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New on CTAN: pxtxalfa
by CTAN Announcements 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

the daemon writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: pxtxalfa > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: fonts/pxtxalfa > Summary description: Virtual math alphabets based on pxfonts and txfonts > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Virtual math alphabets based on pxfonts and txfonts, with LaTeX support files > and adjusted metrics. The most recent version of mathalfa contains support > for this collection. thanks for the upload; i have installed the new package and created 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/pxtxalfa.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/pxtxalfa/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: mathalfa
by CTAN Announcements 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

the daemon writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: mathalfa > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Package version: 1.02 > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mathalfa > Summary description: A package to load math alphabets > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package provides the means to load math alphabets usually called by > mathcal, mathbb, mathfrak, mathscr and their bold variants without > relying on the default sty and fd files, so that every font may be scaled > arbitrarily and no metafont-related size restrictions are imposed. Support is > offered for a number of new math alphabets including dutchcal and pxtx. thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository accordingly. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mathalfa.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mathalfa/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: l3kernel
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

the daemon tells me > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: l3kernel > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Package version: SVN 2607 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > Summary description: Experimental LaTeX3 concepts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Snapshot of SVN 2607 > > This release adds experimental functionality to xparse, and > also support for this in other areas. It also includes > a small number of other changes: > - xparse now supports (experimental) verbatim argument > grabbing. As discussed in the documentation, this > allows xparse to generate verb-like functions. > - Support function peek_N_type:TF added for testing if > a token can be grabbed as an N-type argument. > - l_trim_spaces:n is improved in handling of spaces. > - int_to_base: performance is improved. > - Deprecated functions should now not be used anywhere in > team code (in preparation for removal of deprecated > functions in a later snapshot). thanks for the upload; i have installed the updated version and tweaked the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ similarly, i have installed new versions of the l3packages and l3experimental bundles: ========== Name of contribution: l3packages Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ Of which users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ ========== Name of contribution: l3experimental Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ Of which users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ ========== The catalogue entries will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN Package: babyloniannum
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 Raphaël Pinson submitted the babyloniannum package. Summary description: Typeset Babylonian numerals with XeTeX License type: lppl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package can be used to typeset Babylonian numerals using XeTeX. It makes use of the Santakku Paleo-Babylonian font which can be downloaded at http://www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de/cuneifont/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/babyloniannum . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babyloniannum (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 . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: caption
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Summary description: This LaTeX package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table, and cooperates with many other packages. Includes rotating captions, sideways captions, continued captions (for tables or figures that come in several parts). A list of compatibility notes, for other packages, is provided in the documentation. The package also provides the caption outside float facility. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The subcaption package was updated to version 1.1. It got a new option for selecting a format used by subref, and a new command called phantomsubcaption for referencing a sub-figure without caption. Furthermore the subcaption package documentation was enhanced regarding references. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/The caption package bundle (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 . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: biblatex-chem
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

the daemon calls again... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-chem > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v1.1a > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem/ > Summary description: A set of biblatex implementations of > chemistry-related bibliography styles > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1a: > - Set url false by default > - Add chaptertitle option for all styles > - Some documentation fixes thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-chem.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/bibl… The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: biblatex-chem
by CTAN Announcements 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

the daemon interrupts my evening meal (or would have done, had i been eating here in front of my computer) and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-chem > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v1.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-chem/ > Summary description: A set of biblatex implementations of > chemistry-related bibliography styles > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1: > - Styles re-written to use biblatex standard code as far as > possible > - Styles now work with biblatex v1.6 > - Some minor changes to output of less-common entry types thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and tweaked the package's entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-chem.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/bibl… The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: keyval2e
by CTAN Announcements 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

the daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: keyval2e > Author's name: Ahmed Musa > Package version: 0.0.1a > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/keyval2e/ > Summary description: A robust and simple key-value parser > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The user manual has been completed and included. thanks for the update; 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/keyval2e.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keyval2e/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: prerex
by CTAN Announcements 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

the daemon reports a pre-arranged upload: > Name of contribution: prerex > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 6.0.6 > 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 upload provides (the correct version of) prerex/chart.tex. > The other files are okay. thanks for the upload; i have installed the corrected material and tweaked 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

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CTAN update: toptesi
by CTAN Announcements 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: toptesi > Author's name: Claudio Beccari > Package version: 5.59 > Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/toptesi/ > Summary description: Important upgrade for typesetting multilanguage theses > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This important upgrade makes toptesi usable with both pdfLaTeX and > XeLaTeX and may produce PDF/A-1b compliant archivable documents. Of > course its multilanguage feature is preserved and thanks to XeLaTeX > its multilanguage feature is further extended making this package > usable also in humanistic theses dealing with ancient languages. 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/toptesi.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/toptesi/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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