ctan-ann March 2018

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CTAN update: texdef
by CTAN Announcements 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the texdef package. Version number: 1.8 2018-03-25 License type: gpl3 Summary description: Display the definitions of TeX commands Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: * Added dvitex and dvilatex as formats. These will set DVI mode on tex or latex. * Escaped further braces in regexs to avoid Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated warnings or errors. * Added option '--texoptions' to allow the passing of compiler options for special cases. --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/texdef More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/texdef We are supported by the TeX User Groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau

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CTAN update: gregoriotex
by CTAN Announcements 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Samuel Springuel submitted an update to the gregoriotex package. Version number: 5.1.1 2018-03-25 License type: gpl3 Summary description: Engraving Gregorian Chant scores Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is merely a patch to fix small problems in the documentation. ### Fixed - Various issues with the documentation. --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/gregoriotex More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/gregoriotex We are supported by the TeX User Groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau

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New on CTAN: jkmath
by CTAN Announcements 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Jonas Kaerts submitted the jkmath package. Version number: 0.1 License type: lppl Summary description: Macros for mathematics that make the code more readable Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Inspired by the physics package on CTAN, this package defines some simple macros for mathematical notation which make the code more readable and/or allow flexibility in typesetting material. At the moment it only contains the few macros I could gather from my own projects. I will be on the lookout for more nontrivial pieces of notation that could benefit from semantic markup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/jkmath More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/jkmath ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz We are supported by the TeX user groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: luatexja
by CTAN Announcements 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Hironori Kitagawa submitted an update to the luatexja package. Version: 20180325.0 License: bsd Summary description: Typeset Japanese with Lua(La)TeX Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Use a private control sequence ltj@@next instead of ext, to avoid conflicts. * Sync with pLaTeX 2018-03-16 and jsclasses 2018-03-11. * Stop to use module(), which is deprecated in Lua 5.2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/luatexja The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatexja/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see https://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: standalone
by CTAN Announcements 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the standalone package. Version number: 1.3 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Compile TeX pictures stand-alone or as part of a document Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix update: --------------- Fixed compatibility issues with LuaTeX which arised after non-backward-compatible updates to LuaTeX. Config file: * Fixed log file warnings when used outside preamble by wrapping PassOptionsToPackage call into preamble check. Package: * Added check if sa@requestedpage is undefined or empty, which can happen with newer versions of LuaLaTeX. * Updated page handling to new graphics driver version. Also fixed the following reported bugs: (see https://bitbucket.org/martin_scharrer/standalone/issues) * Issue #22: Removed processing of AUX file with globaldefs. * Issue #25: Changed how papersize special is added for dvips. * Issue #26: Adding '-units PixelsPerInch' to 'convert' call so that generated PNGs have correct units parameter. * Issue #30: Replaced jobname with subjobname in DVIPS precommand. * Issue #31: Added makeatother before inputting .sta files so that the subpreamble-changed test works with files using makeatletter. * Issue #40: Corrected order of border option in manual. --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/standalone More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/standalone We are supported by the TeX User Groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau

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CTAN update: endfloat
by CTAN Announcements 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the endfloat package. Version number: 2.6 License type: gpl Summary description: Move floats to the end, leaving markers where they belong Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Major changes in version 2.6 since 2.5: - New package options 'notables' and 'nofigures' have been added. - New macros efloattype, efloatheading, efloatpreamble, and efloatpostamble have been added. - A percent sign (%) is now allowed at the end of end{<environment>}, too. - Two bugs have been fixed regarding the usage of UTF-8 characters in floating environments. --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/endfloat More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/endfloat We are supported by the TeX User Groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau

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CTAN update: geometry
by CTAN Announcements 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

David Carlisle submitted an update to the geometry package. Version number: 5.7 License type: lppl Summary description: Flexible and complete interface to document dimensions Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Small update to geometry: No changes in functionality but updated so that: * now works with lualatex without needing the liatex85 compatibility package * Support moved to github https://github.com/davidcarlisle/geometry --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/geometry More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/geometry We are supported by the TeX User Groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau

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CTAN Update: fixjfm
by CTAN Announcements 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Yue Zhang submitted an update to the fixjfm package. Version: 0.8 2018-03-24 License: knuth Summary description: Fix JFM (for *pTeX) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What's new since 2017-09-21 v0.6: * `ifUseFixJFMCJKTextFontCommands' and `ifUseStandardCJKTextFontCommands' added (2017-12-27 v0.7); * `AppendToUseXCJKTextFontCommands' added (2018-03-24 v0.8); * documentation updated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/fixjfm The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/fixjfm/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see https://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: l3build
by CTAN Announcements 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

The LaTeX Team submitted an update to the l3build package. Version: 2018-03-24 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2018-03-24 - Allow 'short cut' of check runs - Support for upcoming LaTeX kernel release functions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3build The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3build/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see https://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: docsurvey
by CTAN Announcements 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Brian Dunn submitted an update to the docsurvey package. Version number: 2018-03-24 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: A survey of LaTeX documentation Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added interface3, dickimaw-novices, dickimaw-thesis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/docsurvey More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/docsurvey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz We are supported by the TeX user groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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