ctan-ann December 2011

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CTAN Update: apa6
by CTAN Announcements 12 Dec '11

12 Dec '11

On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 Brian Beitzel submitted an update to the apa6 package. Summary description: Format documents in APA style (6th Edition) License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes from the initial release: - default mode changed from doc mode to jou mode - added German language support (thanks to the input from a user) - blank lines now permitted after subsubsection (and lower) sectioning commands - lmodern and fontenc [T1] now loaded by default (can be disabled; see documentation) - disabled the automated rotation of figures - new class option 'noextraspace' (see documentation) - other minor fixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/apa6 . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/apa6 (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: copyrightbox
by CTAN Announcements 12 Dec '11

12 Dec '11

On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 Ives van der Flaas submitted the copyrightbox package. Summary description: Define a command that places a copyright notice near an image. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The copyrightbox package provides the command copyrightbox, which is used to put a small amount of text, usually a copyright notice, close to an image. This text can be either below the image, it can be to the right of the image (and rotated counterclockwise respective to normal text orientation) and it can be to the left of the image, also rotated counterclockwise. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/copyrightbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/copyrightbox (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: libertine
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 Michael Niedermair submitted an update to the libertine package. Summary description: New version of the libertine font, now with a monospace font License type: other-free Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - new package only for xelatex, lualatex - new monotype font (beta) - enhanced documentation - new makros and envirionments ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/libertine . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/libertine (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: luamplib
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard submitted an update to the luamplib package. Summary description: Use LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter. License type: pd Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011/12/09 1.09 * Fix bug reported by Paul Vojta: spurious spaces. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/luamplib (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 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 The LaTeX3 Project submitted an update to the l3kernel packages. Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot of SVN 3036 -------------------- - Rename seq_(g)set_reverse:N as seq_reverse:N for consistency with other parts of expl3 - Modify l_set_rescan:Nnx to do the 'x' before the rescan - Rename seq_split:Nnn as seq_set_split:Nnn and improve logic when empty arguments are given - Extend SplitList to use seq_set_split:Nnn internally making multi-token splits possible - Add experimental l_item:nn - Add clist_const:Nn - Add methods to show :n type arguments for clist, in, dim, skip and muskip modules - Bug fix for clist_length:n - Bug fix for clist_map_break:n to correctly tidy up input stream after loop - Bug fix for l_if_head_space:n(TF) when used with LuaTeX, due to differences between (pdf)strcmp primitive and Lua-based implemenation - Simplify documentation of local versus global functions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel (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: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 Thomas F. Sturm submitted the tcolorbox package. Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tcolorbox provides an environment for colored and framed text boxes with a heading line. Optionally, such a box can be splitted in an upper and a lower part. The package tcolorbox can be used for the setting of LaTeX examples where one part of the box displays the source code and the other part shows the output. Another common use case is the setting of theorems. The package supports saving and reuse of source code and text parts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox (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: chemnum
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the chemnum package. Summary description: a comprehensive approach for the numbering of chemical compounds License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New in v0.4: - input of lists better customizable - a more intuitive way to use labels with lists or ranges of sublabels - usage with hyperref is now supported ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chemnum/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chemnum (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: nicetext
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the nicetext package. Summary description: Minimal markup for documentation, text filtering ... License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- description of fifinddo.sty v0.5 in ANNOUNCE.txt and CHANGE.LOG for bundle release 0.5 last Monday corrected: support not for blogexec, but for ligatures in pending blog.sty v0.7 (morehype bundle) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

there was me, idly watching an opera relay, and the daemon was slaving away: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: latexmk > Author's name: John Collins > Package version: 4.30a > 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. Fix incorrect behavior when the output and/or auxiliary directories > are set. > 2. Act on missing-file message from feynmp package. > 3. Change criterion for rerunning dvips and dvipdf. (Sometimes these > programs would incorrectly not be run when there was less than a > minute between source file changes.) 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 package update: catoptions
by CTAN Announcements 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

i was away, and the daemon ignored my instruction not to accept uploads... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: catoptions > Author's name: Ahmed Musa > Package version: 0.2.7a > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/catoptions/ > Summary description: Secure catcodes and pass options. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changed ewvariables and docommalist to cptnewvariables and > cptdocommalist, respectively, to avoid potential clashes. The old > names are retained as aliases until packages that use them have all > been updated on CTAN. 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/catoptions.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/catoptions/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan-ann December 2011