On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 Michael Niedermair submitted an update to the
libertine
package.
Summary description: New version of the libertine font, now with a monospace font
License type: other-free
Announcement text: Yes
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- new package only for xelatex, lualatex
- new monotype font (beta)
- enhanced documentation
- new makros and envirionments
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http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/libertine
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On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 The LaTeX3 Project submitted an update to the
l3kernel
packages.
Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Snapshot of SVN 3036
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- Rename seq_(g)set_reverse:N as seq_reverse:N for
consistency with other parts of expl3
- Modify l_set_rescan:Nnx to do the 'x' before the rescan
- Rename seq_split:Nnn as seq_set_split:Nnn and improve logic
when empty arguments are given
- Extend SplitList to use seq_set_split:Nnn internally
making multi-token splits possible
- Add experimental l_item:nn
- Add clist_const:Nn
- Add methods to show :n type arguments for clist, in, dim,
skip and muskip modules
- Bug fix for clist_length:n
- Bug fix for clist_map_break:n to correctly tidy up input
stream after loop
- Bug fix for l_if_head_space:n(TF) when used with LuaTeX,
due to differences between (pdf)strcmp primitive and
Lua-based implemenation
- Simplify documentation of local versus global functions
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On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 Thomas F. Sturm submitted the
tcolorbox
package.
Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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tcolorbox provides an environment for colored and framed text boxes with a
heading line. Optionally, such a box can be splitted in an upper and a lower
part. The package tcolorbox can be used for the setting of LaTeX examples where
one part of the box displays the source code and the other part shows the
output. Another common use case is the setting of theorems. The package supports
saving and reuse of source code and text parts.
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On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the
chemnum
package.
Summary description: a comprehensive approach for the numbering of chemical compounds
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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New in v0.4:
- input of lists better customizable
- a more intuitive way to use labels with lists or ranges of sublabels
- usage with hyperref is now supported
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On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
nicetext
package.
Summary description: Minimal markup for documentation, text filtering ...
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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   description of fifinddo.sty v0.5 in ANNOUNCE.txt and CHANGE.LOG
    for bundle release 0.5 last Monday corrected: support not for blogexec,
    but for ligatures in pending blog.sty v0.7 (morehype bundle)
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there was me, idly watching an opera relay, and the daemon was slaving
away:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: latexmk
> Author's name: John Collins
> Package version: 4.30a
> Location on CTAN: support/latexmk/
> Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine
> License type: gpl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> 1. Fix incorrect behavior when the output and/or auxiliary directories
> are set.
> 2. Act on missing-file message from feynmp package.
> 3. Change criterion for rerunning dvips and dvipdf. (Sometimes these
> programs would incorrectly not be run when there was less than a
> minute between source file changes.)
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/latexmk.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latexmk/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
i was away, and the daemon ignored my instruction not to accept
uploads...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: catoptions
> Author's name: Ahmed Musa
> Package version: 0.2.7a
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/catoptions/
> Summary description: Secure catcodes and pass options.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> Changed
ewvariables and docommalist to cptnewvariables and
> cptdocommalist, respectively, to avoid potential clashes. The old
> names are retained as aliases until packages that use them have all
> been updated on 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/catoptions.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/catoptions/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 Tobias Weh submitted an update to the
musuos
package.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Fixed a bug in the manual. The possible values for the blockquote option where wrong.
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On Tue, 6 Dec 2011, Simon Spiegel submitted an update to the
biblatex-fiwi
package.
Summary description: biblatex styles for German humanities – especially film studies
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Version 1.1c
- New option partofcited truncates a child entry if the respective parent entry has been cited.
- New biber.conf example which follows the new syntax introduced with biber 0.9.7
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