ctan-ann June 2013

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New on CTAN: latex-git-log
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

Robin Schneider submitted the latex-git-log package. Summary description: Generates the version history of a git project as LaTeX source code. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This program will output the entire version history as table written in LaTeX if it is executed within a git repository. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latex-git-log . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/latex-git-log (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

Jean-François Burnol submitted an update to the xint package. Summary description: Expandable operations on long numbers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (1.08b) 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/xint . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint (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: selnolig
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

Mico Loretan submitted an update to the selnolig package. Summary description: Selective suppression of typographic ligatures for English and German texts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (i) New user command: uselig, to force the use of a ligature on a one-off, ad hoc basis. (ii) Various clarifications and simplifications in package's user guide (selnolig.pdf). (iii) Minor updates to German language ligature suppression rules ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/selnolig . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/selnolig (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: ctable
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. Summary description: Flexible typesetting of table and figure floats using key/value directives License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- footerwidth option was inactive when notespar option was active ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ctable (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: mandi
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: mandi > Author's name: Joe Heafner > Package version: 2.2.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mandi/ > Summary description: Macros for physics and astronomy > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This release contains newly formatted documentation and many new commands. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mandi > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mandi/ 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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New on CTAN: feupphdteses
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Mario S.E. submitted the feupphdteses package. Summary description: Style and template for PhD Thesis of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A complete template for thesis/works of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) Faculty of Engineering University of Porto ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/feupphdteses . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/feupphdteses (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: lengthconvert
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Marco Daniel submitted the lengthconvert package. Summary description: Convert a length to an other unit License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A small package to convert a length to another unit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/lengthconvert . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lengthconvert (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: eledmac and eledpar
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the eledmac and eledpar packages. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release fix a bug when using ledsection and other with autopar. It also complete ledsidenote documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eledmac . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/eledmac (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: paralist
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Julian Gilbey submitted an update to the paralist package. Summary description: Provides customisable enumerate and itemize environments, and also in-paragraph versions. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The enumerate environment now allows an extra optional argument which specifies the item number to be used to determine the maximum label width in place of the default 7. Usage example: egin{enumerate}[(i)][13] item ... end{enumerate} This updated package is backwards compatible with earlier documents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/paralist . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/paralist (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:: inconsolata
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Michael Sharpe submitted an update to the inconsolata package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This enhancement of the Inconsolata package, provides regular and bold weights, additional glyphs and options to control slashed zero, upright quotes and a shapelier lower-case L. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/inconsolata . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/inconsolata (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: nox
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Matthias Borck-Elsner submitted the nox package. Summary description: Arrays of data, text, commands or environments transformed to a variety of well structured and splitable tables. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arrays of data, text, commands or environments are transformed to a variety of well structured and splitable tables. Notes and references are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/nox (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 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Stephane Galland submitted an update to the autolatex package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add translators from SVG and Dia combined with TeX macros. Fixing the macros inside autolatex.sty to provide an interface similar to graphicx.sty. Several major bugs are fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Jean-François Burnol submitted an update to the xint package. Summary description: Expandable operations on long numbers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (1.08a: ) 1. improved efficiency of the basic conversion from exact fractions to floats, giving speed gains especially for the power function; 3.1415^3000000000 as a float is now within the package powers (sic), 2. the comparison routines handle much better inputs with big powers of ten, 3. the xintseries package has macros for floats, (1.08: ) 4. square root extraction, both for floats, and in a variant for integers. 5. new package xintbinhex.sty for expandable conversions of arbitrary length data to and from binary and hexadecimal. Many improvements to the pdf documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/xint . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint (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: thalie
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: thalie > Author's name: Louis Paternault > Author's email: spalax(a)gresille.org > Package version: 0.5 > Location on CTAN: / > Summary description: A package to typeset drama plays > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > First publication of thalie: A package to typeset drama plays. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/thalie > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/thalie/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xint
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xint > Author's name: Jean-François Burnol > Package version: 1.08 > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/xint/ > Summary description: Expandable operations on long numbers > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is release 1.08. > 1. Square root extraction, both for floats, and in a variant > for integers. > 2. New package xintbinhex.sty for expandable conversions of > arbitrary length data to and from binary and hexadecimal. > 3. Various improvements in the documentation. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > 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: acro
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: acro > Author's name: Clemens Niederberger > Package version: 1.3b > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/acro/ > Summary description: typeset acronyms > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package now obeys if@filesw > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/acro > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/acro/ 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: fontawesome
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: fontawesome > Author's name: Xavier Danaux > Package version: 3.1.1 > Location on CTAN: fonts/fontawesome/ > Summary description: High quality web icons > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Updated to reflect release 3.1.1 of Font Awesome > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontawesome > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/fontawesome/ 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: logicpuzzle
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: logicpuzzle > Author's name: Josef Kleber > Package version: v2.4 > Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf/contrib/logicpuzzle/ > Summary description: Typesetting logic puzzles > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The logicpuzzle bundle allows you to typeset various logic > puzzles. At the moment the following puzzles are supported: > > * 2D-Sudoku (aka Magiequadrat, Diagon, ...) > * Battleship (aka Bimaru, Marinespiel, Batalla Naval, ...) > * Bokkusu (aka Kakurasu, Feldersummenrätsel, ...) > * Bridges (aka Brückenbau, Hashi, ...) > * Chaos Sudoku > * Four Winds (aka Eminent Domain, Lichtstrahl, ...) > * Hakyuu (aka Seismic, Ripple Effect, ...) > * Hitori > * Kakuro > * Kendoku (aka Mathdoku, Calcudoku, Basic, MiniPlu, Ken Ken, > Square Wisdom, Sukendo, Caldoku, ...) > * Killer Sudoku (aka Samunapure, Sum Number Place, Sumdoku, > Gebietssummen, ...) > * Laser Beam (aka Laserstrahl, ...) > * Magic Labyrinth (aka Magic Spiral, Magisches Labyrinth, ...) > * Magnets (aka Magnetplatte, Magnetfeld, ...) > * Masyu (aka Mashi, {White|Black} Pearls, ...) > * Minesweeper (aka Minensuche, ...) > * Number Link (aka Alphabet Link, Arukone, Buchstabenbund, ...) > * Resuko > * Schatzsuche > * Skyline (aka Skycrapers, Wolkenkratzer, Hochhäuser, ...) > incl. Skyline Sudoku and Skyline Sudoku (N*N) variants > * Slitherlink (aka Fences, Number Line, Dotty Dilemma, > Sli-Lin, Takegaki, Great Wall of China, > Loop the Loop, Rundweg, Gartenzaun, ...) > * Star Battle (aka Sternenschlacht, ...) > * Stars and Arrows (aka Sternenhimmel, ...) > * Sudoku > * Sun and Moon (aka Sternenhaufen, Munraito, ...) > * Tents and Trees (aka Zeltlager, Zeltplatz, Camping, ...) > * Tunnel > > License: LPPL > > Changes in v2.4: > > - added support for Magnets puzzle > https://bitbucket.org/kleberj/logicpuzzle/wiki/Magnets > > - added support for Masyu puzzle > https://bitbucket.org/kleberj/logicpuzzle/wiki/Masyu > > - added support for Magic Labyrinth puzzle > https://bitbucket.org/kleberj/logicpuzzle/wiki/MagicLabyrinth > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/logicpuzzle > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/logicpuzzle/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: pdftricks2
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

