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CTAN package revision: tensor
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

Philip G. Ratcliffe writes: > I've just uploaded to ftp.tex.ac.uk a slightly improved version of the > tensor package: a small problem in conjunction with the color package > has been eliminated and I've added a some minor extra capabilities. All > covered in the updated documentation. i have updated the version in macros/latex/contrib/tensor thanks for the upload. > One small point: the original package by Mike Piff should possibly be > (re)moved since it actually takes precedence in the TDS. Note that the new > package is perfectly backward compatible. distribution managers should note this. for my part, i've simply moved mike's original to the ctan obsolete/ tree Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: Ibycus 4, release 4.5
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Walter Schmidt uploaded the new release 4.5 of the Ibycus 4 system, a collection of fonts and macros to typeset ancient Greek. This upload occurs in agreement with the original author if Ibycus, Pierre MacKay. Location on CTAN: fonts/greek/ibygrk Main news (see also the file NEWS in the distribution): The bold Ibycus font is now available in Postscript format. It was converted from Metafont to Type1 by Harald Harders. The regular Ibycus Type1 font should work flawlessly with Acrobat Reader 5 now; special thanks to Peter Heslin and Ralf Stubner, who succeeded to find and fix a long-standing bug. Virtual fonts and related font metrics are no longer needed. Fixed definition of the macro greek, so as to work also with default font encodings other than OT1. New text-generating command extgreek as a counterpart to the declaration greek. Improved installation intructions which should suit recent TeX systems. Ibycus 4.5 is released under the GNU General Public License. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: leaflet v1.0c
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 Rolf Niepraschk uploaded version 1.0c of his package leaflet leaflet is a document class to create small hand-outs (flyers) that fit on a single sheet of paper which is then folded twice. Pages are rearranged by LaTeX so that they print correctly on a single sheet -- no external script is necessary. (Works with PostScript and PDF.) Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/leaflet/ License type: LaTeX Project (lppl) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Some bug fixes and improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: minitoc package, version 40
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Jean-Pierre Drucbert uploaded version 40 of his package minitoc Location on CTAN : macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ Licence: LPPL minitoc.sty is useful to add mini-tables-of-contents (minitocs) at the beginning of every chapter. They are also minilofs and minilots. At the part level, they are parttocs, partlofs and partlots. If the type of document does not use chapters, they are section level secttocs, sectlofs and sectlots. updates versus version 39: ======================================================================= Version #40 Added the japanese language (japanese.mld) Added the castillan language (castillan.mld) Removed the test on the presence of the multicol package in minitoc.tex, because multicol is a required package. Added a figure in minitoc.tex about the need of 3 compilations. Added some infos in minitoc.bug. Added a paragraph about problem with the appendix package. Updated minitoc.bib Added the hints option. This option is still experimental; you advice is welcome. Added fminitoc.pdf (french documentation in PDF format). ======================================================================= Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: xkeyval and pst-xkey packages
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Hendri Adriaens uploaded an update to his packages xkeyval (1.8a) and pst-xkey (1.2a) xkeyval is an extension of the keyval package and offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys. pst-xkey is an adaptation of the techniques of xkeyval to the needs of the family of packages associated with pstricks, so that those packages can safely, and with relative ease, use key-value syntax in their commands. License is lppl. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval Announcement text: ----------------------------------------------- The updates are related to three small bugs that were discovered on 2004/12/20. Two are related to the support of the empty family (eg, for pstricks). The previous update avoided removing spaces from key and familynames and some macros were adjusted. I overlooked the fact that one of those macros removed the empty family from the list of families. The last bug that was solved was in reusing a macro that was redefined intermediately in case presets were used. I hope no more bugs will show up now. ------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the update For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN updates of l2tabu and l2tabuen packages
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

The packages l2tabu (Das LaTeX-Sündenregister (sins of LaTeX users), by Mark Trettin) and l2tabuen (English translation of l2tabu by Jürgen Fenn) have been updated on CTAN. Location on CTAN is info/l2tabu/{german,english} respectively. Summary description: Obsolete commands, packages and other common mistakes License type: Free (Open Publication License v1.0) Announcement text of l2tabu: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A small list of obsoleted commands and packages that are constantly posted in minimal examples to de.comp.text.tex. I further listed common mistakes (e.g. egin{appendix}...end{appendix} instead of appendix ...). This file should be considered an add-on to the available documentation like l2kurz and FAQs. This document is written in German. Changes: * fixed typos * caption.sty * euler vs. eulervm * TEXINPUTS vs. graphicspath * fixed colors for b/w printing * em changed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement text of l2tabuen: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Apart from some minor changes, we have inserted a new section on how to use graphicspath. We also have added new crossreferences to usrguide, clsguide, and fntguide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: NCCTOOLS
by Jim Hefferon 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: NCCTOOLS Author's name: Alexander I Rozhenko Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ncctools Summary description: All packages are documented and revised License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In release 3.0, all packages are documented in .dtx files and revised. The new package, nccstretch, is introduced. The short guide ncctools.tex is prepared - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ncctools although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN package update: ibycus-babel
by Jim Hefferon 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ibycus-babel Author's name: Peter Heslin Location on CTAN: language/greek/package-babel/ibycus-babel/ Summary description: Integrate the Ibycus Greek font with Latex Babel License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.4 features a major rewrite of the Babel interface by Walter Schmidt. Many new features have been added and old limitations removed. Some functionality and some command names have changed, so consult the documentation if you are upgrading from a previous version. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/greek/package-babel/ibycus-babel/ although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty (again)
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty. > > This provides further solutions to the memoir class's infelicities. i've installed the file, as macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: extract
by CTAN Announcements 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Hendri Adriaens submitted a new package called extract License: LPPL Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/extract Package information: --------------------------------------------------------- The package provides the means to extract specific content from a source document and write that to a target document. One could, for instance, use this to extract all exercises from lecture notes and generate an exercises book on the fly. The package also provides an environment which writes its body entirely to the target file. Another environment will write to the target file, but will also execute the body. This allows to share code (for instance, a preamble) between the source document and the target file. Finally, the package provides an interface to conditionally extract content. With a single option in the usepackage command, one can specify exactly which commands (counted from the start of the document) should be extracted and which not. This might be useful for extracting specific slides from a presentation and use them in a new file. ----------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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