ctan-ann June 2009

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CTAN package update: keys3
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jun '09

13 Jun '09

my invisible friend, the upload daemon, saith: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: keys3 > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/keys3 > Summary description: Key management for LaTeX3 > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > SVN 110: > - Complete re-write to move to a seperate define/set > model > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/keys3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/exptl/keys3 thanks for the upload; i've installed the package(s) and updated the catalogue repository. the catalogue entry on the web (linked above) will change a bit overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN: New package - subdocs 0.1
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

The package below has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: subdocs 0.1 Author's name: Javier Bezos Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/bezos Summary description: Multifile documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a tentative package aiming to provide a different approach for multidocument works (mainly, books with a document per chapter). Unlike the include mechanism, every subdocument is a complete normal LaTeX document and can be typeset separately. What the package does is sharing the aux files. It's still an alpha version, and no attempt has been done yet to make it to work with, say, hyperref. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bezos . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/subdocs (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: prelim2e v1.3
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Tnx, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: prelim2e v1.3 Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ms Summary description: A new version of prelim2e License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * added a norsk option * updated documentation * moved to LPPL 1.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ms . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/prelim2e (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 version of UK TeX FAQ, v3.19
by Robin Fairbairns 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

i have today put version v3.19 of the uk tex faq on ctan. this release is terribly late (i had hoped to push it out in january); the reason is to be found in various personal issues of mine. the release will as usual be visible on CTAN at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq with a small catalogue page at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/uk-tex-faq.html (the catalogue entry is rewritten from its earlier instance, and will appear on the archive for the first time overnight tonight) the faq also remains available as a web application at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq while i shall continue to write all the words, for a bit, my target is to make it possible for the faq to be a collaborative project. this involves major upheavals in many areas, from the structure of the source to the presentation on the web. not all the changes will happen at one time, but i would welcome expressions of interest from potential future collaborators, from now on. so ... here is the content of my CHANGES file for this release Changes in version 3.19 This file lists changes since its most recent release (with version 3.18 of the FAQ). There are now 438 questions (and answers) in the FAQ. New answers: +Label grffilenames: modern file names in graphics +Label keyval: using key-value input in macros and package +Label linmacnames: why non-letters in macro names are a bad idea +Label osf: using fonts with old-style numbers +Label pdf-fig-chars: disappearing glyphs in pdfTeX figures (from Thanh) +Label texorpdf: error not allowed in PDFDocEncoded string +Label texthings: what all these <thing>TeX names are +Label usesymb: using symbols +Label whatmacros:brief outline of macros for bits and pieces section +Label wideflt: centre a float wider than text area Relabelled answers: +Label xfigetc: discusses xfig and asymptote (so far) (was label xfig) Revised answers: +Label askquestion: what to do if your minimal example needs a figure +Label acroantics:content of old label outszwrng merged in +Label biblatex: updated, now also mentions biber +Label books: mention Lulu version of TeX by Topic +Label chngmargonfly: mention addlines package +Label compactbib:mention the compactbib package (surprise!) +Label drawing: describe pictex, epic and eepic (all previously skated over) +Label editors: mention texworks +Label figurehere:mention MakeSorted from perpage package +Label fonts-pln: mention varisize +Label footnpp: mention zref package perpage module +Label ftncapt: clarification (I hope) +Label latex2html:mention plastex +Label latexe: reworked for clarity +Label latexpronounce: following on from latexe +Label linenos: numline package now obsolete +Label luatex: tidied up, now I'm clearer about LuaTeX, myself +Label logos: clarified, in light of changes to printing layout we now use +Label man-latex: added pointer to first-latex-doc +Label marginpkgs:changepage package supplants chngpage +Label mcite: mention mciteplus and collref packages +Label nonfree: explain what went wrong and what is happening +Label ifpdf: mention ifxetex and ifluatex +Label noroom: tidied up e-TeX related part of answer +Label ref-doc: mention latexcheat +Label setURL: mention spaces and hyphens options of url.sty +Label texsystems:mention MikTeX-for-Linux +Label wordcount: mention TeXcount +Label writecls: mention Oberdiek's splendid source2e pdf file +Label wygexpts: preview-latex now part of auctex Deleted answers: +Label outszwrng (remember, as of the previous release, links to old labels remain valid, pointing to an answer that is as near relevant as possible) Web interface: The initial list of questions no longer gives a URL containing all the answers -- Google was returning that for every match, which didn't help! All links to CTAN files, directory .zips and directories for browsing are now http, and there's no longer any mention of .tar.gz archives of CTAN directories (since they're no longer available) Robin Fairbairns 2009-06-10

