ctan-ann December 2007

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CTAN has a new package: newspaper
by CTAN Announcements 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

A new package has been upt in at tug.ctan.org and it should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: newspaper Author's name: matthew allen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contib/newspaper Summary description: package to aid in typesetting newsletters to resemble newspapers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The newspaper package redefines the page style and maketitle command to produce a typeset page similar to that off a newspaper. It also provides several commands that (when used with other packages) allow the ease of writing articles in a newspaper-style column format. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/newspaper . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/newspaper (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: framed.sty
by CTAN Announcements 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

The material below has been updated 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: framed.sty Author's name: Donald Arseneau Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/misc Summary description: Some updates to framed.sty. License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Although there are still things that need implementing, here is an update to framed.sty that handles lists better and supports different frame format depending on the breaks, as used for continued labels and such. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ltxmisc (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 package update: memoir patches
by CTAN Announcements 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

Peter Wilson wrote: > I have just uploaded memfixesDec07a.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use the > contents to replace the corresponding files in macros/latex/contib/memoir > > This release includes mempatch.sty v4.9 (2007/12/14) and a new Addendum. > All known bugs are fixed and some minor new functionality is introduced. > There is no change to the User Manual. > > From the README: > > The memoir class is for typesetting poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and > mathematical works. > > The normal font sizes range from 9pt to 17pt. There is a range of page > styles and well over a dozen chapter-styles to choose from and methods for > specifying your own layouts and designs. The class encompasses over thirty > of the more popular packages. > > NOTE: I hope that this is the last set of patches to the class. The next > release will include a new manual, all patch code incorprated into the class > file, and mempatch.sty and the Addendum to be empty. i have installed the new patch, and an update to the catalogue is making its way around the world. thanks for the update. Users may view the catalogue entry for memoir at: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html or visit the package directory (which includes the patch files) at: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ The new version is on its way around the world as i write; the catalogue entry will be updated overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: oberdiek bundle -- luacolor v1.0, luatex v1.0, ifluatex v1.0, magicnum v1.0 pdfcolparallel v1.1
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 at 17:57 +0100, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update of the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL New packages: * ifluatex v1.0 This package looks for LuaTeX regardless of its mode and provides the switch ifluatex. It works with plain-TeX or LaTeX. * luacolor v1.0 Package `luacolor' implements color support based on LuaTeX's node attributes. * luatex v0.1 This package manages the new and extended features and resources that LuaTeX provides. Examples are attributes and catcode tables. * magicnum v1.0 This packages allows to access magic numbers by a hierarchical name system. Updates: * pdfcol v1.2: * pdfcolSetCurrentColor added. * Detection for package `luacolor' added. * pdfcolparallel v1.1: * Adds patch for setting linewidth to fix bug in package `parallel'. * Package `parallel' is also fixed if color stacks are not available. * Bug fix, switched stacks now initialized with current color. * Fix for package `parallel': aggedbottom is respected. * pdftexcmds v0.3: * Organization of Lua code as module. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Omega/Aleph for Tamil
by CTAN Announcements 12 Dec '07

12 Dec '07

The package below has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Omega/Aleph for Tamil Author's name: Alex A.J. Location on CTAN: /macros/omega/latex/contrib/tamil-omega Summary description: A package for typesetting Tamil using Omega/Aleph License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Omega for Tamil is a package for typesetting Tamil using the Omega system developed by John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous. It is also compatible with Aleph. The package includes only one font family, the Washington Tamil by Thomas Ridgeway et.al. Additional fonts can be downloaded from: http://sarovar.org/projects/tamil This package also includes supporting files for using the Tamil fonts from `ISM Publisher' by C-DAC India. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/omega/latex/contrib/tamil-omega . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tamil-omega (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: ted
by CTAN Announcements 12 Dec '07

12 Dec '07

The packge below has been put up to tug.ctan.org and will soon be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ted Author's name: Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ted Summary description: a (primitive) token list editor License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Just like sed is a stream editor, ted is a token list editor. Actually, it is not as powerfull as sed, but its main feature is that it really works with tokens, not only characters. The ted package provides two user macros: Substitute and ShowTokens. The first one is maybe the most useful: it performs substitutions in token lists (even inside braces). The second displays each token of the list (one per line) with its catcode (in the list, not just the current one), and can be useful for debugging or for TeX learners. The ted package is designed to work well even if strange tokens (that is, unusual (charcode, catcode) pairs or tokens with a confusing meaning) occur in the list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ted . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ted (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 has a new package: pgf-soroban
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

I apologize. I put the wrong CTAN path in the announcement. The correction is below. Jim ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pgf-soroban Author's name: Alain Delmotte Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/pgf-soroban Summary description: creates images of the Japanese abacus using TikZ/PGF License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Allows to create the Japanese soroban (abacus) using TikZ/PGF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgf-soroban . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pgf-soroban (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: pgf-soroban
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

The material below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be in place at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pgf-soroban Author's name: Alain Delmotte Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/latex/ Summary description: creates images of the Japanese abacus using TikZ/PGF License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Allows to create the Japanese soroban (abacus) using TikZ/PGF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/latex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pgf-soroban (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 package update: mh
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mh Author's name: Morten Høgholm Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mh Summary description: Update of the mh bundle: breqn, flexisym, mathstyle License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in flexisym =================== * Fix problem with std@minus and std@equal which had to be removed from AtBeginDocument hook. Also fixed problem with std@equal which occured when operators had been defined with DeclareMathOperator. * Support for mathpazo and mathptmx added. * Source code comments by Michael J. Downes added. Changes in breqn ================ * Fixed catcode settings and package loading of flexisym. * Cleaned up some parts of the code. * Source code comments by Michael J. Downes added. Changes in mathstyle =================== * Documentation written (original sources unfortunately lost). * Use @saveprimitive from breqn. * New command currentmathstyle + example of usage A special note on the source code comments: The original sources of breqn and related files exist in a non-dtx format devised by Michael Downes. Lars Madsen has kindly written a Perl script for transforming the original source files into near-perfect dtx state, requiring only very little hand tuning. Without his help it would have been nigh impossible to incorporate the original sources with Michael's comments. A big, big thank you to him. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mh . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mh (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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tug.ctan.org upload: PerlTeX
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: PerlTeX Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. This new release (v1.7) fixes a compatibility problem with xelatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/perltex (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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