ctan-ann June 2013

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CTAN Update: paracol
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jun '13

29 Jun '13

Hiroshi Nakashima submitted an update to the paracol package. Summary description: a multi-column package to typeset columns in parallel License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Emergency update to fix two serious bugs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/paracol . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/paracol (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: librecaslon
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: librecaslon > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Author's email: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca > Package version: 1.0 (2013-06-25) > Location on CTAN: fonts/librecaslon/ > Summary description: Libre Caslon fonts, with LaTeX support > License type: ofl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Libre Caslon fonts are designed by Pablo Impallari. Although they > have been designed for use as web fonts, they work well as > conventional text fonts. A bold italic variant is not yet available. > As a stopgap, an artificially slanted bold variant has been created > and treated as an italic. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes 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/librecaslon > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/librecaslon/ (a bundle of the font is already available for use with tex live 2013.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: udesoftec
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

J. Peter M. Schuler submitted the udesoftec package. Summary description: UDE-Softec documentclass and bibstyle for students License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ude-softec documentclass and bibstyle Initial CTAN upload for the LaTeX template (full documentclass) for written theses at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Research Group for Business Informatics and Software Engineering. It is based on pdflatex and bibtex using utf-8 files. It was thorougly tested on Windows/MikTeX, works as well under sharelatex.com and should be plattform independent. For more information see the (currently only german) instructions at udesoftec-doc.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/udesoftec . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/udesoftec (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: apa6
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Brian Beitzel submitted an update to the apa6 package. Summary description: Format documents in APA style (6th Edition) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes (apacite and natbib reference heading now respects the babel entry; itemize and enumerate environments now passed to LaTeX so they nest properly) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/apa6 . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/apa6 (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: pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pstricks package. Summary description: An extensive collection of macros for generating PostScript License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pstricks.tex -------- 2.44 2013-06-24 -add macros pssetMonochrome/pssetGrayscale -added coor option ** for (f(y) y) pstricks.pro -------- 1.16 2013-05-22 -save color functions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pstricks (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: ijmart
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Boris Veytsman submitted an update to the ijmart package. Summary description: LaTeX Class for the Israel Journal of Mathematics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.7: Changes in sample file ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ijmart . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ijmart (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: cabin
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

there's a whisper down the line... > Name of contribution: cabin > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 2013-01-24 > Location on CTAN: fonts/cabin/ > Summary description: a humanist sans font, with LaTeX support > License type: ofl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For type1 use with other fonts, the semibold and medium options are > now implemented without re-defining fdefault or mddefault. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (CTAN comment) in addition, the package inconsolata.sty has apparently been replaced by a package zi4.sty > Announcement required: Yes > > Uploader's additional comments: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > cabin.tds.zip should be installed at /install/fonts/ 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/cabin > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cabin/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: mhchem
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

the creature that whispers in my ear reports: > Name of contribution: mhchem > Author's name: Martin Hensel > Package version: 2013-06-23 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/ > Summary description: Typeset chemical formulae/equations, H and P > Statements, and R and S Phrases > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - compatibility with many more babel languages > - fraction possible in amounts (0.5H2O) 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/mhchem > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: luaintro
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

the ethereal agent reported: > Name of contribution: luaintro > Author's name: Herbert Voß > Package version: 0.02 > Location on CTAN: info/examples/luaintro/ > Summary description: Examples from of the book Einfuung in LuaTeX und LuaLaTeX” > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Updated examples to work with TL 2103 and LuaTeX 0.76 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/luaintro > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/info/examples/luaintro/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: babel-greek
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: babel-greek > Author's name: Günter Milde > Package version: 1.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/greek/ > Summary description: Babel support for Greek > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Q new version of the Babel support files for the Greek language and > script with partial support for Unicode-aware TeX engines > (XeTeX/LuaTeX). > > * bugfixes and cleanup, > * LICR macros in string definitions, > * LGR font encoding not used with XeTeX/LuaTeX. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes 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/babel-greek > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/greek/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: create-struktex
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Peter Lenser submitted the create-struktex package. Summary description: Create a Tex-File from Java Code to build Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams with struktex. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The program structgen.jar translates methods, written in Java, in a Tex-File to build Nassi Shneidermann structure charts with struktex written by Jobst Hoffmann. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/create-struktex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/create-struktex (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 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

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CTAN Update: chess-problem-diagrams
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Stefan Hoening submitted an update to the chess-problem-diagrams package. Summary description: A package for typesetting chess problem diagrams License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added code to use Equihopper in diagrams. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chess-problem-diagrams . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chess-problem-diagrams (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: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '13

23 Jun '13

Stephane Galland submitted an update to the autolatex package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The action makeflat cannot retreive the images that are not automatically generated by AutoLaTeX, ie. the images that must be included as-is in the PDF document. This release fixes this bug by using the image search path of the graphicx package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/autolatex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/autolatex (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: stackengine
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '13

