ctan-ann September 2013

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CTAN update: mathastext
by CTAN Announcements 06 Sep '13

06 Sep '13

the daemon reported: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: mathastext > Author's name: Jean-François Burnol > Author's email: jfbu(a)free.fr > Package version: 1.3 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mathastext/ > Summary description: Use the text font in math mode > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1.3 [2013/09/02] > > The main change is the command MTsetmathskips which allows to > specify, on a letter by letter basis, extra skips to be > automatically inserted before and after each occurence of the > given letter in math mode. This allows to fine tune the use of > a given text font. A random example: > > MTsetmathskips{x}{0.4mu}{0.2mu} > > Also, the functionality of the package under lualatex is now > at the same level as under xelatex; requires the lualatex as > distributed with TL2013 or later. > > The documentation is better hyperlinked. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/mathastext > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mathastext/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: acro
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the acro package. Version number: 1.4a License type: lppl Summary description: typeset acronyms Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - bug fix: used acronyms are now also added to the list when the list is printed before the actual usage - DeclareAcronym may now be used after egin{document} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/acro More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/acro 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 Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: savesym
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

Jürgen Göbel submitted an update to the savesym package. Version number: 1.2 License type: lppl Summary description: There are a number of symbols (e.g., Square) that are defined by several packages. In order to typeset all the variants in a document, we have to give the glyph a unique name. To do that, we define savesymbol{XXX}, which renames a symbol from XXX to origXXX, and estoresymbols{yyy}{XXX}, which renames origXXX back to XXX and defines a new command, yyyXXX, which corresponds to the most recently loaded version of XXX. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.2 2013/09/02 changed ProvidesPackage{savesymbol} to ProvidesPackage{savesym} according to package name (thanks to Alvaro) changed mail address of maintainer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/savesym/savesym.sty More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/savesym 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 Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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New on CTAN: idxcmds
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: idxcmds > Author's name: Clemens Niederberger > Package version: 0.2b > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/idxcmds/ > Summary description: define semantic commands for adding formatted index entries > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > When working on a larger document and designing and writing the macros > for various bits and pieces I was going to use I found myself > repeatedly writing the same kind of macros again and again that had > some kind of semantic meaning, maybe some markup definitions that also > created an index entry and had a star form for omitting the index > entry. They all had more or less the following structure: > > makeatletter > ewcommand*cmd{@ifstarcmd@starcmd@nostar} > ewcommand*cmd@star[1]{cmd@base{#1}} > ewcommand*cmd@nostar[1]{cmd@base{#1}cmd@idx{#1}} > ewcommand*cmd@base[1]{ extit{#1}} > ewcommand*cmd@idx[1]{index{#1@cmd@base{#1}}} > makeatother > > After having copied and pasted this code for the n-th time I thought: > you should have a command that does this for you. That was when > ewidxcmd was born. This command soon enough got some extensions, > e.g., giving the commands thus defined an optional argument that > allowed specifying the sorting. It wasn't long before I realized that > I might want to use this ewidxcmd again in other documents so here > we are with a new package: `idxcmds' > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/idxcmds > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/idxcmds/ 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: Mathdesign
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

quoth the daemon: > Name of contribution: Mathdesign > Author's name: Paul Pichaureau > Package version: 2.31 > Location on CTAN: fonts/mathdesign/ > Summary description: High quality, free mathematical fonts that match with existing text fonts. > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Free mathematical fonts that match with existing text fonts. > > By now, six fonts families are available: Adobe Utopia, URW Garamond, > Bitstream Charter, Adobe Garamond Pro, Adobe UtopiaStd and ITC Charter. > > Mathdesign covers the whole LaTeX glyph set, including AMS symbols and > some extra. Both roman and bold versions can be used. Moreover you can > choose between three greek fonts (two of them created by the Greek Font > Society). > > NEW IN THIS VERSION > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > v 2.31 * removed Windows-type end of line in text files > * URW Garamond is now a non-free fonts > > v 2.3 * distribution splitted in free and non-free > * fontdimen corrected (for fractions) > * infinity symbol redesigned > * afm files no longer distributed > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mathdesign > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/mathdesign/ 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: listings
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: listings > Author's name: Jobst Hoffmann > Package version: Version v1.5b > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/listings/ > Summary description: Typeset source code listings using LaTeX. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.5b: another minor maintenance release with two features: > > * made a (incompatible) change in the Python definition > - docstrings are now formatted as strings and not as > comment - and added Python built-ins and more types. > of docstrings (raw and Unicode) > > * added files which can be used as preferences > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/listings > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/listings/ 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: selnolig
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

quoth the daemon: The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: selnolig Author's name: Mico Loretan Author's email: loretan.mico(a)gmail.com Package version: 0.256 Location on CTAN: macros/luatex/latex/selnolig/ Summary description: The package suppresses typographic ligatures selectively, i.e., based on predefined search patterns. The search patterns focus on ligatures deemed inappropriate because they span morpheme boundaries. For example, the word shelfful, which is mentioned in the TeXbook as a word for which the ff ligature might be inappropriate, is automatically typeset as shelf/ful rather than as shel{ff}ul. For English and German language documents, the package provides extensive rules for the selective suppression of so-called “common” ligatures. These comprise the ff, fi, fl, ffi, and ffl ligatures as well as the ft and fft ligatures. Other f-ligatures, such as fb, fh, fj and fk, are suppressed globally, while exceptions are made for names and words of non-English/German origin, such as Kafka and fjord. For English language documents, the package further provides ligature suppression macros for a number of ! so-called “discretionary” or “rare” ligatures such as ct, st, and sp. The package requires use of a recent LuaLaTeX format (for example TeXLive2012 or 2013, or MiKTeX2.9). License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Updated rules for st and sp ligatures in composite words consisting of prefix ending in s (such as mis, dis, and trans) and a main word (free morpheme) starting with st or sp. - In Appendix F (case studies of selnolig applied to various pieces of literature), added tallies of words that that get their ligatures suppressed for Faust 1 and Faust 2 - Shortened some sections of the user guide and expanded others. There's now a (reasonably careful) discussion of why morpheme boundaries rather than syllable boundaries matter for ligature suppression purposes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement required: Yes Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/selnolig or they may browse the package directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/selnolig/ 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-ann September 2013