ctan-ann October 2010

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CTAN has a new package: cals
by CTAN Announcements 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cals Version number: 2.0.1 Author's name: Oleg Parashchenko Summary description: multipage tables with headers, footers, cell spanning and decorations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The cals package is a set of macros to typeset multipage tables with repeatable headers and footers, with cells spanned over rows and columns. Decorations are supported: padding, background color, width of separation rules. The code is compatible with multicols and pdfsync. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cals . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cals (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pmx
by CTAN Announcements 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pmx Version number: 2.5.21 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /support/pmx Summary description: Preprocessor for music typesetting License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pmx is a preprocessor for MusiXTeX. It builds the TeX input file based on an input file in a much simpler language, making most of the layout decisions by itself. An auxilliary program makes single-player parts from a multi-player score. pmx can make a MIDI file of your score. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/pmx . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pmx (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: powerdot
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I've uploaded powerdot.tgz to the uk ctan node. > please delete all files in /macros/contrib/powerdot > and put the new ones in there. > > This new version 1.4a has the following changes: > > (2005/12/10) > - Added cf option > - Moved lf and rf keys from global to glslide family > - Moved footers out of slide box in handout mode > - Solved some small bugs > - Updated styles > (2010/10/07) > - ﬁxed bug with geometry 5.x (hv) > > Changes were made by permission of the authors. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the package catalogue entry. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/powerdot.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/powerdot/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: eso-pic
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the eso-pic package. Summary description: eso-pic adds one or more user commands (e.g. background pictures) to LaTeX's shipout. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Correction of a bug related to the memoir class. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eso-pic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id= eso-pic (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: adforn
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

judging by the time-stame the daemon managed this as i stumbled upstairs to bed... > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: adforn > Author's name: Clea F. Rees > Location on CTAN: fonts/adforn > Summary description: OrnementsADF with TeX/LaTeX support > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The only difference between this version and the previous one is > uOrnementsADF.fd has been renamed as uornementsadf.fd. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version, which should work on caseful file systems and when the files are retrieved via ls-R indexes. an interesting experience. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/adforn.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/adforn/ the minor change to the catalogue won't appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: dktools
by CTAN Announcements 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the dktools package. Summary description: Tools and libraries by Dirk Krause. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in the update probably relevant for LaTeX users: - X-spline handling in fig2vect changed. - New Perl module DKrause::Diagram to create diagrams following DIN 461 standard. The output is a *.pgf file which can be used with the pgf package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/dktools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dktools (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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New on CTAN: the cutwin package
by CTAN Announcements 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Peter Wilson wrote: > I have just uploaded cutwin.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please install > this under macros/latex/contrib. > > The distribution is under the LPPL > > From the README: > > The cutwin package enables you to create a window in a > paragraph. Facilities are provided to assist in putting text or a logo > into the space cutout. thanks for the upload -- i've installed the files and made an entry for it, in the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/cutwin.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cutwin/ The catalogue entry will not appear until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: tex-overview
by CTAN Announcements 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tex-overview Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Arno L Trautmann Summary description: overview of the development of TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This document gives an overview of the development of TeX, makro packages and related programs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/tex-overview . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tex-overview (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pst-math
by CTAN Announcements 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

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/ > > > The PostScript function vasicek moved into the > package pst-func and is now available as psVasicek. > For more information read the package documentation > of pst-func. > > This version of pst-math is 0.61. thanks for the upload. i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-math.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team > > thanks > Herbert > > > >

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CTAN update: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please > replace all files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ > > > pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing > special mathematical functions like distributions, > polynomials, a.s.o. > > This update has a new macro psVasicek > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasicek_model) for > describing the evolution of interest rates > > pst-func.tex -------- > 0.70 2010-10-02 - added psVasicek with two possible parameters thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-func.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/pst-func graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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