ctan-ann August 2026

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CTAN update: luamplib
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 08 Aug '26

08 Aug '26

Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the luamplib package. Version: 2.42.5 2026-08-07 License: gpl2 Summary description: Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- clean up color-related codes (adapt to recent version of l3kernel) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/luamplib -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: repere
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 08 Aug '26

08 Aug '26

Olivier Péault submitted an update to the repere package. Version: 26.07 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: MetaPost macros for secondary school mathematics teachers Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - code change in spline macro - orthogonal projection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/repere More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/repere -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: latex-*-dev
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted updates to the latex-base-dev latex-amsmath-dev latex-graphics-dev latex-tools-dev latex-lab-dev latex-firstaid-dev bundles. Version: pre-release 1 2026-11-01 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Development pre-release of the LaTeX kernel Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ See draft LaTeX News 44 https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews44.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The packages’ Catalogue entries can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-base-dev https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-amsmath-dev https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-graphics-dev https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-tools-dev https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-lab-dev https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-firstaid-dev The packages’ files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/base/ https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/amsmath/ https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/graphics/ https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/tools/ https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/latex-lab/ https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/firstaid/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: biblatex-asa
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

Yuqi Liang submitted the biblatex-asa package. Version: 1.0.0 2026-08-06 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: American Sociological Association (ASA) citation style for biblatex Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial release of biblatex-asa 1.0.0: ASA Style Guide (7th ed.) citation and bibliography style for biblatex/biber, with documentation and examples. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-asa More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-asa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Vincent Goulet 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: siicusp-abstracts
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

Guilherme Ivo submitted the siicusp-abstracts package. Version: 1.1.0 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX package for formatting scientific abstracts according to SIICUSP Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial release of the siicusp-abstracts package. The package provides LaTeX support for formatting scientific initiation papers according to the SIICUSP guidelines. It includes commands for document layout, title formatting, typography, headers, and other required elements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/siicusp-abstracts More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/siicusp-abstracts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: latex-tagging-status
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the latex-tagging-status package. Version: 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: The LaTeX Tagging Status data Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to the tagging status of abntex2 abntex2abrev aligned-overset apacite chbibref cmgraded csvsimple-l3 csvsimple-legacy currvita curves defpattern duplicat etl everyhook expkv expkv-cs expkv-def expkv-opt expkv-pop exscale fapapersize filedate floatbytocbasic floatrowbytocbasic fp-addons fp-basic fp-eqn fp-eval fp-exp fp-pas fp-random fp-snap fp-trigo fp-upn futurans genealogytree gobble gobble-user grabbox hawkdraw hfontsel hypgotoe incgraph isotope lgrmath libgreek longtwocolumn lsabon lscapeenhanced ltugcomn lualineno lucbmath lucidbrb lucidbry lucmin lucmtime luctime makelabels marginnote mathcomp mathstone mathtime matlab-prettifier memhangul-common memhangul-patch memhangul-ucs memhangul-x memucs-enumerate memucs-gremph memucs-interword memucs-interword-x memucs-setspace multienv nanumfontsel newpx newtx newtxsf numerica-plus ob-koreanappendix ob-mathleading ob-nokoreanappendix ob-toclof ob-unfontsdefault obchapterstyles obchaptertoc oblivoir-misc oldstyle optidef pb-diagram pbalance pcarl pdfcol pdfcolparallel pdfcolparcolumns pdfsync pgfmath-xfp picins pxgreeks rcs-multi scalerel scraddr setouterhbox setspaceenhanced settobox simplecv simpler-wick simplewick snotez spanish srcltx svn-multi tascmac tikzfill tikzfill.geomarray tikzfill.hexagon tikzfill.image tikzfill.rhombus titlepic tweaklist txgreeks typearea uarial units vector verdana verifycommand verse versions vmargin xetexko-var xob-amssymb xob-dotemph xob-font xob-hyper xob-lwarp xob-paralist xsimverb zhlineskip zhspacing zref-dotfill zref-hyperref zwgetfdate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/latex-tagging-status More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-tagging-status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: pkgcheck
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

Manfred Lotz submitted an update to the pkgcheck package. Version: 4.1.0 2026-08-05 License: apache2 mit Summary description: CTAN package checker Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## pkgcheck 2026-08-05 (4.1.0) ### Added New errors detection - E0044: wrong permissions for directory in a TDS zip archive - E0045: wrong permissions for a file in a TDS zip archive - E0046: file or directory in a TDS zip archive has special bits on - setuid/setgit bits on files - sticky bit on directories Actually this should not create problems as unpacking a TDS zip archive skips those bits - E0047: file or directory in a package has special bits on - setuid/setgit bits on files - sticky bit on directories In practice this should not happen as unpacking a zip or tar archive skips these bits - Add DetectResult::Pe (Portable Executable) which is `application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable` - file types registered are `.exe`, `.dll`, `.sys`, `.scr`, `.cpl`, `.efi` - permission can be anything as long as the file readable ### Fixed - in some cases the error message for bad permissions was an incomplete output instead of E0002 - many documentation improvements - thanks to @quark67: https://codeberg.org/ManfredLotz/pkgcheck/issues/14 ### Changed - Rust crate updates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/pkgcheck More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/pkgcheck -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: ltx-talk
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

Joseph Wright submitted an update to the ltx-talk package. Version: 0.5.3 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A class for typesetting presentations Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [v0.5.3] - 2026-08-05 ### Fixed - Correct appearance of material which is alerted without an explicit overlay specification (see issue [\#244](https://github.com/josephwright/ltx-talk/issues/244)) - Detect and error on over-specified overlay (see issue [\#245](https://github.com/josephwright/ltx-talk/issues/245)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ltx-talk More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/ltx-talk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: luadraw
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Patrick Fradin submitted an update to the luadraw package. Version: 3.4 2026-08-04 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Lua-based mathematical graphs for LuaLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Addition of functions specific to 2D or 3D paths (conversions). For the method *g:Beginclip(path, inverse)*, the *path* can be a 2D or 3D path. Addition of methods returning the characteristic elements of cylinders, cones, truncated cones, and spheres (outline, visible edge, hidden edge, tangency points, etc.). In the *luadraw_spherical* module: addition of the *g:DSregion()* method. Bug fixes... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/luadraw The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/luadraw/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: arabdoc
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Nibras Abo Alzahab submitted the arabdoc bundle. Version: 1.0.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: One-line Arabic RTL setup for XeLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A new package collection, arabdoc, provides a one-line Arabic right-to-left setup for XeLaTeX, replacing 15–25 lines of fragile preamble with a single \usepackage call. The collection consists of four packages: arabdoc-setup (core RTL stack), arabdoc document classes (arabdoc-article, arabdoc-book, arabdoc-report, arabdoc-thesis), arabdoc-glossary (bilingual glossary and acronym management), and arabdoc-bib (Arabic bibliography with biblatex). Options include font selection, numeral style, calendar, caption overrides, and legal-style section numbering. Requires XeLaTeX with bidi, polyglossia, and fontspec. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/arabdoc The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/arabdoc/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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