ctan-ann February 2006

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CTAN has a new package: prerex
by CTAN Announcements 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: prerex-1.0 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics/prerex Summary description: macros and interactive editor for prerequisite charts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package consists of prerex.sty, a LaTeX style for producing charts of course nodes linked by arrows representing pre- and co-requisites, and prerex, an interactive program for creating and editing chart descriptions. This implementation of prerex.sty is built on pstricks; prerex is written in C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/prerex . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: BaKoMa TeX 7.46 - TeXWord improvements.
by CTAN Announcements 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma Most noticeable improvements are: * Added panel for inserting `Martin Vogel Symbols'. * TeXWord launches BibTeX according to definition in TEXMF.INI file (like to centaur). * Insert/Index Entry (index) -- improved handling of selected text broken across lines. * Converting `figure' environment to 'floatingfigure' (floatflt.sty) or `wrapfigure' (wrapfig.sty). * Improved handling Type42 fonts in imported PDF files. More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html> > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 7.46 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.46 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical 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 such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer. > 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: > Prosper, PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing Prosper's slides in WYSIWYG interface > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > 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 distributions 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 submission - Mem
by CTAN Announcements 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Javier Bezos submitted an update to the mem package, which contains the experimental code he's writing for Lamed (ie, LaTeX + Aleph). This is still a pre-alpha release, which is being developed as open source on SourceForge: http://mem-latex.sourceforge.net He writes: This release is still a somewhat unorganized set of files and it fixes many small bugs, as I think it's preferable to stabilize the current code before ever tackling new features. In addition: - The OCP switching mechanism has been written from scratch (and now you can trace how processes are built). Now uppercase/lowercase works too, and yo can mix, say unaccented uppercase for French and accented uppercase for Spanish. - verbatim begins to work. The problem was in the char primitive, but I've found a workaround. Unfortunately, when trying to fix char Aleph has introduced new bugs which were not present in eOmega (no workaround yet). - New examples and a few minor additions and bug fixes (eg, and d were messed up). License is LPPL. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/exptl/mem/ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package bugfix --- sudokubundle
by CTAN Announcements 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded sudokubundle.tar.gz.2 to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/sudokubundle. > > There is a minor change to the example puzzle in the manual which makes > it soluble, but no changes to any of the packages. installed, and catalogue updated to reflect new minor version number. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload: wordlike
by CTAN Announcements 19 Feb '06

19 Feb '06

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Juergen Fenn submitted the new package wordlike to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/wordlike Licence: LPPL The package consists of these files: * wordlike.ins * wordlike.dtx * README with some hints to installing the package Wordlike.sty is a simple package that may be used to simulate word processor layout: * Narrow page margins (2,5 cm) * Times/ Helvetica/ Courier fonts * ormalsize + small headings, and * sloppy typesetting (sic!) throughout are provided. The package aims at making life easier for those users who are discontent with LaTeX's standard layout settings because they need a layout that resembles the usual wordlike output. The package draws on several discussions in the de.comp.text.tex and comp.text.tex newsgroups that are referred to in the manual. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: exceltex
by CTAN Announcements 18 Feb '06

18 Feb '06

A new package has just been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: exceltex Author's name: Hans-Peter Doerr Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/exceltex Summary description: accessing Excel files from LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Exceltex is a small LaTeX package combined with a helper program written in Perl, which makes it easy to include tabulars and cells from Excel files in LaTeX documents. Exceltex' intention is it to provide a do it once and forget solution for accessing data from spreadsheet files. You don't need to sync data in LaTeX with the Spreadsheet anymore (or even copy each cell by hand - uhhhh), except that you have to press the save button of your spreadsheet application before running exceltex :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/exceltex . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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 submission --- sudoku bundle
by Robin Fairbairns 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded sudokubundle.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please add the > contents to CTAN (I suggest a directory macros/latex/contrib/sudokubundle as > there is already a macros/latex/contrib/sudoku). The distribution is under > the LPPL. > > From the README > The sudoku bundle provides the printsudoku, solvesudoku and createsudoku > coordinated set of packages for typesetting, solving and creating Sudoku > puzzles. Over 50 puzzles are also supplied. > > Changes: > > printsudoku.sty v1.0 (2006/02/16) > o First public release > > solvesudoku.sty v1.0 (2006/02/16) > o First public release > > createsudoku.sty v1.0 (2006/02/16) > o First public release > > somesudoku.tex (2006/02/16) > o First public release > > NOTE > I will be away for most of the next 3 months and will be unlikely to > answer any emails concerning any of my packages or classes. Ask all > questions on the comp.text.tex newsgroup. i've installed the package and am just now checking in a catalogue entry. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: csquotes beta 2
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've placed `csquotes.tar.gz' in the incoming directory of the CTAN UK > node. This should go into macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/testing. > Please overwrite the old files and announce the upload as usual. > Note that this update only affects the 'testing' subdirectory. The > 'stable' subdirectory remains unchanged. from the catalogue: The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of formal quotations. > Changes in beta 1: > > * Added support for UTF-8 encoded active quotes > * Modified active quotes, catcode 7 no longer allowed > * Modified delimiters, catcode 3, 4, and 7 no longer allowed > * Added value `once' to package option `babel' > > Changes in beta 2: > > * Modified active quotes, catcode 8 no longer allowed > * Modified delimiters, catcode 8 no longer allowed > * Active quotes may now be defined in the document body > * Renamed RestoreQuotes to EnableQuotes > * Added DeleteQuotes > * Added ExecuteQuoteOptions > * Added new style variant for French > * Improved nesting control for active block quotes > * Ensure that delimiters are robust if they are active i've installed the new material, and am committing a catalogue update as i write. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: xytree
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xytree Author's name: Koaunghi Un Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xytree Summary description: tree drawing package using Xy-pic License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The aim of xytree.sty is to draw linguistic syntactic trees with ease and to support hopefully sufficient functionalities, that the linguist may need. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xytree . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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 package update: pdftex 1.30.6
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pdftex 1.30.6 Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /systems/pdftex Summary description: bugfix: updated xpdf to 3.01pl2 License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The pdfTeX team is happy to announce the release of a new stable version: =========================================================================== pdfTeX 1.30.6 =========================================================================== This is the announcement of pdfTeX 1.30.6, an extended version of TeX that can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX typesetting with the help of PDF. =========================================================================== Main changes of pdfTeX 1.30.6 =========================================================================== - bugfix: updated xpdf to 3.01pl2 For complete release notes see http://www.pdftex.org/NEWS =========================================================================== Legal notice / license =========================================================================== pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2006 Han The Thanh, <thanh(a)pdftex.org> pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. For a complete README (with a full discussion of the license) please look at http://www.pdftex.org/README =========================================================================== The files / installation =========================================================================== You should first try to get a new version of pdfTeX through your distribution. If you want to compile it yourself, have a look at http://www.pdftex.org -- there you can find links to the pdfTeX sources on CTAN. And some useful documentation. =========================================================================== Mailing lists / web pages: =========================================================================== Mailing list: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex Related web pages: http://www.pdftex.org http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex/ http://www.tug.org/tex-live/ http://www.tug.org/tetex/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes http://www.dante.de/ http://tug.org/ http://www.pragma-ade.com/ Have fun! Martin Schröder (martin(a)pdftex.org) for the pdfTeX team, February 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//systems/pdftex . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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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