ctan-ann July 2026

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CTAN update: hawkdraw
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '26

22 Jul '26

Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the hawkdraw package. Version: 0.5.0 2026-07-20 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Draw vector graphics using l3draw with a simple syntax Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Fixing bug in pattern module; - Improving syntax parser; - Improving style setting mechanism; - Improving anchoring of nodes by degree; - Adding option to unset stroke and fill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/hawkdraw More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/hawkdraw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: setbuilder
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '26

22 Jul '26

Vseslav Sekorin submitted the setbuilder package. Version: 0.1 2026-07-19 License: mit Summary description: Mathematical sets with correctly scaled braces and separator Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ setbuilder is a new package providing smart set-builder notation: \set{x \given x > 0} typesets the braces and the separator bar with correct spacing, offers automatic (\set*) and fixed (\set[\Big]) scaling of both braces and separator, a "colon" style option, and a synonym= option for name-conflict-free usage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/setbuilder The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/setbuilder/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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-dev
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '26

21 Jul '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3kernel-dev package. Version: 2026-07-20 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Development pre-release of l3kernel Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [2026-07-20] ### Fixed - Parsing of numeric region subtags in `\text_bcp_parse:n` (fixes \#1936) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/l3kernel More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel-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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New on CTAN: luabreakurl
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '26

21 Jul '26

Klaus Rindfrey submitted the luabreakurl package. Version: 1.00 License: mit Summary description: Breakable URLs with configurable continuation marks for LuaLaTeX Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial public release of the package. luabreakurl provides breakable URLs for LuaLaTeX with configurable continuation marks while preserving clickable hyperlinks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/luabreakurl More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/luabreakurl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: l3backend-dev
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 21 Jul '26

21 Jul '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3backend-dev package. Version: 2026-07-20 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX3 backend drivers (dev) Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [2026-07-20] ### Fixed - Setting of `\current@color` for separations in DVI-based routes (including XeTeX) (see \#1938) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/l3backend More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3backend-dev -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: l3build
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '26

21 Jul '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3build package. Version: 2026-07-20 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ### Changed - Revise method for printing LaTeX version information in raw `.log` ### Fixed - Ensure first-time CTAN upload re-validates as a new package instead of running the curl config as a shell script (issue \#468) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3build The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3build/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: hust-beamer
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '26

21 Jul '26

Yang Wang submitted the hust-beamer package. Version: 0.7.1 License: cc-by-sa-4 lppl1.3c Summary description: An unofficial 16:9 Beamer theme for Huazhong University of Science and Technology Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a new package submission. The theme code and original documentation are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. The four bundled HUST vector PDFs are compiled outputs from hustvisual v1.0.0 (LPPL 1.3c); rights in the HUST institutional marks remain separate from those software licenses. The maintainer is coordinating with Huazhong University of Science and Technology regarding use and redistribution of the institutional identity. Please advise if a different CTAN catalogue license classification is preferred. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer-contrib/themes/hust-be… More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/hust-beamer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: changebar
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '26

21 Jul '26

Johannes L. Braams submitted an update to the changebar package. Version: 3.7g 2026-07-19 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Generate changebars in LaTeX documents Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ An update to the changebar package which improves processing time when processing large documents with a large number of changebars. The update was supplied by Nicholas Cole who supplied patch files. Nicholas reported a reduction of processing time from 40 minutes to 40 seconds for a 691 page document. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/changebar The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/changebar/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: hanzibox
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 21 Jul '26

21 Jul '26

Nan Geng submitted an update to the hanzibox package. Version: 2.3.1 2026-07-19 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Boxed Chinese characters with Pinyin above and translation below Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Replace command \draw_linewidth:n with \draw_set_linewidth:n and \draw_dash_pattern:nn with \draw_set_dash_pattern:nn, as l3draw change \draw_linewidth:n to \draw_set_linewidth:n and \draw_dash_pattern:nn to \draw_set_dash_pattern:nn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/hanzibox More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/hanzibox -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '26

20 Jul '26

Jürgen Spitzmüller submitted an update to the polyglossia package. Version: 2.11 2026-07-19 License: mit lppl1.3 cc0 Summary description: An alternative to babel for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bug fixes * Allow again to load polyglossia at begindocument/before (#705). New Features * The languages selected in the language and other-languages keys in \DocumentMetadata are now used as main and other languages. You can suppress this with the metadata option (#699). * Support the (void) \cyr macro which is used in Russian hyperref captions. * Add the chinesecal package for typesetting dates in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, together with a calendar option and a \chinesedate command for the Chinese language (LuaLaTeX only). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/polyglossia The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/unicodetex/latex/polyglossia/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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