On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Herbert Voss submitted an update to the
pst-optic
PSTricks related package for drawing both reflective and refractive optics
diagrams.
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optic
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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version 0.96 of pst-optic has a new macro psprism which allows to
draw a prism with light rays and calculated refractions.
please replace all files with the existing ones.
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This package is located at
http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optic
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pst-optic
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On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Bob Tennent submitted the new
classico
package, providing four type-1 fonts with metrics and LaTeX support files.
Location on CTAN: /fonts/urw/classico
Summary description: URW Classico type-1 fonts and support files
License type: nocommercial
Announcement text:
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The archive provides four type-1 fonts with metrics and LaTeX support
files. URW Classico is a clone of the Optima typeface, a very well-known
sans serif face designed by Hermann Zapf. The fonts were made available
for non-commercial distribution at www.artifex.com. The support files
were generated using fontinst.
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This package is located at
http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/urw/classico
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=classico
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On Mon, 25 Dec 2006, Alex Romanenko submitted an update to the
visualtex
package.
Visual-TeX is a TeX-oriented text editor which uses Neil Hodgson's
Scintilla editing component as source code editor, and a TeX
lexer by the package author. The editor has several valuable
TeX-specific features, including forward search capability from YAP.
Location on CTAN: systems/win32/visualtex
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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In ver 3.12:
Fixed bug: after playing tex macro editor's window is focused correctly.
Fixed bug: correct automatic scrolling is added.
Fixed bug: incorrect editor macro executing is removed.
Added feature: KBDC module of layout convertion
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This package is located at
http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/visualtex
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http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=visualtex
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On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted a new package
tex-gyre
to CTAN.
Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre
License: gfsl
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> Package: TeX Gyre Bonum font
> Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki
> Version: 1.000
> Date: 14 XII 2006
> License:
> This work is released under the GUST Font License
> This work has the LPPL maintenance status maintained.
> The Current Maintainer of this work is Bogusl{}aw Jackowski
> and Janusz M. Nowacki.
>
> The TeX Gyre Bonum family of fonts is based on the URW Bookman L family
> (designed by Alexander Phemister), but heavily extended. The constituent
> 4 standard faces contain nearly 1200 glyphs each and are available in
> Postscript, TeX and Open Type formats. Please note that with the release
> of this family the QuasiBookman fonts became obsolete.
> The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters were added
> by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively.
>
> ===========
> Package: TeX Gyre Schola font
> Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki
> Version: 0.995
> Date: 14 XII 2006
> License:
> This work is released under the GUST Font License
> This work has the LPPL maintenance status maintained.
> The Current Maintainer of this work is Bogusl{}aw Jackowski
> and Janusz M. Nowacki.
>
> The TeX Gyre Schola family of fonts is based on the URW Century
> Schoolbook L family (designed by Morris Fuller Benton), but
> heavily extended. The constituent 4 standard faces contain
> nearly 1200 glyphs each and are available in Postscript, TeX
> and Open Type formats. The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters
> were added by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively.
>
> ============
> Package: TeX Gyre Pagella font
> Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki
> Version: 1.000
> Date: 27 X 2006
> License:
> This work is released under the GUST Font License
> This work has the LPPL maintenance status maintained.
> The Current Maintainer of this work is Bogusl{}aw Jackowski
> and Janusz M. Nowacki.
>
> The TeX Gyre Pagella family of fonts is based on the URW Palladio L
> family (designed by Hermann Zapf), but heavily extended. The
> constituent 4 standard faces contain nearly 1200 glyphs each and are
> available in Postscript, TeX and Open Type formats.
> The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters were added by Han The Thanh
> and Valek Filippov, respectively.
> Please note that with the release of this family the QuasiPalatino
> fonts became obsolete.
>
> ===========
> Package: TeX Gyre Termes font
> Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki
> Version: 1.000
> Date: 27 X 2006
> License:
> This work is released under the GUST Font License
> This work has the LPPL maintenance status maintained.
> The Current Maintainer of this work is Bogusl{}aw Jackowski
> and Janusz M. Nowacki.
>
> The TeX Gyre Termes is based on the URW Nimbus Roman No9 L family
> (designed by Stanley Morison together with Starling Burgess and
> Victor Lardent), but heavily extended. The constituent 4 standard
> faces contain nearly 1200 glyphs each and are available in Postscript,
> TeX and Open Type formats.
> The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters were added
> by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively.
> Please note that Termes obsoletes the QuasiTimes fonts.
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This package is located at
http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/tex-gyre
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http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tex-gyre
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Rainer Schöpf
Peter Wilson wrote:
> I have uploaded memfixesDec06b.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use the
> contents to replace the corresponding files in macros/latex/contrib/memoir.
