ctan-ann October 2006

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CTAN package update: aurical
by CTAN Announcements 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 Christian Gollwitzer submitted version 1.4 of the aurical package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/aurical Summary description: Set of three calligraphic fonts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of Aurical to version 1.4. It features boldface and slanted typefaces for all three fonts and an input convention consistent with fraktur.sty from Matthias Mühlich. Below is the README: Aurical v1.4 (2006/10/12) ========================= Aurical is a package that provides three calligraphic fonts for use with LaTeX in T1/Cork encoding and PostScript Type1 format. The fonts are: * Auriocus Kalligraphicus * Lukas Svatba * Jana Skrivana Each font features oldstyle digits and (machine-generated) boldface and slanted versions. Lukas Svatba is provided in a variant with a long s with the same input convention as used by fraktur.sty from Matthias Mühlich. This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License. See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.lppl.html for the details of that license. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/aurical . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=aurical (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package Update: BaKoMa TeX 7.72 - TeXWord improvements.
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware Most noticeable improvements (in short): * Way to resume of hanging TeX engine. Blinking button will be appeared at right bottom corner of TeXWord window when TeX is running more then a second without progressive reading. * Fixed crash of TeXWord at displaying incomplte math formulas in long paragraphs. * BkSp removes selected text like to Del. * Ctrl+Del removes word forward (when no selection) * Ctrl+BkSp removes word backward. * warning of upgrade expiration. * /space character is added to cmcyr10 and cmcyr12 fonts to enable using them in Postscript. More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html > PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists. -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 7.72 ------------------ BaKoMa TeX 7.72 supports two coexisting IDE: 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - Visual (True WYSIWYG) LaTeX Editor. 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Classical IDE. About BaKoMa TeX Word. BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts: 1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor. It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed. It looks as if you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer window. 2) It is True LaTeX Editor. It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure. It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document. BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related with import graphics, font support, and document export. It supports processors: (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX. Other processors such as Omega may be added in future. It imports: EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY. It supports fonts: OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM), PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF. It exports: DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT). It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as: PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc. Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.) is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers. TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. So that documents made with TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation. In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents. So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work. More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at: <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html> Some snapshots are available at: <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/snapshots/> Root of BaKoMa TeX distribution is at: <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: PGF and TikZ version 1.09
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Till Tantau submitted an update to the PGF/TikZ package. PGF is a macro package for creating graphics. It is platform- and format-independent and works together with the most important TeX backend drivers, including pdftex and dvips. It comes with a user-friedly syntax layer called TikZ. Its usage is similar to pstricks and the standard picture environment. Unlike pstricks, it can produce either PostScript or PDF output, and works with plain (pdf-)TeX, (pdf-)LaTeX, and ConTeXt. Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf License: Dual (GPL/LPPL, FDL/LPPL, resp.) Announcment text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ After one year without a new versions of pgf/TikZ, I finally managed to ready a new version. I recommend updating to this version to all reasonably experienced users. After user feedback on this version, I intend to remove any remaining serious compatibility bugs (in theory, there should not be any) and to create a very stable version 1.10 within the next few weeks. Changes in version 1.09 of pgf/TikZ compared to the previous version 1.01: - Added usepgflibrary and usetikzlibrary to simplify adding new libraries. - Added native ConTeXt support in the form of module wrappers. - Added patterns. - Added crosses snake. - Added to and edge path operations. - Added to path library. In particular, this gives decent curved paths. - Added tikz automata library. - Added tikz er diagram library. - Added tikz Petri net library. - Added tikz mindmap library. - Added access to nodes in other pictures (!). - Added extended baseline setting. - Added functionality to add new coordinate systems. - Added polar xy coordinate system. - Added diamond shape (!). - Added plot mark phase, repeat and indices. - Added text height and text depth options. - Added label and pin options. - Added automatic node placement (!). - Added pgfsys-dvi.def for pure dvi mode. Supports only black and white drawing (proof on concept, only) - Cleared up license chaos. - Reorganized library documentation. - Removed pgflibraryautomata, use pgflibrarytikzautomata instead. - Fixed tree level option bug. - Fixed missing options for coordinates. - Fixed bug in TikZ parabola code. - Fixed bug in TikZ snake cycle code. - Fixed bug with empty list in pgffor - Fixed bug in code for insertion of dvips header specials. - Fixed bug in shading code (wrong bigpoint correction). - Fixed bug #1472666. - Fixed bug #1473255. - Fixed bug #1526175. - Fixed bug #1542512. - Fixed bug in TikZ transformation code for nested pictures. - Fixed patch #1443606. - Fixed path #1526178. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package Update: ctable 1.8
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Wybo Dekker submitted the new version 1.8 of his ctable package. ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or right aligned table and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ctable License: LPPL major changes (relative to v1.7): option mincapwidth added, useful for very narrow tables. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: bussproofs
by Robin Fairbairns 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Sam Buss has modified the licence statement in his bussproofs.sty package (to lppl) and we now have the package on ctan (macros/latex/contrib/bussproofs). it will be at the major ctan sites, in its final form, in the near future. the package allows the construction of proof trees in the style of the sequent calculus and many other proof systems. users may browse the package via its catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/bussproofs.html thanks, sam, for your help in making a readily-distributable ctan package. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tatsuta's proof macros
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

