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CTAN update: lua-placeholders
by CTAN Announcements 10 May '26

10 May '26

Erik Nijenhuis submitted an update to the lua-placeholders package. Version: 2.0.1 2026-05-09 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Specifying placeholders for demonstration purposes Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Highlights This release is a major step forward for `lua-placeholders`, with expanded placeholder capabilities, broader engine support, improved documentation, and updated build/release automation. ## Added - Added support for date values in placeholders. - Added support for table parameters. - Added support for row-specific parameter resolution in tables. - Added support for list and object cell types. - Added support for list and object parameters. - Added support for nested list, object, and table compositions. - Added support for rendering complex placeholder data structures. - Added plain LuaTeX support, including dedicated tests. - Added hook detection for plain LuaTeX and guarded hook usage where needed. - Added example-based tests. ## Changed - Refactored row-binding logic for table parameters. - Refactored context stack handling for parameter resolution. - Refactored token handling and formatting to better support plain LuaTeX. - Improved placeholder handling for complex types. - Improved documentation for: - Lua dates - table parameters - special characters in table cell values - list and object types - nested compositions - plain LuaTeX usage - parameter types - engine-specific behavior - Removed the `ifthen` dependency. - Updated tests and expected output for the expanded feature set. - Updated build and publish workflows. ## Fixed - Fixed handling of fixed dates in expected test output. - Fixed empty-data rendering behavior for complex placeholder structures. - Fixed and improved build/release workflow configuration. **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Xerdi/lua-placeholders/compare/1.0.3...2.0.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/lua-placeholders The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/lua-placeholders/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: newpax
by CTAN Announcements 10 May '26

10 May '26

Ulrike Fischer submitted an update to the newpax package. Version: 0.58 2026-05-09 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Experimental package to extract and reinsert PDF annotations Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Fixed - error if the destination name is a reference, issue #30 - missing \XeTeXLinkBox with XeTeX due to hyperref change Issues, comments, etc https://github.com/u-fischer/newpax ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/newpax The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/newpax/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: colortbl
by CTAN Announcements 10 May '26

10 May '26

David Carlisle submitted an update to the colortbl package. Version: 1.0l 2026-05-01 License: lppl Summary description: Add colour to LaTeX tables Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to colortbl to add Tagging Sockets and other adjustments to support Tagged PDF. No changes to the document level commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/colortbl The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/colortbl/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: abntexto
by CTAN Announcements 10 May '26

