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CTAN update: l3kernel
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3kernel bundle. Version: 2026-03-20 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [2026-03-20] ### Added - `en`-type variants of `\text_...case:nn` ### Changed - Adjust internal expansion in case functions to support `biblatex` (transitional measure) ## [2026-03-16] ### Added - `\box_(g)frame:Nnn` and `\box_(g)underline:Nnn` - `\vbox:w`, `\vbox_top:w`, `\vbox_center:w` and their `:nw` and `_to_ht:nw` versions - Debugging switch `check-assertions`, `\debug_assert:nN(n)`, and `\debug_assert:nn(n)` (issue \#1840) ### Changed - Apply `\text_declare_purify_equivalent:Nn` to commands immediately following `\protect` - Adjust `\vbox_center:nn` to give identical dimensions to `\vcenter` ## [2026-02-18] ### Added - `\coffin_pole:Nn` - `\dim_horizontal:(n|N|c)` and `\dim_vertical:(n|N|c)` - `\keyval_map_inline:nnn`, `\keyval_map_break:`, and `\keyval_map_break:n` - `\msg_expandable_error:nneee` and related `e`-type variants - `\vbox_center:n`, `\vbox_center:nn`, `\vbox:nn` and `\vbox_top:nn` - `\vbox_top_to_ht:nn` and `\vbox_center_to_ht:nn` - `\opacity_begin:n`/`\opacity_end:` and fill/stroke versions - Efficient `v`-type variants for `\dim_compare:nNn(TF)` and `\int_compare:nNn(TF)` - `\text_bcp_parse:n` ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/l3kernel/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: spotxcolor
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

Munehiro Yamamoto submitted an update to the spotxcolor package. Version: 1.7 2026-03-29 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Modern spot color support for the xcolor package Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.6 : Add support for LaTeX’s pdfmanagement layer (\DocumentMetadata{}). Version 1.7 : Fix pdfmanagement detection to use the public API. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/spotxcolor The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/spotxcolor/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: rpgicons
by CTAN Announcements 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the rpgicons package. Version: 2.7.0 2026-03-30 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Icons for tabletop role-playing games Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Added default replacement text provided if tagging is active in PGF variant. - Added alias names for dice shapes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/rpgicons The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/rpgicons/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: tokstools
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

Christian Tellechea submitted the tokstools package. Version number: 0.1 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Tools for manipulating tokens Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tokstools v0.1 -------------- Tools for tokens: match, replacement, capture, etc. Initial release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/generic/tokstools More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/tokstools ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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New on CTAN: booktabstabular
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

Moritz R. Schäfer submitted the booktabstabular package. Version number: 1.0.0 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Automatic application of the booktabs style Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The booktabstabular package provides wrapper environments around tabular and tabular* that insert \toprule at the beginning, \bottomrule at the end, and locally remap the legacy \hline and \cline commands to their booktabs equivalents \midrule and \cmidrule. It also provides commands to temporarily override the standard tabular and tabular* environments so that existing documents can opt into this behaviour without rewriting each table. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/booktabstabular More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/booktabstabular ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: chempid
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '26

30 Mar '26

Roel Raike submitted an update to the chempid package. Version: 1.0.1 License: mit Summary description: Draw Piping and Instrumentation diagrams using TikZ via PGF Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added examples in the documentation to clarify use of package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/chempid The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/chempid/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: corasdiagram
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '26

30 Mar '26

Fabian Robert Smith submitted the corasdiagram package. Version: 0.1.2 2026-03-28 License: mit Summary description: A LaTeX package for authoring CORAS risk management diagrams Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- corasdiagram is a new LaTeX package for authoring CORAS risk management diagrams. It provides reusable notation macros for asset, threat, risk, treatment, and treatment overview diagrams, together with packaged icon assets, documented examples, and high-level analysis tables. Version 0.1.2 is the first CTAN release and supports both pdflatex and lualatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/corasdiagram The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/corasdiagram/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: spotxcolor
by CTAN Announcements 29 Mar '26

