ctan-ann March 2013

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CTAN update: probsoln
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

the daemon writes: > Name of contribution: probsoln > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Package version: 3.04 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/probsoln/ > Summary description: Generate problem sheets and their solution sheets > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * fixed bug in textenum environment > > * added facility to exclude problems selected in the past n years > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/probsoln > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/probsoln/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new on CTAN: pfarrei
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

the daemon reported: > Name of contribution: pfarrei > Author's name: Markus Kohm > Package version: r20 > Location on CTAN: / > Summary description: A bundle of executables, LaTeX documents and packages for priests > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > In Die TeXnische Komödie 1/2004 Christian Justen told > about his practise using LaTeX at his work as priest. One > point was to arrange A5 papers onto A4 landscape paper > either side-by-side or as a booklet. He made two bash > scripts for this. `pfarrei' provides one texlua script for > the same. > > Other points would be, e.g, special limitations of the > page break. `pfarrei' should help there too, but currently > this hasn't been implemented due to the early implementation > state of the bundle. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Uploader's additional comments: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [...] > Distributors please note, that a5toa4.tlu (generated from pfarrei.dtx > and also available in pfarrei.tds.zip) is also the executable of the > project. So please make is available at the binary directories, too > (see README for more information). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ctan.org/pkg/pfarrei > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org// Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xcookybooky
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

quoth the daemon: > Name of contribution: xcookybooky > Author's name: Sven Harder > Package version: 1.2 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xcookybooky/ > Summary description: Typeset (potentially long) recipes > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > In this version the ingredients of a recipe are better > displayed. Unfortunately the possibility to enter ingredients as three > columned table is no longer supported. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. users should note that there was an interval of nearly a day during which corrupt versions of the documentation, etc., were present on the archive -- out-of-the-ordinary functioning by the zip applications had me confused. all is now sorted out. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xcookybooky > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xcookybooky/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new on ctan: ptex2pdf
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

the daemon told me: > Name of contribution: ptex2pdf > Author's name: Norbert Preining > Package version: 0.2 > Location on CTAN: language/japanese/ > Summary description: convert Japanese TeX documents to pdf > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Main purpose of the script is easy support of Japanese typesetting > engines in TeXworks. As TeXworks typesetting setup does not allow > for multistep processing, this script runs one of the ptex based > programs (ptex, uptex, eptex, platex, uplatex) followed by dvipdfmx. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ctan.org/pkg/ptex2pdf > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/language/japanese/ptex2pdf/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: pmx
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Bob Tennent submitted an update to the pmx package. Summary description: Preprocessor for MusiXTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix: Made keyboard rest positioning (AK command) work properly when there are rests are within xtuplets. Also fine-tune default positioning of number and bracket in unbeamed xtuplets containing rests. Position of both can still be overridden with options on first note command for xtuplet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pmx . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pmx (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: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the tcolorbox package. Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems, documentation License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 2.02 (2013/03/13) - minor bug fix: segmentation line of 'enhanced' now matches 'standard' - new macro ' cbox' to draw a colorbox fitted to the content width - new key 'autoparskip' to detect usage of package parskip automatically - new key 'nobeforeafter' - new macro ' cbline' in the 'skins' library to draw 'just lines' - new key 'colbacktitle' for the 'skins' library ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox (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: microtype
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

R Schlicht submitted an update to the microtype package. Summary description: Subliminal refinements towards typographical perfection License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- After a ridiculously long beta phase (for which I apologise to all users), the current version of microtype is finally back on CTAN. New features of version 2.5 include: * Support for the fontspec and xunicode packages, viz. for OpenType fonts with LuaTeX and XeTeX * Support for protrusion with XeTeX * Support for tracking/letterspacing with LuaTeX * Allow context-sensitive setup with LuaTeX * Protrusion settings for Latin Modern Roman (OpenType) * Protrusion settings for Charis SIL (OpenType) * Protrusion settings for Palatino Linotype (OpenType) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/microtype . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/microtype (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: feynmp-auto
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Enrico Gregorio submitted the feynmp-auto package. Summary description: Automatic processing of feynmp graphics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The feynmp-auto takes care of running METAPOST on the output files produced by the feynmp package so the compiled pictures will be available in the next run of LaTeX. Usage: simply change the call usepackage{feynmp} to usepackage{feynmp-auto} Options to feynmp are honored also by the feynmp-auto package. This is version 1.0 of the package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/feynmp-auto . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/feynmp-auto (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: InTeX
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Martin Thorsen Ranang submitted the intex package. Summary description: Eases typesetting and indexing of phrases, acronyms, and proper names in a consistent manner. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InTeX is a package that adds functionality to LaTeX that eases typesetting and indexing of phrases, acronyms, and proper names in a consistent manner throughout documents of arbitrary length. `mkintex(1)` is a preprocessor that interprets index entries specified in `.itx` files and generates appropriate entries for LaTeX and `makeindex(1)`. Usage: ------ $ latex <name>.tex $ mkintex <name> <name>.itx -o <name>.rix [-a acronyms.tex -p persons.tex] $ makeindex <name> $ makeindex -o <name>.rid <name>.rix $ latex <name>.tex Source: https://github.com/mtr/intex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/intex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/intex (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: divine
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Boris Veytsman submitted the divine package. Summary description: LaTeX support for divine font from T26 License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Divine is a calligraphic font designed by Frank Heine and Marilyn Devedjiev in 1995 (http://www.t26.com/fonts/207-Divine) and distributed by T-26 foundry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/divine . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/divine (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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