On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 Michael Ummels submitted an update to the
fontaxes
package.
Summary description: Additional font axes for LaTeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text: Yes
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This version fixes an incompatibility with .sty files generated by autoinst introduced in version 1.0.
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For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
that ol' daemon is _trying_ to relieve the load on dante uploads...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: achemso
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Package version: v3.5j
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/achemso/
> Summary description: Support for submissions to American Chemical
> Society journals
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> v3.5j:
> - Allow flexible TOC entry size
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/achemso.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
quoth the daemon:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: siunitx
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Package version: v2.4
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/
> Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> v2.4:
> - New option exponent-to-prefix to convert exponents
> into prefixes (e3 => kilo for example).
> - New option list-pair-separator to handle lists with
> exactly two members.
> - New round-half option to allow rounding 'half to even'
> as well as 'half up'.
> - Automatic 'compression' of repeated exponents in some
> cases.
> - Reduced number of occasions where math mode is forced.
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/siunitx.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the
adjustbox
package.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Changelog:
* Update of the manual.
* Added driver files for dvips and xelatex. Moved pdftex driver code to own file.
* Fixed and improved default unit code for the `calc` option.
* Changed adjustimage code to use internals of includegraphics. This allows the redefinition of includegraphics.
* Added manual for `bgcolor` and added `bgcolor*`.
* Changed `bgimage` to use `adjustimage`.
* Added manual entries for `cfbox` and `cframe`.
* Removed loading of non-mandatory `storebox` package for now.
* Added `set vsize`.
* Added shortcuts `rlap` and `llap`.
* Added adjincludegraphics and the Export option.
* Fix for `innerenv` argument.
* Added lengths Width, Height, Depth and Totalheight for the original dimensions of the content.
* Added own raisebox variant to support math expressions even for includegraphics.
* Some code cleanup.
* Added `varwidth` key as an alternative to `minipage`.
* Added stackbox and `stack` key and `stackbox` environment (similar to shortstack)
* Added check for xcolor package.
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the
mdframed
package.
Summary description: auto split frame environment
License type: lppl
Announcement text: Yes
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v1.0
- add option userdefinedwidth
- add option align
- add option apptotikzsetting
- create new command mdfapptodefinestyle (Thanks to Martin Scharrer)
- changed internal algorithm
- removed calc instead using e-TeX dimexpr
- expand documentation
- trying to fixe problems with xcolor
- fixed bug with framemethod=pstricks
- created ltxmdf.cls -- documentclass for alle tex-files
- created file mdframed-example-default.pdf
- created file mdframed-example-tikz.pdf
- created file mdframed-example-pstricks.pdf
- created file mdframed-example-texsx.pdf (texsx stands for tex stackexchange)
- removed pre-version
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Rainer Schöpf
Philipp Lehman wrote:
> I've uploaded a new biblatex release to the incoming directory of the
> UK node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/. Please
> purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as
> usual. Thank you very much.
>
> RELEASE NOTES
>
> This release requires Biber 0.9.6.
users: please see below.
> See the file RELEASE for further release notes.
>
> CHANGES
>
> See the changelog in biblatex.pdf.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.
*NOTE* -- users should note that CTAN does not yet hold biber 0.9.6; if
you are using biber, you should either update from the testing
distribution, or hold off installing this version of biblatex until the
production distribution of biber 0.9.6 is availablle.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 L. Nobre G. submitted an update to the
featpost
package.
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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FeatPost obtained a new macro to draw spheroids which is based on the
invariance of quadratic surfaces. Backward compatibility is maintained with the
exception of the perspective macro rp which now depends on the global variable
MaxFearLimit. If your figures look odd, change the value of this variable to
50 or more. Take a look at the example revolipsoid.mp.
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http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/featpost/
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the
csvsimple
package.
Summary description: csv file processing, comma separated values
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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version 1.04 (2011/11/11):
- new key: head to column names (automatic column names)
- new key: no table
- column numbers can now be used for column macro definitions
- documentation update and correction
- internal behaviour of 'before reading' and 'after reading' changed for tables
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 Matthew R Kuhn submitted an update of the
ascelike
package.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Upgrade of the ascelike package with corrected margins and documentation
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http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ascelike
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 Xavier Danaux submitted an update to the
moderncv
package.
Summary description: A modern curriculum vitae class.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Bug fix release.
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