29 Mar '26

Munehiro Yamamoto submitted an update to the spotxcolor package. Version: 1.5 2026-03-28 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Modern spot color support for the xcolor package Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fix PDF Name space escaping (ISO 32000-7.3.5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/spotxcolor The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/spotxcolor/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: onlinebrief24
by CTAN Announcements 29 Mar '26

29 Mar '26

Francesco Luciano submitted an update to the onlinebrief24 package. Version: 2026-03-27 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Class for DIN 5008 type-B business letters for use with onlinebrief24.de Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release adds extensibility features, improves code quality, and expands documentation and test coverage. New commands: - \addfooteritem{icon}{text} appends custom items to the modern-mode footer (fontawesome5 icon + label, separated by the standard vertical bar) - \addinfoblockrow{label}{value} appends custom rows to the DIN-style information block (empty values are silently omitted) - \setinfoblocktopoffset, \setinfoblockrightedge, \setinfoblockcolwidths allow tuning the information-block position and column widths from the document preamble without editing the class file Bug fixes: - Fixed a bug where empty lines between localized label blocks could cause unwanted \par tokens during class loading - Replaced non-ASCII characters in comments and guides labels with ASCII-safe variants for improved robustness across all TeX engines Internationalization: - Expanded localized infoblock labels: now fully supports and verifies german, english, french, spanish, italian, dutch, and polish - Dedicated ngerman infoblock label duplicates dropped; the German labels now serve as the shared fallback for both German variants Internal improvements: - Return-address font size centralised as named macros to eliminate duplication - DIN 5008 window coordinates extracted as named macros for maintainability - KOMA-Script internal macros used in \opening are now fully documented with rationale and risk/mitigation notes Documentation: - New Guides Mode section explaining the DIN 5008 zone overlay - New Extensibility section covering \addfooteritem, \addinfoblockrow, and the layout-tuning API ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/onlinebrief24 The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/onlinebrief24/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: markdown
by CTAN Announcements 28 Mar '26

