ctan-ann March 2026

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CTAN update: l3experimental
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3experimental package. Version: 2026-02-18 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Experimental LaTeX3 concepts Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Changed - Track `expl3` core changes ### Removed - `xgalley`: no longer distributed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3experimental The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: l3backend
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3backend bundle. Version: 2026-02-18 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX3 backend drivers Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Changes - Track `expl3` core changes - Opacity support to allow non-grouped versions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3backend The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/l3backend/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: l3kernel
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3kernel bundle. Version: 2026-03-20 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [2026-03-20] ### Added - `en`-type variants of `\text_...case:nn` ### Changed - Adjust internal expansion in case functions to support `biblatex` (transitional measure) ## [2026-03-16] ### Added - `\box_(g)frame:Nnn` and `\box_(g)underline:Nnn` - `\vbox:w`, `\vbox_top:w`, `\vbox_center:w` and their `:nw` and `_to_ht:nw` versions - Debugging switch `check-assertions`, `\debug_assert:nN(n)`, and `\debug_assert:nn(n)` (issue \#1840) ### Changed - Apply `\text_declare_purify_equivalent:Nn` to commands immediately following `\protect` - Adjust `\vbox_center:nn` to give identical dimensions to `\vcenter` ## [2026-02-18] ### Added - `\coffin_pole:Nn` - `\dim_horizontal:(n|N|c)` and `\dim_vertical:(n|N|c)` - `\keyval_map_inline:nnn`, `\keyval_map_break:`, and `\keyval_map_break:n` - `\msg_expandable_error:nneee` and related `e`-type variants - `\vbox_center:n`, `\vbox_center:nn`, `\vbox:nn` and `\vbox_top:nn` - `\vbox_top_to_ht:nn` and `\vbox_center_to_ht:nn` - `\opacity_begin:n`/`\opacity_end:` and fill/stroke versions - Efficient `v`-type variants for `\dim_compare:nNn(TF)` and `\int_compare:nNn(TF)` - `\text_bcp_parse:n` ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/l3kernel/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: spotxcolor
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

Munehiro Yamamoto submitted an update to the spotxcolor package. Version: 1.7 2026-03-29 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Modern spot color support for the xcolor package Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.6 : Add support for LaTeX’s pdfmanagement layer (\DocumentMetadata{}). Version 1.7 : Fix pdfmanagement detection to use the public API. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/spotxcolor The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/spotxcolor/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: rpgicons
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the rpgicons package. Version: 2.7.0 2026-03-30 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Icons for tabletop role-playing games Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Added default replacement text provided if tagging is active in PGF variant. - Added alias names for dice shapes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/rpgicons The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/rpgicons/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: tokstools
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

Christian Tellechea submitted the tokstools package. Version number: 0.1 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Tools for manipulating tokens Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tokstools v0.1 -------------- Tools for tokens: match, replacement, capture, etc. Initial release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/generic/tokstools More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/tokstools ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: booktabstabular
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

Moritz R. Schäfer submitted the booktabstabular package. Version number: 1.0.0 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Automatic application of the booktabs style Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The booktabstabular package provides wrapper environments around tabular and tabular* that insert \toprule at the beginning, \bottomrule at the end, and locally remap the legacy \hline and \cline commands to their booktabs equivalents \midrule and \cmidrule. It also provides commands to temporarily override the standard tabular and tabular* environments so that existing documents can opt into this behaviour without rewriting each table. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/booktabstabular More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/booktabstabular ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: chempid
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '26

30 Mar '26

Roel Raike submitted an update to the chempid package. Version: 1.0.1 License: mit Summary description: Draw Piping and Instrumentation diagrams using TikZ via PGF Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added examples in the documentation to clarify use of package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/chempid The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/chempid/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: corasdiagram
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '26

30 Mar '26

Fabian Robert Smith submitted the corasdiagram package. Version: 0.1.2 2026-03-28 License: mit Summary description: A LaTeX package for authoring CORAS risk management diagrams Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- corasdiagram is a new LaTeX package for authoring CORAS risk management diagrams. It provides reusable notation macros for asset, threat, risk, treatment, and treatment overview diagrams, together with packaged icon assets, documented examples, and high-level analysis tables. Version 0.1.2 is the first CTAN release and supports both pdflatex and lualatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/corasdiagram The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/corasdiagram/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: spotxcolor
by CTAN Announcements 29 Mar '26

29 Mar '26

Munehiro Yamamoto submitted an update to the spotxcolor package. Version: 1.5 2026-03-28 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Modern spot color support for the xcolor package Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fix PDF Name space escaping (ISO 32000-7.3.5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/spotxcolor The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/spotxcolor/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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