ctan-ann September 2008

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CTAN Update: latex-tds
by CTAN Announcements 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the latex-tds package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CTAN's package description: This bundle provides a set of zip file modules containing TDS (tds)-compliant trees for items of the LaTeX distribution (both the base system and required packages), together with `user-friendly' documentation (PDF files with navigation support using bookmarks and links). A further module (knuth) performs the same service for Knuth's software distribution (knuth-dist). Latest changes (see readme.txt): 2008/09/06 * Module base: * Using uptodate versions from LaTeX project page for errata lists. * lgc2.err added (LaTeX Graphics Companiong, 2. ed.). * Various fixes in errata lists. * Module tools/array.dtx: documentation fixed (tools/4044). 2008/09/10 * Module base: Missing title date for utf8ienc.pdf fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=latex-tds (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: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 09 Sep '08

09 Sep '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.5a: - Various internal changes to the experimental package xnotes2bib after discussions with the LaTeX3 team concerning new programming approach - Bug fix in xnotes2bib with cite package and out-of-order notes - No changes to main notes2bib package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/notes2bib (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 -- pdftex.def v0.04l
by CTAN Announcements 09 Sep '08

09 Sep '08

On Mon, 8 Sep 2008, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the pdftex-def package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdftex-def/pdftex.def License: LPPL Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 09 Sep '08

09 Sep '08

The package here has been put into place here. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.5: - No change other than version number to notes2bib package - Bundle now includes xnotes2bib, an excremental re-implementation of notes2bib using the LaTeX3 syntax from the expl3 bundle - The experimental re-implementation uses a revised set of options: please read the documentation for details. Feedback on the new experimental package is encouraged. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/notes2bib (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: beamerposter
by CTAN Announcements 08 Sep '08

08 Sep '08

This package has been put up at tug.ctan.org. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: beamerposter Author's name: Philippe Dreuw Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter Summary description: The beamerposter package is an extension of the LaTeX beamer and the a0poster classes in order to create custom sized LaTeX posters, e.g. a double DIN-A0 size LaTeX poster in landscape or portrait orientation. Furthermore it is possible to scale the poster fonts to your needs. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX beamerposter package is an extension of the LaTeX beamer and the a0poster classes in order to create LaTeX posters, e.g. a DIN-A0 size LaTeX poster in landscape or portrait orientation. Furthermore it is possible to scale the poster fonts to your needs. The package allows you to benefit from the nice color box handling and alignment in the beamer class (e.g. with rounded corners and shadows) in order to create quite fast pretty conference posters. Features: * scalable fonts using the fp and type1cm packages * posters in DIN-A0, DIN-A1, DIN-A2, DIN-A3, DIN-A4, and custom sizes like double DIN-A0 possible * still applicable to custom beamer slides, e.g. 16:9 slides for a widescreen (i.e. 1.78 aspect ratio) * orientation: landscape or portrait * debug mode ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/beamerposter (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: BaKoMa TeX 8.30 - Sync Preview, Find/Replace, compatibility issues.
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '08

07 Sep '08

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 an update to the bakoma package was submitted to CTAN. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 8.30 are: > > TeXWord IDE: > * 'View/Sync Preview' (F6) - new command to synchronize proof with source. > * 'Find & Replace' in source window is implemented as non-modal dialog. > * Improved 'Search/Find' in proof window. handling spaces; fixed shift. > > Compatibility with other software: > * Scientific Word/WorkPlace - displays imported graphics. > * pdfTeX - estimates BBox of imported PDF files in similar way. > * PS Drivers - work around carzy prologs ('boolean {foo} def'). > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/changes.php> or > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html> > > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 8.30 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 8.23 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Classical IDE. > They are high compatible, so that you can choose what to use > depend on kind of a document or stage of work under a document. > > About BaKoMa TeX Word. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > > The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts: > > 1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor. > It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed. > It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer. > 2) It is True LaTeX Editor. > It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure. > It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and > consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related > with import graphics, font support, and document export. > > It supports processors: > (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX. > Other processors such as Omega may be added in future. > > It imports: > EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, > MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY. > It supports fonts: > OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM), > PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF. > It exports: > DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT). > > It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS > compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as: > PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, > PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface > (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.) > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables. > > TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. > TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. > It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up > in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation. > In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents. > So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use > powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work. > > Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as > good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers. > > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html> > > Some screenshots are available at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/screenshots.php> > > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 8.30 are: > > TeXWord IDE: > * 'View/Sync Preview' (F6) - new command to synchronize proof with source. > * 'Find & Replace' in source window is implemented as non-modal dialog. > * Improved 'Search/Find' in proof window. handling spaces; fixed shift. > > Compatibility with other software: > * Scientific Word/WorkPlace - displays imported graphics. > * pdfTeX - estimates BBox of imported PDF files in similar way. > * PS Drivers - work around carzy prologs ('boolean {foo} def'). > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/changes.php> or > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: support for spanish language
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '08

07 Sep '08

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 at 19:51 +0200, Javier Bezos submitted an update to the support for spanish language including a new hyphenation pattern file so that it works with both LuaTeX and standard TeX. Location on CTAN: language/spanish Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: biblatex-dw
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '08

07 Sep '08

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 Dominik Wassenhoven submitted an update to the biblatex-dw package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/ Summary description: Humanities styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 1.1g - The biblatex package option 'mincrossrefs' is set to '1' (instead of '2'). The reason is that otherwise entries that are using the crossref functionality introduced in biblatex-dw version 1.1f could be incomplete. - If both 'volumes' and 'volume' are present, 'volumes' is now set before 'volume'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: TeX-GPC
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '08

07 Sep '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: TeX-GPC Author's name: Wolfgang Helbig Location on CTAN: /systems/unix/tex-gpc Summary description: TeX-GPC, second edition License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This edition of TeX-GPC includes MetaPost, dvips, xdvi, polytonic greek fonts, and improved font generation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/tex-gpc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tex-gpc (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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New CTAN package: todonotes
by CTAN Announcements 06 Sep '08

06 Sep '08

The Cambridge upload daemon saith: > Name of contribution: todonotes > Author's name: Henrik Skov Midtiby > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/todonotes > Summary description: Let you mark things todo in your latex document. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The goal of the todonotes package is to let the user mark things to do > later, in a simple and visually appealing way. The package takes > several options to enable customization / finetuning of the visual > appearence. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/todonotes.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/todonotes/ the catalogue entry will appear some time overnight (UK time), and the package itself has already started on its way around the world (could take up to 48 hours for the remotest mirrors). i've installed the package as requested, and made a catalogue entry for it. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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