ctan-ann July 2006

ctan-ann@ctan.org

2 participants
33 discussions

Removal of lilypond from CTAN
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

For some time, CTAN has been holding an obsolete copy of the music package lilypond. After consulting the lilypond development team, I have now removed the old package. Potential users (inlcuding me ;-) should consult http://www.lilypond.org/web/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN update: The lhfonts package 3.5e
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006, Olga Lapko submitted an update to the lh fonts package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/cyrillic/lh Summary description: CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of LaTeX standard encodings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of LaTeX standard encodings. 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. LH offers the latex/lhfonts bundle of packages for standard LaTeX Cyrillic and traditional encodings. The fonts are available in Adobe Type 1 format, in the CM-Super family of fonts. See also cyrillic t2 ccfonts cmbright concrete ecc. The authors are Andrey Khodulev, Olga Lapko, Alexander Berdnikov and Vladimir Volovich. ----- Changes: Minor changes in documentation. Deleted overlapping with cyrillic bundle of font definitions files. Added file nfssfox - extension of testfont/nfssfont files with eXtension of able command (xtable: adds decimal codes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

1 0

CTAN update: pst-pdf v1.1n
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006, Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the pst-pdf package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf *NOTE* changed from: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-pdf Summary description: A LaTeX package to integrate PostScript code into a PDF output. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: o ofiles added for the LaTeX run. o Added missing files to process the example. o Merge english and german version of the documentation. o Improved script `ps4pdf'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

1 0

CTAN package update: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded a new version of pst-barcode.tgz to > the uk mirror. > > please replace all files with the existing ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ > > The pst-barcode package allows printing of barcodes. > Possible barcodes are: > EAN-13 -- EAN-8 -- UPC-A -- UPC-E -- EAN-5 -- EAN-2 -- > ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 -- Code-39 -- Code-128 and UCC/EAN-128 -- > Rationalized Codabar -- Interleaved 2 of 5 and ITF-14 -- > Code 2 of 5 -- Postnet -- Royal Mail -- > Kix (Customer index) - Dutch Mail -- Australian postal service -- > onecode -- Symbol -- MSI -- Plessey -- Reduced Space Symbology (RSS) -- > rss14 -- rsslimited -- rssexpanded i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload > this new version has the following changes: > ----- pst-barcode.tex > 0.04 2006-07-23 - printing the code from the current point and > no more from the origin > 0.03 2005-07-26 - Changes to the documentation and the syntax > of psbarcode (hv) > 0.02 2005-07-26 - first version (hv) > > > ----- pst-barcode.sty > 0.02 2006-07-23 message for pst-barcode.pro loading > 0.01 2005-07-26 first version (hv) > > > ----- pst-barcode.pro > 2006-03-04 - An encoder for the Reduced Space Symbology > RSS Expanded was added. > - The incorrect definition of the USPS FIM-B symbol > was fixed. > - An encoder for the Reduced Space Symbology RSS Limited > was added. > The efficiency of RSS-14 was improved. > - An encoder for the new OneCode symbology used by the US > Postal Service was added. > - The FIM symbols now render according to their > specification. > - The Postnet, Royal Mail, AusPost and KIX encoders > were amended > so that the metrics of their default symbols confirms > strongly to their respective specifications. > - The encoders now pass an array containing the widths of the > bar space succession to the renderer allowing for sub-point > horizontal precision. > - The default border positions for EAN and UPC symbols were > amended to properly enclose the human readable text. > - The colour support code was fixed to prevent overwriting of > the current colour when values are left unspecified. > - The logic to guard whitespace in EAN symbols was migrated > from the encoders to the renderer. > - The whitespace guard symbols are now drawn directly making > them > independant of any font. > - The inter-guard bar height of EANs and UPCs was amended. > - The renderer was amended to support the passing of encoder > specific arguments. > - The options barcolor, textcolor, bordercolor, > showbackground > and backgroundcolor were added to the renderer. > - A flaw in the derivation of the top border height was > fixed. > - add support for the new ISBN-13 > - printing the code from the current point > - The performance of the renderer was improved by avoiding > unnecessary calls of setfont > - The auspost encoder was extended to support the customer > information field. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN package update: chessboard
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

The package below has been updated 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: chessboard Author's name: Ulrike Fischer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chessboard Summary description: A package to print chessboards License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: No ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES I rearranged and rewrote the keys and commands for the pgf-pictures. Now all styles and marks can be used in the foreground and in the background. I added definitions for partial borders. I extended the trim and clip commands. xifthen is now required. ATTENTION Upgrading to this version can change the look of existing document. Notably two things can give problems: The value of the padding key now affects much more objects (marks) in the pgf pictures. So it could be necessary to reset the padding. And the applycolor has changed its behaviour. It will now also affect the foreground picture. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chessboard . 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 .