10 May '26

Elayson Abreu submitted an update to the abntexto package. Version: 1.1 2026-05-08 License: pd Summary description: LaTeX class for formatting academic papers in ABNT standards Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A breaking change refers to a change capable of altering older documents if compiled with the current version of the class. - Breaking change. The locators `\listacronymname`, `\listabbreviationname`, and `\listsymbolname` are no longer defined in Portuguese but are initially defined in English (without the presence of babel.sty). This only represents a breaking change in documents that do not load babel, but this is very unlikely; - `\normalsize` is now initialized in `\DeclareOption{10pt}` and `\DeclareOption{11pt}` from now on. - New command `\abntextonote` for inserting notes into tables: `\long\def\note#1{\abntextonote{#1}}` or `\long\def\nt#1{\abntextonote{#1}}`. New commands `\savedabntextonote`, `\abntextonotelabel`, `\printnotebox`; - New command `\setplacepos`; - Added `\gresetORIlabel` to the definition of `subplace`; - The definition of `\alternativesublegend` has been simplified; - New command `\subnote`; - New commands \abntextodecimalcomma, \abntextohyperrefpatch, \abntextodisabledecimalcomma, \abntextodisablehyperrefpatch and \disableautotextual; - New command `\useeletroniclayout`; - Addition to the manual on how the end user can define `\nextoddphysicalpage` to ensure that sections start on the front of the sheets; - Addition to the manual on how the end user can redefine `\bibsetup` to ensure that References are formatted according to NBR~6023:2018; - Addition to the manual regarding the situation where a floating object and a non-floating object are together on the same page with out-of-order numbering. The solution is to avoid floating and non-floating objects on the same page; - Addition to the manual regarding the fact that the latest version is always available on Github (the version on CTAN is not necessarily the most recent); - Addition to the manual: a new subsection on the typographical treatment of quaternary and quinary sections; - In abntexto-exemplo.tex, the abstract in a foreign language must be enclosed in `\selectlanguage`; - In abntexto-exemplo.tex, the cataloging record page cannot have the `\onesidelayout` layout because such a page must be on the back of the title page, therefore `\twosidelayout` was added. In addition, the pre-textual elements were presented on the front side, as recommended by NBR 14724:2024; - The manual stated that "both `\singlesp\onehalfsp` and `\onehalfsp\singlesp` produce the same effect", but this statement is incorrect. The correct statement is "both `\abntsmall\onehalfsp` and `\onehalfsp\abntsmall` produce the same effect"; - The `\sectionmark` in the example in the Headers and Footers section of the Source Code appendix correctly resets `\marks1` from now on; - The commands `\phantomsection`, `\Hy@writebookmark`, and `\NG@gettitle` were defined using `\providecomand`; - A note regarding the occasion when the warning `\tnba@warn@eqbox` (formerly `\tnba@obs@eqbox`) cannot be displayed when it should: during a change in the document's font; - The abntexto-uece class was cited in the manual as a help source for class writers; - Pages in direct quotations in the manual were marked; - An occurrence of NBR 10520 was replaced by NBR 14724 in the manual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/abntexto The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/abntexto/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: dccpaper
by CTAN Announcements 10 May '26

10 May '26

Alex Ball submitted an update to the dccpaper package. Version: 2.7 2026-05-08 License: lppl1.3c cc-by-4 Summary description: Typeset papers for the International Journal of Digital Curation Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release adds support for emulating submissions to the 21st International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC27). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/dccpaper The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/dccpaper/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: utbmciad-report
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '26

09 May '26

Stéphane Galland submitted an update to the utbmciad-report package. Version: 20260508 License: lgpl3 other-nonfree Summary description: A class and configuration file for writing high quality scientific or technical reports Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Minor bug fixes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/utbmciad-report The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/utbmciad-report/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: spim-phdthesisthemes
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '26

09 May '26

Stéphane Galland submitted an update to the spim-phdthesisthemes package. Version: 20260508 License: lgpl3 other-nonfree Summary description: Classes, styles and configuration files for writing PhD dissertations Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Minor bug fixes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/spim-phdthesisthemes The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/spim-phdthesisthemes/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: latex-base-dev
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '26

09 May '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the latex-base-dev package. Version: pre-release 2 2026-06-01 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Development pre-release of the LaTeX kernel Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See draft LaTeX News 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/base More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-base-dev -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: ciad-beamertheme
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '26

09 May '26

Stéphane Galland submitted an update to the ciad-beamertheme package. Version: 20260508 License: lgpl3 other-nonfree Summary description: A beamer theme for creating modern presentations Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Add the 'subtitle=' option to the \part command. * Improve multilingual file inclusion with the command \localized\input{f} now looks for a file whose name includes the current language code. * Fixing the translation mecanism for the titles for outline slides ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/ciad-beamertheme The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer-contrib/themes/ciad-be… ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: na-urmborder
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '26

09 May '26

Naam Mohamed submitted the na-urmborder package. Version: 1.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A package for professional geometric page borders for mathematical documents using umranda and umrandb fonts Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The na-urmborder package provides a collection of professional geometric page borders designed for mathematical documents and educational materials. It utilizes the umranda and umrandb fonts to create high-quality frames with flexible color options. This is a new package contribution by Professor Naam Mohamed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/na-urmborder More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/na-urmborder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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