ctan-ann February 2013

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CTAN Update: fast-diagram
by CTAN Announcements 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Raphaël ALLAIS submitted an update to the fast-diagram package. This package was originally uploaded under the name fast Summary description: Easy generation of FAST diagrams License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - More explicit package's name - Changing of commandes's name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/fast-diagram . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fast-diagram (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: uk tex faq
by CTAN Announcements 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

i have installed v3.26 of the faq on ctan, and on the faq web processor at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq there are several minor improvements and corrections (see summary list below) but nothing, i think, that's particularly important. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ========================== Changes since version 3.25 New answers: +Label expl3-old: package needs a newer LaTeX 3 harness +Label latex3-prog: learning LaTeX 3 programming +Label repeat-num: repeat an operation a given number of times +Label repeat-set: repeat an operation for each element of a set +Label whatenv: brief outline of what environments are Relabelled answers: <none> Revised answers: +Label acrobat: [tidying layout] +Label archives: largely rewritten for new archive arrangements +Label chapbib: show biblatex-based approach +Label codelist: more on use of minted package +Label complist: clarified description of what's going on +Label cmdstar: clarified use of LaTeX 3, here +Label conditional: suggest stampinclude for rapid (partial) compilation +Label ctan: revised following recent changes to archive access +Label dolldoll: elaborated reasons from a tex.stackexchange answer +Label dpfloat: describe use of caption package for the job +Label drawing: reword text about PGF/TikZ +Label extsizes: describe use of scrextend package for document font sizes +Label ftncapt: clarify example +Label hyphenaccents: the future (unicode hyphenation tables) is here! +Label ltxcmds: more detail of the latexdef application +Label latexqual: add a proviso about l2tabu/nag +Label make: add recommendation for arara +Label man-latex: Nicola Talbot's stuff has moved to a new web site +Label minxampl: discuss support packages +Label nofm: suggest zref-lastpage +Label oddpage: suggest the ifoddpage package +Label patch: describe the regexpatch package +Label pkgdoc: mention the site texdoc.net, miktex mthelp +Label pdftexgraphics: mention pdftricks2 +Label psfchoice: update mathdesign outline, add newtx and garamondx +Label readML: Context can do the job (rather well, one understands ;-) +Label readtex: suggest asking for a PDF instead ;-) +Label spell: update, add recommendation for (exptl) spelling package +Label struttab: removed internal macros in example of cellspace +Label symbols: rearrange, and mention unicode maths symbol table +Label tocloft: mention new (straightforward) etoc package +Label uploads: rewritten for the (new) archive arrangements +Label vertspacefloat: moved to a new location in question list +Label virtualfonts: change question title to be a question +Label xetex: change question title to match other projects' titles, redo answer, based on a tex/sx post Deleted answers: <none removed> Web interface, etc.: The default archive (used in links from answers) is now mirror.ctan.org (i.e., it's not an archive, but a selector of a mirror of the archive) Robin Fairbairns Hapless FAQer of Cambridge

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CTAN update: fontspec
by CTAN Announcements 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

quoth the daemon: > Name of contribution: fontspec > Author's name: Will Robertson > Package version: v2.3 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fontspec/ > Summary description: Font selection for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Long, long, long overdue, this release of fontspec brings a > significant new feature which allows default font features to be > selected on a per-font basis, and to store such customisations in a > separate configuration file. > > This allows font authors to distribute config files with their texmf > fonts so that filename-based fonts can be loaded as complete families > without specifying all the tedious bold/italic names, etc. > > This feature has been barely tested; please let me know of any issues > you come across. See section 7.1 in the manual for documentation of > this feature. > > Official (read, terse) change notes follow. > > - v2.3 (2013/02/25) > > * Add support for per-font options in `defaultfontfeatures` > * Add support for `<fontname>.fontspec` per-font configuration files > * Keep up-to-date with expl3 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.ctan.org/pkg/fontspec > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fontspec/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: scalerel
by CTAN Announcements 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Steven B. Segletes submitted the scalerel package to CTAN. Summary description: Routines for constrained scaling and stretching of objects, relative to a reference object or in absolute terms License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The scalerel package provides four commands for vertically scaling and stretching objects. Several features make this package unique. Primarily is the ability to scale/stretch and shift one object to conform to the size of a specified second object. This feature can be useful in both equations and schematic diagrams. Additionally, the scaling and stretching commands offer constraints on maximum width and/or minimum aspect ratio, which are often used to preserve legibility or for general appearance sake. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/scalerel . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/scalerel (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: chemmacros
by CTAN Announcements 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the chemmacros package. Summary description: macros and commands for chemists License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - works now when `breqn' package is used - in ch{} math escaping is also possible via () - new options: `radical-vshift', `radical-hshift' and `radical-space' allow finer control over the radical point - bug fix: `radical-...' options are now correctly set - stoichiometric factors: a missing leading 0 is added - ch{}'s !()() syntax now also works with when babel is used with `french' or `frenchb' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chemmacros . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chemmacros (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: xlop
by CTAN Announcements 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

Jean-Côme Charpentier submitted an update to the xlop package. Summary description: Calculates and displays arithmetic operations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Add value None (with uppercase N) for displayintermediary for not display *any* intermediary numbers in multiplication. * Fixed bug about zeros in result for multiplication. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macro/generic/xlop . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xlop (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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Notice: removal of Ghostscript from CTAN
by CTAN Announcements 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

the CTAN team have long maintained mirrors of third-party products, that have some relevance for TeX and related applications. unfortunately, we now find that many such sites have changed so that it is very difficult to keep up with modifications automatically. an important example is ghostscript; our mirroring mechanism has failed, and CTAN had been holding a version several releases old. i have therefore deleted the ghostscript sub-tree from the archive, and modified the ghostscript catalogue entry to direct potential users to the ghostscript home page. our apologies for any inconvenience. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: chickenize
by CTAN Announcements 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

Arno L. Trautmann submitted an update to the chickenize package. Summary description: Use Lua callbacks for (useful) text manipulations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New features and bug fixes. “useful” list is extended by variantjustification, “less useful” by boustrophedon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/chickenize . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chickenize (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: abnTeX2
by CTAN Announcements 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

the daemon cried: > Name of contribution: abnTeX2 > Author's name: Lauro César Araujo > Package version: 1.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/abntex2/ > Summary description: Typeset technical and scientific Brazilian documents based on ABNT rules > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Added option to write citations in smallcaps (versalete) > Added list of symbols > Added explanations and examples about hyphenation > Fixed iso-690-1987 option: year was placed twice > Improvement of final art with frenchspacing and other minor 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.ctan.org/pkg/abntex2 > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/abntex2/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN update: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority mechanism for consistency in body text and index > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.5 of nameauth fixes some very occasional bugs and adds more > features for Eastern names in a romanized, cross-cultural > context. Documentation is friendlier and clearer. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ctan.org/pkg/nameauth > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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