28 Mar '26

Vít Starý Novotný submitted an update to the markdown package. Version: 3.14.1-0-g68371ac4 2026-03-27 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Converting and rendering markdown documents inside TeX Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ## 3.14.1 (2026-03-27) ### Fixes This version of the Markdown package has fixed the following issues: - Collapse spaces at the end of a line, even if these spaces originate from HTML entities. (reported by @jonathan-gruber-jg in #618, fixed in #624) - Do not consume blank lines following a line from a line block. (#627, #629) This prevents bad interactions between a preceding line block and a following pipe table when the `lineBlocks` and `pipeTables` options are enabled. - Distinguish pure comment lines from partial comment lines. (#628, #630) This prevents pure comment lines from being treated as extra blank lines for the purpose of distinguishing between inter-block and paragraph separators. - Strip trailing spaces from table captions with attributes. (reported by @lostenderman in #638, fixed in #639) - Fix acronyms breaking various elements. (reported in #625, fixed by @lostenderman in #626) ### Continuous integration This version of the Markdown package has made the following changes to our continuous integration: - Bump `crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages` from 4 to 5. (added by @dependabot in #632) - Bump `actions/upload-artifact` from 6 to 7. (added by @dependabot in #633) - Bump `docker/login-action` from 3 to 4. (added by @dependabot in #634) - Migrate from deprecated `TeX-Live/setup-texlive-action@v3` to `zauguin/install-texlive@v4`. (#636, 3c4c6bb0) - Test the package on both TeX Live 2025 and 2026. (#631, ff23b28..81928d7, 1a98fa99..c7ef926a) ### Miscellaneous This version of the Markdown package has made the following other changes: - Replace `mtxrun --luatex --generate` with `context --generate --luatex` in the user manual and `Dockerfile`. (@hanshagen and @gucci-on-fleek in #637) ## 3.14.0 (2026-02-26) ### Enhancements This version of the Markdown package has made the following new enhancements: - Support the new prepending (`^=`) and appending (`$=`) operators for renderers and renderer prototypes. (#232, #617) - Support the prepending and appending operators (`^=`, `+=`, and `$=`) for comma-list options like `extensions`. (#232, #621) - In theme `witiko/diagrams`, add parameter `command` for Mermaid diagrams. (#616, #622) For example, you can use different icon packs as follows: ```` tex \documentclass{article} \usepackage[import=witiko/diagrams@v2]{markdown} \begin{document} \begin{markdown} ``` mermaid {command = "mmdc --iconPacks '@iconify-json/logos'"} architecture-beta group api(logos:aws-lambda)[API] service db(logos:aws-aurora)[Database] in api service disk1(logos:aws-glacier)[Storage] in api service disk2(logos:aws-s3)[Storage] in api service server(logos:aws-ec2)[Server] in api db:L -- R:server disk1:T -- B:server disk2:T -- B:db ``` \end{markdown} \end{document} ```` - Recognize acronyms, initialisms, and other all-caps sequences. (suggested by @witiko, @michal-h21, and @TeXhackse in #615 and at [matrix.org][matrix-615], implemented in #623 and e2747530..3e14fa11) For example, you can automatically format acronyms in your LaTeX documents as follows: ``` tex \documentclass{article} \usepackage[plain]{markdown} \markdownSetup { % Format the following words as acronyms. acronyms = {HTML, YAML}, % We can also easily fill this list from e.g. YAML and other external sources. renderers = { % Format acronyms as small caps. acronym = \textsc{\MakeLowercase{#1}}, }, } \begin{document} \begin{markdown} HTML and YAML are two staples of modern tooling that often get mentioned in the same breath, even though they live in very different layers of the stack. \end{markdown} \end{document} ``` The default definitions for LaTeX also provide support for explicit markup for acronyms, as well as an integration with the `glossaries` package: ``` tex \documentclass{article} \usepackage{microtype, hyperref} \usepackage[acronym]{glossaries} \makeglossaries \newacronym{html}{HTML}{hypertext markup language} \newacronym{yaml}{YAML}{yet another markup language} \usepackage[bracketed_spans]{markdown} \begin{document} \begin{markdown} HTML and YAML are two staples of modern tooling that often get mentioned in the same breath, even though they live in very different layers of the stack. You may also use explicit markup: [HTML]{.acronym}. This works even if the acronym hasn't been registered with the glossaries package: [JSON]{.acronym}. \end{markdown} \printacronyms \end{document} ``` Compile the above example document `⟨filename⟩.tex` with the following commands: ``` lualatex ⟨filename⟩.tex makeglossaries ⟨filename⟩ lualatex ⟨filename⟩.tex ``` If you are not using the default definitions for LaTeX (for example, when loading the package with the `plain` or `noDefaults` options), you can import the `glossaries` acronyms manually as follows: ``` tex \markdownSetup { import = witiko/glossaries@v1, snippet = witiko/glossaries/import-acronyms, } ``` - Allow absolute snippet names in `\markdownSetupSnippet { ... }` and `\markdownSetup { snippet = ... }`. (#623) Absolute snippet names are prefixed with a slash (`/`). The leading slash is stripped, and the remaining name is used as-is. In contrast, relative snippet names are prefixed with the name of the currently processed theme, if any. For consistency, a leading slash may also be used in `\markdownSetup { theme = ... }` and `{ import = ... }`. Theme names, however, are currently always absolute, so the slash is only a syntactic normalization and has no semantic effect. For example, the following code also imports the `glossaries` acronyms: ``` tex \markdownSetup { import = /witiko/glossaries@v1, snippet = /witiko/glossaries/import-acronyms, } ``` The slash before `witiko/glossaries/import-acronyms` ensures that the correct snippet is loaded even when used from within another theme. Without the leading slash, the snippet name would instead be resolved as `⟨current theme name⟩/witiko/glossaries/import-acronyms`. By contrast, the slash before `witiko/glossaries@v1` is optional and provided only for consistency. Therefore, the following code would have the same effect: ``` tex \markdownSetup { import = witiko/glossaries@v1, snippet = /witiko/glossaries/import-acronyms, } ``` [matrix-615]: https://matrix.to/#/!pznomuvubVyxElflTe:matrix.org/$PSrg2dlpGUMastZzUGOpm08… ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/markdown The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/generic/markdown/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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