ctan-ann June 2007

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CTAN package update: findbib
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '07

08 Jun '07

The package below has been updated on 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: findbib Author's name: Kevin Goldstein Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/findbib Summary description: Find bibliographic details from SPIRES License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of the findbib script which incorporates changes in the Spires website and arxiv numbering system. Findbib is a script that enables the user to avoid writing BibTeX database entries for papers that appear on SPIRES: if the citation key is in SPIRES standard form or in the form of an arxiv number, the bibliographic details are retrieved on-line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/findbib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=findbib (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: minitoc - version 54
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

Jean-Pierre Drucbert <Jean-Pierre.Drucbert(a)onecert.fr> wrote: > I have uploaded a new version (#54) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . The file is named > > minitoc.zip (14665648 bytes) > > 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 #54 > -- Added the ``open'' and ``close'' features. > -- Indexing the features. > -- Added the mtc-ocf.tex example file. > -- Added the mtcfixnomenclature command. > -- Added the mtc-nom.tex example file. > -- Correction in the mtcsetfeature command and siblings. > -- Some mini-tables are set on two columns (or more) in the manual. > -- Indexing the messages. Messages noted in the right margin. > -- Corrected a bug in the mtcoff package. > -- Added latinc.mld and latinc2.mld for classical latin. > -- Added internal hyperlinks for messages. > -- Added mtcoffset and co. for an horizontal offset of a mini-table. > -- Added mtcsetoffset for an horizontal offset of a mini-table type. > -- Added the mtc-ofs.tex example file. > -- More internal links in the documentation. > -- Added a clickable table of all messages. > -- Added lithuanian2.mld, latvian2.mld and letton2.mld. > -- Updated the documentation. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > The administravive trivia are in the `CATALOG' file in the > distribution. > Please update my e-mail address: jean-pierre.drucbert(a)onera.fr > because the old one will be obsolete in few months. > > Note that the documentation is mainly available in PDF form, > -- in (not perfect) english: minitoc.pdf > -- in french: fminitoc.pdf > The ``cmk'' script may be used to convert the PDF documentation > into PostScript. > > 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). thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version, and committed a small change to the catalogue. the catalogue itself will be updated overnight. users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minitoc.html and the package's ctan directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: AeB Tiling Backgrounds
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

The package below has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: AeB Tiling Backgrounds Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/aeb_tilebg Summary description: Take a rectangular graphic and tiles it as the background of the page License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This newest package is a simple application of established packages graphicx, multido and AeB Web. The package takes a rectangular graphic and uses it to tile the background of the pages. Download your favorite tiled background swatch from the Internet, convert it to an .eps or a .pdf format (depending if you use distiller---should work for users of Ghostscript as well---or pdftex), place that image in the same folder as your source document. Now, anywhere in your document, use the command setTileBgGraphic to create your tiled background. Other features Turn tiling on or off. Draft mode (an package option) used during the content development stage. Change the way the tiles are laid out, change from top-to-bottom to bottom-to-top. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/aeb_tilebg . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=aebtilebg (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: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should by now be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: moderncv Author's name: Xavier Danaux Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/moderncv Summary description: A modern curriculum vitae class. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A lot of small fixes, some new elements and color variants for the two official styles. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=moderncv (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: classicthesis
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jun '07

05 Jun '07

The package below has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: classicthesis Author's name: André Miede Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis Summary description: major update License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Major update. Several bugfixes and new features such as MinionPro support, pdftex letterspacing capabilities (via microtype) and many more (see CHANGES for more information). Also included: examples how to use classicthesis for articles, CVs etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=classicthesis (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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