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new CTAN package: mps2eps
by Jim Hefferon 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to a mirror near you real soon now. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ========================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: mps2eps Author's name: Jon Edvardsson Location on CTAN: support/mps2eps Summary description: MPS2EPS converts a MetaPost output file (.mps) to a self-contained EPS file License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Having a problem with your MetaPost pictures? Symbols missing when pictures are included in your LaTeX document? Should you use prologues := 1 or not? Well then MPS2EPS is a file converter for you! - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New CTAN package: Formatting Information: a beginner's guide to LaTeX
by Jim Hefferon 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Formatting Information: a beginner's guide to LaTeX Author's name: Peter Flynn Location on CTAN: info/beginlatex Summary description: Teach yourself basic LaTeX in 10 sessions License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a major revision of the Beginners' Guide which has been hosted until now on my own site. It is now available in HTML as well as PDF and PS formats, and full GNU FDL source is available with images (warning: 40Mb uncompressed). Please mail corrections to info(a)silmaril.ie - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 5.30 - OpenType/OTF supported
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 5.30 (issued 23-Mar-2003). Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. Most important new features: 1) Comrehensive support for *OpenType fonts with Postscript outlines (OTF)*. Supported: Font Setup Wizard, Generating PDF and Postscript, Preview and Print under any Windows system (including 9x and NT 4.0). 2) Generation of PDF files with enabled searh and copy-paste of text with international (for example cyrillic) characters. See `Support Copy-Paste and Search in PDF files' in PDF generation dialog. The feature is implemented via embeding ToUnicode CMAPs. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 24-Mar-2003 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.30 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * HTML Generation features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.30 For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> BaKoMa TeX is a complete TeX system for Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95 HIGHLIGHTS * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region of the file being edited. (It is analog of Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). * PostScript enabled TeX system. ** Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. ** Generates HTML (TeX4HT, DVI2HTML), also supports Hevea and TTH. * Supports using PostScript Type 1 fonts (including MM) *WITHOUT ATM*. However, using ATM for font rendering is optionally available. * Complete distribution includes about *1500* TeX Fonts (including EC/TC, LH) in ATM Compatible PostScript Type 1 font format. * Font Setup Wizard installs Postscript/TrueType fonts almost in one click * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. * Supports hyperlink text broken across lines and pages. * Easy to install and use. * Much less expensive than other analogues. GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES BaKoMa TeX includes an interpreter for *PostScript Level 2*, which is tested for compatibility with output from popular software such as: MetaPost, Adobe Illustrator 10, Adobe Streamline 4.0, Mathematica 4, MatLab, CorelDraw 10, CorelXARA, HIGZ, PageDraw, FrameMaker, ImageMagick, etc. All DVI back-ends support the same special interface compatible with well known Rokicki's DVIPS, including processing PostScript embedded into DVI files (PSTricks, PSfrag, XyPic, etc.). The system includes Graphics Import Filters for the following formats: PostScript, HPGL, DXY, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP. FONTS BaKoMa TeX supports the following font formats: * OpenType (both TTF and OTF are supported), * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), * PostScript Type 3, * TrueType, * TeX PK/VF. The system includes about *1500* typefaces in PostScript Type 1 and Type 3 font format including the following fonts: * CM (including LaTeX and Logo fonts + vf for T1 with CX * AMS Fonts (Euler, Math Symbols), * EC/TC, * LH (T2A), * Concrete (Math, ECC), * Malvern, * CMCyr + vf for T2A/LCY * Scripting fonts, CMPica, Punk. Math Fonts: * Stmaryrd, Wasy, Rsfs, YHMath, BlackBoard (bbm, doublestroke). Diagram drawing fonts: * Lams, Astro Symbols (cmastro, astrosym, moonphase), * Barcodes (barcodes, wlean, wlc*), Logical (loggates, milstd), * timing, MusiXTeX, Chess/CChess, Go, Backgammon, Dingbats/NiceFrame. etc. Any font type can be used for any output device/format. This feature is supported by automatic font conversion between font