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CTAN has a new package: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '09

17 Jun '09

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 Josef Kleber submitted the new package softmaker-freefont to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/ Summary description: Support files for fonts available at www.freefont.de License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In June 2009 www.freefont.de offered a beautiful handwriting font for free download: The Softmaker Stone Handwriting. As handwriting fonts are a quite limited resource in the LaTeX world, i decided to create support files for this beautiful font. Therefore, Stone Handwriting will be the starting point for the freefont bundle. Other (beautiful) fonts may be included in future. License: LPPL (not the font itself) v1.0: - added LaTeX support for the font: Softmaker Stone Handwriting Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (June 2009) and can be downloaded for free at (at least this month): http://freefont.de Later you can buy it as part of Softmaker Handwriting ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/softmaker-freefont/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=softmaker-freefont (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: isodoc 0.6
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '09

17 Jun '09

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the isodoc package. The isodoc class can be used for the preparation of letters, invoices, and, in the future, similar documents. Documents are set up with options, thus making the class easily adaptable to user’s wishes and extensible for other document types. Victor Eijkhout’s NTG brief class, which implements the NEN1026 standard, was the starting point. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/isodoc License: LPPL Announcement Text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of v0.6 relative to v0.5) - moved all documentation files in subdirectory doc, because files appeared to be wrongly placed on the TeX Collection DVD - Some minor corrections ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/isodoc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=isodoc (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 has a new package: grid
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 16 Jun '09

16 Jun '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should withing a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: grid Author's name: River Valley Technologies Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/grid Summary description: Enables grid typesetting in two column documents in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- grid.sty is a LaTeX package to enable grid typesetting in double column documents. Grid typesetting (vertical aligning of lines of text in adjacent columns) is a difficult task in LaTeX, this is only a humble attempt to help users to achieve it in a limited way. An example document, grid.tex, has been provided with simple instructions to typeset it by making use of grid.sty. The package needs a lot of improvements, this is only a beginning. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/grid . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/grid (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 .

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CTAN has a new package: Steinmetz notation
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Jun '09

15 Jun '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should within a day arrive at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Steinmetz notation Author's name: Enrico Gregorio Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/steinmetz Summary description: This package provides a command to print the Steinmetz notation for complex number used in electrotechnics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The steinmetz package provides a command for typesetting complex numbers in the Steinmetz notation used in electrotechnics as <modulus><argument or phase inside an angle symbol> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/steinmetz . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/steinmetz (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 .

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CTAN update: biblatex-chicago-notes-df
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 14 Jun '09

14 Jun '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: biblatex-chicago-notes-df Author's name: David Fussner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib Summary description: Chicago notes + bibliography style files for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a quick and dirty fix to allow compatibility with biblatex version 0.8d. If you are still using 0.8c, then I would wait for the next version of biblatex-chicago-notes-df, which is due soon. Please see the README. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblate… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-chicago-notes-df (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 .

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CTAN package update: keys3
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jun '09

13 Jun '09

my invisible friend, the upload daemon, saith: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: keys3 > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/keys3 > Summary description: Key management for LaTeX3 > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > SVN 110: > - Complete re-write to move to a seperate define/set > model > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/keys3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/exptl/keys3 thanks for the upload; i've installed the package(s) and updated the catalogue repository. the catalogue entry on the web (linked above) will change a bit overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN: New package - subdocs 0.1
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

The package below has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: subdocs 0.1 Author's name: Javier Bezos Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/bezos Summary description: Multifile documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a tentative package aiming to provide a different approach for multidocument works (mainly, books with a document per chapter). Unlike the include mechanism, every subdocument is a complete normal LaTeX document and can be typeset separately. What the package does is sharing the aux files. It's still an alpha version, and no attempt has been done yet to make it to work with, say, hyperref. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bezos . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/subdocs (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 .

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CTAN update: prelim2e v1.3
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Tnx, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: prelim2e v1.3 Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ms Summary description: A new version of prelim2e License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * added a norsk option * updated documentation * moved to LPPL 1.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ms . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/prelim2e (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 .

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New version of UK TeX FAQ, v3.19
by Robin Fairbairns 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

