ctan-ann November 2011

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CTAN update: e-french, french typography formerly published as FrenchPro
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

the daemon tells us: > Name of contribution: e-french, french typography former published as > FrenchPro > Author's name: Raymond Juillerat > Package version: V5,9995 > Location on CTAN: language/french/efrench/ > Summary description: e-french, professional french typography for TeX and LaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Because arabic language if it is defined in language.dat created a > conflict in french.sty, now you should use arabicLang to switch to > arabic. Similar conflicts by other languages are treated the same > manner. > > At the same time, the installations have been simplified and to > realize this, the sources of documentation are set on a SVN system, > see the README file. 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/e-french.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/language/french/e-french/ The catalogue entry will reappear (some time) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new package on CTAN: kdgdocs
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

the daemon creeps forth, and tells us all: > Name of contribution: kdgdocs > Author's name: Walter Daems > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ > Summary description: Course text and master thesis class files that > are compliant to the house style of the Karel de Grote University > College > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package provides two classes for usage by KdG professors and master students: > - kdgcoursetext: for writing course texts, > - kdgmasterthesis: for writing master's theses. > This package replaces the original kdgcoursetext package. > This version (v1.0) is released under LPPL. 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/kdgdocs.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/kdgdocs/ The catalogue entry will first appear (some time) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new CTAN package: logbox
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

i was still at the dentist's surgery, and this appeared ... no sense of decorum, that daemon: > Name of contribution: logbox > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/logbox/ > Summary description: e-TeX showbox facilities for exploration purpose > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > logbox does showbox without stop in the compilation. > > viewbox* is the main command: the box is typeset (copied) > with its dimensions, and its contents is logged > in the .log file. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files 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/logbox.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/logbox/ The catalogue entry will first appear (some time) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: fcltxdoc
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

as i sat in the dentist's chair, the daemon prepared a series of surprises for me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fcltxdoc > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fcltxdoc/ > Summary description: Macros to compile some of my documentation files > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Not a public package. > Contains some macros to compile some of my documentations > files under the ltxdoc class. 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/fcltxdoc.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fcltxdoc/ The catalogue entry will first appear on the web (some time) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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UK FAQ, v3.24
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

i have just released a new version of the uk faq, to CTAN and to the web. this release offers 3 new answers, and 20 revised answers (one answer from the previous release disappeared after its contents -- a list that had shrunk to one entry -- were merged into another answer). for details see the file CHANGES-3.24 in the distribution (the ChangeLog file, which contains jiffy notes of each editing operation, is also in the distribution directory). Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/uk-tex-faq.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team i have also updated the interactive faq, at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq

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CTAN has a new package: easyfig
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted the easyfig package. Summary description: Common figures made easy. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides Figure[<key=value pairs>]{<image filename>} to easily include an image as figure in the most common form (centered and with caption and label). Caption and label can be set using the 'caption' and 'label' key. The label defaults to 'fig:<image filename>' if not used. The package uses the authors other package 'adjustbox' to center and image and to allow for easy further modifications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/easyfig . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/easyfig (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: ipaex
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 Norbert Preining submitted the ipaex package. Summary description: IPAex and IPA fonts from Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These are both the IPA and IPAex fonts as provided at http://ossipedia.ipa.go.jp/ipafont/index.html The license of the fonts can be found in the accompanying Copyright file. The map files in this package were written by Hironori Kitagawa. They are for dvipdfmx and used for the ptex typesetting engine. The map files are put under public domain by Hironori Kitagawa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ipaex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ipaex (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: adjustbox
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the adjustbox package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This feature release adds a possibility to set keys globally or locally in a group for all further used adjustbox macros. This is done using adjustboxset{<leading key/value pairs>} and/or adjustboxset*{<trailing key/value pairs>}. Also a macro adjustimage{<key/value pairs>}{<image filename>} is provided which can be using instead of includegraphics and takes these global keys into account. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/adjustbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/adjustbox (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-ann November 2011