ctan-ann April 2012

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CTAN package update: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

the daemon cries: > 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: 1.26 > 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 version fixes the sorting of names with suffixes in the > index. For Western names, the pattern is Surname, Forename, Suffix > (See Mulvany, etc.) while for mononyms the suffix simply follows the > name. 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) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: l3kernel,l3packages,l3experimental
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

the daemon reports three closely-related uploads: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: l3kernel > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Package version: SVN3570 > Locations on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ > Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Snapshot of SVN3570 > =================== > > - Message filtering system overhauled, with clearer subdivisions > and faster performance when messages are used > - xparse option log-declarations = false now works as > documented > - Refactor low-level msg_... code to allow insertion of tokens > using interactive prompt > - New functions (dim|skip|muskip)_const:(Nn|cn) > - Better error recovery for int_compare:n(TF) and > dim_compare:n(TF) > - Add DeclareExpandableDocumentCommand to the list of 'stable' > xparse features > - Documentation improvement for prop_map_tokens thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new versions, and updated the catalogue repository as needed. > Users may view the package 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 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) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: japanese-otf-uptex
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

On Mon, 23 Apr 2012, Norbert Preining submitted an update to the japanese-otf-uptex package. Summary description: upLaTeX support of japanese-otf License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012.04.21 Ver0.10 For otfbeta (v1.7b5 2012/04/11), upTeX in TeXLive svn r24922 or later Enhance: support burasage on uplatex. umakeotf_brsg, basepl/ubrsg-{h,v}.pl :: Add. The files generate vf and tfm for burasage on uplatex. The vf and tfm consume about 16.7 Mbytes in total. sty/otf.sty :: Adopt otf.sty [2012/04/11 v1.7b5 psitau] in otfbeta (v1.7b5 2012/4/11). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/japanese/japanese-otf-uptex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/japanese-otf-uptex (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: tikz-qtree
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

On Mon, 23 Apr 2012, David Chiang submitted an update to the tikz-qtree package. Summary description: Use existing qtree syntax for trees in TikZ. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New features for adjusting the shape of trees, allowing, for example, different levels to have different heights, or for all leaves of a tree to be horizontally aligned at a fixed depth. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-qtree . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tikz-qtree (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 on CTAN: biblatex-swiss-legal
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012, Adrien Vion submitted the biblatex-swiss-legal package. Summary description: Bibliography and citation styles for biblatex following swiss legal citation standards. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides bibliography and citation styles for documents written in accordance with swiss legal citation standards. Currently, the package is only for french documents. However, translations to german and italian are a project for next versions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-swiss-l… . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-swiss-legal (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 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012, 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 option ref-pos that allows to specify how psfrag places the label created with cmpdref - the order of the optional arguments of cmpdref has changed! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: luatexja
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 Hironori Kitagawa submitted an update to the luatexja package. Summary description: A macro package for typesetting Japanese documents with Lua(La)TeX License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Renamed some files for avoiding possible conflicts. e.g. base.lua => ltj-base.lua, man-en.pdf => luatexja-en.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatexja . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/luatexja (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: pgfkeyx
by CTAN Announcements 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

no-one in the house but the cat and me, so it was nice when the daemon popped up to say... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: pgfkeyx > Author's name: Ahmed Musa > Author's email: amusa22(a)gmail.com > Package version: 0.0.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pgfkeyx/ > Summary description: Patches for pgfkeys, to increase robustness and functionality. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The pgfkeyx package provides extensions and robustness to the pgfkeys > package. In particular, it can deal with active comma, equality sign, > and slash in key parsing. This has been a long-standing problem with > the pgfkeys package. It also introduces new handlers. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pgfkeyx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pgfkeyx/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.24 > 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 version reverts the functionality to 1.2 due to a unintended side > effect. I suggest a manual workaround in the docs. I will cease adding > functionality until I study more about ways to improve and restructure > the package. 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) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

the daemon muttered: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.22 > 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 maintenance release allows capitalization of particles in > mononyms, e.g., du Cange, to be capitalized in first references. 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) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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