i have today put version v3.19 of the uk tex faq on ctan. this release is terribly late (i had hoped to push it out in january); the reason is to be found in various personal issues of mine. the release will as usual be visible on CTAN at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq with a small catalogue page at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/uk-tex-faq.html (the catalogue entry is rewritten from its earlier instance, and will appear on the archive for the first time overnight tonight) the faq also remains available as a web application at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq while i shall continue to write all the words, for a bit, my target is to make it possible for the faq to be a collaborative project. this involves major upheavals in many areas, from the structure of the source to the presentation on the web. not all the changes will happen at one time, but i would welcome expressions of interest from potential future collaborators, from now on. so ... here is the content of my CHANGES file for this release Changes in version 3.19 This file lists changes since its most recent release (with version 3.18 of the FAQ). There are now 438 questions (and answers) in the FAQ. New answers: +Label grffilenames: modern file names in graphics +Label keyval: using key-value input in macros and package +Label linmacnames: why non-letters in macro names are a bad idea +Label osf: using fonts with old-style numbers +Label pdf-fig-chars: disappearing glyphs in pdfTeX figures (from Thanh) +Label texorpdf: error not allowed in PDFDocEncoded string +Label texthings: what all these <thing>TeX names are +Label usesymb: using symbols +Label whatmacros:brief outline of macros for bits and pieces section +Label wideflt: centre a float wider than text area Relabelled answers: +Label xfigetc: discusses xfig and asymptote (so far) (was label xfig) Revised answers: +Label askquestion: what to do if your minimal example needs a figure +Label acroantics:content of old label outszwrng merged in +Label biblatex: updated, now also mentions biber +Label books: mention Lulu version of TeX by Topic +Label chngmargonfly: mention addlines package +Label compactbib:mention the compactbib package (surprise!) +Label drawing: describe pictex, epic and eepic (all previously skated over) +Label editors: mention texworks +Label figurehere:mention MakeSorted from perpage package +Label fonts-pln: mention varisize +Label footnpp: mention zref package perpage module +Label ftncapt: clarification (I hope) +Label latex2html:mention plastex +Label latexe: reworked for clarity +Label latexpronounce: following on from latexe +Label linenos: numline package now obsolete +Label luatex: tidied up, now I'm clearer about LuaTeX, myself +Label logos: clarified, in light of changes to printing layout we now use +Label man-latex: added pointer to first-latex-doc +Label marginpkgs:changepage package supplants chngpage +Label mcite: mention mciteplus and collref packages +Label nonfree: explain what went wrong and what is happening +Label ifpdf: mention ifxetex and ifluatex +Label noroom: tidied up e-TeX related part of answer +Label ref-doc: mention latexcheat +Label setURL: mention spaces and hyphens options of url.sty +Label texsystems:mention MikTeX-for-Linux +Label wordcount: mention TeXcount +Label writecls: mention Oberdiek's splendid source2e pdf file +Label wygexpts: preview-latex now part of auctex Deleted answers: +Label outszwrng (remember, as of the previous release, links to old labels remain valid, pointing to an answer that is as near relevant as possible) Web interface: The initial list of questions no longer gives a URL containing all the answers -- Google was returning that for every match, which didn't help! All links to CTAN files, directory .zips and directories for browsing are now http, and there's no longer any mention of .tar.gz archives of CTAN directories (since they're no longer available) Robin Fairbairns 2009-06-10

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CTAN update: xpackages
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

that old upload daemon is at it again: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpackages > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages > Summary description: The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The xpackages are experimental, hihg-level parts of LaTeX3. They > are designed to provide a link between the programming system > (expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different > area, for example creating document commands (xparse), the > output routine (xor), and so on. > > At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{xparse} > usepackage{template} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package > available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which > the xpackages are built. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1407) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release is a snap-shot taken from the SVN repository which > can be found from: > > http://www.latex-project.org/code.html > > At present, only some of the xpackages are ready for > distribution even in this experimental form. The current > xpackages bundle contains: > - xparse, an interface for creating document commands. > - template, a method to generate generic functions using > key-value syntax. > - ldcsetup, a temporary utilities package to provide features > needed by template which are not currently available in > expl3. > > In contrast to expl3, which is now broadly stable, the team are > actively working on these packages at the present time. They may > therefore see significant alterations in the near future > (6 months). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Looking forward > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The team are currently reviewing the base parts of the > xpackages, with the aim of moving on to examine providing a > page building and output routine. We hope to establish a > semi-regular release pattern of snap-shots, which can then be > propagated using the update features of TeX Live and MiKTeX. > The exact schedule will depend on the code changes made! Each > release will state which SVN revision number it is based on. > > Over time, we hope to add more of the xpackages to this > distributed version. This will occur as the team decide that > a particular xpackage will remain available, and as we reach > some stability with those that do. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Other parts of LaTeX3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Several more experimental packages are also available in the > SVN. These xpackages show possible design ideas for LaTeX3, and > their status is currently very variable. > > The expl3 package, which contains the base for programming > LaTeX3, is broadly stable and is available on CTAN. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > LaTeX3 News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > We have established a bi-yearly schedule to publish a LaTeX3 > News letter. The second of these will appear at the same time as > this release. The news letters can be found at: > > http://www.latex-project.org/l3news/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Discussion > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Discussion concerning the approach, suggestions for > improvements, changes, additions, etc. should be addressed to > the list LATEX-L. > > You can subscribe to this list by sending mail to > > listserv(a)urz.uni-heidelberg.de > > with the body containing > > subscribe LATEX-L <Your-First-Name> <Your-Second-Name> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/xpackages thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. (note that the catalogue entry page, above, will be updated overnight tonight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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