ctan-ann May 2006

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CTAN package update: Lshort Portuguese Version upload
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Alberto Sim~oes writes: > I have (am) uploaded ptlshort 4.20 to > ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/ptlshort-4.20 Thanks: I've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue. I know there's not much difference between the English original 4.20 (installed today) and 4.19 (installed yesterday), but I find yours an impressive performance! Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: mrcheckbib
by CTAN Announcements 31 May '06

31 May '06

A package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: mrcheckbib Author's name: John Cagnol Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/mrcheckbib Summary description: a bibtex file verification tool using the AMS MRef database License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mrcheckbib is a bibtex file verification tool using the AMS MRef database, it takes every entry in a bibtex file (.bib) and checks it against the database. If it finds a unique MRef entry, then your entry will be replaced by the MRef one. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/mrcheckbib . 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: ascii package version 2.0
by CTAN Announcements 31 May '06

31 May '06

On Tue, 30 May 2006, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted version 2.0 of the ascii package. This package makes available the graphical reprensentation of the ASCII characters as defined in the IBM PC Code Page 437 C0 Graphics. The new package comes with a new Type 1 fonts and some other goodies. Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Free Math Font Survey
by CTAN Announcements 31 May '06

31 May '06

The package below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Free Math Font Survey Author's name: Stephen G. Hartke Location on CTAN: /info/Free_Math_Font_Survey Summary description: A survey of the free math fonts that are available for use with TeX and LaTeX. License type: dfsg Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This document is a survey of the free math fonts that are available for use with TeX and LaTeX. Examples are provided for each font, links to where to obtain the font, and the commands for loading the associated LaTeX package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/Free_Math_Font_Survey . 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: lshort/english
by CTAN Announcements 31 May '06

31 May '06

Tobias Oetiker has provided updates to the english version of the lshort short introduction to latex; after a couple of false starts between us, the version is now 4.20 the changes file shows: * section headings should be leftaligned * added notes on amsthm suggested by Daniel Flipo * improved explanation ifpdf package * use extasciigrave for ` and extquotesingle for ' by Tahir Hassan * Reworde the mentioning of the preamble where I introduce the comment command. * updated eurofonts again based on Daniel Flipo's work for the french lshort * we should use utf8x for inputenc * mention unicode option for hyperref * mention active language after calling usepackage bable with multiple languages * Added section on writing greek text by Nikolaos Pothitos thanks for the upload, tobi; the package is on its way around the globe, and i've updated the catalogue. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: mf2pt1
by CTAN Announcements 31 May '06

31 May '06

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, as usual, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: mf2pt1 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/mf2pt1 Summary description: Produce PostScript Type 1 fonts from Metafont source License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mf2pt1 facilitates producing PostScript Type 1 fonts from a Metafont source file. mf2pt1's advantage over tools such as TeXtrace and mftrace is that it does not rely on bitmap tracing and therefore can produce higher-quality Type 1 fonts than trace-based tools. The catch is that mf2pt1 imposes a number of restrictions on the Metafont input so it is not, as the name may imply, an automatic converter of arbitrary Metafont fonts to Type 1 format. Version 2.2 fixes some bugs involving the processing of command-line options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/mf2pt1 . 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 7.60 - TeXWord AutoSave and Graphics improvements.
by CTAN Announcements 30 May '06

30 May '06

On Mon, 29 May 2006, Basil K. Malyshev submitted an updte to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma > Most noticeable improvements are: > > * TeXWord AutoSave feature has been added. > At restarting TeXWord after crashing it automatically > detects autosaved files and prompts user to recover them. > * Resolved conflict of displaying fonts with non-zero t-components > of FontMatrix. Some, Windows drivers use these components to change base > line. > * Refined handling imagemask in PDF generation. [Corel Draw 12 pattern > filling]. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html> Thanks for the update. > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 7.60 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.60 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/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: spotcolor
by CTAN Announcements 29 May '06

29 May '06

A new package has 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: spotcolor Author's name: Jens Elstner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/spotcolor Summary description: Include spot colors in pdfLaTeX output License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- spotcolor is a small package for using spot colors in pdfLaTeX output. Predefined colors from the pantone and hks color charts are included but new ones can easily be created. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/spotcolor . 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: The lhfonts package 3.5b
by CTAN Announcements 29 May '06

29 May '06

On Sun, 28 May 2006, Olga Lapko submitted an update to the lh package. The LH fonts address the problem of the wide variety of alphabets that are written with Cyrillic-style characters. The fonts are the original basis of the set of T2* and X2 encodings that are now used when LaTeX users need to write in Cyrillic languages. The fonts are available in Adobe Type 1 format, in the CM-Super family of fonts. Location on CTAN: fonts/cyrillic/lh Summary description: Cyrillic fonts with support of LaTeX standard encodings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: - Corrected the width of letters ZHE_dsc and K_dsc (file lgt2upu.mf) (to restore 3.4 widths): the font metric of fonts (of already existing letters) are going to be stable. - Small changes in documentations ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: Word2LaTeX
by CTAN Announcements 29 May '06

29 May '06

On Thu, 25 May 2006, Ingo H. de Boer submitted verison 1.1 of the word2latex package. He writes: > I am happy to announce the wsW2LTX 1.1 Release. > I have uploaded the complete files to > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/word2latex/ > > please replace all the files in > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/support/word2latex/ > > The licence is 'nosource' > > thanks & greets > Ingo > > ####################################### > > The wsW2LTX library is an application programming interface (API) > designed to translate a MS Word document to LaTeX. > The library is based on libwv and on several other -- mostly Unix based -- > libraries. > > ####################################### > > The update from 1.0 to 1.1 contains minor bug fixes. > _______________________________________________ Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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