ctan-ann November 2006

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CTAN package upgrade: msg V 0.50
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Bernard Gaulle wrote: > The msg package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users who could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is also really > easy to use by class/package writers. > > Please, feel free to try/test it on any existing package/class and > report any pb. No pb reported at that time. > > 2006/11/09 V 0.50 mods: Makefile did'nt worked correctly (wrong files moved) > for TeXLive production. > Wrongly installed msg package, as in TeXLive 2005, > now detected (file msg-msg.tex not found). i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue; users may browse the package via the page http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/msg.html thanks, bernard, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: rsc
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

The package listed below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon get to your favorite mirror. Please note the new directory: it has expanded and moved from biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc/rsc.bst. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: rsc Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rsc Summary description: BibTeX styles for Royal Society of Chemistry journals plus additional chemistry macros License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The rsc package contains two BibTeX style files to the specifications of the Royal Society of Chemistry. These are improved versions of the existing rsc.bst file, which is superseded by the packaged version. The package also includes a small number of chemistry-related macros unavailable in other packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rsc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=rsc (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 has a new package: xetex-greek
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted a new package called xetex-greek to CTAN. This package contains Greek hyphenation patterns for use with xetex. The files included in the archive are: - xgrmhyph.tex (for modern polutonic and monotonic Greek), - xgrahyph.tex (for ancient Greek), - xgrcodes.tex (category, upper/lowercase codes for all Greek letters). The hyphenation patterns are just the standard hyphenation patterns by D. Philippou adapted for use with xetex (only the catcodes, etc., files are my completely original contribution). Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/hyphenation/greek License: LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/hyphenation/greek . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=xetex-greek (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 has a new package: staves
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted a new package called staves to CTAN. It contains all the necessary tools to typeset the ``magical'' Icelandic staves plus the runic letters used in Iceland. Location on CTAN: language/staves License: LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/staves . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=staves (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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New CTAN package: The Mexican Dialect of Spanish
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

>From my upload daemon: > Name of contribution: The Mexican Dialect of Spanish > Author's name: Luis Rivera > Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/language/mexican > Summary description: a subset of the spanish language, for use in mexican typography > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Mexican dialect implements a tiny subset of the Spanish language > for use in Mexican typography: only spanish hyphenation and a few > shorthands are defined, and the style preserves all the standard LaTeX > layout; significant variations are the omission of the ~n shorthand, > and the preference for the decimal point. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package and made a catalogue entry for it. potential users may browse the package via the catalogue: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mexican.html thanks, luis, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN packages: pst-fill, -text, -coil, -eps, -grad
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Herbert Voss writes: > The PSTricks based packages > pst-grad: colored Gradients (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-grad.html) > pst-text: text and characters placed on a different path (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-text.html) > pst-coil: coils and zigzags as lines or node connections (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-coil.html) > pst-eps : export of pspicture environments (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-eps.html) > pst-fill: filling and tiling of areas and characters (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-fill.html) > > are now in their own directories > CTAN://graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-... > > All packages use the extended keyval package pst-xkey > and have now their own documentation. potential users may browse the packages via the links interpolated above. as always, thanks, Herbert for your continued contributions. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: mkpattern
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mkpattern Author's name: Javier A. Múgica de Rivera Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation/utils/mkpattern/ Summary description: TeX program for the generation of hyphenation patterns License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mkpattern is a general purpose program for the generation of hyphenation patterns, with definition of letter sets and template-like constructions. It also provides an easy way to handle different input and output encodings. Used for the creation of the Galician patterns. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation/utils/mkpattern/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=mkpattern (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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[Fwd: tug.ctan.org upload: Free Math Font Survey for Vietnamese]
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

The package described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should by now be at your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Free Math Font Survey for Vietnamese Author's name: Th�i Ph� Kh�nh H�a Location on CTAN: /info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/vn Summary description: Vietnamese version of the Free Math Font Survey License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a Vietnamese translation of the Free Math Font Survey by Stephen Hartke. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=free-math-font-sur… (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 has a new package: isodoc 0.1
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

