ctan-ann August 2005

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CTAN update: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. Dvisvgm is a command line utility that converts TeX DVI files to the XML-based Scalable Vector Graphics format. New feature in this release: Fonts that are not available as PFB files are now vectorized by tracing Metafont's bitmap output. This function is not perfect yet but already usable. Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm License type: gpl Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: verse package
by CTAN Announcements 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Peter Wilson submitted an update to the verse package to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/verse/ Summary: The verse package is for typesetting verse/poems/etc. License: lppl Changes in version 2.22 (2005/08/22) o Improved compatability with hyperref. Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: ledmac and ledpar patches/updates
by CTAN Announcements 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Peter Wilson submitted updates to his packages ledmac and ledpar to CTAN. ledmac is a macro package for typesetting scholarly critical editions. The ledmac package is a LaTeX port of the plain TeX EDMAC macros. It supports indexing by page and line number and simple tabular- and array-style environments. Ledpar provides parallel-text typesetting (either in parallel columns, or on opposing pages), for the ledmac package. The patches (ledpatch v0.5 and ledparpatch v0.3) do: o Fix an error reporting problem in the ledpar package o Provide and improved algorithm for (un)locking line numbering o Provide commands for controlling whether sidenotes are aligned on their top or their bottom line. Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: elpres v0.3
by CTAN Announcements 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Volker Kiefel submitted an update to his package elpres to CTAN. Elpres is a simple class for electronic presentations to be shown on screen or a beamer. Elpres is derived from article.cls and may be used with LaTeX or pdfLaTeX. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/elpres/ License: lppl Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: dvi2bitmap 0.13
by CTAN Announcements 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 Norman Gray submitted version 0.13 of his package dvi2bitmap to CTAN. dvi2bitmap is a utility to convert TeX DVI files directly to bitmaps, without going through the complicated (and slow!) route of conversion via PostScript and PNM. The prime motivation for this is to prepare mathematical equations for inclusion in HTML files but there are many other uses beyond that. It can generate XBM and GIF bitmaps, plus PNG, if you have the libpng library installed. It uses the same kpathsea font-searching library as other TeX programs, again as long as you have the appropriate library installed. The program is written in C++, and incidentally provides a good object interface for DVI and PK files. Location on CTAN: dviware/dvi2bitmap License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New stable release. Mainly bugfix changes to 0.12, but the source has moved to sourceforge, requiring a number of build system tweaks. See also <dvi2bitmap.sourceforge.net> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: endheads 1.0a
by CTAN Announcements 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 John Burt submitted a new package called endheads to CTAN. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Endheads provides running headers of the form Notes to pp. xx--yy for endnotes sections. It also enables one to reset the endnotes counter, and put a line marking the chapter change in the endnotes, at the beginning of every chapter. Endnotes requires fancyhdr, ifthen, and endnotes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/endheads Summary description: Running headers of the form Notes to pp.xx-yy License type: lppl Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: acronym-1.20
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Tobias Oetiker submitted version 1.20 of the acronym package. This package ensures that all acronyms used in the text are spelled out in full at least once. It also provides an environment to build a list of acronyms used. The package is compatible with pdf bookmarks. License: lppl Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/acronym/ Recent Changes: --------------------------------------------------- Version 1.20 (August 2005): make the acused command actually work -- Richard Walker Richard.Walker there cs.anu.edu.au Version 1.19 (April 2005): three new commands acused (set-used), acsu (adds to used), aclu (adds to used) -- Lee Netherton ltn100 there ohm.york.ac.uk Version 1.18 (April 2005): added additional format option for Full Name (acfi) -- Manuel Gortz mgoertz there kom.tu-darmstadt.de Version 1.17 (November 2004): added don't use acronyms (dua) option -- Oliver Creighton Version 1.16 (November 2004): fix version number -- Oliver Creighton <creighto there in.tum.de> new option to suppress all acronym printing -- don't use acronyms (dua) Version 1.16 (November 2004): fix version number -- tobi there oetiker.ch Version 1.15 (November 2004): fix for acresetall to work when ac is called ------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: fontools
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 Marc Penninga submitted an update to the fontools package. This package provides a few tools to ease using fonts (especially Truetype/Opentype ones) with Latex and fontinst: AFM2AFM - reencode .afm files; designed to replace fontinst's eencodefont for big .afm files. AUTOINST - simplify the use of the LCDF TypeTools by creating a command file for otftotfm, plus .fd and .sty files. CMAP2ENC - convert glyph indices in TrueType fonts without glyph names (such as Linotype Palatino) to Adobe glyph names. FONT2AFM - create font metrics; this is just a wrapper script around tools such as pf2afm, ttf2afm, pfm2kpx and ot2kpx. OT2KPX - extract all kerning pairs from an OpenType font. PFM2KPX - extract all kerning pairs from buggy .pfm files (the ones where pf2afm complains .notdef character occurred among kern pairs). SHOWGLYPHS - create a pdf file that shows all glyphs in a font. Location on CTAN: fonts/utilities/fontools Summary description: Tools to simplify using fonts (especially TrueType/OpenType ones). License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - A few bugfixes - Added support files for a new encoding that may be useful for use with OpenType fonts, since it contains much more empty slots (for alternate glyphs and additional ligatures) than LY1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: PSTricks
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '05

20 Aug '05

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 Herbert Voss submitted an update to the pstricks package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/ Summary description: bugfix to the main pstricks package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pstricks.tex v.1.10 - fix bug with multips (spurious blank) (hv) - allow empty optional arrow argument psline[..]{}(2,2) - redefined psarc@iv for negative loops of ccircle - introduce new options shift and showgrid for the main pspicture environment ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: poemscol 2.36
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '05

20 Aug '05

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 John Burt uplodaed an update to the poemscol package. 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 Summary description: macros for critical editions of verse and prose License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Poemscol 2.36 adds the ability to annotate prose texts by sentence and paragraph number. Notes made using this reference system are stable even if the edition is reset in a different format. Overlapping lemmas are supported. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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ctan-ann August 2005