ctan-ann May 2026

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CTAN update: lua-placeholders
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 20 May '26

20 May '26

Erik Nijenhuis submitted an update to the lua-placeholders package. Version number: 2.0.2 2026-05-19 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Specifying placeholders for demonstration purposes Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugs fixes: - Fixed "Incomplete \ifx" when \loadrecipe was called more than once with recipes that declared the same bool key. - Fixed namespace.parse_filename returning the wrong segment for paths whose parent directory contained a dot (e.g. ~/texmf.d/<dir>/x.yaml resolved to "texmf" instead of "x"). - \loadrecipe now raises an error when a second call resolves to a namespace name that already has a recipe loaded, instead of silently overwriting it ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/lua-placeholders More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/lua-placeholders ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: texlive-dummy-fedora
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 20 May '26

20 May '26

Hendrik G Seliger submitted an update to the texlive-dummy-fedora package. Version number: 2026-05-19 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Dummy TeX Live RPM for use with Fedora and similar distributions Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added all provisions in Fedora 44 provided by tex-cjw, tex-preview and all texlive\* packages, sorted and made unique. The list is now longer, should stop F44 reliably from installing anything related to texlive (and probably a lot too much, but if anyone find something that should **not** be in this dummy, please let me know). The sorting removed any comments from the list of Provides:, but that should be no real problem. The current sources for this package are maintained on Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/HSeliger/texlive-dummy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/texlive/texlive-dummy/Fedora More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/texlive-dummy-fedora ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: appendixnumberbeamer
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '26

20 May '26

Jérôme Lelong submitted an update to the appendixnumberbeamer package. Version: 1.2.1 License: gpl3 Summary description: Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fix a division by 0 when the theme uses a progress bar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer-contrib/appendixnumber… More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/appendixnumberbeamer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz 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: modernruler
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '26

20 May '26

Kosei Kawaguchi submitted an update to the modernruler package. Version: 2.2.0 2026-05-19 License: mit Summary description: Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.2.0: Core Stabilization and Modernization These updates significantly harden the package's internal engine against edge-case bugs and conflicts, with no changes to the user-facing API. Key stability improvements include: Prevented Register Collisions: Migrated from shared TeX scratch registers to isolated expl3 namespace variables to prevent conflicts with other packages. Eliminated Synchronization Risks: Deduplicated redundant rendering logic for boxes and rules to prevent inconsistent states. Optimized I/O & Robustness: Streamlined .aux file writes and fully transitioned legacy TeX primitives to the modern, stable expl3 framework. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/modernruler More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/modernruler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz 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: pst-eqhz
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '26

20 May '26

Herbert Voß submitted the pst-eqhz package. Version: 0.01 License: lppl Summary description: Superposition of the horizontal and equatorial coordinate systems Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The objective was to create a command enabling the superposition of the horizontal and equatorial coordinate systems, as previously demonstrated by Hyomin Kim:(https://web.njit.edu/~hmkim/phys322/Phy_322_Basics_2019Spring.pdf) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-eqhz More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/pst-eqhz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz 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: simplebnf
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '26

20 May '26

Jay Lee submitted an update to the simplebnf package. Version: 1.1.0 License: mit Summary description: A simple package to format Backus-Naur form (BNF) Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This new version provides 1. full-line comments with `\bnfcomment{}` comamnd; 2. line-break delimiter (defaults to `\\`) for long production alternatives; 3. an updated manual, typeset using LuaLaTeX. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/simplebnf More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/simplebnf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz 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: fundus
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '26

20 May '26

Gerd Neugebauer submitted an update to the fundus bundle. Version: License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Providing LaTeX access to various font families Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The address of the repository and of the author have been changed. No functional changes have been integrated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/fundus The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fundus/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: unibidi-lua
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 20 May '26

20 May '26

Udi Fogiel submitted an update to the unibidi-lua package. Version number: 1.0 2026-05-19 License type: gpl2 Summary description: Unicode bidi algorithm implementation for various LuaTeX formats Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There was some extensive work for this version. * Support for directional isolates was added * The implementation now passes all the tests in [BidiTest.txt](https://www.unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest/ucd/BidiTest.txt) and [BidiCharacterTest.txt](https://www.unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest/ucd/BidiCh… * There are now functions which operates on Lua strings, not just nodes * The Lua and TeX APIs were extended * The core Lua module can be used in plain Lua as well The API can be considered stable now. The code has diverged from the original ConTeXt implementation due to the extensive changes and additions made in this version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/unibidi-lua More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/unibidi-lua ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: pst-fun
by CTAN Announcements 19 May '26

19 May '26

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pst-fun package. Version: 0.06 2026-05-18 License: lppl Summary description: Draw “funny” objects with PSTricks Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..... pst-fun.tex 0.06 2026-05-18 added \psHuman with type=[A,B] 2013-05-04 added \psDog ..... pst-fun.pro 0.02 2026-05-18 added tx@humanA[B] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/pst-fun The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fun/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: hvfloat
by CTAN Announcements 19 May '26

19 May '26

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the hvfloat package. Version: 2.57 2026-05-18 License: lppl Summary description: Controlling captions, fullpage and doublepage floats Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix for \hv@@capPos ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/hvfloat The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/hvfloat/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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