ctan-ann November 2006

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New CTAN package: pst-ob3d
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-ob3d.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please put all files in the _new_ directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-ob3d > > pst-ob3d is a PSTricks based package for basic three > dimensional objects. Up to now only cubes (which can be > deformed to rectangular parallelipiped ones) and > dies (which are only a special kind of cubes) are defined. i've installed the package at Cambridge, as suggested, and created a catalogue entry. users who wish to browse the package may do so via its (processed) catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-ob3d.html thanks for the upload, Herbert. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: vntex-3.1.1
by CTAN Announcements 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Reinhard Kotucha submitted an update to the vntex package. Location on CTAN: /language/vietnamese/vntex Summary description: Support for typesetting Vietnamese License type: dfsg Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.1.1 fixes a severe bug in t5enc.def. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/vietnamese/vntex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=vntex-3.1.1 (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 package update: savetrees
by CTAN Announcements 21 Nov '06

21 Nov '06

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Tnx, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: savetrees Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/savetrees Summary description: Pack as much text as possible onto each page of a LaTeX document License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of the savetrees package is to pack as much text as possible onto each page of a LaTeX document. Admittedly, this makes the document far less attractive. Nevertheless, savetrees is a simple way to save paper when printing draft copies of a document. It can also be useful when trying to meet a tight page-length requirement for a conference or journal submission. Version 1.2 of savetrees adds code to discourage TeX from permitting paragraphs to end with a lone word. It also sets the top and bottom margins to nonzero values because that was too ugly even for savetrees. Finally, this version of savetrees improves the check for chapter-based document classes, making it more robust. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/savetrees . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=savetrees (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: Technica
by CTAN Announcements 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Regards, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Technica Author's name: Gianfranco Boggio-Togna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/technica Summary description: Typesetting for the Humanities License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A suite of LaTeX packages for typesetting literary texts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/technica . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=technica (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: refman
by CTAN Announcements 19 Nov '06

19 Nov '06

On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 Axel Kielhorn submitted an update to the refman package. It contains document classes (report- and article-style) for writing technical reference manuals. It offers a wide left margin for notes to the reader, like some of the manuals distributed by Adobe. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/refman Summary description: The refman classes implement an layout suitable for reference manuals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update to the refman classes. It contains additional command to pass the pagesize to the DVI-Viewer (DVIPS/GS, PDFTEX, DVIPDFMX) and a new option to reduce the size of the border for online viewing. Documentation in English and German is included. Note to users of the August 2006 beta: The implicit definition of the pagesize in the DVI output has been replaced by an explicit command. Add the pagesize option to pass the page size to the DVI-Viewer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/refman/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=refman (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 Update: xkeyval 2.5f
by CTAN Announcements 19 Nov '06

19 Nov '06

On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Hendri Adriaens submitted an update to the xkeyval package. This package is an extension of the keyval package and offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval License: lppl Announcement Text: --------------------------------------------------------------------- > xkeyval 2.5f: > 2 small bugs have been solved: > XKV@setkeys: Added reset of CurrentOption > XKV@srstate: Added XKV@tkey and XKV@rm to solve bugs --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: utopia
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

The package below has been changed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Karl. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: utopia Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /fonts/utopia Summary description: utopia fonts license clarification License type: dfsg Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am happy to announce that Adobe has graciously clarified the licensing terms of the Utopia font family, making it clear that the fonts can be modified, and such modifications can be redistributed (this was previously ambiguous, unfortunately). Therefore, the Utopia fonts can now be considered free (as in freedom), and will be included on the next TeX Live. I have updated the license terms in the original Utopia afm and pfb files, and the new files are available at http://tug.org/fonts/utopia, and soon from CTAN:fonts/utopia. The actual font information (glyphs, metrics, etc.) is entirely unchanged. For those who are concerned about such things, the precise license terms from Adobe and other legal information is also available at http://tug.org/fonts/utopia. Happy typesetting, Karl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utopia . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=utopia (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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Re: CTAN upload TeXShell32
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Dirk Struve submitted an update to the texshell32 package, a free TeXShell for MS-Windows 95 and NT. It is a new release of the Windows TeXShell WinTeXShell32. It contains an important bug fix. The previous version often saved Unicode files in ANSI format. License: GPL Thanks for the update. This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/texshell32 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=texshell32 (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 . _______________________________________________ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Updated: marginnote
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Markus Kohm submitted version 1.1 of his marginnote package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/marginnote Summary description: marginnote allows margin note, where marginpar fails License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides the command marginnote that may be used instead of marginpar at almost every place, where marginpar cannot be used, e.g. inside floats, footnotes, frames made with framed package ... New at version 1.1: - Improved horizontal possitioning, when using pdfLaTeX with PDF output. - Improved installation by unpacking. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/marginnote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=marginnote (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: minitoc version 49
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Jean-Pierre Drucbert wrote: > I have uploaded a new version (#49) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . The file is named > > minitoc.zip (5987374 bytes) > > This package should completely replace its previous version in > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ > > > The licence is LPPL. > > This package allows the creation of mini-tables of contents, > lists of figures or lists of tables per part, chapter or > section, with language dependent titles. > > This new version has the following changes or improvements: > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Minitoc version #49 > -- Added point 47 in the FAQ and example file mtc-tlo.tex > (interaction between the minitoc and tocloft packages > about page numbers in the mini-tables). > -- Updated the bibliography. > -- Corrections in the bibliography and the bibliographic styles. > -- Better error messages about undefined preparation and > insertion commands. > -- Added ``+'' and ``-'' as synonyms for ``on'' and ``off'', > respectively. > -- Added a table of some encodings. > -- Suppressed the ``Summary'' entry in the summary, > but added it in the Table of Contents. > -- Added the japanese6.mld and japanese6.mlo files. > -- Added (in the memento) a table of the classes and packages > which are incompatible or need precautions with minitoc. > -- Added a hint about the hangcaption package (it must be loaded > BEFORE minitoc). > -- Completed the list of the standard classes. > -- Added a validation of the language options with the presence > of the .mld and .mlo files. > -- Added notes about the mandatory presence of the english.mld > file. > -- Fixed many typos and made some cosmetic corrections. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > The administravive trivia are in the `catalog' file in the > distribution. > > Note that the documentation is mainly available in PDF form, > -- in english (not perfect): minitoc.pdf > -- in french: fminitoc.pdf > > The INSTALL file (and, better, the ``Installation'' chapter in the > documentation) describes the files of this package (the list > of files is in minitoc.l). i have installed the file and am updating the catalogue. interested users may browse or download the package via the catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minitoc.html thanks, jean-pierre, for the update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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