ctan-ann June 2008

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CTAN package update: footmisc
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

i have installed a slightly revised version of my footmisc package on the archive. changes are: -- the long standing complaint about @makecol not matching has been resolved -- users may change the value of footnotelayout using enewcommand (previously they had to use def) i have taken this opportunity to make the package's licence information correct (as in its layout). having completed this (essentially bookkeeping) version, i hope to get around to a new version incorporating suggestions submitted by other users. unfortunately my timetable this year has got somewhat awry, for health reasons. the package's catalogue entry may be reviewed at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/footmisc.html or the package directory may be browsed at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. (Please note that the location of this package has changed.) Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- The siunitx package --- A comprehensive (SI) units package -------------------------------------------------------------- Typesetting values with units requires care to ensure that the combined mathematical meaning of the value plus unit combination is clear. In particular, the SI units system lays down a consistent set of units with rules on how these are to be used. However, different countries and publishers have differing conventions on the exact appearance of numbers (and units). The siunitx provides a set of tools for authors to typeset numbers and units in a consistent way. The package has an extended set of configuration options which make it possible to follow varying typographic conventions with the same input syntax. The package includes automated processing of numbers and units, and the ability to control tabular alignment of numbers. A number of LaTeX packages have been developed in the past for formatting units: SIunits, sistyle, unitsdef, unitspkg, fancyunits and fancynum. Support for users of all of these packages is available as emulation modules in siunitx. In addition, siunitx can carry out many of the functions of the dcolumn, rccol and numprint packages. -------------------------------------------------------------- Release Notes for Version 1.0 -------------------------------------------------------------- This is the first full release of siunitx, and is now considered stable. Users upgrading from the earlier test release v0.8d should note the following changes, which may require alteration of their source: - The option tabalign now covers all alignment in columns provided by siunitx. The previous effect of tabalign is now available as the tabnumalign option. - The column type s in version 0.8d has been renamed to S (note change of case). This is to accommodate a column for units alone, which now takes the letter s. There are also a number of new or improved features and bug fixes compared to the last testing release. TeX distribution maintainers are encouraged to add siunitx to their bundles. The package is supplied with a TDS-ready archive, containing the pre-built documentation, to make this process easier. -------------------------------------------------------------- Status of SIunits -------------------------------------------------------------- With this release of siunitx, the existing SIunits package moves to maintenance-only status. No further features will be added to SIunits: only existing bugs will be fixed. Users of SIunits are encouraged to move to siunitx, which includes all of the abilities of the SIunits package. -------------------------------------------------------------- Future plans -------------------------------------------------------------- Requests for new features for the next release (v1.1) are very welcome. Some ideas have already been supplied during the final testing phase for this release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/siunitx (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: pstricks-add
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Jun '08

15 Jun '08

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ > > pstricks-add is a collection of bugfixes and extended macros > for the basic PSTricks packages pstricks, pst-plot, pst-node, > and pst-tree. This new version comes with a better support > for drawing axes with labels. > > v 3.05 2008-06-06 - rewrote the axes-label setting for the > psgraph environment > - add pst@mindim{#1}{#2}#3 > - rewrote label setting for psaxes thanks for the upload. i have installed the changed files, and updated the catalogue entry. users may view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jun '08

15 Jun '08

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ > > pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing > special mathematical functions like distributions, > polynomials, a.s.o. > > This update has a new macro psThomae, which shows the > behaviour of Thomae's function, also known as > popcorn function > > > pst-func.tex -------- > 0.55 2008-06-12 added code for Thomae's function, aka popcorn function thanks for the upload. i have installed the changed files, and updated the catalogue entry. users may view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-func.html or browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: tablor
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '08

14 Jun '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and will 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: tablor Author's name: Guillaume Connan Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablor Summary description: Create tables of signs and of variations. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.00 : a new environment, TVP, for curves defined by parametric coordinates. Needs XCAS >= june 14th 2008. Nothing new in the general configuration. Add-on in the doc for emacs users. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tablor . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tablor (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: biblatex-dw
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '08

14 Jun '08

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 Dominik Wassenhoven submitted an update to the biblatex-dw package, a small collection of styles for the biblatex package. It was designed for citations in the humanities and offers some features that are not provided by the standard biblatex styles. Biblatex-dw is dependent on biblatex (at least version 0.7) and cannot be used without it. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/ Summary description: Humanities styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.1e - BUGFIX: The option 'edbeforetitle' caused a problem when used together with the 'idem' functionality (which is the default). This is now fixed. - Enhanced the 'idem' functionality: If a citation with shorthand precedes a citation of the same author or editor without shorthand, the string 'idem' is now replaced by the author's or editor's name, since this information cannot be gathered from the shorthand citation and thus could mislead the reader. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-dw (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 Update: animate
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '08

14 Jun '08

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the animate package. The package provides an interface to create portable, JavaScript driven PDF animations from sets of graphics files or from inline graphics, such as LaTeX picture environment, PSTricks or pgf/TikZ generated pictures, or just from typeset text. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate Summary description: creating portable PDF animations from graphics files and inline graphics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update provides support for the `dvipdfmx' and XeTeX output drivers. Many thanks to Jin-Hwan Cho, the developer of `dvipdfmx', for contributing the specific code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/animate . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=animate (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 update: letltxmacro v1.2
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '08

14 Jun '08

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the letltxmacro package. TeX's let assignment does not work for LaTeX macros with optional arguments or for macros that are defined as robust macros by DeclareRobustCommand. This package defines LetLtxMacro that also takes care of the involved internal macros. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek License: LPPL Changes: * letltxmacro v1.1 * Support for xpackage{etoolbox}'s cs{newrobustcmd} added. * letltxmacro v1.2 * Support for xpackage{etoolbox}'s cs{robustify} added. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pdfrack
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and will 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: pdfrack Author's name: Marc Boyer Location on CTAN: /support/pdfrack Summary description: A hack for using psfrag and pdflatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- After 3 years, pdfrack has now a documentation in its version 0.4. It can also handle sub files (ie input, include...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/pdfrack . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pdfrack (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: oberdiek bundle -- hyphsubst v0.2 & letltxmacro v1.0
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL Changes: * epstopdf v1.7: minor change in message text. New packages: * hyphsubst v0.2 A TeX format file may include alternative hyphenation patterns for a language with a different name. If the naming convention follows babel's rules, then the hyphenation patterns for a language can be replaced by the alternative hyphenation patterns, provided in the format file. * letltxmacro v1.0 -- Let assignment for LaTeX macros TeX's let assignment does not work for LaTeX macros with optional arguments or for macros that are defined as robust macros by DeclareRobustCommand. This package defines LetLtxMacro that also takes care of the involved internal macros. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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