ctan-ann August 2009

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CTAN update: xwatermark
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xwatermark Version number: 1.2 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Puts graphic and text watermarks on select pages of document. License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Active characters can now be submitted as part of text watermark in the key-val setup. Reference has been made to xkvltxp package in the user manual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xwatermark . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xwatermark (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: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

ooh! an upload to cambridge! my daemon said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: The LaTeX Team > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: An Experimental LaTeX3 Programming Convention > 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 1441) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release includes two notable changes from the previous > snapshot (SVN 1422). First, the documentation in expl3.pdf has > been updated to make it clearer that expl3 is ready for general > use by LaTeX programmers. At the same time, some older parts of > the documentation were removed. > > The second change is the inclusion of a new module, l3keys. This > is intended as a high-level programmers interface for creating > key-value input, such as used in the optional arguments of many > modern packages. l3keys creates keys using key-value input > itself, inspired by the pgfkeys package. > > Two new functions have been added to the clist module: > - clist_set_from_seq:NN > - clist_gset_from_seq:NN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. the catalogue link, above, will change minutely overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan update: the lhfonts package
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

the dante upload daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: The lhfonts package > Version number: 3.5g > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Location on CTAN: /fonts/cyrillic/lh > Summary description: CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of LaTeX standard encodings > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of > LaTeX standard encodings. > The LH fonts address the problem of the wide variety of > alphabets that are written with Cyrillic-style > characters. The fonts are the original basis of the set > of T2* and X2 encodings that are now used when LaTeX > users need to write in Cyrillic languages. > > LH offers the latex/lhfonts bundle of packages for > standard LaTeX Cyrillic and traditional encodings. > > The fonts are available in Adobe Type 1 format, in the CM- > Super family of fonts. > > See also cyrillic t2 ccfonts cmbright concrete ecc. > > The authors are Andrey Khodulev, Olga Lapko, Alexander > Berdnikov and Vladimir Volovich. > > ----- > > Changes: > > Bug fixes in ff-ligatures in T2* typewriter fonts -- that > changes metrics of the monospaced fonts > > Bug fix with ligature of letter TSE -- that changes > metrics of all fonts in OT2 encoding. > > I hope that these fixes are the last which change metrics. > > I'm very sorry for my mistakes. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cyrillic/lh > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=The lhfonts package > (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 . i have pulled the upload to cambridge and installed the files. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xecjk
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

This package has been updated a tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xeCJK Version number: 2.3.5 Author's name : Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/ Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xeCJK 2.3.5 has the following updates: 1. Produces error message when running on a XeTeX engine it does not support. 2. Significantly improve processing speed. 3. You can customize underline decorations when used in companion with CJKfntef.sty (available in the latest version of CJK package) 4. Add support of fontspec addfontfeature, xeCJK will pass options it does not recognize directly to fontspec 5. Fix a linebreaking problem caused by punctuations at the end of paragraphs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xecjk (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: tablists
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

dante upload daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: tablists > Version number: 0.0e > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Author's email: > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablists > Summary description: Tabulated list of short items (exercises in textbooks) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > The package offers environments and commands for one- > level and two-level > lists of short items (exercises in textbooks). The > environments follow > support of optional arguments of item numbering as > enumerate or paralist > packages. > ----- > > Changes: > > *) changed layout of tabulated list placed inside LaTeX's > proper list. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tablists > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tablists > (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 . i have pulled the upload to cambridge and installed it here; i have also updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

dante's upload daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: softmaker-freefont > Version number: 1.2 > Author's name: Josef Kleber > Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/ > Summary description: Support files for fonts available at www.freefont.de > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > In June 2009 www.freefont.de offered a beautiful handwriting > font > for free download: The Softmaker Stone Handwriting. > As handwriting fonts are a quite limited resource in the > LaTeX world, > i decided to create support files for this beautiful font. > Therefore, > Stone Handwriting will be the starting point for the > freefont bundle. > Other fonts will be included in future. > > License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves) > > New in v1.2: > > - added LaTeX support for the special purpose font: Flagstaff > Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the > month (August 2009) and can be downloaded for free at (at > least > this month): http://www.freefont.de > Later you can buy it from Softmaker > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/softmaker-freefont/ > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=softmaker-freefont > (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. i've pulled it to the cambridge ctan and installed the files here. i've also done some work on the catalogue entry, which an eager world won't see until tonight's run has processed it to appear on the web. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: makecell
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

quoth dante's upload daemon: > Name of contribution: makecell > Version number: 0.1e > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/makecell > Summary description: Managing tabular column heads and cells > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes: > > Added: > *) command and environment for usage of cells inside text; > *) commands for creation of empty rows or rows with > repeated text. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/makecell > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=makecell > (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 . i have retrieved the package from the dante machine and installed it in cambridge. i have also updated the catalogue repository, noting the new documentation in russian. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: hyph-utf8
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: hyph-utf8 Version number: N/A Author's name: Mojca Miklavec, Arthur Reutenauer Location on CTAN: /language/hyph-utf8 Summary description: Hyphenation patterns in UTF-8 with converter scripts for 8-bit encodings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adding Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) patterns by Jörg Knappen et al. The Spanish patterns are updated to version 4.5 (by Javier Bezos). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyph-utf8 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hyph-utf8 (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: titlepic
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

This has been installed 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: titlepic Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Thomas ten Cate Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/titlepic Summary description: Displays a picture on the title page License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The titlepic package allows you to place a picture on the title page (cover page) of a LaTeX document. Example of usage: usepackage[cc]{titlepic} usepackage{graphicx} itlepic{includegraphics[width= extwidth]{picture.png}} Note: the package currently only works with the document classes article, report and book. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/titlepic . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/titlepic (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: cellspace
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

coming in thick and fast... > Name of contribution: cellspace > Version number: 1.6 > Author's name: Josselin Noirel > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cellspace/ > Summary description: The package defines a S modifier in tabular > preambles to space out cells > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package defines a S modifier in tabular preambles to > space out cells. Now, an option [math] has been added to > allow to space out matrices too. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cellspace/ > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cellspace > (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 . i pulled your upload to cambridge, installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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