formats when needed. This feature enables the rendering of Type 1 fonts *without ATM*. On the other hand, it enables the use of TrueType/OpenType fonts for generating PostScript printed even on PostScript Level 1 printers. In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use most of free Type 1 fonts available on CTAN and Trutype fonts coming with MS Windows systems. Font Setup Wizard lets you to install most of commercial (and free) Postscript Type 1 and TrueType fonts in one click. USER INTERFACE * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. It reformats (and preview) selected part of document on the fly, when you edit it. This feature accelerates tuning paragraphs, mathematics, pictures, etc. * Flexible window docking lets you optimize splitting your screen for using Dynamical Preview efficiently. * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, * Quick navigation via document structure, * DVI Forward/Reverse search (format independent), * Powerful support for different input encodings, * Project support, * Graphics import assistant, * Assitance for multi-file documents: context sensitive openning of included text and graphics files, * Searching for TeX errors using the TeX log file, * Searching for help for TeX commands in entire document collection, * Syntax highlighting is configurable for catcodes and command dictionaries, * Customizable GUI Bars and menus for inserting Math Symbols and other commands, * Automatic creation of a BB-file for non-PostScript graphics. * Spell Checker: On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, correction proposals, handling accents and babel shortcuts. configurable for handling (La)TeX commands. * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. * Syntax Completion is context sensitive and flexible. * Support for Multi-User systems. OUTPUT DEVICES/FORMATS * View on Windows Display. * Print on any printer supported by a MS Windows driver. * PostScript (really scalable), * PDF, * HTML. Important feature of BaKoMa TeX is consistent graphics and font support for all types of output. This means that all font formats mentioned may be used for every type of output. This also means that all graphical capabilities mentioned are supported for every type of output. PDF GENERATION FEATURES * Handling in-line PostScript in DVI files (PSTricks). * Creating PDF files which share fonts. Suitable for preparing CD-ROM based document libraries. * Embedding fonts in CFF requires 2--3 times less space then other font forms. * Handles HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. HTML GENERATION FEATURES BaKoMa TeX 5 supports several ways for conversion of (La)TeX documents into HTML files. * `TeX|Generate HTML ...' text editor menu command lets you launch `TeX4HT' convertor with numerous options. * `File|Generate HTML ...' DVI viewer menu command lets you convert pages of a DVI file into PNG files wrapped into navigation HTML pages. This approach is useful for documents with complex graphics, such as slides. In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use `HEVEA' and/or `TTH' convertors. Launching of these convertors is available via extra TABS of `TeX|Generate HTML ...' editor command. Including graphics is well integreated with BaKoMa TeX graphical engine. In this reason, you can insert everithing supported by BaKoMa TeX into generated HTML pages. *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 5.30 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 5.25 *** Fonts - Support for OpenType fonts with Postscript outlines (OTF). ----------------------------------------------------------------- BaKoMa TeX 5.30 includes support for OpenType fonts with Postscript outlines, whose have extension `OTF' (in following they are called OTF-fonts, to avoid mixing with OpenType fonts with TrueType outlines). To install `OTF-fonts' under BaKoMa TeX user can use Font Setup Wizard available via: `Options|Install OpenType, TrueType, and Postscript fonts for (La)TeX' text editor menu command. The wizard properly do configuring fonts, generating proper TFM files; and creating/updating LaTeX Font Definition (FD) files. In other words, it enables using your OTF-fonts for LaTeX documents in almost one-click. Advanced feature of BaKoMa TeX is that OTF-fonts may be used also under Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 (even without ATM installed) for preview and print on any Windows supported printer. OTF-fonts are properly used for generating PDF and Postscript files. Another improvements in Font Setup Wizard * Improved updating of FD-files: handling `endinput', copying modified files to LOCAL tree, that avoids forgetting user fonts added to common FD-files. * `Win 9x skewing support' - new option in Font Setup Wizard. It enables work around for displaying slanted fonts under Windows 95/98. Commonly, this option is checked automatically, when it is needed. PDF - Searchable PDF (ToUnicode CMAPs) -------------------------------------- BaKoMa TeX 5.30 can generate