the daemon tells me:
> Name of contribution: newtx
> Author's name: Michael Sharpe
> Package version: 1.04
> Location on CTAN: fonts/newtx/
> Summary description: New version of txfonts, with improved metrics and options.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This update no longer depends on the presence of libertine-legacy, for which
> libertine-type1 is the recommended replacement, or any other libertine
> package. Most changes in this version are to newtxmath with the libertine
> option. Note that the former map file ntx.map has been replaced by
> newtx.map.
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catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/newtx.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/newtx/
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the daemon tells me:
> Name of contribution: imakeidx
> Author's name: Enrico Gregorio
> Package version: 1.2d
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/imakeidx/
> Summary description: A package for producing multiple indices
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is a maintenance release, fixing some severe bugs introduced in version
> 1.2b
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/imakeidx.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/imakeidx/
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maïeul Rouquette submitted the
latex-sciences-humaines
package.
Summary description: French book about XeLaTeX and Humanities
License type: other-free
Announcement text:
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French book about LaTeX and Humanities, 270p. Also available in paper form at
http://www.atramenta.net/books/latex-sciences-humaines/79
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/info/latex-sciences-humaines.pdf
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/latex-sciences-humaines
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maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the
eLedmac/eledpar
packages.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Version 1.1.1 fixed a bug with the class memoir introduced by eledmac
The 1.1. introduced spurious spaces every line of numbered text. This made two problem :
- overfull hboxes everyline
- space too wide between line number and line content.
This problem is fixed by 1.1.2
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eledmac
. More information is at
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Wolfgang Skala submitted an update to the
pgfmolbio
package.
Summary description: Molecular biology graphs with LuaLaTeX and TikZ
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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pgfmolbio v0.2 includes
* A new 'domains' module for drawing domain diagrams
* A new 'convert' module for using pgfmolbio graphs in TeX engines that do not implement Lua
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/pgfmolbio
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Stephane GALLAND submitted an update to the
upmethodology
package.
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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The options of the upmethodology-document class are now processed in the order
given by the caller in place of the order from the .cls file.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/upmethodology
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Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the
chemmacros
package.
Summary description: macros and commands for chemists
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Bugfix: the coupling constant command J for the `experimental' environment now works as described.
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the daemon told me:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: mathastext
> Author's name: Jean-François Burnol
> Package version: 1.15c
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mathastext
> Summary description: Use the text font in simple mathematics
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Optimal typographical results for documents containing
> mathematical symbols can only be hoped for with math fonts
> specifically designed to match a given text typeface.
> Although the list of freely available math fonts (alongside
> the Computer Modern and AMS extension fonts) is slowly
> expanding (fourier, kpfonts, mathdesign, pxfonts, txfonts,
> and others...) it remains limited, and the situation is even
> worse with Unicode fonts (XeTeX/LuaTeX). So if you can't
> find a math font which fits well with your favorite text
> font, and wish to still be able to typeset mathematical
> documents, perhaps not of the highest typographical quality,
> but at least not subjected to obvious visual incompatibi-
> -lities between your text font and the math fonts,
> try out mathastext: it will simply use the text font also
> for the math!
>
> New with 1.15c:
>
> + it is now possible to use multiple distinct LGR encoded
> fonts for the Greek letters in math mode, one for each math
> version.
>
> + improved documentation.
>
> New with 1.15:
>
> + with the subdued option the action of mathastext can be
> limited to a portion of your document.
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/mathastext.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mathastext/
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the daemon wrote:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: xpatch
> Author's name: Enrico Gregorio
> Package version: 0.3
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xpatch/
> Summary description: Generalizing the macro patching commands of
> P. Lehmann's `etoolbox'
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Added macros for patching other biblatex commands (those defined by
> Declare...Format)
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/xpatch.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xpatch/
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