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CTAN update: figchild
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '26

10 Nov '26

Fernando de Souza Bastos submitted an update to the figchild package. Version: 3.1.3 2026-11-08 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Pictures for creating children’s activities Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All figure commands now accept TikZ options directly, and the options are applied once to the figure they belong to. Scaling and rotation work as expected again, the package no longer changes global TikZ defaults, and the figure macros no longer introduce unintended surrounding spaces. Several figures were revised and corrected, and the documentation was extended with examples of the advanced usage. All previously available commands and options keep working unchanged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/figchild The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/figchild/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: LatexMk
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '26

10 Nov '26

John Collins submitted an update to the LatexMk package. Version: 4.89 2026-11-08 License: gpl2 Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Implement parallel processing: for documents and for parallelizable rules. (Thanks to Barak Pearlmutter, who piloted github copilot to produce a useful first draft of the parallelization code.) This is experimental. 2. Improve some diagnostic messages. 3. Miscellaneous bug corrections, especially about normalization of filenames on Windows, cygwin and msys. 4. Fixed bug that prevented bibtex from finding somte bib files correctly on cygwin and msys when the default setting $bibtex_fudge = 1 is used and a build directory is used. 5. Fixed problems when multiple parallel instances of lualatex are used and the luatex font cache was initially empty: Sometimes latexmk would incorrectly report not getting stable files. 6. Added hooks compile_begin, compile_end, and variable $compile_status. 7. Ensure that an appropriate number of compilations are done when MiKTeX is used and the .fls file is read by the currfile package (as with its abspath option). 8. Avoid use of time-consuming call to external program to normalize pathnames on cygwin and msys. 9. Avoid excess runs of *latex when biblatex is used. Added two new configuration variables $biblatex_optimize and %biblatex_ignore_pattern. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/latexmk The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/latexmk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: seasonalletters
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 10 Nov '26

10 Nov '26

Aqsa submitted the seasonalletters package. Version: 0.1.0 License: mit Summary description: Configurable seasonal stationery for personal letters Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seasonal Letters is a new LaTeX package for decorative personal correspondence. It combines four seasonal palettes and botanical motifs with seven weekday emblems, offering 28 combinations. Features include plain, ruled and grid backgrounds, lighter decoration for continuation pages, an ink-saving print mode, named themes and support for user-supplied artwork. An optional document class provides a personal-letter layout. The package includes a manual and example documents. All built-in ornaments are vector drawings. Version 0.1.0 has been tested with pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/seasonalletters More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/seasonalletters -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Import citation CFF
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '26

10 Nov '26

Jisoo Song submitted an update to the Import citation CFF package. Version: 0.4.0 2026-11-09 License: mit Summary description: Import Citation File Format metadata into LaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## [0.4.0] - 2026-11-09 ### Added - `l3build install` links the `cfflatexpand` command into `~/.local/bin`, or into `$CFFLATEXPAND_BINDIR`. On Windows, it writes a batch file `cfflatexpand.cmd` instead, by default into `%USERPROFILE%\.local\bin`. - `l3build uninstall` removes the link. - CI and CD also run the tests on Windows. - `cfflatexpand` now has a man page, `cfflatexpand.1`, which the CTAN and TDS archives include. `l3build install --full` installs it and links it into `~/.local/share/man/man1`, and `l3build uninstall` removes it. ### Changed - The CTAN archive no longer includes `import-citation-cff.tds.zip`. GitHub releases attach it instead. - `\includecff` can be used only once in a document. A second call is an error and is ignored. ### Fixed - `cfflatexpand` now correctly expands metadata while ignoring other commands. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/import-citation-cff The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/import-citation-cff/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: babel-french
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '26

10 Nov '26

Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the babel-french bundle. Version: 2026-11-08 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Babel contributed support for French Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- New option "KernFootnotes" replaces short-lived "SwapFootnotes"; -- Syntax fix in Template instance "part" (prefix -> text). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/babel-french The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/french/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: Kanban Board
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '26

09 Nov '26

Andreas Willibald Weber submitted the Kanban Board package. Version: 1.0.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Write Kanban boards in LaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Initial release of kanban-board, a package for Kanban boards in LaTeX. Boards consist of named columns and task cards with a priority, an author, a deadline, a completion marker, and an optional background tint. Calendar deadlines in US, English, German, ISO, and year-first notation and project months relative to a start date are validated and classified as overdue, due now, or upcoming, either against the compilation date or against a fixed reference date for reproducible documents. Two layouts are provided, a fixed equal-height board and a page-breakable board based on paracol, together with light and dark modes, built-in and custom palettes, configurable labels, and tcolorbox style hooks. The package runs with pdfTeX, LuaTeX, and XeTeX and requires LaTeX 2020-10-01 or later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/kanban-board The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/kanban-board/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: geist-font
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '26

