the daemon wrote, as i waited anxiously in hospital:
> Name of contribution: reotex
> Author's name: Nuno Oliveira
> Package version: 1.0
> Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf/contrib/
> Summary description: Draw Reo Channels and Circuits using the pgf/tikz libraries
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Definition of macros and other utilities to design Reo Circuits using
> the pgf (tikz) by Till Tantau (pgf manual for v2.10)
>
> This is version 1.0!!
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new package, and made an
entry for it in the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/reotex.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/reotex/
The catalogue entry will first appear on the web (some time) overnight
tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 Michael Hughes submitted the
parnotes
package.
Summary description: Notes after every paragraph, or elsewhere
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This package adds a new note type, parnote. Parnotes are set as normal, running
paragraphs and may be placed two ways: (1) Automatically, at the end of the
paragraph (2) Manually, using the parnotes command.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/parnotes
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/parnotes
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to
appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 at 08:07 +0100, Brian Blackmore submitted the
happy4th
package.
Summary description: Fireworks display
License type: pd
Announcement text: Yes
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Created for July 4, 2007, this block of goop with give you a hundred-page fireworks display.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/plain/contrib/happy4th
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/happy4th
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appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-tools.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put
> the files into the _new_ directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-tools/
>
> pst-tools (v. 0.01) is a PSTricks related package
> with helper functions for other PSTricks packages.
>
> I am the author and the license is as usual LPPL
thanks for the upload; i've installed the package, and made an entry in
the catalogue repository.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-tools.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-tools/
The catalogue entry will first appear, on the web, some time overnight
tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon wrote:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: prerex
> Author's name: Bob Tennent
> Package version: 6.3
> Location on CTAN: graphics/prerex/
> Summary description: Macros for prerequisite charts, with associated
> editor and viewer applications.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The vprerex viewer now sets the working directory to that
> of the tex file it is opened with, and right-clicking on a
> course box or arrow *appends* coordinates to the
> clipboard (to simplify multiple deletes/shifts).
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/prerex.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/prerex/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 Brian Blackmore submitted the
hanoi
package.
Summary description: Towers of Hanoi / Brahma
License type: pd
Announcement text:
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Surely you want to practice your TeX skills by solving the Towers of Hanoi with
(up to) 15 discs, or maybe you just want to know the 32767 moves. Take a day
off, solve the tower, and learn about TeX category codes!
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/plain/contrib/hanoi
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hanoi
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to
appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 renamed the getfileversion package to
latexfileversion
Summary description: Prints the version and date of a LaTeX input file
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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2011-12-31 v0.3 Harald Harders
- Rename from getfileversion to latexfileversion
- Add support for arbitrary tex input file types
2011-12-30 v0.2 Harald Harders
- Avoid special characters as guillemets
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latexfileversion
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexfileversion
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appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 Harald Harders submitted an update to the
fnbreak
package.
Summary description: Detects footnotes that are split over several pages.
License type: lppl
Announcement text: Yes
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New features since version 1.10:
- Add options `nonverbose' and `label' and macros to switch behaviour after loading the package
- Distinguish between split over double page or with flipping the page.
- Allow commands in page number (non-numeric pages and footnote labels).
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fnbreak
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fnbreak
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Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 H.-Martin Münch submitted the
romanbar
package.
Summary description: Write Roman numbers (or any other text) with bars.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This LaTeX package allows to write Roman numbers (or any other text) with bars.
(Additionally, commands for converting Arabic numbers into Roman ones are
provided and an ifnumeric test function.)
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/romanbar/
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/romanbar
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Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the
regstats
package.
License type: lppl
Announcement text: Yes
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+ Now supports (but does not require) lua(la)tex for option timer.
+ Due to the use of temporary counters, no longer a new counter is used (except when option proof=true is chosen, of course).
+ Circumvention of the incompatibility of the atveryend package with seminar class and slidesec package introduced.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/regstats/
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/regstats
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Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf