ctan-ann February 2010

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CTAN update: xfrac (mh bundle)
by CTAN Announcements 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

i wearily wander home from work in my tatty old car, and slump down in my chair. licking his cruel lips, the daemon says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xfrac > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mh > Summary description: Text style fractions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > *Update by Joseph Wright on behalf of Morten Hoegholm* > > v0.3: > - Switch to new LaTeX3 xtemplate package for template > definitions > - Provide defaults for Latin Modern fonts in addition to > Computer Modern > - Internal function names revised to fit better to LaTeX3 > conventions > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version of the package, and updated the catalogue respository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xfrac.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mh/ the web catalogue entry will change, a bit, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm Summary description: dvisvgm 0.8.8 has been released License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The latest version 0.8.8 is a minor update that fixes a couple of bugs and prepares the code for the planned integration of dvisvgm into TeX Live. For further information including a list of recent changes and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm (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: Crossword Diagrams
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

the daemon, leaps into action for a rare upload from south africa: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Crossword Diagrams > Author's name: Dirk Laurie > Location on CTAN: crosswrd > Summary description: Typeset blocked, barred or hybrid rectangular crosswords > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a backward-compatible update for the package originally > written by Brian Hamilton Kelly in 1995 and updated for Latex-2e by > Frank Mittelbach in 2006. It implements the barred crossword > envisaged by Brian himself, and adds rectangular grids as an option. > Some macros for two-dimensional array processing may be of independent > interest. The documentation is thoroughly revised and extended, > including a brand-new thematic cryptic crossword. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/crosswrd.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/crosswrd/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: csv2latex
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: csv2latex Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Alan Munn Location on CTAN: /support/csv2latex Summary description: Convert spreadsheet table cells into LaTeX source. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- csv2latex is a Ruby/Applescript combination for Mac OS X that allows cut and paste of spreadsheet table cells into LaTeX source in a variety of common LaTeX table formats. Requires Mac OS 10.4 or above. As of Version 2.30 of TeXShop, csv2latex will be included as part of TeXShop. Users of other text editors and users of older versions of TeXShop should still find the script combination useful. New in this release: Fixed a bug in the Applescript that caused the Cancel button not to work. Added a compiled Applescript for use with most Mac text editors (e.g. BBEdit) Added an Installer package to make installation maximally simple. Added a .plist file for easy use with TeXShop. Updated documentation to be more friendly to non-TeXShop users. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/csv2latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/csv2latex (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-coil
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-coil.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace > all files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-coil/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > pst-coil is a pstricks related package which plots > zigzag lines, coils or any possible trigonometrical > function as a line or node connection. > > pst-coil.sty -------- > 2010-02-01 message for loading the pro file with file version > > pst-coil.tex -------- > v. 1.03 2010-02-01 - allow an absolute value for the period > with a rounding option > - rename option frequency to period > > pst-coil.pro -------- > v. 1.03 2010-02-01 - allow an absolute value for the period > with a rounding option > - rename option frequency to period thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-coil.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-coil/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight (that event is not worth waiting for). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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