Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the
exsheets
package.
Summary description: Yet another package for the creation of exercise sheets.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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* possibility to create custom {tasks} environments with NewTasks
* generally improved {tasks} environments
* improved behavior when used with KOMA-Script's parskip option
* a series of minor fixes
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Rainer Schöpf
Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the
sty2dtx
package.
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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This updated fixed the broken support for single-character options inside the
config file. In addition some coding improvements where added.
Many thanks go to Robin Schneider for providing patches for this.
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Rainer Schöpf
quoth the daemon:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: skeyval
> Author's name: Ahmed Musa
> Package version: 1.1a
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/skeyval/
> Summary description: Key-value parsers that combine the features of xkeyval and pgfkeys - and more.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> (1) Values of choice keys (key type '.choice' in the handlers '.define keys' and '.new keys') are no longer automatically converted into lowercase before matching them against the state pattern of the key. The key type '.choice*' has been introduced. This type will automatically convert user values into lowercase before matching them in the singleton.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/skeyval.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/skeyval/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
and again, the daemon cried...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: loops
> Author's name: Ahmed Musa
> Package version: 1.1
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/loops/
> Summary description: Generic looping macros, including extensions to PGF's foreach.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> (1) The key 'reverse list' has been added in
ewforeach and foreachfox to allow users to automatically reverse their lists prior to processing. See the rationale at http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/77612/how-to-invert-list-used-for-a-….
> (2) The keys 'expand list once', 'expand list twice' and 'expand list' (or 'fully expand list') have been added in
ewforeach and foreachfox.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/loops.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/loops/
Robin Fairbairns
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the daemon told me:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: keyreader
> Author's name: Ahmed Musa
> Package version: 0.5b
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/keyreader/
> Summary description: Robust interfaces to xkeyval package.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> Choice keys can't have outer-braced default or user-supplied
> values. Outer-braced values may not have been given in the state
> pattern. Hence the outer braces are removed automatically internally
> before matching the value against the singleton. Also, key values are
> no longer converted into lowercase before matching against the state
> pattern.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/keyreader.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/keyreader/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
filedate
package.
Summary description: Access/compare LaTeX file info and modification dates
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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* a checking script `fdatechk.tex' is input both by
documentation generator and file list generator
(`filedate.tex', `srcfiles.tex')
- recommendation for using the package
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http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/filedate
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Daniel Majoros submitted an update to the
simplecd
package.
Summary description: Simple CD, DVD covers for printing and many more
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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- Rewrote the drawing mechanism, covers will never be resized based on content
- Added support for 60 and 80 millimeter disks
- Added sleeve for lever arch files
- Added layouts: ready-to-use designs for cover content
- Added disk images
- Added troubleshooting and font size section into the documentation
- Added examples tex and pdf files
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http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/simplecd
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Benjamin Tatlock submitted the new
bropd
package to CTAN.
Summary description: Simplified brackets and differentials
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The bropd package simplifies the process of writing differential operators and
brackets in LaTeX. The commands facilitate the easy manipulation of equations
involving brackets and allow partial differentials to be expressed in an
alternate form.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bropd
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Rainer Schöpf
the daemon reported:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: biblatex-publist
> Author's name: Jürgen Spitzmüller
> Package version: 0.4
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/
> Summary description: BibLaTeX support for publication lists
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> * V. 0.4 (2012-10-30):
> - More robust name parsing (especially for names with
> non-ASCII characters encoded with LaTeX macros).
> - Add omitname command.
> - Support firstinits option.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-publist.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team