ctan-ann August 2026

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CTAN update: babel
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 22 Aug '26

22 Aug '26

Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the babel package. Version: 26.11 2026-08-21 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in version 26.11 are described in: https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-26.11.html Here is a summary: * Chinese: new counters `formal` and `informal`. * New calendar `indian` for 15 Indic locales (Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil...). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/babel/base More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/babel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: tagpdf
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 22 Aug '26

22 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the tagpdf package. Version: 1.0e 2026-08-21 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Code for PDF tagging using pdfLaTeX and LuaLaTeX Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [2026-08-21] Version 1.0e ### Added A number of public wrappers around internal functions have been added: - \tag_struct_recordtarget: - \tag_if_tag_known:n - key role/new-attribute* - \tag_struct_map_function:N - \tag_get:nN (with keywords struct_tag and struct_num) - \tag_get:nnN (with keyword struct_C) - \tag_if_struct_exist:nTF - \tag_attr_new:nn ### Changed - adapted para-count message to new names in latex-dev -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tagpdf More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/tagpdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: mitthesis
by CTAN Announcements 22 Aug '26

22 Aug '26

John H. Lienhard submitted an update to the mitthesis package. Version: 1.24 2026-08-21 License: mit Summary description: A LaTeX template for an MIT thesis Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The mitthesis class formats an MIT thesis or dissertation according to the current requirements of the MIT Libraries. This template is appropriate for MIT theses of all types. It can be adapted for other institutions, if desired. This update includes bug fixes, updates to the documentation and sample files, streamlining of some expl3 code, and further improvements to the css file. See README for details. The mitthesis class supports tagged PDF (UA-2, A-4F, WTPDF-1) with LuaLaTeX when using LaTeX formats of 2025/06/01 or later . TeX Live 2022, or a later distribution, is required. TeX Live 2026 or later is recommended. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mitthesis More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/mitthesis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: pst-fractal
by CTAN Announcements 22 Aug '26

22 Aug '26

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pst-fractal package. Version: 0.14 2026-08-21 License: lppl Summary description: Draw fractal sets using PSTricks Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v 0.14 bugfix for pst-fibonacci and lualatex -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fractal More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/pst-fractal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: latex-tagging-status
by CTAN Announcements 22 Aug '26

22 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the latex-tagging-status package. Version: 2026-08-21 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: The LaTeX Tagging Status data Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to the tagging status of coordsys cutwin ducksay ebezier enverb euclideangeometry fixltxhyph lastpage209 lastpage2e lastpageclassic lastpagemodern logsys luadraw multibox nameref niceframe perltex pl46-fonts poemscol program progressbar proof pseudocode qcircuit qtree quantikz quoting schemata testhyphens tocloft turnpageetex turnpagewoetex unicodefonttable xpicture -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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: tocloft
by CTAN Announcements 22 Aug '26

22 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the tocloft package. Version: 3.0b 2026-08-21 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Control table of contents, figures, etc. Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Fixed - missing cftafterZtitle, tagging issue #1537 - spacing with article, issue #63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/tocloft The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tocloft/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: chatui
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 22 Aug '26

22 Aug '26

Nilesh Verma submitted the chatui package. Version: 1.0.0 License: lppl Summary description: Typeset AI chat transcripts as terminal, web, or desktop chat UIs Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the first release of chatui, a LaTeX package for typesetting AI chat transcripts as terminal, web, or desktop chat UIs, in light or dark theme. Features: - chatuser/chatassistant message bubbles - chatthinking reasoning traces, with arrow-bullet steps or plain paragraph mode - chattool tool-call traces, with api/cli/code call styles and JSON payload support - chatimage/chatfile attachments inside a message bubble - long conversations break cleanly across pages, chrome drawn once - fully customisable colours (plain xcolor names) and fonts Full manual: chatui-doc.pdf. Repository: https://github.com/TechyNilesh/chatui -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chatui More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/chatui -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: luatexja
by CTAN Announcements 22 Aug '26

22 Aug '26

Hironori Kitagawa submitted an update to the luatexja package. Version: 20260821.0 License: bsd Summary description: Typeset Japanese with Lua(La)TeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Changed the baseline alignment of \pbox when - outside \pbox is tate direction and \pbox is utod direction (<u>, <z>) - outside \pbox is utod direction and \pbox is tate direction (<t>) * luatexja-fontspec: avoid unnecessary warning (forum:4038) * ltj-latex.sty: added a patch for luamml-patches-amsmath (gh/46) * lltjfont.sty: fix that "\bfseries\gtfamily" did not work (forum:4041) * lltjcore.sty: fix patching \verb (gh/#49) * Enhancement: \jfont and \tfont now accept "down=<real>" and "left=<real>" specitication, which shift characters without changing the imaginary body specified in JFM. These can be used by "Down=<real>" and "Left=<real>" in luatexja-fotnspec. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/luatexja The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatexja/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: beamer
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '26

21 Aug '26

Joseph Wright submitted an update to the beamer package. Version: 3.78 2026-08-20 License: lppl1.3c gpl2+ fdl Summary description: A LaTeX class for producing presentations and slides Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [v3.78] ### NEW - adding `left triangle` templates for itemize and bibliography items, see #967 ### Fixed - redefined `\hyper@natlinkbreak`, see https://github.com/josephwright/beamer/pull/961#issuecomment-4149877759 - shadow colour of covered blocks, see #962 - definition of `\TINY`, see #968 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/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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New on CTAN: exam-rtl
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '26

21 Aug '26

Nadeer Aljaroudi submitted the exam-rtl package. Version: 1.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A LaTeX package for creating professional exams in Arabic (RTL) Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The exam-rtl package is the Arabic/RTL version of exam-ltr. It provides a comprehensive framework for creating professional exams in Arabic and Right-to-Left (RTL) languages. Key features: - 8 Question Types: MC, TF, FillBlank, Ordering, Matching, Essay, ShortAnswer, and ReadingPassage - Automatic answer key generation in teacher mode - Smart randomization of options and matching items - Eastern Arabic numerals and RTL text alignment - Dual-mode output (student/teacher versions) Requires: XeLaTeX, IBM Plex Sans Arabic font. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/exam-rtl More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/exam-rtl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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