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CTAN update: fig2vect 1.1.0 - Yet another Fig to vector converter
by CTAN Announcements 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Dirk Krause submitted an update to his fig2vect package. The fig2vect program converts figures from jFig, XFig and WinFig to MetaPost, EPS, PDF, TeX and SVG. Program highlights: - Designed for use with LaTeX/pdfLaTeX. Handling of special text is left up to LaTeX, for non-special text you can choose whether or not to use LaTeX. For text handled by LaTeX you have three choices: - Use the fonts exactly as specified in the Fig file. - Convert to use fonts in the same features (serif/sans-serif/monospaced, normal/bold, upright/italic). This allows to use the same font families in the graphics as in the document where the graphics is included. - Write no font selection commands (text contains commands itself if necessary). - X-splines are approximated by a sequence of Bezier spline segments. - Fill patterns are drawn by vector graphics operations. - Image width and height are found by inspecting graphics elements (except texts), the paper format name is not used here. Location on CTAN: /support/fig2vect Summary description: Conversion program from *.fig to *.mp, *.eps, *.pdf, *.svg and *.tex License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changed behaviour: Running with default settings the program now produces best quality instead of smallest output files. When upgrading from 1.0.x and below you should create a new fig2vect.cfg file based on fig2vect.cfg.sample. Bugfix: In earlier versions there were compilation errors when zlib or libbz2 were not found. This is fixed now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package upgrade: pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I have uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please repcae all files with the ones in > > Changes -> /graphics/pstricks/generic/ > pstricks.tex -> /graphics/pstricks/generic/ > pstricks.sty -> /graphics/pstricks/latex/ > pstricks.pro -> /graphics/pstricks/dvips/ > > pstnews* -> /graphics/pstricks/doc/ i've installed the files and updated the catalogue. > this new update (1.12) has > > > pstricks.sty -------- > - a new option plain for only input{pstricks} > - drop support for scalebox check, it is now renamed > in pstricks.tex (hv) > - option DIA to prevent a clash with scalebox (hv) > > > pstricks.tex -------- > - spurious blank for multirput > - shift only for an absolute length > - add the missing arrows ]-[)-( > - rename otateleft | right | down to > psrotateleft | right | down to be consistant to the > other PSTricks macro names > - new fillstyle options > - move the code for arcs of an ellipse into pstricks.pro > - fix bug with multips (spurious blank) (hv) > - allow empty optional arrow argument psline[..]{}(2,2) > - redefined psarc@iv for negative loops of ccircle > - introduce new options shift and showgrid for the > main pspicture environment > - rename scalebox and scaleboxto to > psscalebox(to) to be consistant to the > other PSTricks macro names > > ---- pstricks.pro > - move the code for arcs of an ellipse from the main pstricks.tex into > this pro > - added new fillstyles thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I have uploaded pst-barcode.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ i've done that, and triggered the mirroring. > The changes in this release are as follows: > A new encoder for the bar codes used by the Australian Postal Service > was added. > > Project description: > Barcode Writer in Pure Postscript implements the printing of many > barcode formats entirely within level 2 PostScript, so that the > process of converting the input string into the printed output is > performed by the printer itself. This avoids the need to re-implement > the barcode generation process whenever your language needs change. > The project supports most major barcode formats including EAN-13, > EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E, ISBN, Code 128 (A, B, and C), Code 39, > Interleaved 2 of 5, Postnet, Code 2 of 5, and Codabar. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: beamer version 3.06 and pgf 1.00
by CTAN Announcements 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Till Tantau submitted updates to the beamer and pgf packages. PGF is a macro package for creating graphics directly in TeX and LaTeX. Its usage is similar to pstricks and the standard picture environment. Unlike pstricks, it produces both PostScript and PDF output and works together with latex, dvips, pdftex, and pdflatex. PGF is used extensively with beamer for production of presentations. The beamer LaTeX class can be used for producing slides. Its functionality is similar to Prosper but does not need any external programs and can directly produce a presentation using pdflatex. Beamer uses pgf for pdf/ps independent graphics. Frames are created using frame{...