PDF files that permite search and copy-paste of text with international (for example cyrillic) characters. This feature may be enabled by `Support Copy-Paste and Search in PDF files' option available in PDF generation dialog. This feature is implemented via embeding into PDF file ToUnicode CMAPs, whose map characters of every text font to unicode codes. These CMAPs are generated automatically from font encodings. In this reason, this feature works for fonts with custom encodings. It works without any additional packages. Other Improvements ------------------ * `Insert|Indexing Stuffs' lets you choose Index Style for current document. In advance, it forces automatical running of MakeIndex after every TeXing, and marking inserted commands with bookmark #9. For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload; I installed it as suggested in CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/ replacing the old version. License: BaKoMa is shareware. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- multibib v1.2
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Thorsten Hansen ----- I have just uploaded version 1.2 of multibib. -- uploaded file: multibib-v1.2.tar.gz -- uploaded to CTAN node: dante.ctan.org (ftp.dante.de) -- recommended place: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/multibib -- licensing condition: lppl -- brief summary: The `multibib' package allows to create references to multiple bibliographies within one document. It thus provides a complementary functionality to packages like `bibunits' or `chapterbib', which allow to create one bibliography for multiple, but different parts of the document. Changes to version 1.1 include . enhanced compatibility to natbib and KOMA-SCRIPT classes . various small bug fixes ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/multibib/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- evweek & evautofl
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Emanuele Vicentini ----- I've uploaded in incoming/ two small tarballs: an update of evweek class (macros/latex/contrib/supported/calendar/contrib) and evautofl, a spinn-off/bugfix of autofilo.sty of LaTeX Calendar Bundle. Licese is lppl. I'd put evweek.{dtx,ins} in macros/latex/contrib/supported/calendar/contrib to replace previous version; evautofl.{dtx,ins} could be put there too. Here's the summary: evweek.cls is a small extension of weekly.cls, the class for the weekly calendar format of the LaTeX Calendar Bundle. In this release I've added support for use of evautofl evautofl.sty is a spin-off of autofilo.sty; the code has been hacked to separate the two columns making the page in autofilo, so now it's possibile to use ps2ps to put more than one single page on a sheet and print your calendar saving a lot of paper. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. As you suggested, I installed both the evweek update and the new evautofl package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/calendar/contrib/ The license in LPPL. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- l2tabu
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Mark Trettin ----- I have uploaded `l2tabu-1.2.tar.gz' (l2tabu.{pdf,tex}, Version 1.2) to ftp.dante.de/incoming/ Name of contribution: Das LaTeX-Sündenregister (sins of LaTeX users) Suggested location on CTAN: info/german/l2tabu/ Summary description: Obsolete commands, packages and other common mistakes License type: Free (Open Publication License v1.0) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: * License changed to Open Publication License * Fixed typos * Changed name from `altepakete' to `l2tabu' since it is more descriptive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please remove the files and the directory CTAN:info/german/altepakete/ and untar the archive to CTAN:info/german/l2tabu/ ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:info/german/l2tabu/ and removed the previous version CTAN:info/german/altepakete/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: Kerkis Font Family
by Jim Hefferon 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and the new version should make its way to a mirror near you in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Kerkis Font Family Author's name: Antonis Tsolomitis Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/greek/kerkis Summary description: Kerkis Font Family with complete Greek support License type: other Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New version of the Kerkis Font Family. Complete support of polytonic greek in all shapes and series. Initial release of KerkisSans. Polytonic support for KerkisSans included as well. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Prosper update
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 02:20:58PM +0100, Mathieu Goutelle wrote: > I have uploaded a brand new version of the prosper class, to update the > quite old (and a little buggy) one on CTAN. This update is done with > full permission from the developer of Prosper (Frederic Gouarlard), > whose spare time doesn't allow to do this himself. > > Here are the informations about the upload: > > + what you've uploaded > > /incoming/prosper.tar.gz > > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > dante.ctan.org > > > + where you want the files to go > > macros/latex/contrib/supported/prosper (unchanged) > > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > > below). > > LPPL (LaTeX Project Public License) > > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > This is an update of the prosper class (slides using LaTeX), written by > Frédéric Goualard. There is a lot of changes and bugs fixes since the > last version committed to CTAN (see ChangeLog file for further details). Thanks for the update. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/prosper Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- minitoc update
by Reinhard Zierke 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

----- Forwarded message from Jean-Pierre Drucbert ----- I have uploaded a new release of the minitoc package (release #38) in /incoming of ftp.dante.de under the name minitoc.tar.gz The minitoc package allows to create mini-tables of contents (and mini-LOFs/LOTs) by chapter (in books and reports), by section (in arcticles) or by parts. The licence is LPPL as before. The location is as before: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/minitoc The new release replaces all files in that directory. As the version number jumps from 34 to 38, there are a lot of corrections, improvements (and perhaps bugs?) in the new release. See below the historic of changes. I am very grateful to all people who helped me by pointing bugs, asking for new features, giving hints and solutions, or for useful packages (placeins from Donald Arseneau). Could you install this package to replace the current release #34. Thanks a lot. Best regards, Jean-Pierre F. Drucbert (who is ashamed to have left so much time pass away since the preceeding update) % 03Jan2001 Version 35 % 09Jan2001 Added macros to test if a file is ``empty'' % (i.e. empty, blank or inexistent) or ``non % empty'' (i.e. useful). % I used some code from Stephan von Bechtolsheim. % Added the checkfiles/nocheckfiles options. % Replaced The@chapter by The@mtc. % 26Feb2001 Added bulgarian.mld, hebrew.mld, % icelandic.mld, latin.mld, samin.mld. % 09Mar2001 Added mtcselectlanguage. % 01Jun2001 Fixed estionian option (missing). % 04Jul2001 Added interlingua language. % % 11Feb2002 Version 36 % 11Feb2002 Corrected an interaction with ableofcontents % which creates a chapter* or a section*, % perturbing mtc/stc counters (problem signalled % by Frank Mittelbach). % 18Feb2002 Corrected a spacing problem with empty titles % (problem signalled by Frank Mittelbach). % Workaround for the parttoc-chapter* % problem. % 19Feb2002 Added mtcskip and mtcskipamount. % 27Feb2002 Fixed test for empty files. % 13Mar2002 Added bangla language. % 15Mar2002 Reduced depth of mtc@strutbox. % % xxxxxxxxx Version 37 canceled % % 24Jan2003 Version 38 % 24Jan2003 pt -> p@ and 0pt -> z@ % 24Jan2003 hrule and vrule replaced by ule (latex) % 24Jan2003 added mtc@zrule for zero-dims rules % 28Jan2003 added frenchb language (synonym of french) % 30Jan2003 changed test for empty titles % 30Jan2003 added options flsection and flsectionb % 31Jan2003 option tight applies to parttoc % (Thomas Leonhardt leonhardt(a)informatik.tu-darmstadt.de) % 07Feb2003 options flsection and flsectionb removed, % 07Feb2003 replaced by insection option (=flsectionb). % 11Feb2003 corrected numbering of SLF, SLT % 20Feb2003 added frenchle and frenchpro languages (synonym of french) % 20Feb2003 corrected secttocs, at least. % 18Mar2003 corrected some vertical spacings and struts % (I added some mods by Frank Mittelbach, many % thanks to him.) % A lot of cleaning remains to do, but the % release seems to be needed now. % Jean-Pierre F. Drucbert % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/minitoc/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: sffms
by Jim Hefferon 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

A package has been upgraded on tug.ctan.org and the new version should make its way through the mirroring process in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ===================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: sffms Author's name: M. C. DeMarco Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/sffms/ Summary description: A LaTeX class for typesetting fiction manuscripts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sffms, a LaTeX class for typesetting science fiction and fantasy manuscripts, has been updated to version 2.0. Sffms now includes several options for specific publishers as well as extensive documentation aimed at new LaTeX users. The code has been cleaned up for version 2.0 and the geometry package made optional. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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