2005-11-27 - latest xcolor needs ...={[cmyk]{.3,.4,.1,0}} > - fix a bug with Dx > - new macro for pstThreeDSphere which needs no > package pst-vue3d > - fixes a bug with pst@tempa thanks for that. i've installed the new files and pushed them out to the other ctan sites. i've also updated the catalogue. users may browse the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot (the doc/ subdirectory has also been updated). users may download the whole package from: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. > > this new version 2.72 > - fixes a bug in psgraph > - has a new macro for drawing a step function for the lower > and upper sums of mathematical functions i have installed the new version and pushed it to the other ctan nodes; i've also updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. archive users may review the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add or download it from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add.zip Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: KOMA-Script
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, the KOMA-Script team submitted an update to the koma-script package. Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script, a versatile LaTeX2e bundle License type: other Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the November '05 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle. -------------------------------------------------------- What is KOMA-Script -------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to the standard LaTeX2e classes. KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities in order to provide the user an almost complete working environment. -------------------------------------------------------- Versions of classes and packages at this release: -------------------------------------------------------- scrartcl.cls 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrbook.cls 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrreprt.cls 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrlttr2.cls 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) scrtime.sty 2005/02/07 v1.1n scrdate.sty 2005/02/07 v1.1n scrpage2.sty 2005/08/31 v2.2b typearea.sty 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrlfile.sty 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrpage.sty 2001/06/22 v1.3c (obsolete) scraddr.sty 2002/06/02 v1.1b -------------------------------------------------------- What is new in this KOMA-Script release -------------------------------------------------------- Bugfixes: - scrpage2: options ilines and olines fixed at oneside - classes: addmargin and addmargin* fixed - typearea: good linewidth calculation for very large fonts improved - scrlttr2: immidiate language activiation with ngerman-package fixed - scrbook, scrreprt, scrartcl: caption fixed New: - scrlttr2: fistfootvpos default changed with version=last - scrlttr2, scrtime: support for finnish - scrlttr2: support for italian improved Manuals: - The german manual scrguide.pdf was optimized for screen. NOTE: This pdf was not made from the scrguide-sources at subdirectory scrguide. This will be changed some day. -------------------------------------------------------- Distributors note: -------------------------------------------------------- Removing any of the files of the distribution made by the KOMA-Script maintainers prevents the users from using the provided makefile mentioned at the installation documentation: INSTALL.TXT or INSTALLD.TXT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: xkeyval v2.5e and pst-xkey 1.6
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Hendri Adriaens submitted an update to the xkeyval and pst-xkey packages. The xkeyval package is an extension of the keyval package and offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys. The pst-xkey package is an adaptation of the techniques of xkeyval to the needs of the family of packages associated with pstricks, so that those packages can safely, and with relative ease, use key-value syntax in their commands. Changes: 1) updated docs 2) added ignorespaces to psset Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval License: LPPL Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update --- memoir class updates
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

Peter Wilson writes: > > I have uploaded files mempatch.sty and memmanadd.pdf to UK incoming. > > Please use these to replace the ones currently in > > macros/latex/contrib/memoir. > > > > Changes in mempatch v4.2 (2005/11/22) > > o minor bug and typo fixes > > o methods for inserting code when inputting files i've installed the two files, refreshed the archive copies and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. users may browse the new versions at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ and download the entire package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.zip Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: flowfram
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

Nicola Talbot writes, via the upload daemon: > Name of contribution: flowfram > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/flowfram > Summary description: Create text frames for posters, brochures or magazines > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frames can now be rotated. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the revised package as requested, and upgraded the catalogue entry. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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