Petr Krajník submitted the
parstat
package.
Version: 1.0
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A Paragraph statistic package for OpTeX
Announcement text:
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Parstat is a package for the OpTeX format that counts glyphs and
spaces on paragraph lines. From these numbers a statistic is made,
which is printed into the logfile. It’s intended for checking
the optimal range of characters and words on paragraph lines
when designing a new layout.
No external tools are needed, as all is done in Lua inside the
TeX engine. Due to this, it integrates perfectly into our
specific work. We can omit what we don’t want in the results.
It’s also very fast and consumes no extra memory.
I know it’s a small and simple package, but I believe
that it could be useful for someone else...
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https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/optex/parstat/
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Samcarter submitted an update to the
beamertheme-tcolorbox
package.
Version: 1.3 2025-12-14
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A beamer/ltx-talk inner theme to reproduce standard beamer blocks using tcolorboxes
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### Changed
- ltx-talk theme: switched from xkeyval to build-in options
- ltx-talk theme: removed workaround for tagging warning,
seems to have been fixed in tcolorbox v6.9.0
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https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer-contrib/themes/beamert…
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François Pantigny submitted an update to the
nicematrix
package.
Version: 7.5 2025-12-14
License: lppl1.3
Summary description: Improve the typesetting of mathematical matrices with PGF
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New key 'brace-shift' for the commands `\Hbrace` and `\Vbrace`.
Correction of several minor bugs.
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https://ctan.org/pkg/nicematrix
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https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicematrix/
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Boris Veytsman submitted an update to the
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> arsenal
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> package.
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> Version: 1.1 2025-12-13
> License: ofl lppl1.3c
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> Summary description: Open Type font by Andrij Shevchenko
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> Announcement text:
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> Version 1.1, 2025-12-13 The command \mathcal now uses Swash
> letters from Arsenal font.
> Added .fontspec file.
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> The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
> https://ctan.org/pkg/arsenal
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> The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
> https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/arsenal/
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> Thanks for the upload.
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> For the CTAN Team
> Vincent Goulet
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Herbert Voß submitted an update to the
pstricks-base
package.
Version number: 3.22a 2025-12-13
License type: lppl1.3
Summary description: PostScript macros for TeX
Announcement text:
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pstricks.tex --------
3.22a 2025-12-13 - added new file pstricks-plain
pstricks-plain -------
0.01 2025-12-13 initial version for Plain TeX
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This package is located at
https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base
More information is at
https://www.ctan.org/pkg/pstricks-base
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Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the
LXGW-fonts
package.
Version number: 1.521I 2025-12-13
License type: ofl
Summary description: A CJK font family with a comprehensive character set
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Version 1.521I released.
- ApTeX (aka pTeX-ng) is supported.
- Fixed the wrong cmap.
- Complete the `\ctex_set_upfonts:nnnnnn` function for the bold type of the sans font when using *pTeX.
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https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/lxgw-fonts
More information is at
https://www.ctan.org/pkg/lxgw-fonts
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Herbert Voß submitted an update to the
pst-barcode
package.
Version: 0.20
License: lppl
Summary description: Print barcodes using PostScript
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0.20 2025-12-13
- updated documentation
- Common text rendering code was factored out of the linear and matrix renderers into its own resource.
- The ITF-14 encoder's text positioning was fixed.
- The Code 128 encoder's raw mode was fixed.
- The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced to accept top and bottom for the textyalign option.
- The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced with a textdirection option.
- The linear and matrix renderer were enhanced with support for extratextsubspace, extratextsplit and extratextlinegaps options corresponding to the alttext equivalents.
- The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced with alttextsubspace that allows given characters to be substituted for spaces.
- The linear and matrix renderers were enhanced with alttextsplit and alttextlinegaps options that may be used to render multi-line blocks of text.
- The GS1 AI linter was realigned with the latest release of the GS1 Syntax Dictionary.
- The encoder for EAN-8 was changed to forbid the use of a two-digit or five-digit addon unless a permitaddon option is supplied.
- The high-level encoder for MaxiCode was replaced with a new algorithm that may result in significantly shorter messages.
- The encoder for Aztec Code was fixed so that punctuation compression works correctly after a binary sequence.
- The GS1 AI linter now reports the mandatory association specification that is not being met.
- The baseline of EAN/UPC add-ons is now correctly aligned with the guard bars in the primary symbol.
- Support for HRI text was added to the GS1 Digital Link variant symbologies.
- Support for extra text was added to the renlinear and renmatrix renderers.
- The encoder for QR Code was amended to opportunistically raise the error correction level when better fit to the matrix possible.
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https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode
More information is at
https://ctan.org/pkg/pst-barcode
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Christophe Poulain submitted an update to the
ProfCollege
package.
Version: 0.99-A-o 2025-12-12
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A LaTeX package for French maths teachers in college
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Some new keys for \Cartographie and \Decomposition
Bug fixed : the key Arborescence point now to good files.
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https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/profcollege
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https://ctan.org/pkg/profcollege
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Vincent Goulet submitted an update to the
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> ulthese
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> package.
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> Version: 7.0 2025-12-12
> License: lppl1.3c
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> Summary description: Thesis class and templates for Université Laval
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> Announcement text:
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> Announcement in French for the target audience.
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> - Intégration des nouvelles dispositions de la FESP sur la déclaration obligatoire de l'utilisation de l'IA générative dans l'avant-propos.
> - Chargement du paquetage numprint avec l'option `np` afin d'activer le raccourci `\np` pour `\nombre`.
> - Gabarits: gabarit de l'avant-propos renommé `avant-propos.tex` et ajout d'un gabarit `avant-propos-articles.tex` pour les thèses et mémoires par articles.
> - Gabarits: ajout de la mention de déclaration obligatoire sur l'utilisation de l'IA générative dans l'avant-propos.
> - Documentation: le moteur recommandé est maintenant LuaLaTeX plutôt que XeLaTeX, afin de suivre la recommandation officielle de l'équipe LaTeX.
> - Documentation: modification des instructions pour récupérer les gabarits, maintenant disponibles dans CTAN.
> - Documentation: la section «Démarrage rapide» indique maintenant de saisir les caractères non-ASCII directement au clavier plutôt que par le biais des commandes TeX.
> - Documentation: ajout de «type mixte» dans la section sur les thèses et mémoires par articles.
> - Documentation: modification de la page de titre et de la disposition du texte.
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> The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
> https://ctan.org/pkg/ulthese
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> https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ulthese/
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Samcarter submitted an update to the
TikZducks
package.
Version: 2.2 2025-12-11
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A little fun package for using rubber ducks in TikZ
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### New
- new accessories: present (many thanks to Carla Maggi)
### Fixed
- randuck: avoid error due to space included in option name
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