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New on CTAN: NewTX
by CTAN Announcements 08 May '12

08 May '12

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: NewTX > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Package version: 0.91 > Location on CTAN: fonts/ > Summary description: New version of txfonts, with improved metrics and options. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Splits txfonts.sty into two independent packages, ntxtext.sty and ntxmath.sty, > each with fixes and enhancements. The latter has been remetrized to provide > a less tight appearance, and to provide a libertine option that substitutes > Libertine italic and Greek letter for the existing math italic and Greek glyphs, > making a math package that matches Libertine text quite well. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/NewTX.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: easyfig
by CTAN Announcements 07 May '12

07 May '12

the daemon calls ... and i respond: > Name of contribution: easyfig > Author's name: Martin Scharrer > Package version: v1.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/easyfig/ > Summary description: Fix for placement key. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This upload removes a bug related to the placement key. > Also an error in the non-e-TeX fallback code got fixed. 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/easyfig.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/easyfig/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: xeCJK
by CTAN Announcements 07 May '12

07 May '12

On Mon, 7 May 2012 Leo Liu submitted an update to the xecjk package. Summary description: A package written for XeLaTeX which allows users to typeset CJK scripts easily License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a major update for TL 2012. A new maintainer Qing Lee joined in the project and the whole xeCJK package has been rewrited in LaTeX3 syntax. * More commands to specify CJK fonts; * New commands to specify different fonts for different unicode sub-blocks; * Ability to specify the width of the puctuations; * Enhanced `CheckSingle' option; * CJK scripts in math mode; * Better compatible compatiblity with polyglossia and other packages; * Many bug fixes... Note: The documentation has been rewrited but only in Chinese now. English document may be updated in later version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xecjk (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: chemmacros
by CTAN Announcements 07 May '12

07 May '12

On Mon, 7 May 2012 Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the chemmacros package. Summary description: macros and commands for chemists License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - new environment `experimental' - more greek letters for the iupac command - small adjustments to the iupac commands | and - - bug fix: option `upgreek' is now working and was renamed to `greek' - proper language support - ch now bypasses ef{}, label{}, and intertext{} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chemmacros/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chemmacros (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: currfile
by CTAN Announcements 07 May '12

07 May '12

On Sun, 6 May 2012 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the currfile package. Summary description: Support for absolute file paths and real main file name License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update provides the new options abspath and realmainfile which enable absolute file directories and paths and the determination of the real main file name if -jobname is set to a different name. These features are implemented using the new sub-package currfile-abspath which can also be used on its own to determine the parent workind directory (PWD), the absolute directory and path of any file accessible by TeX and the real main file name. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/currfile . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/currfile (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: psfragx
by CTAN Announcements 07 May '12

07 May '12

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: psfragx > Author's name: Pascal Kockaert > Package version: 1.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/psfragx/ > Summary description: An extension of PSfrag to keep information about > a figure, including the psfrag replacements, in the EPS file itself. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Upgrade of the existing package, that should fix some minor issues, > mainly in the handling of the package. Regular users should expect no > spectacular changes. 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/psfragx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psfragx/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: svn-multi
by CTAN Announcements 06 May '12

06 May '12

the daemon says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: svn-multi > Author's name: Martin Scharrer > Package version: svn-multi.dtx- v2.4d > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/svn-multi/ > Summary description: Fixes in the manual. Re-added example files. > License type: lppl 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/svn-multi.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/svn-multi/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: fontspec
by CTAN Announcements 06 May '12

06 May '12

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fontspec > Author's name: Will Robertson > Author's email: will.robertson(a)latex-project.org > Package version: v2.2b > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fontspec/ > Summary description: Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bug fix update for TL2012. Change notes: > > - v2.2b (2012/05/06) TL2012 version > > * Fix error with AutoFakeSlant/Bold (#113) and when used with external fonts > (#128) > * Add warning when using FakeBold in LuaLaTeX, where it's not supported > * Fix slshape misassignment introduced in v2.2 > * Allow fontspec to be loaded before documentclass > (or rather fix the regression that broke this) > * Avoid using the calc package now that it's no longer loaded by expl3 > * Allow multiple values to StylisticSet and Alternate font options 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/fontspec.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fontspec/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: LuaTeX-ja
by CTAN Announcements 06 May '12

06 May '12

the daemon on my archive machine wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: LuaTeX-ja > Author's name: Hironori Kitagawa > Author's email: h_kitagawa2001(a)yahoo.co.jp > Package version: 20120506.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/luatex/generic/luatexja/ > Summary description: Typeset Japanese documents with Lua(La)TeX. > License type: other-free > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes: > - Changed default catcode of kanji characters (12 -> 11). > - Fixed the treatment of U+FFFFF (internally used as a comment character). > - Removed gpos data from non-embedded fonts. 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/luatexja.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luatexja/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: standalone
by CTAN Announcements 05 May '12

05 May '12

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: standalone > Author's name: Martin Scharrer > Package version: v1.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/standalone/ > Summary description: Fixed conversion option for MiKTeX > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update fixes an issue which made the 'convert' option unusuable > under MiKTeX, due to the way quotes in write18 calls are interpreted. 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/standalone.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/standalone/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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