ctan-ann November 2009

ctan-ann@ctan.org

1 participants
45 discussions

CTAN Update: polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 François Charette submitted an update to the polyglossia package. The package provides a complete Babel replacement for users of XeLaTeX. The initial version includes support for 54 different language Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/ Summary description: Modern multilingual typesetting with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix for version 1.1.0 Only the language modules for french, breton, turkish and sanskrit are affected. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=polyglossia (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

1 0

CTAN Update: sparklines
by CTAN Announcements 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 Andreas Löffler submitted an update to the sparklines package. Sparklines are intense, simple, wordlike graphics (so named by Edward Tufte). Location on CTAN: /graphics/sparklines License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- removed errors from previous version added color support for drawing sparklines ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/sparklines . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=sparklines (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

1 0

CTAN update: datetime
by CTAN Announcements 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

back on the 17th, the daemon piped up and wittered about an upload... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: datetime > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datetime > Summary description: Change format of oday with commands for displaying the time > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2.56: > * Added formattime. (Specific times can now be displayed in > the same format as currenttime) > * Added new date format yyyymmdd > * Added new time format hhmmss > * Added new package option iso > * datetime package options now override babel's date format > * Moved definition of ewdateformat and ewtimeformat before > configuration file is loaded. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- and that same day i installed the new version, but was not able to update the catalogue repository (mechanism failure at the server). so i forgot to send this mail ... even when the catalogue repository was mended. so, 4 days late ... thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datetime.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datetime needless to say, the catalogue entry has now done all the changing it's going to do, from this update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

just as massenet prepares werther to kill himself (on the radio), up pops the daemon and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX Team > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX > programmers with special syntax conventions, completely > separating it from document level syntax. Hence, the commands > provided are not intended for use at the document level nor for > use in describing design layouts in document class files. > > This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel > and other advanced extensions are built. Special care has been > taken so that they can be used within a LaTeX2e context as > regular packages. > > The TeX and eTeX primitives are all given a new name according > to these conventions. However, in the main direct use of the > primitives is not required or encouraged: the expl3 modules > define an independent low-level LaTeX3 programming language. > > At present, the expl3 modules are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{expl3} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1733) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Since SVN 1550, internal changes have been made to switch from > cs_new:Nn to cs_new:npn (and of forth) for performance > reasons. Some numerical code has switched from using num to > int storage. > > The messaging system (l3msg) now allows messages to use up to > four arguments. At the same time, the recovery code concept > has been removed from l3msg, which now focusses purely on > messages. These changes may therefore require changes to other code. > Kernel messages are now divided up into groups, so that they can > be named more freely. More details of these changes are included > in l3obsolete.txt > > In the l3keys module, there have been some improvements to > choices. An error is now issued if .generate_choices:n is given > before .choice_code:n has defined the necessary code. The value > l_keys_choice_int is now indexed from 0, rather than from 1, > so that it is more easily used with if_case:w and so on. > > New functions chk_if_free_cs:c and seq_if_in:NV(TF) have > been added. The exp_args:x function has been removed from the > core of expl3, as it is only of significant benefit when using > LuaTeX. > > Documentation has been improved at various places. Some changes > have been made the font loading system, so that the use of > lmodern is documented, and details of using l3doc.cfg to change the > behaviour are provided. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/expl3 the catalogue entry will change overnight (though the difference will hardly be noticeable). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN Update: polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, submitted an update to the polyglossia package. Summary description: Modern multilingual typesetting with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a rather substantial bugfix release. See the accompanying README file for details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=polyglossia (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

1 0

CTAN update: memoir
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The Memoir class Version number: v1.61803398c Author's name: Lars Madsen (memoir maintainer) Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Recent bug fixes for memoir License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >From the README: -- fixed typo that broke flushbottom. Please note that this fix WILL change existing documents, potentially changing page breaks. -- fixed a problem that might cause the addition of trimmarks to shift the output box a bit downward. Thanks to Heiko Oberdiek for the analysis and fix -- fixed a typo in an example in the manual -- changed markml, markmr, marktm and markbm to place markers for the middle parts of the text. Earlier they did nothing and had to be defined by the user. Now the user can simply define them to do nothing if needed. -- added visual example to the manual showing the four trim mark types -- changed the madsen chapter style such that it now have a better unnumbered look ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memoir (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 .

1 0

CTAN update: datatool
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

just as i was relaxing before a strenuous afternoon's sleep, the daemon popped up its head and cried: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: datatool > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datatool > Summary description: Tools to load and manipulate data > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.03: > * Added facility to clear or delete a database. > > * Fixed bug in DTLsavedb that prints duplicate information to file. > > * DTLreplaceentryforrow expands the replacement value > > * DTLappendtorow expands the new value > > * DTLnewdbentry : user can choose between expanding or not > expanding value before adding to database. > > * Renamed dtl@columnindex to dtlcolumnindex so that it can be > used in the document. > > * Spaces may now occur after commas (but not before) in the > assignment part of DTLforeach > > * Fixed missing backslashes in example in manual (pounds->pounds) > > * Fixed type in datapie documentation: non-colour option is > gray not monochrome. > > * Added package person.sty thanks for that; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue entry (noting the new package). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datatool.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datatool as always, the catalogue entry will change overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

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/ i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot > of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a... > > This update has new macro psGetDistance and some more > internal changes. For examples see documentation > > pstricks-add.tex ----------- > v 3.36 2009-11-14 - fix bug with missing defpst@par in objects > - add pstGetDistance > pst-fp.tex ----------- > v 0.03 2009-11-14 add pstFPmul Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pstricks-add.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN update: prerex
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: prerex Version number: 5.4 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics/prerex Summary description: Macros for prerequisite charts, with associated editor and viewer applications. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The prerex package now includes source code for a previewer application, a lightweight Qt-4 and poppler-based prerex-enabled PDF viewer. Patching kdegraphics and re-building kpdf/okular is no longer necessary. Minor bug fixes and code cleanup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/prerex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/prerex (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 .

1 0

CTAN update: pst-knot
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

This should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-knot Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-knot Summary description: A PSTricks for drawing knots License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-knot is a PSTricks package for drawing knots. This new version has a better color handling to support xcolor and a new macro pxBorromean for drawinf the borromean rings. For more information see the documentation of the package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-knot . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-knot (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 .

1 0

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

ctan-ann November 2009