ctan-ann May 2013

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CTAN Update: ptex2pdf
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '13

09 May '13

Norbert Preining submitted an update to the ptex2pdf package. Summary description: Convert Japanese TeX documents to pdf License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 0.4 2013-05-07 NP quote the filename with , so that special chars do survive add an example for TeXworks for files with different kanji encoding ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/japanese/ptex2pdf/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ptex2pdf (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: lgrx
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '13

09 May '13

Günter Milde submitted an update to the lgrx package. Summary description: Greek text with the LGR font encoding License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Replace the CamelCase names for accent macros with acc + <greek glyph name>. (No change to the symbol macros for Greek diacritics.) Documentation update, more testing. Enclosed is also the file 8-bit-greek.txt with suggestions for the re-organisation of the support for Greek in text mode on 8-bit TeX engines. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/lgrx . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lgrx (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: try
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '13

09 May '13

Ajabu Tex submitted the try package. Summary description: Automation of TeX/LaTeX compilation. And more. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Program for automating the compilation of TeX/LaTeX documents. Reads commands from the comment lines of the document and executes them automatically. Like 'arara', but simpler. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/try . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/try (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: lualibs
by CTAN Announcements 08 May '13

08 May '13

the daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: lualibs > Author's name: Philipp Gesang > Package version: 2.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/luatex/generic/lualibs/ > Summary description: General purpose Lua libraries. > License type: gpl > > Files in yesterday’s upload were faulty. I apologize for the inconvenience. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lualibs > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/lualibs/ ctan admin comment: the author did not ask for announcement, but i chose to do one, given the problems with the previous upload. anyway, thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 08 May '13

08 May '13

the daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: luaotfload > Author's name: Philipp Gesang > Package version: 2.2 > Location on CTAN: macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ > Summary description: font loader for Luatex > License type: gpl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > major update: the imported code is in sync with Context again; the > existing code base has been partially rewritten. > > for a list of changes please refer to the NEWS file. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: ebgaramond
by CTAN Announcements 07 May '13

07 May '13

Bob Tennent submitted an update to the ebgaramond package. Summary description: LaTeX support for EBGaramond fonts. License type: ofl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added silent substitutions for bold and bold extended, replacing a re-definition of fdefault. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ebgaramond . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ebgaramond (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: plipsum
by CTAN Announcements 07 May '13

07 May '13

Sergio Spina submitted an update to the plipsum package. Summary description: 'Lorem ipsum' paragraphs generator for the purposes of the plain TeX developers. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Modified the inteface: added an optional parameter to choose between short, medium-lenght or long paragraphs. Many cosmethyc changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/plain/contrib/plipsum . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/plipsum (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: acro
by CTAN Announcements 07 May '13

07 May '13

Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the acro package. Summary description: typeset acronyms License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - new option `sort' to printacronyms - renamed options `print-acronyms/header' and `list-header' into `print-acronyms/heading' and `list-heading'; the old keys will still work but also issue a warning - new key `foreign' for acronyms in other languages than the document language - the page-recording and printing mechanism for the page numbers of the acronyms in the list has been rewritten from scratch. The previous one had a fundamental flaw: it didn't take the fact into account that page numbers are stepped at shipout. This is fixed now. - options `page-ranges' and `record-pages' are deprecated - new options `following-page' and `following-pages' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/acro . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/acro (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: luatexbase
by CTAN Announcements 07 May '13

07 May '13

Elie Roux submitted an update to the luatexbase package. Summary description: Resource management for the LuaTeX macro programmer License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013/05/04 v0.6 all - move away from the module() function (deprecated in Lua 5.2) attr - hack to make luatexbase and luatex.sty compatible for attribute allocation (same thing should be done for catcodetables) - adding whatsit nodes allocation functions (see doc) modutils - adding functions to check the availability and version of a module - fixing small error in module date requirement - update documentation to reflect the move from module() loader - do not output included file paths when called by texlua mcb - passing most of the term output to the log ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatexbase . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/luatexbase (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: biblatex-mla
by CTAN Announcements 07 May '13

07 May '13

James Clawson submitted an update to the biblatex-mla package. Summary description: The package provides Biblatex support for citations in the format specified by the MLA handbook. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - compatibility with Biblatex 2.5 - added entrytypes @online, @inbook, @bookinbook - updated entrytypes @video, @review - added epprinttype jstor - added package options noremoteinfo and mancitepar - added hyperref linking to Web bibstring - quashed lingering spacing errors, improved bibnamedash, and improved handling of starred autocites - improved documentation and examples ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-mla . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-mla (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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