ctan-ann December 2005

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New CTAN package: arXivBib
by CTAN Announcements 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

John Forkosh writes: > I've uploaded ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/arxivbib.zip , > which is a new package. > > As per your README.uploads instructions... > + what you've uploaded > arxivbib.zip > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > support/arxivbib > (also, please unzip arxivbib.zip README > and place that README file alongside > arxivbib.zip in the arxivbib directory) > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > GNU GPL > + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > o arXivBib, licensed under the gpl, retrieves > abstract pages from arXiv.org and reformats > them as BibTeX entries. It saves lots of > typing if you have many such references to cite, > but isn't worth the trouble if you only have a few. > o please see > http://www.forkosh.com/arxivbib.html > for a more complete discussion (arxivbib.html > is also included in the arxivbib.zip file) i've installed the new stuff as requested, and updated the catalogue. users may browse the new package at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/arxivbib/ (there's just the README and the .zip file containing the whole package). thanks, john, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: sphyphb
by CTAN Announcements 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: sphyphb Author's name: Rodrigo Medina Location on CTAN: language/spanish/nonstandard/sphyphb Summary description: Experimental Spanish hyphenation patterns License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyphenation patterns for spanish, following RAE 1999. Only phonetic rules are used. It is believed that it gives the right hyphenation of all Spanish words, but extensive test is needed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/spanish/nonstandard/sphyphb/ . 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: movie15
by CTAN Announcements 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the movie15 package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/movie15/ Summary description: Multimedia inclusion package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If the same media file is included several times, its file contents will now be embedded only once into the resulting PDF, reducing the size of the latter. Things like EveryShipout{ includemovie[autoplay]{0pt}{0pt}{pagesound.mp3} } can now be done without blowing up the PDF file too much. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace or save all files in the directtories > of CTAN/graphics/pstricks/ > > this is a minor bugfix version: > > pstricks.sty : v0.30 drop support of pstcol.sty > pstricks.tex : v1.13 make the star version of psdot available > > pstcol.sty : v1.20 the replacement for the file > CTAN/macros/latex/required/graphics/pstcol.dtx > it now does only a usepackage[noxcolor]{pstricks} > > pst-text.pro : v1.00 enable writing of 16bit japanese characters i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. users may inspect the files at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks (the files are actually in subdirectories generic, latex and dvips); users may download the whole bundle via: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks.zip (note that the zip file omits the enormous graphics/pstricks/contrib tree). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: hep ... plus package upgrade: hepunits
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Andy Buckley has provided a new package hep: The hep package is a relatively thin wrapper package on a variety of packages useful for typesetting high-energy physics documents. It is aimed at HEP users who just want to write papers without having to worry about which packages to include. hep includes a useful minimal set of packages by default, with more specialist ones being available via package options. he's also provided an update of his package hepunits: Changes include the addition of proper documentation, much improved options handling and a new option to stop the package from polluting the macro namespace for people who are picky about such things. i've installed both the new and the upgraded packages at cambridge, and updated the catalogue for each. view the packages at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hep http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepunits or download from: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hep.zip http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepunits.zip thanks, andy, for the new package. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 7.44 - TeXWord - handling multi-file documents.
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware > Most noticeable improvements are: > > * Improved support of multi-file LaTeX documents. > It includes: handling files in subdirectories (include{foo/foo.tex}),<br> > improved caret moving between source files, selection, fixing related bugs, etc. > * 'Window|Show Outline' (new option) > Provides quick way to hide/show document outline window by using > keyboard shortcut (Alt+W O)<br> > * Improved diagnostic in case of loading document which use > document class not available in current latex setup. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html> > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 7.44 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.44 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical IDE. > > About BaKoMa TeX Word. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > > The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts: > > 1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor. > It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed. > It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer. > 2) It is True LaTeX Editor. > It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure. > It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and > consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related > with import graphics, font support, and document export. > > It supports processors: > (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX. > Other processors such as Omega may be added in future. > > It imports: > EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, > MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY. > It supports fonts: > OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM), > PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF. > It exports: > DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT). > > It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS > compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as: > Prosper, PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing Prosper's slides in WYSIWYG interface > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html> > > Some snapshots are available at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/snapshots/> > > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: fig2vect
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the fig2vect package. Location on CTAN: /support/fig2vect Summary description: Yet another Fig to vector converter, version 1.1.2 License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I was notified that the use of %!PS-Adobe-x.0 EPSF-x.0 is not allowed if the setpagedevice operator is used. So if you use the configuration setting ps setpagedevice = yes the EPS output is simply started using %!PS-Adobe-x.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: stubs
by CTAN Announcements 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to the mirror that you like the best. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: stubs Author's name: Norbert Stuhrmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/stubs Summary description: Creating stubs with contact information (e.g. for sale offers). License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a macro which prints a line of stubs at the bottom of the page, e.g. for contact informations within sale offers. -- version 0.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/stubs . 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 package replacements: lucida, lucidabr
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

