ctan-ann September 2009

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CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

the daemon is surely getting tired, after recent excessive exercise, but neverthe less he says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX project > Author's email: joseph.wright(a)morningstar2.co.uk > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: Packages showing a proposed 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 1543) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The major change from the last snapshot (SVN 1509) is changes > to l3keys which reflect discussion about both expl3 and wider > LaTeX3 concepts. > > Changes to l3keys: > - Removed .code:Nn, .code:Nx, .function:N, .initial:n, > .initial:V, .set:N properties > - New variable-setting properties .dim_(g)set:N, .int_(g)set:N, > .skip_(g)set:N, .tl_(g)set:N, .tl_(g)set_x:N > - Choice generating system now uses two properties > .choice_code:n and .generate_choices:n > > The team hope that these changes now make l3keys fully usable > across LaTeX3 and other projects. > > The keys_variable_get_scope:N and keys_variable_get_type:N > functions have been moved to prg_, to reflect their generic > nature. > > A few new functions have been added, mainly to support changes > in the xpackages. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. the catalogue update will be left to the overnight run to regenerate. > 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 Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: ctable 1.15
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or right aligned tables and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ctable License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of v1.15 relative to v1.14): - removed whitespace before tables, - corrected marginpars in the documentation --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ctable (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: pdfbook
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

This should reach 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: pdfbook Version number: 20090916 Author's name: Jaap Eldering Location on CTAN: /support/pdfbook Summary description: Rearrange pages of a PDF file for booklet printing. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update of the pdfbook package fixing a shell quoting issue and adding a Makefile and changelog. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/pdfbook . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pdfbook (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: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

This update will reach your local mirror by tomorrow. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: autolatex Version number: 6.1 Author's name: Stephane Galland Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Major bug fixes in autolatex 6.1 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In previous version the plot2eps and imggz2eps converters do not detect the source files to convert even if they are existing in the right place. This bug is fixed in the autolatex_find perl script for the first converter, and in the Makefile of the second converter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/autolatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/autolatex (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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

they're coming thick and fast ... anyone would think a new tex live was coming up. the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx > Summary description: siunitx - A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.2n: > - degreeCelsius as an alias for celsius, reflecting how the unit is read. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/siunitx the catalogue entry will be (slightly) updated overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: trimspaces
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

wow! says the daemon, and then: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: trimspaces > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/trimspaces > Summary description: Trim spaces around an argument or macro > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A very short package that allows you to expandably > remove spaces around a token list with rim@spaces > or remove surrounding spaces within a macro definition > with rim@spaces@in. i've installed the new package, and made an entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/trimspaces.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/trimspaces a manual run of the catalogue update job has arranged that the catalogue entry is actually there, this time! Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: footmisc package
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

i've installed a new version (5.5) of my footmisc package on CTAN. this version corrects a bug reported on comp.text.tex, affecting vertical spacing of footnotes when the hang option was in effect. i've updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/footmisc.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: version.sty
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

Donald Arseneau <asnd(a)triumf.ca> wrote: > I just rewrote version.sty as I see fit and uploaded it > to UK. thanks; i've installed the new version of version (aargh), and updated the catalogue entry. > You guys can decide whether to have the existing versions.sty > or this rewrite to take over the slot for version.sty. i don't make public quality judgements in my ctan work ;-) (i leave that for the faq...) > License: permissive free (very short MIT/X11/BSD style) interpreted (as is standard, now) as other-free. > Here are the (end)notes on the new version. > > % Donald Arseneau produced this version because Stephen Bellantoni had no > % permissions explicitly stated in his version. DA has tried to remain > % compatible but has indulged in upgrades (bloat) which might not be > % proper. > % > % Although the code is entirely rewritten, there are a few principal > % differences with version 2: > % > % Verbatim catcoding of braces (to scan over unbalanced braces) is > % still applied, but is not required to be effective: the end{NAME} > % will be detected whether the catcode changes are effective or not. > % > % Verbatim catcode for & is set to allow skipping rows of a tabular. > % > % Definitions of existing environments are now retained by includeversion, > % unless the existing definition is the one made by excludeversion. > % > % Added optional argument for excludeversion for a textual tag to > % replace the excluded content. users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/version.html or the package itself at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/version.sty the catalogue entry will be slightly changed, in a moment, at some stage overnight Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: mk 2.0
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the mk package. mk is a Ruby script that, in close collaboration with vpp (short for View and Print PostScript/PDF), is helpful in the cyclic process of editing, viewing, and printing a latex document. Essentially, mk uses the make utility for the management of file dependencies, texi2pdf for compilation, vpp for viewing and printing. Location on CTAN: support/latex_maker License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of release 2.0 relative to 1.0: - Perl-script completely rewritten in Ruby - mk has been tested under Linux only --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latex_maker/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mk (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: vpp 2.1
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the vpp package. Vpp displays a PDF document or a PostScript document (after conversion to pdf using gv, xpdf, or acrobat reader in that order of choice), or perhaps another pdf viewer. One can use the viewer to print the document but, alternatively, leave the viewer and use vpp's facilities to print selected pages to a one- or two-sided hardcopy or an A5-booklet. Can also be used to re-arrange pages in a PDF document. Location on CTAN: support/view_print_ps_pdf License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of release 2.1 relative to 2.0: - added option -p specifying the printer name - added option -d telling the printer can print doublesided - better handling of load errors --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/view_print_ps_pdf/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=vpp(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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