ctan-ann April 2005

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CTAN upload: computational complexity class
by CTAN Announcements 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 Michael Nüsken submitted a LaTeX class for the journal computational complexity and personal use to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/computational-complexity/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX2e class cc was written for the journal computational complexity. Yet, it can also be used for a lot of other articles. You may like it since it contains a lot of features as more intelligent references, a set of theorem definitions, an algorithm environment, ... The class requires natbib. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: Math Design fonts
by Jim Hefferon 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '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 uplaod, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Math Design fonts Author's name: Paul Pichaureau Location on CTAN: /fonts/mathdesign Summary description: Three fonts families to typeset math with with Adobe Utopia, URW Garamond or Bitstream Charter. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Math Design fonts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Math Design project offers free mathematical fonts that fit with existing text fonts. By now, three fonts families are available: * mdput family corresponds to Adobe Utopia text fonts * mdugm family corresponds to URW Garamond text fonts * mdbch family corresponds to Bitstream Charter text fonts All three fonts are free and available on CTAN. CHANGES v 1.2 * New family added: Bitstream Charter v 1.1 * Many small corrections in glyph design * Approach of urw garamond hav been tightened *a lot* * Arrows shape of ugm changed v 1.0 * Initial release - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/mathdesign 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: babelbib bundle
by CTAN Announcements 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Harald Harders submitted version 1.02 of the babelbib bundle. License: LPPL Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib/ > >From the README: > > This package enables to generate multilingual bibliographies in > cooperation with babel. Two approaches are possible: Each citation > may be written in another language, or the whole bibliography can > be typeset in a language chosen by the user. The current version > supports Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, > German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. > In addition, the package supports commands to change the typography > of the bibliographies. > Supported bibliography styles are bababbrv.bst, bababbr3.bst, > babalpha.bst, babamspl.bst, babplai3.bst, babplain.bst, and babunsrt.bst. > > > ChangeLog: > > 2005/04/15 1.02 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Language Portuguese completed. > > 2005/04/11 1.01 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Added space after the tx... commands in the bst files to avoid > line-breaking problem. Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: bgteubner document class
by CTAN Announcements 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Harald Harders submitted an update of the bgteubner document class to CTAN. License: LPPL with an extra text Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/bgteubner/ > >From the README: > > I have programmed the bgteubner.cls document class by order of the > Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany. This has been done to ensure that > books of this publisher have a unique layout. The publisher has > allowed me to distribute the document class with auxilliary files > and documentation freely. Unfortunately, most of the documentation > is only available in German. > > Since the document class is intended to generate a unique layout, many > things (layout etc.) are fixed and cannot be altered by the user. > If you want to use the document class for another purpose than publishing > with the Teubner Verlag, this may arrise unwanted restrictions > (For instance, the document class provides only two paper sizes: > DIN A-5 and 17cm x 24cm; only two font families are supported: > Times and European Computer Modern). > > The document class needs some additional packages, partly relatively > new ones, partly packages that are not installed on most TeX > installations. A list of needed packages is contained in usefiles.txt. > > > ChangeLog: > > 2005/04/16 v1.35 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Allow to number paragraph and subparagraph. > > 2005/01/07 v1.34 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Remove wasysym integrals before amsmath is loaded. > > 2004/11/19 v1.33 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Avoid to use the calc package since it causes problems with many > other packages. > > 2004/08/19 v1.32 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Move ifhhcls@times outside definition of appendixmore. > - Remove mfamily from pagehead since ormalfont does that already. > > 2004/05/09 v1.31 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Minor buxfix for titlepage. > - Do not compile cdcover if cd-cover.sty is not available. > - Fix documentation of pdfoutput=0. > > 2004/04/09 v1.30 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Set PDF information only if PDF is produced. > - Write info file containing the same information as the PDF-info entries. > - Ignore class option `epsfigures'. > - Enable usage of includegraphics with DVI output. > - Print error message when using ordinary latex (Use pdflatex with > pdfoutput=0 for producing DVI). > - Redefine quotation marks to allow math mode and kerning. > - Use bold instead of bold extended with Times. > - Error rather than a warning for using not existing bold math. > - answer environment: Remove egingroup and endgroup because they > removed the correct linespacing. > - Make font in exercises adjustable. > - Improve spacing after title of theorem-like environment, subexercises, > and subanswers. > - Subanswers can have another linespacing than answers. > - Start prefaces on odd and even pages. > - Change from LPPL 1.2 to LPPL 1.3. > > 2004/03/25 v1.21 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Better top skip for important and longimportant when starting with > a theorem-like environment. Unfortunately, this does not work with > equations. > - Use correct framed.sty style if available, otherwise use workaround. > (At the moment, only an inoffical framed.sty version is available that > does not have the bug.) Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: etaremune v1.1
by CTAN Announcements 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Hendri Adriaens uploaded version 1.1 of his package etaremune to CTAN. This package implements the etaremune environment which is similar to the enumerate environment, except that labels are decreasing instead of increasing. This package provides an alternative to the revnum package which uses a lot of counters. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/etaremune/ License: lppl Changes: > etaremune v1.1 > ----------------------------------------- > 1) Simplified coding. > 2) Added a check on negative item labels. > ----------------------------------------- Thanks for the update.

