ctan-ann October 2011

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CTAN package update: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace the > 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. > > ..... pst-func.tex > v0.73 2011-10-21 - add psModBessel for the modified > Bessel function of first order I've installed the new version and updated the catalogue replository; thanks for the upload. The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: thuthesis
by CTAN Announcements 23 Oct '11

23 Oct '11

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 Ruini Xue submitted an update to the thuthesis package. Summary description: LaTeX Thesis Template for Tsinghua University License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add support for Postdoctor Report, and several minor fixes for other types. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/thuthesis . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/thuthesis (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: todonotes
by CTAN Announcements 23 Oct '11

23 Oct '11

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 Henrik Skov Midtiby submitted an update to the todonotes package. Summary description: Marking things to do in a LaTeX document. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dded author option, implementation provided by Xavier Alameda-Pineda. Example of modifying the listoftodos removing some protect commands with no effect. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/todonotes . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/todonotes (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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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: thumbs
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the thumbs package. A submission was uploaded to /home/ftp/incoming/upload-20111019-163152.001/ on dante.ctan.org. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Summary description: Create thumb indexes. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New option nophantomsection to globally disable the automatical placement of a phantomsection before all thumb marks. New command humbsnophantom to locally disable the automatical placement of a phantomsection before the next thumb mark. Changed some Warnings into Infos. The SWP-warning is now only given IfFileExists{tcilatex.tex}, otherwise just a message is given. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/thumbs . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/thumbs (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 CTAN package: mversion
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 Michael Schmeing submitted the mversion package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mversion Summary description: Easy versioning for LaTeX Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The mVersion package provides you with an easy way to keep track of different versions of your latex document. The provided command version prints the version and build number. Each time you compile your document, the build number is increased by one. By placing version in the header or footer of each page, each page can be marked with the unique build number describing the progress of your document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mversion . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mVersion (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 has a new package: fifinddo-info
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 Uwe Lück submitted the fifinddo-info package. Summary description: German HTML beamer presentation on `nicetext' & `morehype' License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- `dantev45.htm' (i) exemplifies making an HTML beamer presentation with `blogdot.sty' from the `morehype' bundle (described in `blog.pdf') and (ii) is a German sketch of package documentation and HTML generation based on `fifinddo.sty' (`nicetext' bundle; some small fake examples and comparisons with alternative packages). `dantev45.htm' (i) ist eine HTML-Beamer-Praesentation ueber Paketdokumentation und Webseitenpflege mit (`niceverb.sty' und) `fifinddo.sty' und (ii) dient als Beispiel fuer das im `morehype'-Buendel (http://ctan.org/pkg/morehype) enthaltene und dort in `blog.pdf' beschriebene Paket `blogdot.sty' fuer HTML-Beamer-Praesentationen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/fifinddo . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fifinddo-info (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 package update: mathalfa
by CTAN Announcements 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

the daemon wrote, as i slumbered: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: mathalfa > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Package version: 1.04 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mathalfa > Summary description: A package to load math alphabets > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Makes a small modification so that mathalfa may serve as a work-around for > using mtpro2 with an mtpro2 fraktur alphabet within an ams documentclass. 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/mathalfa.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mathalfa/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

the daemon chides me (i was watching the television): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: latexmk > Author's name: John Collins > Package version: 4.27a > Location on CTAN: support/latexmk/ > Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Deal with problem that making of ps or pdf file via a temporary > file fails if the command making it has no %D placeholder > 2. Add png to list of graphics extensions for pdflatex > 3. Add -norc option that prevents auto reading of rc files. > 4. Options -aux-directory -output-directory like those of > (pdf)latex, to set the output directories of > (pdf)latex. (-aux-directory is MiKTeX only). Corresponding > configuration variables, and placeholders for command > specification. 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/latexmk.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latexmk/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: jvlisting
by CTAN Announcements 17 Oct '11

17 Oct '11

as i had a bite to eat, the daemon piped up with: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: jvlisting > Author's name: Jochen Voss > Package version: 0.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/jvlisting / > Summary description: a replacement for LaTeX's verbatim package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The jvlisting package provides a customisable and well-documented > alternative for LaTeX's verbatim environment. Version 0.5 of the jvlisting > package fixes some bugs which were present in earlier versions (mostly by > removing excess white-space which crept in under some circumstances). 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/jvlisting.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jvlisting/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: morehype
by CTAN Announcements 17 Oct '11