Christian Reibiger submitted an update to the pdftricks2 package. Summary description: A LaTeX package to use PSTricks code with PDF output. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed the commands usepackageps and usepackagepsonly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pdftricks2 . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pdftricks2 (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: pst-optexp
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

Christoph Bersch submitted an update to the pst-optexp package. Summary description: Sketching optical experimental setups License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.2 2013-06-07 * Added option startinsidecount. * Added option stopinsidecount. * Added option beampathcount. * Added option beamnodealign. * Added oeBeamVecMedian. * Added oeBeamCenter. * Modified the orientation of a reflective optprism. * Fixed bug of optprism and ightangleprism inside an optexp environment. * Fixed bug of wrong ightangleprism rotation in special cases. * Fixed buggy handling of multiple saved beams. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-optexp (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: pgfgantt
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Wolfgang Skala submitted an update to the pgfgantt package. Summary description: Draw Gantt charts with LaTeX and TikZ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This major update includes: * Time slots support various date formats * ewgantttimeslotformat creates new time slot formats * gantttitlecalendar draws a title calendar for a chart * ewganttchartelement defines new chart elements * The ganttchart environment requires two mandatory arguments (start and end time slot specifier) * Nearly every aspect of predefined chart elements may be changed (e.g., their shape) * Some keys were added, some were renamed (please refer to the changelog for details) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfgantt . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgfgantt (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 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Leo Liu submitted an update to the xecjk package. Summary description: Support for CJK documents in XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * A patch for listings package is added. * Fix a bug for underlined text line breaking. * Fix a bug for accents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: tcolorbox > Author's name: Thomas F. Sturm > Package version: 2.30 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox/ > Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems, documentation > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - bug fix: handling of 'before' and 'after' for cbox corrected > - cbline now also works for centered environments > - implementation for cbox made more efficient > - new capture mode for automated content fit by font size adjustment > with the new macros ' cboxfit' and ' ewtcboxfit' > and the new keys 'fit', 'fit to', 'fit to height', 'fit basedim', 'fit skip', > 'fit maxstep' > - new keys 'baseline', 'capture', 'hbox', 'minipage' > - new stackable borderlines with the 'skins' library: > 'borderline', 'no borderline' > - new keys for the 'skins' library: > 'enhanced standard', 'blank' > - new key 'index format' for the 'documentation' library > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/tcolorbox > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: gnuplottex
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

Lars Kotthoff submitted an update to the gnuplottex package. Summary description: Gnuplot graphs in LaTeX. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Provide command gnuplotloadfile to load Gnuplot code verbatim from file (Michel Voßkuhle). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/gnuplottex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/gnuplottex (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: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pst-func package. Summary description: Macros for plotting various mathematical functions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version is a bugfix for psBezier# with end arrows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-func (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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