will robertson wrote (in a virtual sort of way):
> ======================================================================
>
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: pstool
> Author's name: Will Robertson
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pstool
> Summary description: Support for psfrag within pdfLaTeX
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> __________________
> The pstool package
> v1.0
>
> A package like pst-pdf for processing PostScript graphics
> with psfrag labels within pdfLaTeX documets. The difference
> with this package is that every graphic is compiled individually,
> drastically speeding up compilation time when only a single
> figure needs re-processing.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
i have installed the package (in cambridge_ and updated the catalogue
repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstool.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pstool
thanks for the upload.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-barcode.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace all
> files in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/
i did that; thanks for the update.
> pst-barcode is a PSTricks related package for drawing
> barcodes for all important modes.
>
> This new version comes with:
>
> - Added 2d Matrix code, Data matrix code, QR code, Aztec code.
> parsable example options field to each encoder.
> - An encoder for the Pharmaceutical Binary Code symbology
> was added.
users may view the catalogue entry for the package at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-barcode.html
or browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local
mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: rsc
Author's name: Joseph Wright
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rsc
Summary description: BibTeX styles for Royal Society of Chemistry and
Wiley journals
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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v3.0:
- Second complete re-write of package. BibTeX styles now require natbib
and mciteplus
- Package provides interface to BibTeX style, as in achemso package
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rsc
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/rsc
(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 .
This package has been replaced at tug.ctan.org.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: epstopdf
Author's name: Gerben Wierda
Location on CTAN: /support/epstopdf
Summary description: epstopdf v.2.9.9gw
License type: bsd
Announcement text:
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# 2008/08/26 v.2.9.9gw
# * Switch to embed fonts (default=yes) (J.P. Chretien)
# * turned no AutoRotatePages into an option (D. Kreil) (default = None)
# * Added resolution switch (D. Kreil)
# * Added BSD-style license
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/epstopdf
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/epstopdf
(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 .
from the cambridge upload daemon:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: glossaries
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries
> Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v1.16 :
> * fixed bug that causes footnote option to remove hyperlink
> for first use entries in glossaries other than the list
> of acronyms. (footnote option should only affect entries
> in acronymtype glossary.)
>
> * Raised hypertarget so that links to glossary entries don't
> scroll off the top of the page.
>
> * Fixed expansion-related bug (thanks to fix provided by
> Ulrich Diez)
i've installed the new files, and updated the catalogue. thanks for the
upload.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html
the updated catalogue entry will apear around 0100 UK time.
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries
the package itself is already making its way around the world, and
should be more or less everywhere within 24 hours of now.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
from my upload daemon:
> ======================================================================
>
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: probsoln
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/probsoln
> Summary description: Generate problem sheets and their solution sheets
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Version 3.0: Rewrote package to use data sets to make it easy
> to reuse problems so that the solutions can be placed in
> a different section of the document to the questions.
>
> Link to faq has changed: http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/latex/packages/faq/probsolnfaq.html
i've installed the new version (including its .tds.zip), as requested.
thanks for the upload.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/probsoln.html
(the revised version of the catalogue will appear around 0100 uk time)
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/probsoln
which data will mirror around the world in the next 24 hours.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the
aniamte
package.
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate
Summary description: creating portable PDF animations from graphics files and inline graphics
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The code for resizing the animation widget using the `width', `height', and
`depth' options has been rewritten to yield more intuitive results. Moreover,
the length commands width, height, depth and otalheight can now be used
with the above mentioned options in order to refer to the original widget
dimensions.
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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
The package below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at
your local mirror.
Thank you,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: harvardkyoto
Author's name: Daniel Stender
Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/generic/harvardkyoto
Summary description: Harvard/Kyoto input mapping for XeTeX Unicode
Devanagari (0900-097F)
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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XeTeX input map for Unicode Devanagari (0900-097F) typesetting according
to the Harvard/Kyoto convention, to be compiled with TECkit by J. Kew.
Cf. http://granthinam.blogspot.com/2008/08/harvardkyoto-input-map-for-xetex.html
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/generic/harvardkyoto
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/harvardkyoto
(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 .
This package is up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror.
Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: MetaGo
Author's name: Wentao Zheng
Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metago
Summary description: MetaPost package for Go game positions (visualization)
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The first release of MetaGo version 0.9.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metago
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/metago
(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 .
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org.
Thank you,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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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 submissions to American Chemical
Society journals
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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v3.0a:
- Corrected errors in CODEN list in documentation
- Improved handling of postal and e-mail addresses
- Some typos in README information corrected
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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 .