ctan-ann March 2005

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CTAN upload: nag
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 Ulrich M. Schwarz submitted a new package nag to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nag/ Summary description: Detecting and warning about obsolete commands License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Old habits die hard. All the same, there are commands, classes and packages which are outdated and superseded. nag provides routines to warn the user about the use of those. As an example, we provide an extension that detects many of the ``sins'' described in l2tabu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: xkeyval v2.4 and extract v1.7
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Hendri Adriaens submitted new versions of xkeyval and extract to CTAN. 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. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval License: LPPL ------------------------------------------------------ xkeyval v2.4 ------------------------------------------------------ 1) Added `default value' column to xkvview tables. 2) Added nesting protection for internal conditionals. 3) Changed define@boolkey to have an explicit key function. 4) Extended boolean keys. 5) Extended choice keys. 6) Inserted pst-xkey in xkeyval source. 7) Removed command keys. 8) Revised documentation and examples. 9) Simplified some code. 10) Updated xkvview. 11) Solved small bug related to XKV@rm. 12) Redid XKV@wh@list without using groups. The extract package provides the means to extract specific content from a source document and write that to a target document. One could, for instance, use this to extract all exercises from lecture notes and generate an exercises book on the fly. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/extract License: LPPL ------------------------------------------------------ extract v1.7 ------------------------------------------------------ 1) Revised documentation. 2) Solved small bug with the `no-header' option. ------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the updates. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: stdpage
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 Georg Verweyen submitted version 0.6 of the package stdpage to CTAN. For translations, proofreading, journal contributions etc. standard pages are used. Those standard pages consist of a fixed number of lines and characters per line. This package produces pages with n lines of at most m characters each. For instance the German Normseite: 60 lines of 30 characters each. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/stdpage License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I fixed /several/ serious bugs and added a new option which creates the real-typewriter-look(tm). The package now comes with a testfile to try the options easiely. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledpar package updates
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded ledfixes.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use the contents > of this (ledpar.(dtx|pdf) and README) to replace the corresponding files in > macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. > > Changes in ledpar v0.3a (2005/03/30) > o Fix for line number margins when setting parallel texts. i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: outlines
by Jim Hefferon 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

A new package has appeared on tug.ctan.org and should spread to your favorite mirror within a day or two. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: outlines Author's name: Charles Pecheur Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/outlines Summary description: An environment for outline-style indented lists with freely mixed levels. License type: pd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The outlines package - - ---------------------- Charles Pecheur, March 25, 2005 The outlines package defines the outline environment, that allows outline-style indented lists with freely mixed levels up to four levels deep. It replaces the nested begin/end pairs by different item tags 1 to 4 for each nesting level. This is very convenient in cases where nested lists are used a lot, such as for to-do lists or presentation slides. This package is built on top of the standard list environments and has no specific pre-requisite. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib 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 package update: IEEEconf
by Jim Hefferon 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should by now have found its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: IEEEconf Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/IEEEconf/ Summary description: Class for typesetting IEEE Computer Society Press conference papers License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The IEEEconf class implements the formatting dictated by the IEEE Computer Society Press for conference proceedings (http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm). IEEEconf.cls replaces latex8.sty and latex8.bst. The goal was to produce a more faithful implementation of the formatting rules and to do so with cleaner LaTeX code than that provided by the latex8.* files. This update (v1.2) improves the formatting of the author blocks, laying them out in a more aesthetic manner. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEconf/ 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 update: poemscol
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 John Burt submitted version 2.22 of the poemscol package to CTAN. Poemscol.sty is a set of LaTeX macros for typesetting critical editions of poetry. Its features include automatic linenumbering, generation of separate endnotes sections for emendations, textual collations, and explanatory notes, special marking for cases in which page breaks occur during stanza breaks, running headers of the form ``Notes to pp. xx--yy''for the notes sections, index of titles and first lines, and automatic generation of table of contents. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/poemscol License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This upgrade to poemscol adds multilevel footnotes, ability to define new kinds of endnote, crossreferencing by line, and easier customization. Removes dependence upon marn.sty ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: TeXshade v1.10
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 Eric Beitz submitted a new version of texshade to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/texshade/ Summary description: Update of the DNA and protein sequence alignment LaTeX package TeXshade License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of the DNA and protein alignment shading package TeXshade (v1.10). Major changes are: The plotting speed of bar graphs and color scales along the alignment has been massively accelerated, a new feature style 'restriction' has been implemented as well as more color definitions, a new labeling mode 'tint' has been introduced. Bugs were fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: bmeps-1.2.4
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 Dirk Krause submitted version 1.2.4 of bmeps to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /support/bmeps Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- License change and bugfix. The project uses a BSD-style license now. After successfully processing a NetPBM file the program did not set the exit status code to indicate success. This is fixed now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: latexMP
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 Jens-Uwe Morawski submitted versiopn 1.2.0 of latexmp to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/latexmp/ Summary description: LaTeX based typesetting in MetaPost License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update keeps the MP prologues variable untouched. Furthermore, the compatibility with MPs btex..etex has been improved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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