ctan-ann February 2012

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CTAN update: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

the daemon wrote (last night, when i was struggling with a problem)@ > Name of contributions: l3kernel > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Package version: SVN 3287 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Snapshot of SVN 3285 > -------------------- > > - Drop loading of calc package by expl3. This was included for > historical reasons, and users requiring calc should now load > it explicitly. > - Better documentation of load-time options for expl3. > - Extend coverage of characters set to 'correct' catcodes by > ExplSyntaxOn. > - l3str and l3regex documentation improved in preparation > for addition to stable codebase. > - Various l3str functions renamed or removed. > - l3regex now recognises u as a shortcut for token list > variables. > - Better handling of active characters and spaces in file > names when using io... or file... operations. > - xgalley improvements to incorporate behaviour of \ as in > LaTeX2e. > - New experimental module l3dt to construct 'data tables'. > This module is intended for handling tabular data, for > example as is done by the LaTeX2e package datatool. At > present, the functions provided are at the most basic > level only. 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/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: xwatermark
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

the daemon tried to wake me with: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xwatermark > Author's name: Ahmed Musa > Author's email: amusa22(a)gmail.com > Package version: 1.5.2a > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xwatermark/ > Summary description: A dynamic watermarking scheme for LaTeX. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > An independent outer-brace stripper is introduced for xwatermark to > offset a previous external dependence. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/xwatermark.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xwatermark/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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