that upload daemon went and wrote:
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>
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: achemso
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Author's email:
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso
> Summary description: Support for American Chemical Society journal submissions
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v3.3:
> - New layout option to allow both one- and two-column drafts
> - Better handling of altaffiliation to detect and combine duplicate values
> - Fix for ACS Nano style
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
i've installed the new package and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.
as always...
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/achemso
and (as is common) the catalogue entry will change in a small way,
overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This update should within a day be at your local mirror.
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: boolexpr
Version number: 2.9
Author's name: Florent CHERVET
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/
Summary description: purely expandable boolean expressions and switch (eTeX) [v2.9 2008/08/31]
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Testing values of counters required
umber of
umexpr :
oolexpr{
umbervalue{myCounter}=5}
Now number is no more required before value.
switch has an optional argument (and remains purely expandable...): eg:
switch[value{myCounter}]
case{=0}...
case{<10}...
case{<=12}...
otherwise......
endswitch
Documentation updated.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/boolexpr
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Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
This update should be at your local mirror inside of a day.
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: curves
Version number: 1.53
Author's name: Ian Maclaine-cross
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/curves/
Summary description: Draws curves and polygons in the LaTeX 2e picture environment
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Draws curves in the LaTeX 2e picture environment using parabolic arcs
between data points with continuous slope at joins. For circles and
circular arcs uses up to 16 parabolic arcs. Also draws symbols or dash
patterns along curves. A straight side switch changes curves to
polygons. Extends picture capability without extra programs and data
files. Parabolic arcs consist of short chords drawn by overlapping
disks or line drawing `special's selected by package options.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/curves/
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http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/curves
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Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-geo.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete _all_
> files in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo/
>
> and put the new ones in there.
>
> pst-geo is a PSTricks related package for drawing geographical
> objects in 2D or 3D mode.
>
> The new versions of the four packages
>
> pst-map2d
> pst-map3d
> pst-map2dII
> pst-map3dII
>
> use special compressed versions of the PostScript data
> files (thanks to Heiko Oberdiek). The data files can be
> decompressed by using the included file pst-geo-decompress.pl
> (see file README) to make them readable for the user.
> All packages are able to decompress the data files on
> the fly when viewing the ps file or running ps2pdf.
thanks for the upload (and thanks to heiko for the excellent work).
i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue to reflect the
changes (including the new version number...).
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-geo.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
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: MWCLS
Version number: 0.72
Author's name: Marcin Woliński
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mwcls/
Summary description: Polish-oriented document classes
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is a bug-fix relase: compatibility with natbib and
hyperref has been improved, problems with running heads
fixed, and this version will not cause hiccups from XeTeX.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mwcls/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mwcls
(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 should reach your local mirror within a day.
Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Tablenotes
Version number: 0.1
Author's name: Matthias Borck-Elsner
Location on CTAN: /
Summary description: Notes in Tables, like footnotes and endnotes
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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.sty file to place notes in tables and list them, similar
to endnotes and footnotes
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tablenotes
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tablenotes
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On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the
dvisvgm
package.
Name of contribution: dvisvgm
Version number: 0.8.3
Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to
SVG. It is licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 (or later).
Version 0.8.3 is primarily a maintenance release.
PostScript prologue files referenced at the beginning of the
first DVI page are now always loaded. Thus, PS specials
should work correctly on all
A basic evaluation of the PostScript operator show enables
dvisvgm to convert the PSTricks Type 3 fonts properly.
For further information including a list of recent changes
and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project
page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
This package should be at your local mirror within a day.
Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: listings-ext
Version number: v39
Author's name: J. Hoffmann
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext
Summary description: a package to support automated input of source code into a document
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The LaTeX package listings-ext.dtx contains some macros
and a supporting Bash script, which can be used to
automatically input parts of source code programs into a
documentation.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/listings-ext
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Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-math.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the
> files with the ones in the directory
>
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/
>
> pst-math is a collection of PostScript subroutines for
> special mathematical functions like sin hyperbolic
> Gamma function , a.s.o.
>
> The version 0.23 of pst-math.tex has a pstPi#
> The version 0.5 of pst-math.pro has a modified version
> of SINC=sin(x)/x for SINC(0)=1
i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository; thanks
for the upload.
users may view the catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-math.html
or browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/
the catalogue entry will change, in a minuscule way, overnight
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-barcode.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace all
> files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/
>
> pst-barcode is a PSTricks related package for drawing
> barcodes for all important modes.
>
> This new version 0.07 comes with support for:
>
> ean13 -- ean8 -- upca --
> upce -- ean5 -- ean2 -- onecode -- isbn --
> code39 -- code128 -- rationalizedCodabar -- interleaved2of5 --
> code2of5 -- postnet -- royalmail -- kix -- auspost --
> japanpost -- onecode -- symbol -- msi -- plessey --
> rss14 -- rsslimited -- rssexpanded -- pharmacode --
> pdf417 -- datamatrix -- maxicode -- qrcode
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the
catalogue.
users may view the package catalogue entry 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/
(the catalogue entry will change overnight to reflect the new list of
bar code formats.)
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team