ctan-ann November 2008

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CTAN has a new package: biblatex-apa
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should 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: biblatex-apa Author's name: Philip Kime Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib Summary description: biblatex citation and reference style for APA (American Psychological Association) publications License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a fairly complete biblatex style (citations and references) for APA (American Psychological Association) publications. It implements and automates most of the guidelines in the APA 5th edition style guide for citations and references with a few (documented) exceptions (which are mainly currently impossible to automate in principle for any bibtex-backed system). An example document is also given which typsets every citation and reference example in the APA 5th edition style guide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblate… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-apa (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 updated: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

my ctan upload daemon wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Author's email: joseph.wright(a)morningstar2.co.uk > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1h: > - Issue with colortbl fixed > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/siunitx i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: tabvar
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the tabvar package. This LaTeX package is meant to ease the typesetting of tables showing variations of functions as they are used in France. The documentation is in French. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tabvar License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This new version (1.2) corrects a bug which pops up with koma-script classes when the standard font size is less than 10pt (thanks to Ulrike Fisher for providing a patch). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tabvar/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tabvar (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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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.8a
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. Thank you very much. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file RELEASE for release notes. Also note that this release > requires the latest version of the csquotes package (v4.3). > > CHANGES > > See the manual for a list of changes. thanks for the upload; i installed it (last night), and updated the catalogue. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: csquotes 4.3
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. There's > also a csquotes.tds.zip file for install/macros/latex/contrib. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload. > Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and > display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging > from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of > formal quotations. > > CHANGES > > See the manual for a list of changes. i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: pst-Bspline
by CTAN Announcements 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

This package 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: pst-Bspline Author's name: Michael Sharpe Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-bspline Summary description: Draws cubic Bspline curves and interpolations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package draws uniform, cubic Bspline curves, open and closed, based on a sequence of Bspline control points. There is also code which permits drawing the open or closed cubic Bspline curve interplating a sequence of points. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-bspline . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-bspline (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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1g: > - Compatibility with mathabx added > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/siunitx i have installed the new files, and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-bar
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote: > I uploaded pst-bar.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete > _all_ files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-bar/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > With pst-bar, one may use pstricks to produce bar charts > directly from a data file. This version has the following > changes: > > v 0.92 2008/11/26 > -- some more improvements to the code (hv) > -- Bar labels now set within parboxes to keep them from becoming too > long or overlapping with neighboring labels. New keys > ``labelalign'' and ``labelwidth'' added to control > this behavior.(ar) > -- Code now uses pst-xkey instead of pst-keyval for > managing keys.(hv) > > The author of this package is Alan Ristow. i have installed the files as reqested, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: latexmk Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation program License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- V. 4.02a. Corrects a bug when detaching viewer under MSWin. (Quotes around filename given to start command were misunderstood as window title.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk (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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote (the way it does): > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1f: > - Corrected unit names kilohm and megohm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for that; i've installed the update, and modified the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/siunitx Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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