A new package isodoc by Wybo Dekker has been installed on CTAN and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/isodoc License: lppl Description: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The isodoc class can be used for the preparation of letters, invoices, and, in the future, similar documents. Documents are set up with options, thus making the class easily adaptable to user's wishes and extensible for other document types. Victor Eijkhout's NTG brief class, which implements the NEN1026 standard, was the starting point. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/isodoc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=isodoc (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: glhyph
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to the mirror that you like best. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: glhyph Author's name: Javier A. Múgica de Rivera Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation Summary description: Major upgrade for glhyph.tex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Major upgrade of the hyphenation patterns for Galician. They now follow a scheme similar to the spanish ones. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=glhyph (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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tug.ctan.org upload: jeopardy
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and those updates should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: jeopardy Author's name: Robert Marik Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/jeopardy/ Summary description: Build a jeopardy game in LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The jeopardy package allows to build a jeopardy game with pdfLaTeX. It is based on the jj_game class and exerquiz package, written by D. P. Story. The author of the game can use multichoice questions or fill-in questions. The answer for fill-in questions is either a mathematical formula or text string (see the documentation of exerquiz and RespBoxMath and RespBoxTxt commands to learn more about the capabilities). JavaScripts are written to record the score. If the score is greater than a given value, a hidden string is shown. The user should use the style with some screen presentation package, such as web or pdfscreen. For the new version of jeopardy package, a new option picture has been added. This option allows to build game where the user (student) answers questions and uncovers (after a correct answer) parts of hidden picture. The new option is demonstrated in game1a.pdf, game2a.pdf and game4.pdf files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jeopardy/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=jeopardy (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 . _______________________________________________ Ctan mailing list Ctan(a)dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan

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tug.ctan.org upload: prerex-3.2
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

The package here has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be updated at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: prerex-3.2 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics/prerex Summary description: Interactive editor for prerequisite charts, macro support, patch for PDF viewer. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release includes a new feature: a patch to the source files of kpdf to enable tooltip display and clipboard selection of coordinates of course boxes and background points. These capabilities can be used during chart editing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/prerex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=prerex (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 has a new package: euenc
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

A new package has been put up on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thank you for the contribution, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: euenc Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/euenc Summary description: Unicode font encoding definitions for XeTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Font encoding definition(s) for unicode fonts loaded by LaTeX in XeTeX. At present, consists only of the EU1 encoding, which fontspec uses for unicode fonts with no macro-level processing required for accents, and no restriction on glyphs provided by a font. Includes font definition files for the Latin Modern OpenType fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/euenc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=euenc (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: kvsetkeys v1.1
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to his kvsetkeys package. This package provides kvsetkeys, a variant of package keyval's setkeys. It allows to specify a handler that deals with unknown options. Active commas and equal signs may be used (e.g. see babel's shorthands) and only one level of curly braces are removed from the values. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL Changes: * kvsetkeys v1.1 * Interface for handler definition fixed. * Example added. * oberdiek-tds.zip updated. _______________________________________________________________ This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=kvsetkeys (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 update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: protocol
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Thomas Leineweber submitted an update to the protocol package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/protocol Summary description: A class for typesetting minutes (only german) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version supercedes the old version of protocol and has the following new features: - uses koma-script class as main class - correct decision for the next meeting - additional environment Absent for absent persons ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/protocol . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=protocol (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 has a new package: otfinst
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: otfinst Author's name: John Owens Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/otfinst Summary description: Tool for installing OpenType fonts for use in TeX/LaTeX systems License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- otfinst takes a list of OpenType font files as input, uses Eddie Kohler's otftotfm to install them into a TeX/LaTeX system, and builds and installs the necessary font description and style files. otfinst was formerly known as otftex_install and is written in Python. It has similar capabilities to Marc Penninga's fontools. http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~jowens/code/otfinst/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/otfinst . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=otfinst (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 has a new package: Synapsen
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Synapsen. A hypertextual card index Author's name: Markus Krajewski Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/Synapsen Summary description: Reference management software, bibliography gui tool or card index for bibtex License type: shareware Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Synapsen is a hypertextual card index or reference organizer, esp. designed for BibTeX. The Software is written in JAVA, and therefore it runs on all major operating systems (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix). For further information, manual, screen shots etc. see http://www.verzetteln.de/synapsen/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/Synapsen . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=synapsen (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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