ctan-ann January 2008

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CTAN has a new package: spanish-babel
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and by now should have reached the mirrors. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... Package name: Spanish-babel Package author: Javier Bezos Location: languages/spanish/babel Description: This is the developer's latest working version of Spanish support for Babel. For more, please see: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/spanish/babel .

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CTAN package update: etoolbox 1.4
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded `etoolbox.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > ABOUT > > The etoolbox package is a toolbox of programming facilities geared > primarily towards LaTeX class and package authors. It provides LaTeX > frontends to some of the new primitives provided by e-TeX as well as > some generic tools which are not related to e-TeX but match the > profile of this package. > > CHANGES > > * Resolved conflict with tex4ht users may view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/etoolbox.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox/ thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN packages updated: pstricks, pstricks-add and pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote: > I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk mirror. Please > copy all files into the directories > /graphics/pstricks/* > > this is a major update of the main PSTricks packages > pstricks, pstricks-add and pst-3dplot i've done that, and updated the catalogue repository to reflect the new/updated material. > Read /graphics/pstricks/doc/pst-news2008.pdf for > more information and examples. > > ---- pstricks.sty > 0.36 2008-01-22 > - Better error message, when the document > has the same name as a PSTricks file. (RN) > - add message for loading pst-alpparser.pro > - add option vtex to disable opacity values > > pst-node.sty -------- > 2007-09-13 > add message for loading pst-node.pro (hv) > > pst-all.sty -------- > 2008-01-01 load pstricks-add > > ---- pstricks.tex > 1.20 2008-01-01 > - added opacity for default fill operations > - added strokeopacity for normal stroke operation (lines) > - added the arrowtype <D-D> and <D<D-D>D>, which draws the > sides as bezier curves (ArrowD type in pstricks.pro) > - add special coor type (*x f(x)), which invokes the > algebraic parser for f(x) before using the default > (!x y) coor type > - add option linejoin=0,1,or 2 for connecting lines > - add option linecap=0,1,or 2 for line ends > - small tweaks to psellipticarc x y -> xOrig yOrig > - fix introduced bug with ewpsstyle: pst@tempa->pst@tempA > - add PS subroutines /UserCoor and /ScreenCoor for easy > transforming into user or screen coordinates > - changed wrong name of psk@shift to pst@shift > - fix bug with pst-node and \[name=...]. It now uses > ps@ifnextchar for scanning the next token > - fix bug with pst@tempg in polar@coor. It was already > used in pst@getangle. > - new option gridfont for the label font of psgrid > Times-Roman, Palatino-Roman, ... > > > ---- pstricks.pro > 1.02 2008-01-01 > - added the arrowtype D>, sides as curves (ArrowD) > - added the whole algebraic parser stuff > - added function tan := sin cos div > - added function Tan := sin cos Div > - added Pyth2 for 2 points given by xA yA xB yB > - change variable names from x,y to xOrig, yOrig for > EllipticArcArrow > - move font setting for psgrid into pstricks.tex > > > vtex.con ------ > 0.02 2008-01-01 > - disable transparent color setting > > > ---- pstricks-add.tex > v 3.00 2008-01-01 > - delete transalpha stuff (moved into pstricks.tex) > - load header file pst-algparser.pro > > pst-3dplot.tex -------- > 1.79 2008-01-03 > - add option algebraic for 3d plots > - fix bug with ellipse phi=f(alpha)! The catalogue entries are: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-3dplot.html (those files will be updated to reflect the new version overnight) The updated material may be browsed as follows pstricks -- http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base/ pstricks-add -- http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ pst-3dplot -- http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: kpfonts
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

The package below has been updated at tog.ctan.org Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: kpfonts Author's name: Christophe Caignaert Location on CTAN: /fonts/kpfonts Summary description: New malor release of Kpfonts License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kpfonts is a very full set of fonts for typesetting text and math. It includes real small caps, all current math symbols (TeX, AMS and more), in normal and bold version. The new major release 2.0 gets a 'light' option, with lighter roman fonts and same metrics... Read the .pdf doc file available in english and in french! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/kpfonts . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/kpfonts (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: tableauVariations
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

The package below has been installed at tug.ctan.org. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tableauVariations Author's name: Frederic Mazoit Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros Summary description: Variation tables in metapost License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This metapost package helps in creating variation tables. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/tableauvar… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tableauvariations (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: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: achemso Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso Summary description: Support for American Chemical Society journal submissions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.2g: * BibTeX style and package option for journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/achemso (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: The LaTeX Brochure
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jan '08

19 Jan '08

The package below has been installed 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: The LaTeX Brochure Author's name: Peter Flynn Location on CTAN: /info/latex-brochure Summary description: Publicity flyer for LaTeX License type: nosell Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Jan 2008 version of the publicity flyer for LaTeX that I showed at the TUG meeting in Delaware in 2001. It is designed for printing on A3 paper, double-sided, and folding once to A4. A future version may also be for Ledger paper (twice Letter size). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/latex-brochure . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latex-brochure (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: dlfltxb
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

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: dlfltxb bundle Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dlfltxb/ Summary description: Update to support pacakges for Introduktion til LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update brings two new features * the dlfltxbtocconfig package for providing the two special TOCs that are used in my LaTeX book * the dlfltxbcodetips package now provides a ProvidePGFPagesFourOnOneWithSpaceForNotes macro that will activate a 4 on 1 with space for notes layout for the pgfpages packages. It is like 8 on 1 but leaving the second column empty for the readers notes As always comments on the packages or my LaTeX book (see http://www.imf.au.dk/system/latex/bog/version3beta.html) are welcomme /daleif ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dlfltxb/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dlfltxb (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: catechis
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

The package below has been put into place at 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: catechis Author's name: Donald P. Goodman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/catechis Summary description: Macros for producing catechisms License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Macros for producing catechisms; includes format for question-and-answer, comments on answers, citations, and a specialized enumerate operative only within catechism parts of a document. Highly customizable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/catechis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/catechis (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: GraphConv
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and will soon make it to your local mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: GraphConv Author's name: Martin Chicoine Location on CTAN: /support/graphconv Summary description: Convert Graph files to PSTricks License type: nosource Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Graph (http://www.padowan.dk/graph/) is a very easy to use program to create simple graphs. GraphConv a small Windows program to convert Graph files to PStricks code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/graphconv . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/graphconv (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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