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Re: CTAN upload notification
by CTAN Announcements 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

Maurizio Loreti writes: > + what you've uploaded > > A file called bsheaders.sty > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > ftp.tex.ac.uk > > + where you want the files to go > > No idea :-) Maybe tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bsheaders/ ... > The problem is that somebody needing what this style file provides has no > practical chance to find bsheaders.sty grepping the CTAN repository. > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > GPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > This style file implements chapter headers in sans-serif and bounded by > lines extwidth wide, both above and below the header itself. I have > created and used that style to typeset a 300-pages book about statistics > in physics; and it turns out that, from time to time, somebody needs > headers looking like that and asks for them on comp.text.tex . i've installed the package in macros/latex/contrib/bsheaders, as maurizio (half) suggests. as for people finding the package ... there's always the catalogue: i've catalogued it and it will make its way to the by-topic index soon. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Placeins 2.01 --> ver 2.1 uploaded to CTAN UK
by CTAN Announcements 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

Donald Arseneau writes: > My recent upload of placeins 2.01, which was supposed to have just > minor changes to the comments, in fact had accidental, and broken, > code changes! (It looks like the beginning of some investigation > into the problem of suppressfloats[t] being too flexible.) > (Since it wasn't supposed to have any code change, I didn't think > to test it before uploading!) > > I have now made more revisions, tested, and uploaded placeins.sty > and placeins.txt ver 2.1 to CTAN UK, to replace the version 2.01 > recently uploaded. (I hope version 2.01 never gets into a > distribution!) i have installed the files as requested, and pushed them out to other ctan sites with all due haste... thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: TeXshade v1.11
by CTAN Announcements 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 Eric Beitz submitted an update to the package 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 another update of the DNA and protein sequence alignment shading package TeXshade (v1.11). This update deals mainly with the exploitation of the recently introduced bar graphs and color scales which can be plotted in the feature lines along the alignment. Now, amino acid properties, such as hydrophobicity, charge and molecular weight, can be displayed as well as the degree of sequence conservation. Further minor improvements have been implemented. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: csquotes 2.7
by CTAN Announcements 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Philipp Lehman submitted an update to his csquotes package 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 <xref refid='babel'>babel</xref> package. The active quote characters and all quotation styles are fully configurable. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ License: LPPL CHANGES * Use the font's kerning pairs for adjoining quote marks, if available * Improved handling of adjoining quote marks with respect to line breaking * When restoring active quotes, restore catcodes of delimiters as well * Improved workaround for uppercase and some babel languages * Provided more useful default definition of lockcite * Issue error message on quote mismatch regardless of strict option * Issue hyperref warning with block quote macros in PDF strings * Fixed bug in DeclareQuoteStyle and DeclareQuoteAlias * Replaced setblockthreshold by SetBlockThreshold * Replaced setblockenvironment by SetBlockEnvironment * Various internal improvements * Revised and extended tutorial * Revised manual Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: CM-Bright Fonts v8.1
by CTAN Announcements 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Walter Schmidt submitted version 8.1 of the cmbright fonts package. Location on CTAN: fonts/cmbright/ License: LPPL Announcement text: > The collection is arranged à la TDS now, and it comes with ready-made > documentation in PDF format, which acts as a font sample, too. > > While the fonts are unchanged over version 7, the following fixes and > changes have been applied to the LaTeX macros: > > * The fonts are now declared as continuously scalable, so that > arbitrary sizes are supported. > > * The obsolete hacks regarding the use of oldstylenums and > extregistered have been abolished. > > * When the package is loaded with the option [slantedGreek], all > upright uppercase Greek letters are made available, too > > * Bug fix re. default definition of Gamma. (Credits to Olaf Dietrich > for having spotted this long-standing bug!) > > * The package will fix the (La)TeX logos to suit CM-Bright. > > * Source file cmbright.fdd abolished; all sources are in the .dtx file > now. Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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