On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
ifnextok
package.
Summary description: make commands not skipping spaces, cf. amsmath/mathtools
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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After hints on texhax by Heiko Oberdiek and on LATEX-L by
Bruno Le Floche (May 11) and Frank Mittelbach (May 15;
that I now finally read, 2011-06-02), IfNextToken and
IfStarNextToken of v0.21 essentially (not exactly) are
ew@ifnextchar and @ifstar, resp., from amsmath;
main own features (i) control of where to employ them,
(ii) use outside math, indeed rather thinking of humanities.
Documentation now mentions amsmath and mathtools.
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
the daemon continues to keep me busy...
> 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
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel
> Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> SVN 2453 (bug fix):
> - Corrects issue with l3keys, where l_keys_choice_int was
> not correctly defined
> (see http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/20032/)
thanks for the upload; i've installed the fixed 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/
as always, the micro-change to the catalogue file may not appear until
some time tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon's been busy (and so have i):
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental
> Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project
> Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel
> /macros/latex/contrib/l3packages
> /macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental
> Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> LaTeX3 coding and concepts as LaTeX2e packages
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> As work continues toward LaTeX3, a number of programming
> conventions and higher-level ideas are being developed by The
> LaTeX3 Project. These are designed to be available as LaTeX2e
> packages, meaning that they can be used now by both developers
> and day-to-day LaTeX users.
>
> The material released to CTAN is currently divided into three
> parts:
> - l3kernel: code which will be present in a LaTeX3 kernel in
> its current form. Currently, this part contains the coding
> layer for LaTeX3 ('expl3').
> - l3packages: code which is broadly 'stable', and which adds
> new functionality to LaTeX2e. Material from l3packages may be
> present in a LaTeX3 kernel, but the interfaces may change.
> - l3experimental: code which is more experimental, and which is
> intended mainly for testing by interested users. Over time,
> material from this area may move to one of the other two
> divisions.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> This release (SVN 2448)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This release is a major overhaul of the CTAN release of the
> LaTeX3 development code. As described above, the arrangement of
> the code on CTAN has been altered, with material which was
> previously available as 'l3in2e' moving broadly to 'l3kernel'
> while 'xpackages' has been split into 'l3packages' and
> 'l3experimental'. This arrangement has been adopted to make the
> status of the different parts of LaTeX3 clearer, and also means
> that the CTAN structure now aligns with that off the development
> repository.
>
> As part of the code rearrangement, the status of all of the
> LaTeX3 modules has been reviewed. A small number of modules have
> been removed from the CTAN release as a result, as they are not
> currently suitable for general use in their current form. At the
> same time, the xfrac package has been integrated into the main
> LaTeX3 release. This will allow the team as a whole to keep
> xfrac up to date with any changes to the 'template' concept.
>
> The code and documentation for the 'expl3' programming layer has
> been reviewed, and this release features a range of performance
> enhancements. At the same time, several inexact sections in the
> documentation have been revised to make the detailed behaviour
> of the code clearer, and with more attention to covering edge
> cases. At the same time, a number of functions have been renamed
> or removed from the code. Notification of these changes has
> already been given on the LaTeX-L list. While the team hopes
> that these changes will not break any existing code, developers
> using LaTeX3 for programming should of course test their code
> against the new release.
>
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> The issue tracker for LaTeX3 bugs is currently located at
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> Please report specific issues with LaTeX3 code there. More
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> The LaTeX3 Project
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>
> Users may view the package catalogue entries at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html
> or they may browse the package directories at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/
The catalogue entries will first appear, on the web, overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 Sven van der Meer submitted an update to the
skb
package.
Summary description: Create and maintain a repository for long-living documents
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This package provides macros that help to build a document repository for
long living documents. It focuses on structure and re-use of text, code,
figures etc. The basic concept is to first separate structure from content
(i.e. text about a topic from the structure it is presented by) and then
separating the content from the actual published document, thus enabling
easy re-use of text blocks in different publications (i.e. text about a
protocol in a short article about this protocol as well as in a book about
many protocols); all without constantly copying or changing text. As a side
effect, using the document classes provided, it hides a lot of LaTeX from
someone who just wants to write articles and books.
Updates in v0.52: added moderncv to the supported classes, changed package
structure to be compliant with CTAN requirements and added information in
the README file.
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http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/skb/
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
just as i was going to bed last night, the daemon crept out of his
hole. i was dog-tired, so i left installation until now...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: mbenotes
> Author's name: Matthias Borck-Elsner
> Author's email: matthias(a)kleinesnetzwerk.net
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mbenotes/
> Summary description: notes in texts,tables,images,equations
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Update of mbenotes. Notes in texts,tables,images,equations
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/mbenotes.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mbenotes/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the
thumbs
package.
Summary description: This package allows to create one or more customizable
thumb index(es), providing a quick and easy reference methode for large
documents.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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New possible value autoauto (not default!) for option width, setting the thumb marks width to
fit the widest thumb mark text.
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http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/thumbs/
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the
papermas
package.
Summary description: This package allows to compute the number of sheets of
paper needed to print a document as well as the mass of that printed version of
the document, useful e. g. when sending it by mail to determine the postage.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Reduced the number of needed counters by 5 (using the intcalc package).
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http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/papermas/
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
i had almost forgotten the daemon existed, when he popped up and cried:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: pgfopts
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pgfopts
> Summary description: LaTeX package options with pgfkeys
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> v2.1:
> - Allow for .unknown handler for class options
thanks for the upload. i have 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/pgfopts.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pgfopts/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Tue, 31 May 2011 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
ifnextok
package.
Summary description: make commands not skipping spaces
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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v0.2 provides MakeNotSkipping<target>{<on-space>}
modifying a given document-level command <target>,
based on IfNextSpace{<if>}{<else>},
actually addressing what the abstract of ifnextok.pdf
has promised so far (including active double quote);
maybe rather showing problems than being
practically useful (as opposed to package options
useful for end-users)
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ifnextok
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Thanks for the upload.
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Rainer Schöpf
On Fri, 27 May 2011 John Bowman submitted an update to the
asymptote
package.
Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-aware vector graphics language
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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PRC vertex-shading for straight patches was implemented. A general image routine
that uses a pen function of two INT parameters was implemented. A 3D pixel
routine was added. A temporary expression is now used to avoid side effects in
self operators. Keyword-only function arguments were implemented. The sizing
routines were recoded. Bugs in drawline and geometry were fixed. The geometry
module no longer overloads the built-in circle and ellipse functions. PDF TeX
engines are now supported in xasy. Directory prefixes are no longer stripped
from .js and .prc file names. The TeXShop instructions were updated. The
asymptote.sty LaTeX style file was updated to allow leading spaces before
end{asy} and to introduce a keepAspect keyval option. Segmentation faults were
fixed. Unwanted state-dependency was removed from the startTrembling function
of the contributed trembling module by introducing a tremble structure
(backwards incompatible change); see the example floatingdis!
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf