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CTAN update -- hfoldsty
by CTAN Announcements 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Harald Harders submitted an update to the hfoldsty package. It contains a new version (1.13) of the hfoldsty virtual fonts. Location on CTAN: fonts/hfoldsty License stays gpl. >From the README: The hfoldsty package provides virtual fonts for using oldstyle (0123456789) figures with the European Computer Modern fonts. It does a similar job as the eco package by Sebastian Kirsch <skirsch(a)t-online.de> but includes a couple of improvements, e.g., better kerning with guillemets, support for character protruding using the pdfcprot package, arbitrary font sizes in conjunction with fix-cm.sty. ChangeLog: 2004/11/19 v1.13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - More errors in ProvidesFile line fixed. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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

19 Dec '04

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 Claudio Beccari submitted a new bundle to CTAN: Name of bundle: CBcoptic Author's name: Claudio Beccari Location on CTAN: language/coptic/cbcoptic License type: lppl Summary description: This bundle provides Coptic fonts in Metafont source and in pfb type1 format and the necessary files for using them in a LaTeX environment, with a certain amount of macros for philological applications. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CBcoptic is a bundle of files for typesetting Coptic philological text with the proper fonts and hyphenation; the bundle includes also font descrition files, METAFONT sources and the type 1 Poscript equivalent fonts in pfb format. There are available also e certain number of macros of philological interest in an accompanying sty file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: toil and tif2eps
by CTAN Announcements 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted updates to the following packages: tif2eps ver. 0.77 date: 10.12.2004 authors: Boguslaw Jackowski, P. Pianowski and P. Strzelczyk license: GPL Location on CTAN: support/pstools/tif2eps TIF2EPS is a PostScript program for the conversion of TIFF files (ver. 6.0) to EPS ones. Compression (LZW, CCITT Fax, RLE, Flate, DCT) and ASCII85 encoding is available. The package may be used for generating colour- separated EPSes, `EPS thumbnails,' and, moreover, little header EPSes, containing only a pointer to a source TIFF file. Employing Ghostscript guarantees portability and efficient processing. -------- toil ver. 1.07 date: 15.12.2004 authors: Boguslaw Jackowski, P. Pianowski and P. Strzelczyk license: PD Location on CTAN: fonts/utilities/t1install/toil A flexible, AWK+MetaFont-based Type One Install utiLity which facilitates installation of Adobe Type 1 fonts for (plain) TeX; an alternative for afm2tfm; starting from version 1.04, includes an option that enables neutralizing sidebars (via implicit kerning mechanism); currently, the scripts are available for DOS (but adaptable for U*X). Thanks for the upload, For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty (Patch file for memoir class)
by CTAN Announcements 16 Dec '04

16 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 > > mempatch.sty fixes all the known problems with the memoir class. If it > is on the system it is automatically used by memoir.cls. i have installed the file as required. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission - Mem
by CTAN Announcements 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Javier Bezos writes: > I've uploaded to the UK server the file Mem.zip, > which contains the experimental code I'm writing for > a multiligual system for Lamed (ie, LaTeX + Aleph). > This is still a pre-alpha release, which is being > developed as open source on SourceForge: > > http://mem-latex.sourceforge.net > > It still consists in a somewhat unorganized set of > files whose final form is not clear yet. I intend to > release periodically on CTAN some milestones in its > development. > > I'm not sure where the files must be placed in the > CTAN tree, particularly given its highly experimental > status. Maybe systems/aleph/contrib/mem? after some discussion with javier, i've installed the package in macros/latex/exptl/mem -- a location that emphasises both its experimental status and its links with latex. thanks, javier, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: msg package update V 0.07
by CTAN Announcements 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk an update (V 0.07) of the msg package > for LaTeX. > > The msg package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users which could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is really easy to > use by class/package writers. File names and syntax are still under > consideration; this is the main reason why it is still a beta version > which can be improved. Volunteers are welcome to test it, report, > and even localize the messages file in their own language. > Documentation is provided in... English (-like). > > It is localized itself in French, Englisk and Norsk. > > The upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk is: msg.tar.gz > Ctan directory: macros/latex/contrib/msg > > % This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of > % the LaTeX Project Public License as of http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt > % > % This file has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. > % The current maintainer is Bernard.Gaulle at idris.fr > > V 0.07 mods: 3 bugs corrected, 1 file missing, > test file added, Norsk added, documentation changed. i've installed the new version as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: sparklines
by CTAN Announcements 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 Andreas Loeffler submitted a new package called sparklines Sparklines are intense, simple, wordlike graphics. This tool allows to draw sparklines using the pgf-package. License is lppl CTAN location is graphics/sparklines Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sparklines are intense, simple, wordlike graphics (so named by Edward Tufte). In lieu of a more detailed introduction, Professor Tufte's site has an early release of a chapter on sparklines, see www.edwardtufte.com. A PHP implementation can be found at http://sparkline.sourceforge.net/. A sparkline can be added using the sparkline-environment. Also, you can add sparkling rectangles for the median and special sparkling dots in red or blue. Only use sparklines with pdflatex, sparklines do not appear in a dvi-file. Sparklines does not work with pictex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update _and_ new package --- ledmac and ledpar
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded ledmac.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. The distribution is under > the LPPL. > > >From the README: > > The ledmac package is for typesetting critical editions. It is a LaTeX > port, and extension, of the plain TeX EDMAC, TABMAC and EDSTANZA macros. The > ledpar package is an extension of ledmac enabling parallel typesetting in > columns or on facing pages. > > Changes: > > ledpar version 0.1 (2004/12/10) > o First public release > > ledmac version 0.6 (2004/12/10) > o Fixed infinite loop problems when processing complex paragraphs > o Prepared for the ledpar package. i've installed the bundle as requested -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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by schoepf＠uni-mainz.de 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

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CTAN package upgrade: microtype
by Jim Hefferon 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: microtype Author's name: R Schlicht Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/microtype Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES (v1.5): - - ----------------- * When output mode is DVI, font expansion will by default be turned off, automatic expansion will be disabled * New option: `selected, to enable selected expansion; default is: false * Changed default for expansion option `step: 4 (min(stretch,shrink)/5) * Protrusion settings for Bitstream Charter * Compatibility with turkish babel + chemsym - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype 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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