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CTAN package update: pst-slpe
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '08

21 Sep '08

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-slpe.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-slpe/ > > pst-slpe is a PSTricks related package for gradient > fill styles of different shapes. > > This version 1.3 has new optional arguments for > a fading style, the transparency can be variable > from 0 to 1. i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue (in a small way) -- thanks for the upload. potential users may browse the package at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-slpe/ or view the catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-slpe.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xstring
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '08

21 Sep '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xstring Author's name: Christian Tellechea Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xstring Summary description: manipulation of strings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- package xstring update version v1.3 2008/09/21 This package does not require LaTeX (but eTeX is required). Consequently, the xstring.tex file should be installed in the tex/ subtree. =========== Changes =========== * New macros : IfStrEqCase and IfEqCase These macros test if a string matches several other strings, with a specific code for each case and an optional alternative code if all test fail. * New macro : StrSplit Split a string after n characters. * New macro : StrCompare Compare 2 strings (2 tolerances possible, see manual). If the strings are equal, returns 0. If not, returns the position of the first difference. * Code improvement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xstring . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xstring (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 .

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CTAN update: l2picfaq
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: l2picfaq - new version Author's name: Dominik Bischoff Location on CTAN: /info/l2picfaq/german Summary description: LaTeX Bilder HowTo (neue Version) License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ENGLISH: This version contains some new topics and some minor corrections. DEUTSCH: Diese neue Version enthält einige neue Abschnitte und kleinere Korrekturen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2picfaq/german . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/l2picfaq - new version (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 .

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CTAN update: tdsfrmath
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tdsfrmath Author's name: Yvon Henel Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tdsfrmath Summary description: bunch of macros for French math teachers of collèges and lycées and more, version 1.2 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ added an option key to enable the peaceful cooperation of tdsfrmath and mathdesign 2/ correction of a bug which forced displaystyle everywhere with the inter** macros ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tdsfrmath . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tdsfrmath (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 .

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CTAN has a new package: chembst
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chembst Author's name: Stephan Schenk Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/chembst Summary description: A collection of BibTeX style files suitable for chemistry journals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The chembst package is a collection of advanced BibTeX style files suitable forpublications in chemistry journals. Currently, style files for journals published by the American Chemical Society, Wiley-VCH and The Royal Society of Chemistry are available. The style file support advanced features like automatic formatting of errata or creating an appropriate entry for publications in Angewandte Chemie where both English and German should be cited simultaneously. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/chembst . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chembst (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 .

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CTAN has a new package: bclogo
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bclogo Author's name: Chupin Maxime Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/bclogo Summary description: Creating colorful boxes with logo License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package facilitates the creation of colorful boxes with a title and logo. It relies mainly on PSTricks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/bclogo . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bclogo (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 .

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CTAN update: esindex 1.3
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: esindex 1.3 Author's name: Javier Bezos Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/bezos Summary description: Spanish indexes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package defines the macro esindex which calls index with a sort key created automatically so that entries are correctly ordered in Spanish with makeindex. What's new in 1.3: - Fixed an uncompatibility with recent versions of LaTeX. - Package option ignorespaces for letter-by-letter sorting. - ignorewords to set a list of particles to be ignored. - Package option replaceindex, which makes index to behave like esindex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bezos . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/esindex (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 .

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CTAN update: XePersian
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

The package here has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: XePersian Author's name: Vafa Khalighi Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/xepersian/ Summary description: Persian for LaTeX over XeTeX, updated to v0.161111111 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XePersian updated to version 0.161111111. Huge Improvements have been done in this version: Introducing wocolumnstableofcontents, setparsimathsdigitsfont, pagenumbering{adadi}. Changed pagenumbering{farsi} to pagenumbering{harfi}. Corrected the table of contents problem in amsart and amsbook classes. Corrected the header problems in all classes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xepersian/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xepersian (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 .

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CTAN has a new package: psu-thesis
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

This package has gone up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: psu-thesis Author's name: Matt Floros Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/psu-thesis Summary description: Package for writing a thesis at Penn State University License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The psu-thesis package provides proper page formatting according to the Penn State thesis office guidelines (as of 2004) and automatically formats the front and back matter, title page, and more. A BibTeX style file is also included for the bibliography. This is version 1.1, including the new committee page and removing the doublespace.sty dependency. The setspace package is still required. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psu-thesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/psu-thesis (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 .

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CTAN has a new package: Writing Scientific Documents Using LaTeX
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Writing Scientific Documents Using LaTeX Author's name: Andrew J. Bennieston Location on CTAN: /info/intro-scientific Summary description: An introduction to typesetting scientific or mathematical documents using LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Writing Scientific Documents Using LaTeX is an article introducing the use of LaTeX in typesetting scientific documents. It covers the basics of creating a new LaTeX document, special typesetting considerations, mathematical typesetting and graphics. It also touches on bibliographic data and BibTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/intro-scientific . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/intro-scientific (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 .

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