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CTAN Update: exsheets
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/exsheets . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/exsheets (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: sty2dtx
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the sty2dtx package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/sty2dtx . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/sty2dtx (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: skeyval
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > (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

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CTAN update: loops
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > (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 For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: keyreader
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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

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CTAN Update: filedate
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the filedate package. Summary description: Access/compare LaTeX file info and modification dates License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * a checking script `fdatechk.tex' is input both by documentation generator and file list generator (`filedate.tex', `srcfiles.tex') - recommendation for using the package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/filedate . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/filedate (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: listofanswers
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

Robert Ipanaqué submitted the new listofanswers package. Summary description: Este paquete permite elaborar una lista de respuestas a ejercicios de matemática en un documento LaTeX. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Este paquete permite elaborar una lista de respuestas a ejercicios de matemática en un documento LaTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/listofanswers . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/listofanswers (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: simplecd
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/simplecd . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/simplecd (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: bropd
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Benjamin Tatlock submitted the new bropd package to CTAN. Summary description: Simplified brackets and differentials License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bropd . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/bropd (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: biblatex-publist
by CTAN Announcements 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * 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

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