ctan-ann June 2008

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CTAN has a new package: dehyph-exptl
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '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: dehyph-exptl Author's name: Stephan Hennig Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation/dehyph-exptl Summary description: new, experimental hyphenation patterns for the German language License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides new, experimental hyphenation patterns for the German language, covering traditional and reformed orthography. The patterns can be used with packages Babel and hyphsubst from the Oberdiek bundle. Dieses Paket enthält experimentelle Trennmuster für die traditionelle und reformierte deutsche Rechtschreibung. Die Trennmuster können mit den Paketen Babel und hyphsubst aus dem Oberdiek-Bündel verwendet werden. v0.1: This release contains hyphenation patterns as of 2008-06-18. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation/dehyph-exptl . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dehyph-exptl (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: UK TeX FAQ v3.18
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

I have released v3.18 of the (English) FAQ, and installed it on CTAN as well as its own little web site http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq As always, there have been a number of minor changes since the last release; the significant ones are listed in the file CHANGES-3.18 in the distribution, which I append below. Users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/faq.html or visit the faq directory with its jumble of files at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq/ There was a brief interruption of service with the Web version of the FAQ; this related to the arrival of the new version and has (I think) been corrected. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team (not to mention my own interests) Changes in version 3.18 This file lists changes since its most recent release (with version 3.17 of the FAQ). New answers: +Label acroantics:getting Adobe Reader to produce the right size output +Label inst-scut: introduction to the old inst-miktex and to inst-tds-zip +Label inst-tds-zip: installing a package using .tds.zip files +Label onna-stick:making MikTeX run from a memory key +Label papergeom: how to select the correct paper geometry +Label prept1font:the generating metrics part of old instt1font +Label tds-zip: brief outline of TDS ZIP files Revised answers: +Label biblatex: now discusses crossTeX too +Label bibtranscinit: discuss truly excessive sets of initials +Label chngmargonfly: mention new changepage package +Label findfiles: correct one of the search address links +Label fmtconv: add tex4ht as a route to word format, tidy up +Label footintab: I _think_ the answer now says what I meant it to say! +Label labelfig: mention (auto-)pst-pdf +Label letterspace: microtype now covers the functionality of old letterspace +Label luatex: detail some recent developments +Label oddpage: mention new changepage package +Label papersize: rewritten as intro to new acroantics and papergeom +Label parallel: mention the pdfcolparallel package +Label patch: rewrite to downplay patch, add mention of ted and etoolbox +Label pkfix: mention pkfix-helper +Label poster: updated with further informative links, etc. +Label protect: rewritten (again) +Label psfchoice: add kpfonts, link to the font catalogue at various points mention font catalogue (as a whole) and maths font survey Web interface: A mechanism is now in place, whereby old question labels may be used to get to the nearest current equivalent of the question. It does not cover *all* old questions: please mail faq-devel(a)tex.ac.uk if you have a problem with an old question label that you have stored. Bugfixes: Bits of silliness in the web interface continue to surface. They get mended as soon as I work out how; the most recent was a tendency not to translate extbackslash -- I know how to correct it, but not why it happened... 2008-06-20

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CTAN update: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

This package 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: 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Major bug corrections: - spacing between lines - compatibility with bibunits and other bibliographic packages - display of long names / long addresses - ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 has a new package: xetex-pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

This package has been installed 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: xetex-pstricks Author's name: Jonathan Kew Location on CTAN: /graphics/xetex-pstricks Summary description: configuration files to use PSTricks with XeTeX License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a configuration file to support the use of PSTricks with the xdvipdfmx output driver, as used by the XeTeX engine. With this configuration, many PSTricks features can be used in xelatex or plain xetex documents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/xetex-pstricks . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xetex-pstricks (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: environ
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

The package below has been updated. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: environ Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/environ Summary description: A new syntax for defining environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a new version of the environ package, which provides a long version of amsmath's collect@body command; more usefully for authors, it provides a convenient LaTeX wrapper for defining environments that read their entire body. v0.2 completely replaces the functionality from v0.1, with a new macro (with a new name) for defining environments that is significantly improved over the analogous command in previous version. (Backwards compatibility is preserved, for now.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/environ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/environ (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: tikz-inet
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

A new package has been put up 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: tikz-inet Author's name: Marc de Falco Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-inet Summary description: macros and shapes to draw interaction nets with tikz License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The purpose of this package is to extend tikz with some macros in order to draw interaction nets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-inet . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tikz-inet (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: xetexfontinfo
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '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: xetexfontinfo Author's name: Will Robertson, on behalf of Jonathan Kew Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/plain/xetexfontinfo Summary description: Query fonts for their supported features License type: apache2 Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These documents are used to reveal the various font features supported by fonts useable in XeTeX. Use OpenType-info.tex for OpenType fonts and AAT-info.tex for AAT fonts (Mac OS X only). Input the font name and compile them with plain `xetex`; the output will be a listing of the supported font features. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/plain/xetexfontinfo . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xetexfontinfo (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: AlProTex
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

Eitan Gurari wrote: [quoting the ftp list of requirements] > + what you've uploaded > > AlProTex.sty > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > cam.ctan.org > > + where you want the files to go > > Replace > > /tex-archive/web/protex/AlProTex.sty > /tex-archive/web/protex/README.protex > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > LPPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > Update the ProTex literate programming system Thanks for the upload. I've installed the files and updated the catalogue. The files should be pretty well around the world by now, but the catalogue won't be processed until some time tonight. Visit the catalogue page at http://tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/protex.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/web/protex Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-optexp
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

This package 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: pst-optexp Author's name: Christoph Bersch Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp/ Summary description: Drawing optical experimental setups License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package pst-optexp is a collection of optical components that facilitate easy sketching of optical experimental setups. Mechanisms for proper alignment of different components are provided internally. This way the user does not have to care for proper orientation of the elements. This update introduces new macros for very convenient definition of new components. Furthermore it offers much more versatile definition of lenses and also curved mirror are possible now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-optexp (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: annual new version of tex4ht
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

Eitan Gurari wrote: > + what you've uploaded > > tex4ht-all.zip > README > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > cam.ctan.org > > + where you want the files to go > > Replace > > /tex-archive/support/TeX4ht/tex4ht-all.zip > /tex-archive/support/TeX4ht/README > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > > LPPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > Update of the TeX4ht system for translating TeX-based > files into hypertext. thanks for the update: i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tex4ht.html and browse the (2-file) package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/TeX4ht/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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