1 0

CTAN package update: pst-optic
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-optic to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the existing ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optic pst-optic is a pstricks-based bundle for drawing geometric optics diagrams. > Changes for this version: > > ---- pst-optic.tex > 0.95 2006-07-20 - fix spurious blanks > - use def instead of edef > for the keyval definitions > - some improvements to the code i've installed the update, and am updating the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN package update: minitoc version 46
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Jean-Pierre Drucbert writes: > I have uploaded a new version (#46) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . > > 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 #46 > -- Added a comment about the thailatex package. > -- Generation of some example files with minitoc.dtx/minitoc.ins: > 2c.tex, add.tex, addsec.tex, app-mem.tex, apx.tex, bo.tex, > ch0.tex, cri.tex, fo1.tex, fo2.tex, gaps.tex, hia.tex, hide1.tex, > hide2.tex, hir.tex, hop.tex, livre.tex, mem.tex, mem1.tex, > mini-art.tex, minitoc-ex.tex, mu.tex, scr.tex, second.tex, > subf.tex, tbi.tex, tlc.tex, tsfc.tex, and the resulting .pdf files. > Note that the code of theses example files is documented. > -- Added a chapter ``Examples of documents''. > -- Used the lipsum package in some of the examples of documents. > -- Corrections about the depth of minilofs, minilots and siblings. > -- Corrections in french2.mld. > -- Updated the jargon chapter and the bibliography. > -- In the history, the not released versions are now flagged by > extbf{ extreferencemark} in place of ensuremath{star} > (for released versions). > -- The ``About this document'' section becomes a starred first chapter. > It is VERY STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to read this short chapter. > -- Corrections in add.tex and addsec.tex for the index. > -- Added the xmk script to typeset the examples into PDF documents. > -- Updated the scripts to treat the examples. > -- Do not forget jobname.mtc1 in the list of files. > -- In the scripts, the backup directory (OLD) is now /tmp/USERNAME/OLD. > -- In the scripts, the repartition directories (CL[0-9]) are now > /tmp/USERNAME/CL[0-9]. > ======================================================================= > > The admistrative 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've installed the new version as requested, and pushed it out the the other ctan sites; i've also updated the tex catalogue entry. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN update: Finomaton
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, Markus Triska submitted an update to the Finomaton package. Finomaton allows users to comfortably draw and typeset finite state machines (automata). The resulting graphs can be exported to plain MetaPost and subsequently be included in TeX and LaTeX documents for excellent typesetting quality. Contrary to many other packages, the mouse can be used to interactively move objects around. States are magnetic to facilitate connection, and any TeX command can be embedded in the labels of states and lines. Location on CTAN: /graphics/finomaton Summary description: Comfortably draw and typeset finite state machines License type: GPL Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add spread functions, more keyboard shortcuts and rudimentary support for directed graphs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team, Joachim Schrod

1 0

CTAN package update: ConTeXt
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

The package described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ConTeXt Author's name: Taco Hoekwater Location on CTAN: /macros/context/current Summary description: ConTeXt 2006.07.14 release License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now. The current release has version 2006.07.14 A very short list of changes is given below. As usual, there is an html page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes New features since 2006.05.11: * The use of sometxt in MetaPost figures (instead of extext) can (sometimes) remove the need for indirect texexec runs, resulting in a massive speed improvement for heavy documents. * Table splitting is reimplemented and improved * Initial support for the new TeXGyre font families * A new release of the bib module, with better support for interaction and per-chapter bibliographies * Some small extensions to framed * The database module now supports ASCII (non-TeX) files with CSV quoting * setupformulae accepts a conversion parameter now * More built in math support (matrices etc.) * A prerelease of the koeieletters font * A new module for R integration * Itemizations can be randomized (for multiple-choice courseware) * Support for typesetting OpenMath (via MathML) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/context/current . 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 .

1 0

CTAN update: bigfoot and perpage
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, David Kastrup submitted the bigfoot package to CTAN. This will-publicized bundle is now available from CTAN for the first time. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot Summary description: bigfoot bundle for typesetting footnotes License type: GPL Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the bigfoot bundle for critical typesetting, consisting of the packages bigfoot, perpage and suffix. The package aims to provide a one-stop solution to requirements for footnotes. It offers: -- Multiple footnote apparatus superior to that of manyfoot; -- Footnotes can be formatted in separate paragraphs, or be run into a single paragraph (this choice may be selected per footnote series); -- Things you might have expected (like verb-like material in footnotes, and colour selections over page breaks) now work. perpage supersedes perpage.sty in macros/latex/contrib/misc, the latter was removed to avoid confusion. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team, Joachim Schrod

1 0

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

ctan-ann July 2006