17 Oct '11

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the morehype package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- `blogdot.sty' extends `blog.sty' in order to construct HTML slides. One slide is a 3x3 HTML table filling the computer screen, the center cell is the type area, the margin cell below it is a link to the next slide, and the lower right-hand cell is a restart link. This is a minimalistic, fast, straightforward approach to beamer presentations of simple text, avoiding TeX's typesetting. Font etc. sizes appropriate for slides are provided in `blogdot.css'. Find details in `blog.pdf'. QUALIFICATION: may be fine on your laptop, difficult online, works with Firefox, Opera, Chrome, rather not with MSIE. More changes of the `morehype' bundle: - `blog.sty' v0.61: - item, endenumerate, enditemize start with </li>, this fixed links near the end of a blogdot presentation (a quite deep .htm) with my Firefox - universal attributes completed - figurespace (Unicode), metavar (doc.sty's meta), acronym, dquo, dagger, ddagger, emptycell - modified setup of HTML environments - documentation fixes - `blog.pdf' includes documentation of `lnavicol.sty' (web pages with left-hand navigation column) - `texlinks.sty' v0.41 provides mirrorctanref, ugctanfileref, mirrorctanfileref, ltxcontrib (see texlinks.pdf pp. 8f.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/morehype . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/morehype (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: calligra-type1
by CTAN Announcements 16 Oct '11

16 Oct '11

as i slumbered, the daemon was working: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: calligra-type1 > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Package version: 1 > Location on CTAN: fonts/calligra-type1/ > Summary description: Type1 version of Calligra font by Peter Vanroose. > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a Type1 version of Calligra font by Peter Vanroose. Converted > from MetaFont source using `mf2pt1' tool with no manual intervention > (though the output were verified against high resolution bitmaps > generated by MetaFont). thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, 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/calligra-type1.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/calligra-type1/ The catalogue entry will apear on the web overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: nicetext
by CTAN Announcements 15 Oct '11

15 Oct '11

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the nicetext package. Summary description: Minimal markup for documentation, text filtering ... dots ... License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. mdoccorr.cfg turns `...:' into `dots:' (as opposed to symmetrical versions of dots inside or before words; needs new MDtwodots) 2. typo fixes in makedoc.sty and niceverb.tex 3. -> makedoc.pdf, nicetext.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicetext/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/nicetext (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: gmverb
by CTAN Announcements 15 Oct '11

15 Oct '11

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 Grzegorz Murzynowski submitted an update to the gmverb package. Summary description: a definition of verb(atim) command and env., after FM's shortverb, but with some additions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First version compatible with gmutils 0.996. Most probably also a handful of minor changes that I don't remember (blush). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/gmverb . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/gmverb (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: gmutils
by CTAN Announcements 15 Oct '11

15 Oct '11

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 Grzegorz Murzynowski submitted an update to the gmutils package. Summary description: basic macro packages of mine, including DeclareCommand License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fix of name collisions with expl3/LaTeX3. Most occurrences of the word tricky removed from the documentation (left some referring to other people's work). And bunch of minor changes gathered for months. Other packages of mine have to be updated as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/gmutils . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/gmutils (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 package update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 15 Oct '11

15 Oct '11

the daemon told me (as i slumbered in my chair, last night): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v2.3h > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.3h: > - Improve support for tex4ht 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 change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: biblatex-chem
by CTAN Announcements 14 Oct '11

14 Oct '11

as i make my weary way to work, the daemon says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-chem > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v1.1e > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem/ > Summary description: A set of biblatex implementations of > chemistry-related bibliography styles > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1e: > - Print edition only once for manual entries 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/biblatex-chem.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/bibl… The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 14 Oct '11

14 Oct '11

the daemon called (as i was washing the dishes): > Name of contribution: polyglossia > Author's name: Arthur Reutenauer > Package version: 1.2.0cc > Location on CTAN: macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia > Summary description: Babel replacement for XeLaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Polyglossia is a Babel replacement for XeTeX, originally developed by > François Charette. This version (1.2.0cc) fixes a number of > outstanding bugs that have been around for about one year, and adds > Kannada to the list of supported languages. 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/polyglossia.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/