}, and a frame can build multiple slides through a simple notation for specifying material for each slide within a frame. Beamer supports bibliographies, appendicies and transitions. Short versions of title, authors, institute can also be specified as optional parameters. A plainframe{} allows a picture, for example, to fill the whole frame. Support figure and table environments, transparency effects, a ransduration command, animation commands, a pauses environment. Beamer also provides compatibility with other packages like prosper. Here are the annoucements for the packages: -- latex-beamer 3.06: This release is now the official first version for use with the new pgf 1.00. This combination is now quite stable, so users are encouraged to switch over to 3.06. However, this is not yet a real new version 3.10 since there are still too many (known) problems. I'll try to work on these during the next months. Note that you *need* pgf version 1.00 (actually, 0.95 will do, but then you will *want* 1.00 instead) to use this version of beamer. Changes since latex-beamer 3.01: - Fixed bug in drawing of buttons. - Version for use with pgf version 1.00. - Added color theme wolverine and presentation theme AnnArbor, submitted by Madhusudan Singh <madhusudan.singh(a)gmail.com>. - Added two screen options. - Added subsubsections (evil!). - Added egin{frame}{Title}{Subtitle} syntax. - setbeamercovered is now scoped. - Fixed location of navigation symbols on plain frames. - Fixed wrong frame number in conjunction with fragile option. - Fixed compatibility definitions like eamertemplateballtoc. - Fixed compatibility definitions for eamersetleftmargin. - Fixed wobbling height of frametitle in default theme. - Fixed problem with serif theme and onlymath option. - Fixed problem with >127 characters and fragile option. - Fixed problem with activation of Chinese characters - Fixed problem with spaces in semiverbatim. -- pgf 1.00: Compared to the last stable version of pgf, namely version 0.65, this is almost a new program. The changes are so broad and fundamental that it does not really make sense to list them all. However, despite all the changes, this version should be fully compatible with the version 0.65. Here is an overview of the most important changes since 0.65: - The documentation is completely new and somewhat expanded. - There is now a package called TikZ that makes using pgf really easy. - pgf is no longer a pure latex package, it now also works with plain TeX and (thereby) ConTeXt. - pgf now supports not only pdftex and latex+dvips, but also dvipdfm, tex4ht (where it produces svg output) and vtex. - pgf is now layered and new backend drivers can be added much more easily. - The power of pgf has been vastly increased. It can now has a sophisticated coordinate system management, node management, supports opacity, has a new arrow management, and more. If you have been using versions 0.95 or higher, this is just the hopefully quite bugfree version of the versions sind 0.95. Note on the installation: Since pgf is no longer a latex package, it should now be unpacked in the generic part of the texmf tree, that is, as texmf/tex/generig/pgf. You *may* need to create a link in the latex part of the texmf tree at texmf/tex/latex/pgf pointing to /texmf/tex/generic/pgf/latex/pgf. This link is necessary if TeX finds an old version of pgf instead of the current one. Changes since pgf 0.65: - Added vtex support (finally!). - Added multi part mechanism to nodes. - Added very simple pgflibraryautomata. - Changed coordinate shape such that it now never produces a text label. - Renamed pgfshapebox to pgfnodeparttextbox (made necessary by the node part mechanism). - Added transparency to PGF (quite nice...). - Added foreach option to child path operation (also nice...). - Fixed problem with \ in centered text. - Fixed problem with hyperlinks in nodes. - Fixed wrong arrows in trees. - Reorganised directory structure of documentation. - Added tree mechanism. - Added snake mechanism. - Added layer mechanism. - Added new shapes: cross out, strike out, forbidden sign. - Added some more documentation. - Added none drawing and filling colors. - Added pgflibrarytikzbackgrounds. - Changed syntax of pgfqbox. - Changed syntax of several pgfsys@xxxx commands. - Added SVG support / a tex4ht backend. (Complicated text inside svg graphics is not supported well, but that's mainly a shortcoming of the svg specification.) - Fixed spacing problem in dvips. - Changed syntax of plot and plot marks. - Changed syntax of ellipse and elliptical arc options. - Fixed baseline bug in tikz. - Fixed bug in pgfpages. - Introduced every xxxx styles, got rid of shape actions option. - Added intersection of syntax for coordinates. - Started revising the documentation. - Changed names of some pgfpages commands. - Changed syntax of parabola command. - Proof read documentation. - Introduced three layers: system, basic, frontends. - Wrote two frontends: TikZ (*most* useful!) and pgfpict2e (a demonstration). - Largely rewrote the basic layer. - Largely rewrote the system layer. - Completely rewrote the documentation. - Added two utilities: pgfpages and pgffor. - Made macro naming more consistent. - Added plain tex support. - Added dvipdfm support. - Restructured directory structure. - Zillions of small bugfixes. -- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst.labo
by CTAN Announcements 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I have uploaded pst-labo.tgz tu the UK mirror. > Please replace the files with the ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-labo/ > > > The documentation of pst-labo, a PSTricks related > package for drawing various assemblies of chemical objects, > is now available in three languages: > English, French, German i've installed the replacement files for mirroring by all CTAN sites. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: lineno.sty/ednotes.sty (critical editions, revising submittings)