these macros have been moved from ctan directory macros/latex/contrib/proof to directory macros/latex/contrib/lkproof there are several reasons why this is desirable; from ctan's point of view, it reduces the number of confusing name clashes. i have taken the opportunity of updating the package, from the author's web site in japan, to the current version 3.1. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: xq 0.3
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Stephan Weinhold submitted an update to his xq fonts package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/xq Summary description: writing about xiangqi License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xq is for writing about xiangqi or chinese chess. You can write down games or parts of games and show diagrams with special positions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: dvdcoll 0.6
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Josef Kleber submitted an update to his dvdcoll package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dvdcoll Summary description: A class for typesetting DVD archives License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Having lost the overview of my DVD archives, I simply could not remember if I already recorded the documentary running on TV that day. I chose to recreate the index using LaTeX: the design aim was a hyperlinked and fully searchable PDF-document listing my DVDs with all titles, contents, lengths and so on. Further requirements were support for seasons of tv series and a list with all faulty or missing programs for rerecording. The dvdcoll class supports all these requirements. dvdcoll.cls follows the structure <number><title><length>. As a result, the class is not limited to DVDs ÿÿ you can of course typeset archives of CD-ROMs, Audio-CDs and so on. Supported languages at the moment: English, French, German. Some help is needed for other languages! ;-) License: LPPL new in v0.6: - support for seasons, e.g. J.A.G. 2.1 / 02x15 Hemlock - description of contents via pdf annotations - pdf annotations in the margin for extra infos - some new commands and other minor changes - support for language french (french, frenchb, francois, acadian, canadien) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Omega for Bengali
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

A new package has been put up on tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Omega for Bengali Author's name: Lakshmi K. Raut Location on CTAN: /macros/omega/latex/contrib/bengali-omega Summary description: bengali-omega using Velthuis transliteration scheme and Unicode Text in utf-8 format License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bengali-Omega version 1.0 is a Omega Typesetting package for Bengali language. You can use either the Velthuis transliteration scheme or directly Unicode Bengali Text in your Tex document ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/omega/latex/contrib/bengali-omega . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=bengali-omega (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: Making Friends with LaTeX (Version 2.00)
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Rohit Vishal Kumar submitted an update to his mfwl package. Location on CTAN: /info/MFwL Summary description: MFwL is a small presentation which helps introduce LaTeX to Newbies License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Making Friends with LaTeX (MFwL) started out as a small presentation, which i used to introduce my students to LaTeX. However, with the release of Ver 1.00 in Jauary 2006, I received a lot of feedback on the presentation and I therefore decided to extend it. The second version, made using the powerdot package, has been extended and currently this presentation stands at 64 slides; more than double from its first version. The objective of MFwL is to introduce new comers to LaTeX and make them aware of various aspects of working with LaTeX. This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later version. (Source Code Included) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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