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CTAN Update: pgfgantt
by CTAN Announcements 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 Wolfgang Skala submitted a new version of the pgfgantt package. Summary description: Draw Gantt charts with LaTeX and TikZ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pgfgantt v2.0 includes * Style lists for the horizontal and vertical grid * x- and y-dimensions that are independent of the tikzpicture basis vectors * A new (and strongly simplified) syntax for ganttlink * Different heights for title and chart element lines * Styles in the optional argument of ganttnewline NOTE: Version 2.0 is not completely downwards compatible! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfgantt . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgfgantt (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 has a new package: business-research
by CTAN Announcements 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 Andreas Löffler, Sebastian Schanz submitted the business-research package. Summary description: LaTeX class for journal 'Business Research' License type: noinfo Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BuR is the class for authors of the journal Business Research, the journal of the German Academic Association of Business Research. More about the journal at http://www.business-research.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/business-research . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/business-research (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: bibleref-french
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the bibleref-french package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Corrections on the text style : gender of nouns, elisions. Corrections sur le style texte : prise en compte du genre des noms et des elisions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bibleref-french . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/bibleref-french (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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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: caption
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments.B License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This LaTeX package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table, and cooperates with many other packages. Includes rotating captions, sideways captions, continued captions (for tables or figures that come in several parts). A list of compatibility notes, for other packages, is provided in the documentation. The package also provides the caption outside float facility. The bicaption package has finally reached version number 1.0. Furthermore the caption package has received some small bugfixes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/caption (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: mdframed
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the mdframed package. Summary description: auto split frame environment License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v0.9h - fixed documentation - fixed bugs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdframed . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mdframed (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: l3kernel
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '11

10 Oct '11

the daemon deposits three large jobs in my lap: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Names of the contributions: l3kernel,l3packages,l3experimental > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Package version: SVN 2900 > Locations on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel,l3packages,l3experimental/ > Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions and supporting stuff > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Snapshot of SVN 2900 > -------------------- > > - A new l3str package is included in l3experimental. > This provides a range of 'string' functions for LaTeX3, > for example UTF-8 byte conversions for PDF use. > - Also new in l3experimental is l3regex, a regular > expression search and replace module. This works on a > string basis and so requires l3str. Both l3regex and > l3str are intended for discussion on LaTeX-L. > - New native-drivers option for expl3 for low-level > testing of graphics/colour driver code. > - More functions are now f-type expandable, for example > int_to_base:... > - iow_new:N and ior_new:N are re-introduced, but at > this stage are not required for stream use. These > functions should be used for stream management as they > may be required in a future snapshot. > - Experimental TrimSpaces argument processor in > xparse (to be discussed on LaTeX-L). > - A number of minor performance enhancements have been > carried out. > - Internal fix so that check-declarations option for > expl3 works correctly. > - Bug fix in l3fp for trig. functions with exact pi/2 > arguments. > - Bug fix for coffin typesetting so that coffins are > typeset with their reference point 'here' as standard. > - Work on xgalley continues, with a number of improvements > to the implementation. More changes are planned to this > module, and will be raised on LaTeX-L in due course. thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository (making a first cut catalogue entry for xgalley). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight, and at the same time, the entry for xgalley will appear for the first time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: l3kernel
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '11

10 Oct '11

the daemon deposits three large jobs in my lap: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contributions: l3kernel,l3packages,l3experimental > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Package version: SVN 2900 > Locations on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel,l3packages,l3experimental/ > Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions and supporting stuff > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Snapshot of SVN 2900 > -------------------- > > - A new l3str package is included in l3experimental. > This provides a range of 'string' functions for LaTeX3, > for example UTF-8 byte conversions for PDF use. > - Also new in l3experimental is l3regex, a regular > expression search and replace module. This works on a > string basis and so requires l3str. Both l3regex and > l3str are intended for discussion on LaTeX-L. > - New native-drivers option for expl3 for low-level > testing of graphics/colour driver code. > - More functions are now f-type expandable, for example > int_to_base:... > - iow_new:N and ior_new:N are re-introduced, but at > this stage are not required for stream use. These > functions should be used for stream management as they > may be required in a future snapshot. > - Experimental TrimSpaces argument processor in > xparse (to be discussed on LaTeX-L). > - A number of minor performance enhancements have been > carried out. > - Internal fix so that check-declarations option for > expl3 works correctly. > - Bug fix in l3fp for trig. functions with exact pi/2 > arguments. > - Bug fix for coffin typesetting so that coffins are > typeset with their reference point 'here' as standard. > - Work on xgalley continues, with a number of improvements > to the implementation. More changes are planned to this > module, and will be raised on LaTeX-L in due course. thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository (making a first cut catalogue entry for xgalley). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight, and at the same time, the entry for xgalley will appear for the first time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: mdframed
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the mdframed package. Summary description: auto split frame environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v0.9g - fixed documentation - added small footnote compatibility ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdframed . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mdframed (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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