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Uwe Lück submitted an update to the lineno and ednotes packages. The lineno package adds line numbers to selected paragraphs with reference possible through the LaTeX ef and pageref cross reference mechanism. Ednotes is a macro package for typesetting scholarly critical editions. It provides macros for critical edition typesetting with LaTeX, including support for line numbers and layers of footnotes. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ednotes macros/latex/contrib/lineno Summary description: lineno.sty v4.32: bug fix License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mainly, a bug in vertical spacing has been fixed -- when a math display or a list meets a heading, or a heading meets a sub-heading [addvspace had been disabled]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ > > this new version has > - use def instead of edef for X|YAxisLabel > - make psgraph correct use of the origin values > - added a new macro psLNode and lput for a > node label with absolute position > - moving the basic arrows into pstricks.tex )-(,]-[ > bugfix for hook arrow > - fix a bug with trigLabels and showorigin i've installed the file and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package updated: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-barcode.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ > > this new version has > - A checksum was added to the Code 2 of 5 encoder. > - A checksum was added to the Code 11 encoder. > - adding a PS-option width for the codes i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: amsldoc-vi
by CTAN Announcements 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Reinhard Kotucha submitted an update for the AMSLaTeX Manual v2.0, Vietnamese edition. to CTAN. Location on CTAN: info/amslatex/vietnamese. Description: AMSLaTeX Manual v2.0, Vietnamese edition. Original Author: American Mathematical Society Translator: Ky Anh <kyanh(a)o2.pl> License of the translation: LPPL, version 1.3 or newer, according to http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: pdftex 1.30.4
by CTAN Announcements 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 Martin Schröder submitted a new version of pdftex Location on CTAN: /systems/pdftex Summary description: fixed some bugs License type: gpl > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The pdfTeX team is happy to announce the release of a new stable version: > > =========================================================================== > pdfTeX 1.30.4 > =========================================================================== > > This is the announcement of pdfTeX 1.30.4, an extended version of TeX that > can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX > typesetting with the help of PDF. > > =========================================================================== > Main changes of pdfTeX 1.30.4 > =========================================================================== > > - bugfix: whitespaces in filenames didn't work on Unix anymore (bug 377) > - bugfix: two immediates cancel themselves (bug 437) > - bugfix: wrong file name in error messages of image inclusion (bug 435) > > For complete release notes see http://www.pdftex.org/NEWS > > =========================================================================== > Legal notice / license > =========================================================================== > > pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2005 Han The Thanh, <thanh(a)pdftex.org> > > pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the > terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software > Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later > version. > > For a complete README (with a full discussion of the license) > please look at http://www.pdftex.org/README > > =========================================================================== > The files / installation > =========================================================================== > > You should first try to get a new version of pdfTeX through your > distribution. > > If you want to compile it yourself, have a look at http://www.pdftex.org -- > there you can find links to the pdfTeX sources on CTAN. And some useful > documentation. > > =========================================================================== > Mailing lists / web pages: > =========================================================================== > > Mailing list: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex > > Related web pages: > http://www.pdftex.org > http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex/ > http://www.tug.org/tex-live/ > http://www.tug.org/tetex/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes > http://www.dante.de/ > http://tug.org/ > http://www.pragma-ade.com/ > > Have fun! > > Martin Schröder (martin(a)pdftex.org) for the pdfTeX team, October 2005 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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