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CTAN update: xpackages
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

that old upload daemon is at it again: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpackages > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages > Summary description: The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The xpackages are experimental, hihg-level parts of LaTeX3. They > are designed to provide a link between the programming system > (expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different > area, for example creating document commands (xparse), the > output routine (xor), and so on. > > At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{xparse} > usepackage{template} > > 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. > > To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package > available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which > the xpackages are built. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1407) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release is a snap-shot taken from the SVN repository which > can be found from: > > http://www.latex-project.org/code.html > > At present, only some of the xpackages are ready for > distribution even in this experimental form. The current > xpackages bundle contains: > - xparse, an interface for creating document commands. > - template, a method to generate generic functions using > key-value syntax. > - ldcsetup, a temporary utilities package to provide features > needed by template which are not currently available in > expl3. > > In contrast to expl3, which is now broadly stable, the team are > actively working on these packages at the present time. They may > therefore see significant alterations in the near future > (6 months). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Looking forward > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The team are currently reviewing the base parts of the > xpackages, with the aim of moving on to examine providing a > page building and output routine. We hope to establish a > semi-regular release pattern of snap-shots, which can then be > propagated using the update features of TeX Live and MiKTeX. > The exact schedule will depend on the code changes made! Each > release will state which SVN revision number it is based on. > > Over time, we hope to add more of the xpackages to this > distributed version. This will occur as the team decide that > a particular xpackage will remain available, and as we reach > some stability with those that do. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Other parts of LaTeX3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Several more experimental packages are also available in the > SVN. These xpackages show possible design ideas for LaTeX3, and > their status is currently very variable. > > The expl3 package, which contains the base for programming > LaTeX3, is broadly stable and is available on CTAN. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > LaTeX3 News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > We have established a bi-yearly schedule to publish a LaTeX3 > News letter. The second of these will appear at the same time as > this release. The news letters can be found at: > > http://www.latex-project.org/l3news/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Discussion > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Discussion concerning the approach, suggestions for > improvements, changes, additions, etc. should be addressed to > the list LATEX-L. > > You can subscribe to this list by sending mail to > > listserv(a)urz.uni-heidelberg.de > > with the body containing > > subscribe LATEX-L <Your-First-Name> <Your-Second-Name> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/xpackages thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. (note that the catalogue entry page, above, will be updated overnight tonight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

my busy little upload daemon quoth: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 1407) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > While expl3 is still experimental, the bundle is now regarded as > broadly stable. The syntax conventions and functions provided are > now ready for wider use. There may still be changes to some > functions, but these will be minor when compared to the scope of > expl3. > > This release is a snap-shot taken from the SVN repository which > can be found from: > > http://www.latex-project.org/code.html > > This snap-shot follows an extensive revision process for expl3, > which has taken place over the last six months. As a result, > code written to work with older versions of expl3 is very likely > to fail with this release. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Looking forward > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > New modules will be added to the distributed version of expl3 as > they reach maturity. At the same time, we intend to fix any bugs > in expl3 as they arise. We hope to establish a semi-regular > release pattern of snap-shots, which can then be propagated > using the update features of TeX Live and MiKTeX. The exact > schedule will depend on the code changes made! Each release will > state which SVN revision number it is based on. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Other parts of LaTeX3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Several higher level experimental packages are also available > in the SVN. These xpackages are designed to work with LaTeX2e > but to allow us to experiment with ideas for LaTeX3. We are > currently working on the next phase of development with these > packages. > > The xbase package, which provides the basics for interaction > between expl3 and the user, is currently released to CTAN as a > separate bundle. There will be a separate update concerning this > package. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > LaTeX3 News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > We have established a bi-yearly schedule to publish a LaTeX3 > News letter. The second of these will appear at the same time as > this release. The news letters can be found at: > > http://www.latex-project.org/l3news/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Discussion > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Discussion concerning the approach, suggestions for > improvements, changes, additions, etc. should be addressed to > the list LATEX-L. > > You can subscribe to this list by sending mail to > > listserv(a)urz.uni-heidelberg.de > > with the body containing > > subscribe LATEX-L <Your-First-Name> <Your-Second-Name> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 thanks for the upload; i've installed the files as requested, and updated the catalogue repository. the catalogue page linked above will be updated overnight tonight by computers that don't sleep. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: collref
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: collref Author's name: Niklas Beisert Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/collref Summary description: collect blocks of references into a single reference License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- collref is a LaTeX2e package to automatically collect multiple ibitem references which always appear in the same sequence in cite into a single ibitem block. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/collref . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/collref (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: Category theory (commutative) diagrams
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Category theory (commutative) diagrams Author's name: Paul Taylor Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/diagrams/taylor/ Summary description: new release V3,93 License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Taylor's category theory (commutative) diagrams package automatically recognises when it is running under PDFTeX, or, from this release, XeTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/diagrams/taylor/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/taylor (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: chemstyle
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jun '09

07 Jun '09

the moving fingers of the upload daemon wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: chemstyle > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle > Summary description: Schemes and style for chemistry > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2: > - Integrated chemstyle and chemscheme into a single source > - Internal re-write to improve functions and extend ideas introduced > in trivfloat package into the chemscheme bundle > - Documentation now uses and mentions auto-pst-pdf package > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/chemstyle.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. note the catalogue entry mentioned above will be updated on the web in 2 hours or so. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: cpssp
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

This package has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cpssp Author's name: Wolfgang Skala Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cpssp Summary description: Draw protein secondary structures. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The cpssp package, together with the cpssp Python script, allows you to draw a two-dimensional representation of a protein’s secondary structure. Besides, it is possible to graphically compare protein secondary structure predictions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cpssp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cpssp (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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