ctan-ann February 2005

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CTAN package update: xmpincl
by Jim Hefferon 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror real soon now. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xmpincl Author's name: Maarten Sneep Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xmpincl Summary description: Include eXtensible Metadata Platform data in pdflatex License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The XMP (eXtensible Metadata platform) is a framework to add metadata to digital material to enhance the workflow in publication. References are given below, but the essenence is that the metadata is stored in an XML file, and this XML stream is then embedded in the file to which it applies. New in this version is that the <?xpacket ?> tags are automatically added, which makes the whole package much more standards compliant. The package checks the xmp file to see if it is used on an older file to avoid double inclusion of the <?xpacket ?> tags (no changes to older sources are needed). - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xmpincl 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: TpX
by Jim Hefferon 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will soon propogate to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: TpX Author's name: Alexander Tsyplakov Location on CTAN: /graphics/tpx/ Summary description: TpX drawing tool for Windows License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TpX 1.1 is on CTAN TpX is a simple, easy-to-use graphical editor for Windows platform for creation of drawings and inclusion them into TeX files in publication-ready form. It can also be used as a stand-alone editor for vector graphics. The output is a file (with extension .TpX) containing the drawing as TeX code or as an includegraphics link to an external file created by the program. User can choose between several output formats. TpX saves its own data in TeX file comments so that the drawing could be loaded into TpX and edited again. This internal TpX format is based on XML and could be understood and edited easily. Homepage: http://tpx.sourceforge.net/ - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/tpx/ 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: cam.ctan.org upload: datetime
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Nicola Talbot writes, through the medium of http://www.tex.ac.uk/upload: > Name of contribution: datetime > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datetime > Summary description: Change format of oday with commands for current time > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The datetime package can now be used with babel and LaTeX2HTML > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i've installed the updated package as requested, and triggered mirroring. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: WinShell 2.6 submission
by CTAN Announcements 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Ingo H. de Boer submitted version 2.6.0.4 of his winshell package to CTAN. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/winshell License: nosource --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WinShell is a graphical user interface 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 update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: upload
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Eitan Gurari writes: > > + what you've uploaded > > tex4ht-all.zip > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > cam.ctan.org > > + where you want the files to go > > Replace > > /tex-archive/support/TeX4ht/tex4ht-all.zip > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > LPPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > Yearly update of the TeX4ht system for translating TeX-based > files to hypertext. i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: upload
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Eitan Gurari writes: > + what you've uploaded > > AlProTex.zip > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > cam.ctan.org > > + where you want the files to go > > Replace > > /tex-archive/web/protex/AlProTex.sty > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > LPPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > Yearly update of the AlProTex system for literate programming. i've installed the new version; thanks for the update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Updated mempatch.sty --- fixes for memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '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 > > Version 3.7 of mempatch fixes a slight font leakage into memoir's > footnotes and adjust a change made by fixltx2e that is unwarranted for > memoir and which caused table* in twocolumn documents to fail. i've installed the file as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN auto-archiving: the future
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Feb '05

26 Feb '05

Auto-archiving is the mechanism that allows you to get all of a directory's contents at once, by asking your ftp client for a download of <directory name>.zip or <directory name>.tar.gz . The ftp daemon creates these bundles on the fly. Auto-archiving is available at some CTAN sites and mirrors as a convience for users. The great advantage of auto-archiving is that it provides short-cuts for the ordinary user, who doesn't want to perform a retrieval operation for every file in a directory, or is concerned about how many files to download. An additional advantage is the simple fact of compression: there are savings in network bandwidth, and hence download time, to be had. The management of CTAN has been concerned, for some time, about auto-archive offered by the central CTAN nodes, for two reasons: a. Auto-archiving is offered by a small minority of mirror sites. While we have a script that checks, once a week, whether a site offers the service, the situation continues to provoke surprise. b. Auto-archiving is not possible using the newer generation of ftp daemon software. There are compelling reasons for us to try that software, but we can't do so while we claim to offer an auto-archive service. For these reasons, the CTAN team is considering withdrawing the auto-archive facility. However, we want to retain as many of the advantages of its availability as is possible. We are therefore populating CTAN with .zip archives of directories; so, for example, you will find 2005/02/17 | 8129 | macros/latex/contrib/alnumsec.zip 2005/02/16 | 862 | macros/latex/contrib/alnumsec/README 2005/02/16 | 20567 | macros/latex/contrib/alnumsec/alnumsec.dtx in FILES.byname; alnumsec.zip is a copy of the directory containing the other two files. We chose .zip as an archiving format since it's the nearest approach to a compression format that's (relatively) readily available on all common platforms. (Among other things, the free unzip application (from the info-zip project) has nice properties in dealing with different operating systems' text file formats.) Better compression performance is available with other formats, but we believe a conservative approach will serve the community better. Anyone with concerns about this move may either discuss the matter on the texhax mailing list or the comp.text.tex newsgroup, or they may mail their concerns to the CTAN team at the usual address: <ctan at dante dot de> Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission: csquotes 2.6
by CTAN Announcements 25 Feb '05

25 Feb '05

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Philipp Lehman uploaded version 2.6 of his package csquotes to CTAN. This package provides markup for inline quotations by means of control sequences and active quote characters. The quotation marks are context sensitive, they alternate for nested quotes and can adapt to the document language by interfacing with the babel package. The active quote characters and all quotation styles are fully configurable. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ License: LPPL Changes: * Always reset quote style, even for inner quotes * Fixed bug preventing hyphenation in certain places Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: cam.ctan.org upload: makedtx
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Feb '05

25 Feb '05

Nicola Talbot writes, through the medium of http://www.tex.ac.uk/upload/: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: makedtx > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: > Summary description: Perl script to help generate dtx and ins files > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The makedtx bundle is provided to help LaTeX2e developers to write > the code and documentation in separate files, and then combine them > into a single .dtx file for distribution. It automatically generates > the character table, and also writes the associated installation > (.ins) script. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package in support/makedtx; it should make its way to the other ctan sites in the next few hours. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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