On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the
calxxxx-yyyy
package.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Happy new year and all the best for 2012!
(Calender examples updated to 2012-2029.)
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/calxxxx-yyyy/
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/calxxxx-yyyy
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-solarsystem.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put
> the files into the _new_ directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solarsystem/
>
> pst-solarsystem (v. 0.12) is a PSTricks related package
> for drawing a solar system.
>
> the authors are Manuel Luque and Herbert Voß. The license
> is as usual LPPL
>
> pst-solarsystem plots the visible planets, projected on the plane of
> the ecliptic. As we can not represent all the planets in the real
> proportions, only Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars have the correct
> proportions of the orbits and their relative sizes are observed.
> Saturn and Jupiter are in the right direction, but not in correct size.
thanks for the upload; i have installed it and made a new entry in the
catalogue.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-solarsystem.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solarsystem/
The catalogue entry will first appear, on the web, overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 Harald Harders submitted an update to the
getfileversion
package.
Summary description: This simple shell script prints the version and date of a LaTeX input files (e.g., class or style files).
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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2011-12-31 v0.3 Harald Harders
- Add support for arbitrary tex input file types
2011-12-30 v0.2 Harald Harders
- Avoid special characters as guillemots
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/support/getfileversion
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/getfileversion
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 Harald Harders submitted an update to the
typogrid
package.
Summary description: Print a typographic grid.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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2011/12/31 0.21 Harald Harders (harald.harders(a)gmx.de)
- Change Makefile in order to produce pdf documentation
- Set date and version explicitly in ProvidesPackage
2003/11/09 0.20 Harald Harders (harald.harders(a)gmx.de), Rolf Niepraschk
- Reimplementation, provide grid for headings and a frame for
the margin
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http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/typogrid
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 Mohamed El Morabity submitted an update to the
lato
package.
Summary description: Lato font fanily and LaTeX support
License type: lppl
Announcement text: Yes
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Changelog for version 2.2:
- update .ttf files to version 1.104
- update documentation to mention latofonts.com
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/lato/
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http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lato
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 Mohamed El Morabity submitted an update to the
comfortaa
package.
Summary description: Sans serif font, with LaTeX support
License type: lppl
Announcement text: Yes
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Changelog for version 2.1:
- fix bad weight substitution when using light weight and slanted
shape
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 Sven Harder submitted the
xcookybooky
package.
Summary description: typesetting (long) recipes with pictures and background images
License type: free
Announcement text:
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This package is intended for typesetting recipes, which could be greater than
one page. Above the recipe text two (optional) pictures can be displayed. You
could enter recipe name, energy content, portions, preparation and baking time,
baking temperatures, recipe source and of course preparation steps and required
ingredients. At the bottom you can insert a optional hint.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xcookybooky
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xcookybooky
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
the daemon wrote:
> An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20111231-135208/
>
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>
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: acrosort
> Author's name: D. P. Story
> Package version: 1.0
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/acrosort/
> Summary description: Bubble sorting of images/tiles
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> This is a package that uses Adobe Distiller as the PDF creator as well
> as Acrobat itself.
>
> The AcroSort is a novelty LaTeX package for importing a series of
> sliced images of a picture. The sliced images are randomly arranged,
> then resorted before the user's eyes using a bubble sort.
>
> Images can be sliced using AcroSlice, also available through CTAN
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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/acrosort.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/acrosort/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon proclaims:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: nameauth
> Author's name: Charles P. Schaum
> Package version: 0.7
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
> Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and
> flexibility in body text and index.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Publications that reference many names require editors and
> proofreaders to track those names in the text and index. These name
> authority macros allow authors and compilers to normalize occurrences
> of names, variant name forms, and pen names in the text and
> index. This may help minimize writing and production time and cost.
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/nameauth.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
The catalogue entry will first appear on the web some time early in 2012.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon said:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: Endheads
> Author's name: John Burt
> Package version: 1.5
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/endheads/
> Summary description: Running headers of the form Notes to pp. xx--yy
> for endnotes
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Endheads provides running headers of the form Notes to pp. xx-yy for
> endnotes. It is designed to work with endnotes.sty. Version 1.5 fixes
> a bug in the interaction of Endheads and the page styles for memoir
> class.
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/endheads.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/endheads/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team