ctan-ann January 2008

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CTAN has a new package: GV savepos patch
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

A new package has been installed at 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: GV savepos patch Author's name: The Thanh Han Location on CTAN: /support/gv-savepos Summary description: A patch to allow recording the current coordinate of the cursor in GV License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A patch to allow recording the current coordinate of the cursor in GV to a file. Useful for example for use with pinlabel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/gv-savepos . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/gv-savepos (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: newcommand
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

The package below has been updated at 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: newcommand Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/newcommand Summary description: Easily generate complex LaTeX macro definitions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX's ewcommand is fairly limited in the way it processes optional arguments, but the TeX alternative, a batch of defs and futurelets, can be overwhelming to the casual LaTeX user. newcommand.py is a Python program that automatically generates LaTeX macro definitions for macros that require more powerful argument processing than ewcommand can handle. newcommand.py is intended for LaTeX advanced beginners (i.e., those who know how to use ewcommand but not internal LaTeX2e commands such as @ifnextchar) and for more advanced users who want to save some typing when defining complex macros. This update supports optional arguments whose default value is the value of a preceding argument. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/newcommand . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/newcommand (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: texcount
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

The package below has been installed at 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: TeXcount Author's name: Einar Andreas Rødland Location on CTAN: /support/texcount Summary description: Perl script counting words in LaTeX documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TeXcount.pl is a Perl script that counts the number of words in the text of LaTeX files. It has rules for handling most of the common macros and provieds colour coded output indicating which parts have been counted. Go to http://folk.uio.no/einarro/Comp/texwordcount.html for more information or to access the script online as a web service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/texcount . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/texcount (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: pdfcrop v1.8
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Heiko Oberdiek submitetd an update to the pdfcrop package. > Changes: > > 2008/01/09 v1.8: Fix for moving the temporary file to the output > file across file system boundaries. > Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN packagte update: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jan '08

09 Jan '08

cambridge upload wrote (for some value of wrote): > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: notes2bib > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib > Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.3a: > * Added checks on versions of supporting packages xkeyval and etoolbox > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package update and amended the catalogue repository as necessary. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/notes2bib.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/latex/contrib/notes2bib the catalogue entry will be updated overnight tonight, but the package revision itself is already on its way around the world. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jan '08

09 Jan '08

also sprach the cambridge upload daemon: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: notes2bib > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib > Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.3: > * Revised control interface, using keyval for all package > and control options; > * Package options (head, tail, footnotes, ...) and control macros can > now be modified throughout the source; > * biblatex compatibility updated for 0.7 release of biblatex; > * Fixed serious error with head and tail mode operation; > * Renamed flushcitestack to flushnotestack, to better reflect purpose of macro. > > This release modifies a great deal of the advanced interface to make > the package easier to use. Users upgrading from v1.2a (or earlier) > will need to make changes to their source if they have used any of the > old setup macros ( iib...), which have been *removed* from the > package. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/notes2bib.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib the package itself should be well on its way around the world by now; the catalogue entry will be updated overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: skaknew
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jan '08

09 Jan '08

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 Ulrich Dirr submitted a new verrsion of the skaknew package. This package offers Adobe Type 1 versions of the fonts provided as MetaFont source by the skak bundle. Location on CTAN: /fonts/chess/skaknew Summary description: Update skaknew & new AlphaDia font License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated SkakNew-Diagram fonts, documentation and added new AlphaDia font. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/chess/skaknew . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=skaknew (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 . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: nb4latex
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 09 Jan '08

09 Jan '08

quoth the upload daemon: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: NB4LATEX > Author's name: Guido Milanese > Author's email: > Location on CTAN: systems/msdos/nb4latex > Summary description: Transforms old NotaBene4 files (DOS version) to LaTeX format > License type: pd > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A DOS programme designed to transform old NotaBene4 files (DOS > version) to LaTeX format. Please see the README: the programme is old > (1995-1997) and needs a radical update to support modern Windows > versions of Nota Bene. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the package, and updated the catalogue (which used to list the program on an off-ctan website). thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror-ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/nb4latex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror-ctan.org/systems/msdos/nb4latex the package itself is already on its way around the world; the catalogue will be updated some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: LXfonts
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '08

08 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 (License note: the source to the slide show PDF is not provided.) ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: LXfonts Author's name: Claudio Beccari Location on CTAN: /fonts/lxfonts/ Summary description: Revived slide fonts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bundle contains the traditional slides fonts revived so as to be completely usable both as text fonts and math fonts; they are fully integrate with the new operators, letters, symbols and extensible delimiter fonts, as well as with the AMS fonts, all redone with the same stylistic parameters. They can be a valid alternative to many PS fonts used in the new presentation bundles. Their type1 versions are included together with their map file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/lxfonts/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/lxfonts (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: The makecell package 0.1e and tablists package 0.0c
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Olga Lapko submitted updates to the makecell and tablists packages. Locations on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/makecell and /macros/latex/contrib/tablists License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- makecell: This package offers a command, based on one-column tabular, which at the top of everything allows to support a common layout for tabular column heads in whole document. There are also: 1) a macro, which changes vertical spaces around all cells in tabular (like in tabls package) based on array package; 3) macros numbered rows of cells or skipping cells in tabulars; 4) diagonally divided cells; 5) horizonral lines in tabulars with defined thickness. tablists: tabulated lists of short items (useful for exersizes in textbooks) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These packages are located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/makecell http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tablists . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=makecell http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tablists (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 . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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