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Re: fontinst upload
by Rainer Schöpf 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Lars Hellström wrote: > I have to ftp.dante.de uploaded an archive fontinst.tar.gz into /incoming. > It contains the new fontinst release (v1.927), and the license is as usual > the LPPL. > > The main differences to the previous version are: > * A bug that prevented running fontinst on eTeX has been fixed. > * The manual has been revised (and is available also as PDF). > > Short quote from the README: > > Fontinst is a program that helps with installing fonts > for (La)TeX. Since it is written entirely in TeX macros, > it is completely portable. > > More precisely, fontinst helps mainly with the number > crunching and shoveling parts of font installation. This > means in practice that it creates a number of files which > give the TeX metrics (and related information) for a font > family that (La)TeX needs to do any typesetting in these > fonts. Fontinst furthermore makes it easy to create fonts > containing glyphs from more than one base font, taking > advantage of e.g. expert font sets. > > Fontinst cannot examine files to see if they contain any > useful information, nor automatically search for files > or work with binary file formats; those tasks must > normally be done manually or with the help of some other > tool, such as the pltotf and vptovf programs. Thanks for the new version, I installed it as fonts/utilities/fontinst For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: FPL Fonts (fwd)
by Rainer Schöpf 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

The following message is sent on behalf of Walter Schmidt: =================================== schnipp ================================== > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The FPL Fonts provide a set of SC/OsF fonts for URW Palladio L which > > are compatible with respect to metrics with the Palatino SC/OsF fonts > > from Adobe. LaTeX support is provided by Walter Schmidt's improved > > Palatino metrics. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These metrics and VFs will be integrated into the next version 9.2 of PSNFSS. A pre-release can be downloaded via <http://home.vr-web.de/was/psnfss.html> Feedback is welcome :-) Walter ================================ schnapp =====================================

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CTAN upload notification: sauerj (several small packages)
by Reinhard Zierke 08 Aug '04

08 Aug '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload(a)nova.dante.de ----- Name of contribution: SauerJ Name and email: Jonathan Sauer <jonathan.sauer(a)gmx.de> Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sauerj Summary description: Three packages for LaTeX2e: parcolumns, processkv and zahl2string License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Three LaTeX2e packages I wrote recently: - parcolumns provides an environment for typesetting text in two or more columns columns in parallel. - processkv provides macros for processing of key-value-lists by calling a user-defined macro for each key-value-pair. - zahl2string provides macros for formatting numbers as german words, i.e. `1' gets formatted as `eins'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed these packages as suggested in CTAN:tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sauerj/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: leaflet 1.0
by Reinhard Zierke 08 Aug '04

08 Aug '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: leaflet 1.0 Name and email: Rolf Niepraschk <Rolf.Niepraschk(a)ptb.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/leaflet Summary description: Create small handouts (flyers) License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.) This is a complete reimplementation with permission of the original author Juergen Schlegelmilch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this as suggested replacing Juergen Schlegelmilch's original version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: TeX Converter
by Jim Hefferon 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: TeX Converter Author's name: Steve Mayer Location on CTAN: nonfree/support/tex_converter Summary description: Windows front-end to various LaTeX to HTML converters License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TeX Converter is a Windows front-end to 4 programs that convert TeX to HTML - HeVeA, TtH, TeX4ht and LaTeX2HTML. These programs run in DOS and require complicated command lines. The purpose of TeX Converter is to make these programs easy to run. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/support/tex_converter 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 has a new package: ebib
by Jim Hefferon 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ebib Author's name: Joost Kremers Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/utils/ebib Summary description: Ebib is a BibTeX database manager for GNU Emacs License type: bsd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ebib is a BibTeX database manager that runs in GNU Emacs. With Ebib, you can create and manage a BibTeX database within Emacs, without having to edit the raw .bib-file. It supports @string and @preamble definitions, multi-line field values, searching, and integration with Emacs' (La)TeX mode. Ebib's homepage is located at <http://ebib.sourceforge.net>. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/ebib 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 -- contour.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded contour-v2_00.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new > version of contour.sty. Please replace the files in > CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/contour by its contents. License stays LPPL. > > >From the README: > > This package generates a colored contour around a given text in order > to enable printing text over a background without the need of a > color box around the text. > > ChangeLog: > > 2004/08/03 v2.00 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de), > Morten Høgholm (moho01ab(a)student.cbs.dk) > - Allow arbitrary numbers of copies and automatic determination of > this number. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/contour For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: FPL Fonts
by Rainer Schöpf 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 Ralf Stubner submitted a new package to CTAN: > Name of contribution: FPL Fonts > Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/fpl/ > Summary description: SC and OsF fonts for URW Palladio L > License type: gpl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The FPL Fonts provide a set of SC/OsF fonts for URW Palladio L which > are compatible with respect to metrics with the Palatino SC/OsF fonts > from Adobe. LaTeX support is provided by Walter Schmidt's improved > Palatino metrics. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed it in fonts/fpl For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: eqparbox
by Rainer Schöpf 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 Scott Pakin submitted an update to his eqparbox package: > Name of contribution: eqparbox > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/eqparbox/ > Summary description: Create equal-widthed parboxes > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > LaTeX users sometimes need to ensure that two or more > blocks of text occupy the same amount of horizontal > space on the page. To that end, the eqparbox package > defines a new command, eqparbox, which works just like > parbox, except that instead of specifying a width, one > specifies a tag. All eqparboxes with the same tag -- > regardless of where they are in the document -- will > stretch to fit the widest eqparbox with that tag. This > simple, equal-width mechanism can be used for a variety > of alignment purposes, as is evidenced by the examples > in eqparbox's documentation. > > Version 2.0 makes better use of TeX's memory, allows > numbers and symbols to appear in tags, preserves fonts > across \ boundaries, and eliminates some incorrect > global prefixes. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed the new version. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- makebox.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded makebox-v0_1.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new > package makebox. Please copy the contents of the archive to > CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/makebox. License is LPPL. > The archive contains an xml file for the archive, the Makefile contains > the target texlive: for preparation of TeXLive. > > >From the README: > > Define a makebox* command that does the same as a makebox command > while the width is given by a sample text instead of an explicit length > measure. Thanks for your pakcage, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/makebox For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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