>
> Version 4.7 of mempatch.sty fixes some minor infelicities in version
> 4.6. Mempatch provides fixes for the memoir class.
i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue. Interested
users may browse the memoir package (including its patch) direct at:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/
or via the catalogue entry:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk mirror.
> Please put all directories with it files below the directory
> graphics/pstricks/
>
> the version 1.15 of pstricks defines some more dot styles
> (done by Etienne Riga). The documentation pstnews1-15.pdf
> in graphics/pstricks/doc/ lists all old and new styles
> and additional changes in the distribution.
>
> the files pst-dots.pro and pstricks.pro should go into
> $TEXMF/dvips or $TEXMFHOME/dvips
i have installed the package as requested. users may browse the
package, embedded in a rather complicated structure on ctan at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks
or they may browse via the catalogue at:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html
thanks for the upload.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Tommy Ekola submitted the
cmarrows
package to CTAN.
Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/cmarrows
Summary description: MetaPost arrows and braces in the Computer Modern style
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This MetaPost package contains macros to draw arrows and braces in the
Computer Modern style.
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This package is located at
http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/cmarrows
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cmarrows
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On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Martin Hensel submitted version 3.05 of his
mhchem
bundle.
Currently, the mhchem bundle consists of two packages: mhchem and
rsphrase. The mhchem package provides two commands: one for typesetting
chemical molecular formulae and one for typesetting chemical equations
with these formulae. The rsphrase package contains the text of all
official Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases that are used to label
chemicals. At the time being, these phrases are available in Danish,
English, French, German (current spelling), and Spanish.
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/
Summary description: for typesetting chemical formulae, chemical equations and Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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- fixed: more complex structures (bonds, hyphens etc.) in TOC
- changed: $...$ replaces cmath{...}
- fixed: parenthesis, brackets, braces in corrent font
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This package is located at
http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mhchem bundle v3.05
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On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Grzegorz `Natror' Murzynowski submitted new packages
gmutils
gmverb
gmiflink
gmdoc
to CTAN.
Information on the individual packages follows.
gmutils
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Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmutils
Summary description: misc. macros used by other packages by Natror (GM)
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Miscellaneous macros used by other packages of Natror.
Contents of the package:
ewgif and Other Globals. @ifnextcat. afterfi
and Pals. Almost an Environment or Redefinition
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This package is located at
http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmutils
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gmutils
gmverb
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Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmverb
Summary description: my version of verb and verbatim, provides also short verb
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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A redefinition of verb and verbatim so that long lines are breakable
before
and after { with % as `hyphen'. Allows you to define your own
verbatim-like environments (not too long!) and allows you to declare any
single char as a shorthand for verb (cf. shortvrb.sty)
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This package is located at
http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmverb
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gmverb
gmiflink
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Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmiflink
Summary description: 3 macros to simplify usage of hypertarget an
hyperlink of hyperref.sty nad avoid error if there's
no target
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Three hyperref-based macros that simplify usage of hypertarget and
hyperlink: one argument instead of twice the same. And gmiflink and
gmifref to typeset plain text instead of error or ?? if there's no
respective hypertarget or label.
I also used them in automatically generated hyperindex while documenting
some database project.
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This package is located at
http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmiflink
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gmiflink
gmdoc
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Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmdoc
Summary description: a package for documenting packages etc.
with minimal markup of source and hyperlinks in pdf
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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A .sty file and an example .cls (documentclass) for documenting (La)TeX
packages, document classes, .dtx etc. providing hyperlinks, compatible
with doc.sty (no warranty :-) and letting to mark up the code minimally
(no macrocode env. necessary anymore). Needs hyperref and three 'basic'
packages of mine: gmutils, gmverb and gmiflink.
As a bonus, the driver files are added that typeset the LaTeX
(TeXLive2005) Base.
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This package is located at
http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmdoc
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http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gmdoc
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The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at
your favorite mirror.
Thank you again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: arabi version 1.1
Author's name: Youssef JABRI
Location on CTAN: /language/arabic/arabi
Summary description: A package toa add support of Arabic and Farsi to
(La)-TeX, compliant with BABEL
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The Arabi package provides the Arabic script support for TeX without
the need of any external pre-processor. The Bi-directional capability
s that the user has a TeX--XeT or e-TEX engine. Arabi is fully
compliant with the BABEL system.
Among the new things with Version 1.1:
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+ You can search and copy Arabic and Farsi text from PDF files
generated by pdflatex (read the documentation to know how to)
+ You can use TeX4ht to make HTML files.
+ Now we can have Arabic in the bookmarks sidebar, although hyperref
is still not fully supported yet.
+ In Farsi contexts, Digits (0, 1, . . . , 9) are written with the
extended Indo-Arabic (Farsi) digits.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/arabic/arabi
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=arabi
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