ctan-ann February 2011

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CTAN Update: newverbs
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the newverbs package. Summary description: Update to v1.2: tabularx support License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update adds support for 'tabularx'. The new defined `verb` variations can now be used inside 'tabularx' environments. This is achieved a small patch of 'tabularx's definition of `verb`. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/newverbs . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=newverbs (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: PT Serif
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 Pavel Farar submitted an update to the ptserif package. Summary description: PT Serif font and LaTeX support. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains LaTeX support for the font PT Sans. - In the TeX Font Metric files changed the width of some accented letters (the width is now exactly the same as that of the respective unaccented letter). It was done just for the encoding IL2 and not for T1. Here is the list of changes: PT Serif Bold: Lcaron, tcaron PT Serif Bold Italic: Lcaron The letter tcaron in PT Serif Bold was narrower than t! The changes in PT Serif are smaller than changes in PT Sans. This change is interesting just for Czech/Slovak users. Related package: ptsans ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ptserif/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ptserif (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: PT Sans
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 Pavel Farar submitted an update to the ptsans package. Summary description: PT Sans font and LaTeX support. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains LaTeX support for the font PT Sans. - In the TeX Font Metric files changed the width of some accented letters (the width is now exactly the same as that of the respective unaccented letter). It was done just for the encoding IL2 and not for T1. Here is the list of changes: PT Sans Regular: dcaron PT Sans Bold: dcaron, tcaron Especially the difference for dcaron in PT Sans Bold is quite visible. This change is interesting just for Czech/Slovak users. Related package: ptserif ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ptsans/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ptsans (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: biblatex-chicago
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 David Fussner submitted an update to the biblatex-chicago package. Summary description: Biblatex style files for both Chicago specifications License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release introduces three new entry types for citing audiovisual materials, a new system for presenting shorthands in the author-date style, a number of new package options to give you greater control over formatting, and many other improvements and bug fixes. The package archive now has a different structure, copying that of the main biblatex release. Please see the RELEASE file for any changes that may be required in your .bib files, and as usual you can find all the details in biblatex-chicago.pdf. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-chicago (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: he-she
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 Alan Munn submitted the he-she package. Summary description: Alternating masculine and feminine pronouns to aid gender neutral writing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package implements a version of semi-automatic pronoun switching for writing gender-neutral (and possibly annoying) prose. It has upper- and lowercase versions of switching pronouns for all case forms, plus anaphoric versions that reflect the current gender choice. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/he-she . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=he-she (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 virtual font on CTAN: rsfso
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

as i sleep, the daemon works... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: rsfso > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Location on CTAN: fonts > Summary description: A math calligraphic font based on rsfs > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This provides virtual fonts and LaTeX support files for math calligraphic fonts > based on the rsfs PostScript fonts, with the slant substantially reduced. The > output is quite similar to that from the Adobe Mathematical Pi script font. thanks for the upload; i've installed the package, and created an entry in the catalogue repository for it. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/rsfso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/rsfso/ The catalogue entry will first appear (some time) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: The Memoir class
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

and again... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: The Memoir class > Author's name: Lars Madsen > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ > Summary description: Latest updates for the memoir class > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > From the README > > o memoir v3.6h > > -- provided marginfigure and margintable environments modelled after > tufte latex (work in progress) including special justification > macro to force content flush against the textblock > -- copied the contents of the placeins package, though under a > different name (FloatBlock) > -- added setfloatadjustment to allow users to globally add stuff to > the start of floats, e.g. make typeset floating tables using small > -- added the possibility to change the color of the head/foot rule in > the pagestyle > -- reimplemented the page note construction. Note that the new > implementation does not rely on the same macros as the old > implementation > -- Manual: checked and verified the links in the bibliography and made > all the CTAN links active in the PDF version of the manual. > -- amesubappendices and anonsubappendices never existed, > their real names are amedsubappendices and unnamedsubappendices, > fixed in the manual. > -- fixed bug in pfbreak > -- added hook/wrapper such that packages like bidi can control the > typesetting direction of the headers/footers > -- added footer and header measuring, inspired by similar feature in > fancyhdr. Though we do not change, say, the headheight we leave > this to the user and simply warn about it. > -- made sure that footnote, sidefootnote, sidepar and sidebar use the same baseline stretch setting (note that for now marginpar is not covered) > -- fixed a font problem inside quarkmarks > -- subsequent pagenotes are now separated in the same manner af footnotes > > o mem12.clo > > -- changed headheight to 14.5pt, to match the pattern used by > the other clo files. > > o memhfixc.sty > > -- now take care of using printpagenoteshyperref to print back > references for page notes using hyperlinks. > > > Open Issues: > > * memoirs caption formatting should also cover the caption used within > the longtable package > > * checkifinteger has many restrictions > > * the subbottom label handling is flawed in some cases when hyperref is loaded > > These will be dealt with in due time. (whew!) thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version on ctan and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: The mh bundle
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

the daemon's at it again, while i'm upstairs bathing: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: The mh bundle > Author's name: Lars Madsen > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mh/ > Summary description: Updates for the mh bundle > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Updates for the mh bundle > > Changes in mathtools: > > * provided a fix for a bug when mathtools, french babel and labels > like eq:1 was used. This no longer give an error. > > Please note that the open bug regarding centercolon vs. french babel > still have no fix.Ideas to do a general solution are welcome. > > * provided a vdotswithin macro, which will typeset a vdots centered > within the width of another symbol. Also a shortvdotswithin is > provided to be used within alignments, it can do a vdots line like > vdotswithin but use less space above an below > > * provide fenced versions of the smallmatrix environment (both starred > and non-starred along the same lines as we do for the normal matrix > envs). thanks for the upload; i've installed the new versions and tweaked catalogue entries as necessary. > Users may view the bundle catalogue entry (with references to the > individual packages) at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mh.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mh/ The catalogue entries will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: finstrut
by CTAN Announcements 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the finstrut package. Summary description: Adjust behaviour of the ends of footnotes and paragraph columns of tables etc. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- code and suggestions by Donald Arseneau (at package options), now also adressing paragraph columns of tables and other possible applications (for package writers), also as a proposal for LaTeX or fixltx2e after due testing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/finstrut . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=finstrut (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: gradientframe
by CTAN Announcements 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 Christian Raue submitted an update to the gradientframe package. Summary description: LaTeX package gradientframe for simple rectangular gradient frames around objects. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Applied several code improvements. Added key/value options for more flexibility. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/gradientframe . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gradientframe (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 February 2011