J. A. Corbal submitted the
screenwriter
package.
Version number: 1.0.2 2026-05-10
License type: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Write film and television screenplays
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screenwriter.cls -- A simple LaTeX document class for writing film and
television screenplays.
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The Tsinghua University TUNA Association submitted an update to the
thuthesis
package.
Version: 7.7.0 2026-05-10
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Thesis template for Tsinghua University
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This version contains numerous bug fixes atop v7.6.0, and
adapts to the latest changes of April 2026 format for
undergraduate students.
All users should use the latest version for submission.
For detailed changes, please refer to:
* https://github.com/tuna/thuthesis/releases/tag/v7.7.0
* https://github.com/tuna/thuthesis/compare/v7.6.0...v7.7.0
* https://github.com/tuna/thuthesis/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
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Naam Mohamed submitted the
na-fancyborders
package.
Version: 1.0
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Artistic TikZ page borders for educational documents and exams
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I am pleased to announce the initial release (v1.0) of the 'na-fancyborders' package. This package
provides a set of artistic and decorative page borders created with TikZ, specifically designed for
educational materials, exams, and certificates. It supports both pdfLaTeX and XeLaTeX, offering
easy-to-use commands to enhance the visual presentation of documents.
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Akira Yamaji submitted an update to the
mcf2graph
package.
Version: 5.30 2026-05-10
License: mit
Summary description: Draw chemical structure diagrams with MetaPost
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-change syntax of <n,#n,##,@n,&n,|,||,>,p_,n_
<n => ^n
a>b => a^b
#n => `n
## => `
@n => n:
&n => :n
| => <
|| => >
p_ => p
n_ => n
-update mcf2graph.mp
-update MCF manual,example
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Berik I. Tuleuov submitted the
babel-kazakh
package.
Version: 1.0
License: lppl
Summary description: Kazakh language support for pdf/Xe/LuaLaTeX with babel and polyglossia
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Official support for Kazakh language.
pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX supported with babel and polyglossia.
Also tested with biblatex.
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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
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## 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
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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
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### 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
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David Carlisle submitted an update to the
colortbl
package.
Version: 1.0l 2026-05-01
License: lppl
Summary description: Add colour to LaTeX tables
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Update to colortbl to add Tagging Sockets and other adjustments
to support Tagged PDF.
No changes to the document level commands.
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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
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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.
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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
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This release adds support for emulating submissions to the
21st International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC27).
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