ctan-ann February 2010

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CTAN Update: ArsClassica package
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '10

14 Feb '10

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 Lorenzo Pantieri submitted an update to the arsclassica package. The package changes some typographical points of the ClassicThesis style, by André Miede. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/arsclassica License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An update to ArsClassica package: now ArsClassica is compatible with the 2.7 version of ClassicThesis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/arsclassica . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=arsClassica (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: pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '10

14 Feb '10

This should be at 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: pst-3dplot Version number: 1.89 Author's name: Herbert Voß Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot Summary description: 3D objects in parallel projections License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-3dplot ist a PSTricks related package for 3D operations in parallel projection. This update has the following changes: pst-3dplot.pro -------- 0.30 2010-01-01 - add the subroutine /tx@ProjThreeD from pst-3d to get rid of the dependency pst-3dplot.tex -------- 1.89 2010-01-28 - enable coordinates for calculations - new optional argument CoorOffset - fix problem with defpst@par{} for objects - new boolean CheckCoor=true ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-3dplot (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: biblatex 0.9
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '10

14 Feb '10

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded 'biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. As of this > release, I will also be preparing a biblatex.tds.zip file for > install/macros/latex/exptl. Please purge the old files, install the > new ones, and announce the upload as usual. > > Thank you very much. > > RELEASE NOTES > > This version is not fully backwards compatible! > See the file RELEASE for details before installing this version! > > Note that this release comes with a biblatex.tds.zip file which > simplifies the installation process. > > CHANGES > > Please refer to the full list at the end of biblatex.pdf and to the > release notes. thanks for the upload (my wife, at the other side of the room was startled by my excited cry we've got a new biblatex! i had guessed it would be 0.9). i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. (i also installed CTAN:install/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex.tds.zip) Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/biblatex.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/biblatex macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: geometry
by CTAN Announcements 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

This update should be at your local mirror within the day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: geometry Version number: 5.0 Author's name: Hideo Umeki Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/geometry Summary description: Flexible and easy interface to page dimensions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 5.0 * Changing page layout mid-document. * A new set of options to specify the layout area. * A new driver option 'xetex' (fixed for XeLaTeX) * New paper size presets for JIS B-series. * Changing default for underspecified margin. * The option 'showframe' works on every page. * Loading geometry.cfg precedes processing class options. * Deleted options: 'compat2' and 'twosideshift'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/geometry . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/geometry (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: onrannual
by CTAN Announcements 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: onrannual Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Adam R. Maxwell Summary description: Office of Naval Research Ocean Battlespace Sensing annual report class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an unofficial document class for writing ONR annual reports using LaTeX, as ONR has had numerous problems with LaTeX-generated PDF submissions in the past. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/onrannual . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/onrannual (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: pst-3d
by CTAN Announcements 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pst-3d package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3d Summary description: basic macros for 3D operations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-3d provides basic macros for plotting 3D objects, for tilting and affin transformation of any object, like a text, a graphic or something else. This version comes with a new PostScript prologue file to speed up operations for 3D elements. pst-3d.tex -------- 1.10 2010/02/13 - created a pro file - add macro pstAffinTransform 1.00 2005/09/08 - using the extended pst-xkey instead of the old pst-key package; - creating a dtx file - new LaTeX wrapper file to load pstricks.sty first (hv) 0.90 2001/02/16 - First public release. (tvz) pst-3d.pro -------- 0.01 2010/02/13 - first public version ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3d > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pst-3d > (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: luainputenc
by CTAN Announcements 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

the daemon finished his night's work with: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: luainputenc > Author's name: Elie Roux > Location on CTAN: macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc/ > Summary description: inputenc package for LuaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > removing the files eu2* that now belong to the euenc package. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/luainputenc.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc/ the catalogue entry on the web change almost imperceptibly, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: euenc
by CTAN Announcements 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

the daemon was busy as i slept: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: euenc > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/euenc > Summary description: Unicode font encoding definitions for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the first released version of euenc to support LuaTeX as an engine as well > as XeTeX. This does not yet mean that fontspec is working under LuaTeX, but > we're (slowly) ironing out the bugs right now. > > There's no .ins file in these zip files, everything being done with a > Makefile that runs some sed scripts. This isn't ideal, but having > everything in the pre-built .tds.zip I hope means the .ins file won't > often be used. If people would like me to provide the .ins file > anyway (which will generate the .def files but not the .fd files) just > let me know. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the package as requested, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. (i have removed the older macros/xetex/latex/euenc directory; it's no longer appropriate to keep the package there.) > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/euenc.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/euenc the catalogue entry on the web can't be relied upon again until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xtab
by CTAN Announcements 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

while i slept the sleep of the exhausted, the daemon stirred into action: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xtab > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xtab > Summary description: Break tables across pages. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2.3e allows calc input in column widths and row separation > lengths. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/xtab.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xtab in the usual way, the catalogue on the web will be updated some time when i'm next slumbering. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Lshort (English) update (note the quote)
by CTAN Announcements 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

Tobias Oetiker <oetiker(a)oetiker.ch> wrote: > I have uploaded lshort-4.27 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/lshort-4.27. thanks for the update. i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. [from the CHANGES file] 4.27 2009.11.16 --------------- * add a second argument to the example of the new command * better explanation of the textcomp degree symbol commands * Now that barack is in office we do not need all these 'you can's in the text anymore removed about 1k of them. * fix documentation on hyperref default settings by Gust Eilinger * better english for the apppendix by Tobias Vidarssønn Langhoff. * use extbackslash instead of $ackslash$. * added notes on mongolian support by Dorjgotov Batumongke * added big update to math from stefan m. moser * added letter size to the build system Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/lshort-english.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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