ctan-ann April 2005

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New CTAN package: thmbox
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > Name of contribution: thmbox > Author's name: Emmanuel Beffara > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/thmbox > Summary description: a LaTeX package for fancy theorem outlining > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package defines an environment thmbox aimed at presenting > theorems, definitions and similar objects in boxes decorated with > frames and various aesthetic features. The standard macro > ewtheorem is redefined to use this format. i have installed the package as suggested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: WinTeX XP
by Jim Hefferon 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

The package described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should by now have made ti to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: WinTeX XP Author's name: Michael Muecke Location on CTAN: /nonfree/systems/win32/wintex2000/ Summary description: Easy to use shell and editor for Windows. License type: shareware Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New Version of WinTeX. Syntax highlighting for better readability of the TeX source Spell checking including automatic spell checking as you type your text with support for several languages English thesaurus for searching of synonyms Log file browser for for TeX and BIB log files makes bug fixing of your documents easy Special database like editor for BIB files with integrated description for all item types and fields Structure browser for TeX files for easy navigation in large documents WinTeX projects ... - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/wintex2000/ 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: NEdit LaTeX-Mode 0.9.1
by CTAN Announcements 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Joerg Fischer submitted an update for his NEdit LaTeX-Mode to CTAN. Location on CTAN: support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions/ License: GPL Text for announcement: The NEdit LaTeX-Mode v0.9.1 is a package or set of macros, i.e. small programs, written in the NEdit scripting language. It will turn NEdit, the Nirvana text editor, into an advanced LaTeX editor. NEdit version 5.4 or later is required. The home page of the LaTeX-Mode is http://nedit.gmxhome.de/latexmode.html Changes from 0.9 to 0.9.1: ========================== - simple test if we are on MS Windows using MiKTeX (variable $windows was mistakenly set to true, which caused shell commands to fail on Unix/Linux) - enhancements for the spell-checking macro (following a user request) Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: User's Guide for AMS package (vietnamese version)
by Jim Hefferon 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: User's Guide for AMS package (vietnamese version) Author's name: kyanh Location on CTAN: /info/amslatex/vietnamese Summary description: User's Guide for AMS package (vietnamese version) License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- User's Guide for AMS package (vietnamese version) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/amslatex/vietnamese 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: pst-circ
by CTAN Announcements 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 Herbert Voss submitted an update to the pst-circ package to CTAN. pst-circ is a package built above PSTricks and in particular pst-node. It can easily draw current dipoles, some tripoles and quadrupoles used in elecronic or electric theory. Authors' names: Christophe Jorssen, Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ Summary description: A PSTricks package for drawing electrical circuits License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.39 2005-04-03 (hv) fixed introduced bug in wire 1.38 2005-03-07 (hv) added an option for the OA and some more types for dipoles 1.37 2005-03-06 (hv) fix bug with wire and arrows 1.36 2005-02-14 (hv) add another zener symbol 1.35 2005-02-06 (hv) fix some bugs in the documentation 1.34 2004-12-31 (hv) new transistormacro 1.33 2004-12-28 (hv) fix bug for specialCoor in transistor 1.32 2004-12-28 (hv) make transistor changeLR option run 1.31 2004-12-27 (hv) make transistor run 1.30 2004-12-28 (hv) make option arrows=... available, but transistor is broken for this version 1.22 2004-10-31 (hv) use pst-xkey instead of pst-key ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: noreinserts renamed tamefloats
by CTAN Announcements 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 Uwe Lück submitted the package tamefloats (previously called noreinserts) to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tamefloats/ License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The former *noreins.sty* against bad interference of footnotes with figures, tables, and marginpar's has been renamed into `tameflts.sty' and appears in a new directory `tamefloats'. Command names have changed as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: svninfo
by CTAN Announcements 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Achim D. Brucker submitted version 0.2.1 of the package svninfo to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/svninfo/ License: LPPL Description: The svninfo package is used to extract the revision and file information provided by the subversion (svn) revision control system and provides commands for accessign them within LaTeX documents. Also support files for the latex2html converter is provided. Note, that this is an adaption of the rcsinfo package for rcs. So, if you know rcsinfo, you will also be familar with svninfo. This version removes the latex2html build-dependency and provides a new command svnId mimicking the behaviour of $Id:$ strings. Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by Jim Hefferon 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should by now have made its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks, 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: /As Is Summary description: As Is License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The seventeenth CTAN release has the following improvements: * PGF support for plain, shaded and colour ellipses as well as plain, shaded and colour circles. * Added support for WinEdt 5.4 icon addition. * Removed bug when previewing EEPIC. The colour filled ellipses and circles were always black. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/latexpix 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 upgrade: placeins
by CTAN Announcements 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Donald Arseneau writes: > I uploaded a bugfix version of placeins.sty (ver 2.2) > to ftp.tex.ac.uk, for macros/latex/contrib/placeins > Also placeins.txt, just to track the version number. i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: mparhack package
by CTAN Announcements 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 Stefan Ulrich submitted an update for the package mparhack to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mparhack/ Summary description: Fix for LaTeX marginpar bug License type: GNU Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package implements a workaround for the LATEX bug that marginpars sometimes appear on the wrong margin. This version 1.4 fixes an incompatibility with the eso-pic package (see bug report latex/3775). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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