09 Nov '26

Andre Anjos submitted an update to the geist-font package. Version: 1.9.2 2026-11-08 License: ofl lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX support for the Geist, Geist Mono and Geist Serif typefaces Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Geist-font 1.9.2 updates the fonts to the upstream vercel/geist-font v1.9.2 release and adds Geist Serif through the new geistserif package, a display serif in four variants. Geist no longer renders a lowercase omega as the capital Omega glyph, and its yen sign is corrected. Widths and kerning of Geist and Geist Mono are unchanged. The version number now follows the upstream font release. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/geist-font The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/geist-font/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: BabelBidi
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '26

09 Nov '26

Amer Amikhteh submitted an update to the BabelBidi package. Version: 0.6.0 2026-11-08 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: An extension to babel’s bidirectional support Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 0.6.0 extends BabelBidi's user-level bidirectional interfaces with directed footnote text and title notes, footnote direction controls, list and bibliography direction, margin-note controls, and two-column ordering. It also adds the `RTLcases` environment and configurable counter separators. The new `extrafootnotefeatures` option enables paragraph and two- to ten-column footnote layouts. These are implemented natively with LuaTeX and pdfTeX and use the corresponding `bidi` facilities with XeTeX. The documentation has also been substantially expanded to cover the new interfaces and their engine-specific behaviour. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/babelbidi The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babelbidi/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: docext
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '26

09 Nov '26

Mingyu Xia submitted updates to the docext package. Current version: 0.2F 2026-11-08 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Extension for documenting LaTeX source files Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Version 0.2E: - `codemo` now cooperates with the LaTeX tagging project. With `\DocumentMetadata{tagging=on}` the code panel is tagged as code, the result panel as a text block, and the surrounding frames are artifacts. The manual itself is typeset with tagging enabled and loads `latex-lab-testphase-l3doc` for the `l3doc` class. - The result panel of `codemo` keeps its full width when the demo body is a single vertical box, such as a display-like environment (`CJKfilltwosides` in `LuaCJK`). A panel is a `\parbox` and takes its width from its content, so the body starts by leaving vertical mode. - `codemo` works in the `article` class again. The panel widths are arithmetic expressions, and `\setlength` understands the subtraction only with `calc` loaded, which `l3doc` provides and `article` does not; both widths are now evaluated with `\dim_eval:n`. - `testfiles/codemo01.lvt` compares the panel width of a text body with that of a one-box body, on all four engines; `testfiles/tagging01.lvt` checks `codemo` with tagging enabled where the engine supports it. ## Version 0.2F: - Fix the `keyval` label alignment in tagged documents. The tagging emulation of `enumitem` does not compute enumitem's widest label, so `keyval` now pins `labelwidth` to `\marginparwidth`, the width `\keys` already scales against, and hangs the label left by the same amount. The `=` signs stay in one column in tagged and untagged documents. - Add `testfiles/keyval01.lvt`, which checks the `=` column when the list is tagged. - `codemo` now cooperates with the LaTeX tagging project. With `\DocumentMetadata{tagging=on}` the code panel is tagged as code, the result panel as a text block, and the surrounding frames are artifacts. The manual itself is typeset with tagging enabled and loads `latex-lab-testphase-l3doc` for the `l3doc` class. - The result panel of `codemo` keeps its full width when the demo body is a single vertical box, such as a display-like environment (`CJKfilltwosides` in `LuaCJK`). A panel is a `\parbox` and takes its width from its content, so the body starts by leaving vertical mode. - `codemo` works in the `article` class again. The panel widths are arithmetic expressions, and `\setlength` understands the subtraction only with `calc` loaded, which `l3doc` provides and `article` does not; both widths are now evaluated with `\dim_eval:n`. - `testfiles/codemo01.lvt` compares the panel width of a text body with that of a one-box body, on all four engines; `testfiles/tagging01.lvt` checks `codemo` with tagging enabled where the engine supports it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/docext The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/docext/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: chemfig
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 09 Nov '26

09 Nov '26

Christian Tellechea submitted an update to the chemfig package. Version: 1.83 2026-11-07 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Draw molecules with easy syntax Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chemfig v1.83 * when `bond join=true`, bond joins between Cram-Cram and Simple-Cram bonds are improved * \polymerdelim macro is supported within the `\hreac...\endhreac` environment so that spaces in its arguments are preserved * manual is typeset using OpTEX * the English manual has been discontinued (hopefully only temporarily) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/generic/chemfig More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/chemfig -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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