ctan-ann February 2012

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CTAN update: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

the daemon calls: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Author's email: charles.schaum(a)att.net > Package version: 0.9 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a major update. Added features include automatic formatting of > forenames, in addition to more flexible handling of ancient, royal, > and Eastern names. A number of features are now fully macro- > expandable, making index entries created by nameauth compatible with > manual entries. More style options are included and the package is > virtually feature-complete. 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/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pstricks - base
by CTAN Announcements 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

Herbert Voss tells us: > I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace all > files with the ones in the main directory > /graphics/pstricks/base/ > > pstricks.tex -------- > 2.24 2012-02-09 - add option for curve ticks with option symbol > > pstricks.pro -------- > 1.10 2012-02-09 - add option for curve ticks with option symbol > > read the file /base/doc/pst-news12.pdf for more informations > about this update to the base part of PSTricks or read > the other Changes files which lists all what's new in > the other files. thanks for the update; i've installed the new version and tweaked the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/base/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: uothesis
by CTAN Announcements 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 Michael Anderson submitted an update to the uothesis package. Summary description: class for the creation of dissertation and theses that meet the requirements of the University of Oregon Graduate School License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This revision addresses revisions to the dissertation style made by the UO graduate school. It is strongly recommended that all users of the class update to this version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/uothesis . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/uothesis (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 updates: l3packages, l3kernel, l3experimental
by CTAN Announcements 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

the daemon's at it again. and me with this pain all down my right side. (no diodes, though, afaik.) > The following information was provided by the packages' contributor. > > Name of contributions: l3packages, l3kernel, l3experimental > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Package version: SVN 3341 > Locations on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ > Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Snapshot of SVN 3341 > -------------------- > > This snapshot fixes a bug in xfrac which meant that it required that > the calc package was loaded. thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new versions, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entries at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html > or they may browse the package directories at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ The catalogue entries will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: hausarbeit-jura
by CTAN Announcements 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 Martin Sievers submitted the hausarbeit-jura package. Summary description: A class for writing juristische Hausarbeiten at German Universities. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hausarbeit-jura was developed to write legal essays (juristische Hausarbeit) at German Universities. It is based on jurabook and jurabib and makes it easy for LaTeX beginners to get a correct and nicely formatted paper. This is the initial upload. A documentation will be added soon. Suggestions for improvements are welcome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/hausarbeit-jura . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hausarbeit-jura (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: zhmCJK
by CTAN Announcements 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 Leo Liu submitted the zhmcjk package. Summary description: Setup CJK fonts dynamically using the mechanism of zhmetrics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- zhmCJK is a package written to ease the complex CJK fonts setup. All CJK fonts may share the same .tfm metrics. The package sets the NFSS font definition and actual font maappings using TeX macros dynamically. As a result, zhmCJK provides similar faculties and interface of xeCJK, TrueType CJK fonts are used to generate PDF output with pdfTeX or DVIPDFMx driver. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/chinese/zhmcjk/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/zhmcjk (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 updates: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental
by CTAN Announcements 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

the daemon's crept up on me, again, with a huge mallet. i'm still reeling... > The following information was provided by the packages' contributor > (note -- three packages in one series): > > Name of contribution: l3kernel > Name of contribution: l3packages > Name of contribution: l3experimental > > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Package version: SVN 3331 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ > > Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Snapshot of SVN 3331 > -------------------- > > - Bug fixes in l3regex for c{...} syntax > - Bug fix for dim_gset_(max|min):Nn, which did not account properly for > global status > - Bug fixes for some while_do loops, which looped using incorrect > functions > - Add experimental sorting code in l3sort, to allow arbitrary sorting > of list-like variable content thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new versions, and updated the catalogue repository entries. > Users may view the packages' catalogue entries 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 packages' directories 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 entries will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 Xavier Danaux submitted an update to the moderncv package. Summary description: A modern curriculum vitae class. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 0.19 (06 Feb 2012) - reintroduced the ability to force the width reserved to display the name in the resume header for the classic style (maketitlenamewidth). - improved the pdf metadata, as reported by S. Wunsch (launchpad bug #922476). - fixed a footersymbol bug in the casual style when no mobile number was given, as reported by S. Wunsch (launchpad bug #922470). - fixed a display bug when an address was given without postcode/city, as reported by O.Shaneh (launchpad bug #670263). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/moderncv (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: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

the daemon tries to distract me with: > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 0.86 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and > flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > These macros help an author to encode the (optional) forenames and > (mandatory) surnames of people in order to normalize occurrences in > the text and entries in the index. This package is intended for > Western-style naming conventions. 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/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: arsclassica
by CTAN Announcements 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

On Sun, 5 Feb 2012 Lorenzo Pantieri submitted an update to the arsclassica package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added compatibility with the version 4.0 of ClassicThesis and its new text body size ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/arsclassica . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/arsclassica (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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