Karl Berry writes: > The lucida (fonts/metrics/bh/lucida) and > lucidabr (macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/lucidabr) packages have been > updated on CTAN. > > The lucida package contains font metrics for Lucida, but no actual > outlines (such as .pfb files). The outlines must be purchased > separately. The metrics have been updated by Walter Schmidt; see > technical details below. > > The lucidabr package contains basic LaTeX macro support for Lucida under > the NFSS (New Font Selection Scheme). Only documentation has been > updated; the actual LaTeX support is unchanged. lucidabr is now > maintained by TUG, via volunteers Morten Hoegholm and Karl Berry. > > TUG will be making a separate announcement about availability of the > fonts. > > For more information, questions, and bug reports, see information and > mailing list at http://tug.org/lucida. > > -- > > Technical details for the lucida metrics update: > > 2005-09-15 > > Font family hlhj with oldstyle figures added. > Documentation (doc/fonts/lucida/lucida.txt) updated > accordingly. > > 2005-08-24 > > Changed directory layout: > Metrics, VFs and Type1 fonts are no longer spread over > several directories each, and the documentation resides in > <texmf>/doc/fonts /lucida now. Thus, all bottom-level > directories have the name lucida (which works well with > TeX Live, although it is not required by the TDS.) > > The font map files lucidabr.map and lumath.map have been > concatenated to one single file named lucida.map; and > there is only one single map file lucida.ali for VTeX, > too. > > Map files using standard (Karl Berry style) names for > the Type1 font files have been abolished, since both > MikTeX and TeX Live seem to prefer the original file > names. > (Note, however, that all tfm and vf files carry _standard_ > names, because the original names would not be able to > distinguish between LY1, T1 and TS1 encoding.) > > exteuro is now provided in _all_ TS1-encoded fonts; when > there is no such character in the physical Type1 font, it > is faked. > > Improved Polish diacritics and dj in most virtual fonts. > > Revised VFs and metrics of the smallcaps fonts hlhbc8t and > hlhrc8t to fix a minor bug regarding the size of the > hungarumlaut accent. > > Oldstyle figures from the Lucida Calligraphy-Italic fonts > are made available also for the italic shape of the Lucida > Bright family. > > Revised documentation; in particular, the API provided by > the fd files to scale the fonts (DeclareLucidaFontShape) > is now documented. > > The Lucida typeface family was designed by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes. > (R) Lucida is a trademark of Bigelow & Holmes Inc. > registered in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and other > jurisdictions. i have installed the both sets of files at cambridge, and pushed the results out to the other ctans (and hence to mirrors). at the same time, i have deleted the (very) old metrics on ctan at fonts/lucida the new files may be viewed at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/metrics/bh/lucida/ (metrics, etc.) http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/lucidabr/ (macros, etc.) and users may download them from: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/metrics/bh/lucida.zip (metrics, etc.) http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/lucidabr.zip (macros, etc.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: MetaUML
by CTAN Announcements 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

The new package described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: MetaUML Author's name: Ovidiu Gheorghies Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metauml Summary description: MetaUML: a MetaPost library for typesetting UML diagrams License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaUML is a GNU/GPL MetaPost library for typesetting UML diagrams. It offers (partial) support for UML class diagrams, use case diagrams, state machine diagrams and activity diagrams. Additional information can be found on the project's site: http://metauml.sourceforge.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metauml . 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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