23 Jun '13

Steven B. Segletes submitted the stackengine package. Summary description: Highly customized stacking of objects, insets, baseline changes, etc. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The stackengine package provides a versatile way to vertically stack objects in a variety of customizable ways. A number of useful macros are provided, all of which make use of the stackengine core. These macros allow a wide variety of tasks, including: -creating aligned stacks of specified inter-item gap; -creating aligned stacks of specified inter-item baselinse shift; -stacking both above and below the baseline; -overlaying character glyphs; -insetting graphical images atop larger background images; -top and bottom lapping; shifting the horizontal axis of a stack; -changing the baseline of an object; -subfigure labeling; This package is primarily intended for text mode, thought it can be adapted for use in math mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/stackengine . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/stackengine (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: mathdesign
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

Paul Pichaureau submitted an update to the mathdesign package. Summary description: High quality, free mathematical fonts that match with existing text fonts. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v 2.6 * distribution splitted in free and commercial-fonts * fontdimen corrected (for fractions) * infinity symbol redesigned * afm files no longer distributed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/mathdesign . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mathdesign (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: ctanify
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

Scott Pakin submitted an update to the ctanify package. Summary description: Prepare a package for upload to CTAN License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ctanify is intended for developers of LaTeX packages who want to distribute their packages via the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN). Given a list of filenames, ctanify creates a tarball (a .tar.gz file) with the files laid out in CTAN's preferred structure. The tarball additionally contains a ZIP (.zip) file with copies of all files laid out in the standard TeX Directory Structure (TDS), which facilitates inclusion of the package in the TeX Live distribution of TeX. Version 1.4 of ctanify replaces jobname in the .ins file with the base name of the package (requested by Marco Daniel) and corrects some troff macro usage in the man page (requested by Eric S. Raymond). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/ctanify . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ctanify (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: xecjk
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

Qing Lee submitted an update to the xecjk package. Summary description: Support for CJK documents in XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Enhanced support for the listings package. * No longer change the catcode of CJK Unified Ideographs. * Sort out character classes of CJK punctuation. * Resolve the conflict between `CheckSingle` option and tablists package. * Fix a couple of bugs for header and footer. * Provide four TECkit mapping files used for the conversion of Chinese full stop and conversion between Simplified and Traditional Chinese. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xecjk (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: beamer
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

Joseph Wright submitted an update to the beamer package. Summary description: A LaTeX class for producing presentations and slides License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.27: - Fix bug in font selection for example blocks - Correctly handle xkeyval package - Some fixes for subsubsection handling - Only add non-zero section numbers to TOC - Use sansmathaccent if available - New 141 aspect ratio (1.41:1) - Allow for custom font weights - Use string-based test for selecting lectures to allow jobname-based tests ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/beamer (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 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - several internal changes - library loading mechanism revisited - internal label change for ' cbmaketheorem' - new library options 'most' and 'all' - cbline now also works for ragged environments - new keys: 'flushleft title', 'flushleft upper', 'flushleft lower', 'flushright title', 'flushright upper', 'flushright lower' - new key 'no listing options' for the 'listings' library - new shadow features for the 'skins' library with the options: 'shadow', 'fuzzy shadow', 'drop shadow', 'drop fuzzy shadow', 'halo', 'fuzzy halo' - shadows for the 'beamer' skin changed to fuzzy - new library 'fitting' for the content fit operations. NOTE: ' cboxfit' and the fit options introduced in version 2.30 are moved to this new library - the fit algorithm is completey revisited and extended - new macro ' cbfontsize' ('fitting library') for relative font sizes - new keys for the 'fitting' library: 'fit fontsize macros', 'fit height plus', 'fit width plus', 'fit width from', 'fit height from' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 impnattypo
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '13

18 Jun '13

Raphaël Pinson submitted an update to the impnattypo package. Summary description: Typographic utilities inspired by the French Imprimerie Nationale License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor fixes in French documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/impnattypo . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/impnattypo (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: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '13

18 Jun '13

Stephane Galland submitted an update to the autolatex package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Display only the first error message in place of the entire TeX log. Remove the background in the SVG generated by Astah Pro. Minor enhancements and bug fixes were also released. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/autolatex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/autolatex (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: xint
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

the daemon reports > Name of contribution: xint > Author's name: Jean-Franc{c}ois Burnol > Package version: 1.08b > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/xint/ > Summary description: Expandable operations on long numbers > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1. a bug with spaces inside xinttheexpr... elax is fixed. > 2. some new improvements in the handling of floating point > numbers. > 3. the previously non-documented possibilities for using > count registers and infix operations with them directly > in the arguments to the macros of xintfrac.sty are > explained. > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/xint/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-circ
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: pst-circ > Author's name: Herbert Voss > Package version: 2.04 > Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ > Summary description: drawing electrical circuits > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > version 2.04 2013-06-13 > - added new optional argument mathlabel and labelstyle > - added new symbol newSwitch and new option ison (cs) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Uploader's additional comments: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > please delete Christophe Jorssen as maintainer > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-circ > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: metapost
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

Taco Hoekwater submitted an update to the metapost package. Summary description: The MetaPost graphic language interpreter License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlights of metapost 1.80x: * A new PNG output format * support for IEEE Floating point as core data type * direct C API for solving the control points of a path in the same way the metapost language does For more details, see CHANGES. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/base . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/metapost (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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