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CTAN package update: dashrule
by CTAN Announcements 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dashrule Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dashrule Summary description: Draw dashed rules in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The dashrule package makes it easy to draw a huge variety of dashed rules (i.e., lines) in LaTeX. dashrule provides a command, hdashrule, which is a cross between LaTeX's ule and PostScript's setdash command. hdashrule draws horizontally dashed rules using the same syntax as ule, but with an additional, setdash-like parameter that specifies the pattern of dash segments and the space between those segments. Because dashrule's rules are constructed internally using ule (as opposed to, e.g., PostScript specials) they are fully compatible with every LaTeX back-end processor. This minor update enables hdashrule to begin a paragraph. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dashrule . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dashrule (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: Class for the journal Computational Complexity
by CTAN Announcements 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Michael Nüsken submitted an update to the computational-complexity package. The LaTeX2e class cc was written for the journal Computational Complexity, and it can also be used for a lot of other articles. You may like it since it contains a lot of features as more intelligent references, a set of theorem definitions, an algorithm environment, ... Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/computational-complexity License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes and clarification of license. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/computational-complexity . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=computational-complexity (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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New CTAN package --- memoir class v1.61803 beta
by CTAN Announcements 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Peter Wilson wrote: > I have uploaded memoir161803beta.tar.gz to UK incoming. This is a > beta version of the next (final?) release of the memoir class. I don't > know where it should go as I think that it must not replace the > current memoir collection but be available for those who want to try > it out. i have placed the submission on the latex experimental tree, at macros/latex/exptl/memoir-beta when we have the final version, we can erase that location (or redirect it to memoir proper). > This version incorporates all the current patches, and provides a > few new facilities, especially an extended range of pt size > options. The manual is heavily revised and includes all the material > that was in the Addendum, and more. Users should read the README > before printing the manual. > > I hope to release the real version before I leave the US (soon). I > would like to hear of any problems, which can either be emailed to me > (herries dot press (at) earthlink dot net) or preferably sent to the > comp.text.tex newsgroup. I am unlikely to have time to respond > individually but I will collect all responses. i have installed the package as indicated above, and created an entry in the catalogue. i believe the location is sufficiently different from that of the original package that one hopes it won't be a source of confusion. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir-beta.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/memoir-beta/ thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: isonums
by CTAN Announcements 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

[corrected post -- previous one escaped by mistake, sorry] my upload daemon quoth (some time ago) ctan-upload(a)tex.ac.uk wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: isonums > Author's name: Luis Rivera > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/misc/isonums.sty > Summary description: display numbers in math mode according to ISO 31-0 > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The isonums package makes a quick hack to ziffer.sty to display > numbers in math mode according to ISO 31-0, regardless of input format > (european $1.235,7$ or angloamerican $1,235.7$). The options [euro, > anglo] control the global input format. Default input format is > anglo. Documentation is included as comments to the text source. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/isonums.html > or they may read or download the file itself at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/isonums.sty Thanks for the upload. I have installed the package and created a catalogue entry for it. The package was installed some time ago, and will be well on its way around the world. The catalogue entry will appear on the web tonight some time. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: isonums.sty
by CTAN Announcements 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

my little upload monster writes: ctan-upload(a)tex.ac.uk wrote: > Name of contribution: isonums > Author's name: Luis Rivera > Author's email: jlrn77(a)gmail.com > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ziffer > Summary description: display numbers in math mode according to iso-31-0 > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > the isonums package makes a quick hack to ziff.sty to display numbers in math mode according to ISO-31-0, regardless of input format (european $1.235,7$ or angloamerican $1,235.7$). The options [euro, anglo] control the global input format. Default input format is anglo. Documentation is included as comments to the text source. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/isonums.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ziffer > _______________________________________________

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CTAN package update: acronym-1.30
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Tobi Oetiker has uploaded a new version of his acronym package. Differences from his previous release (1.27) are: Tobias Oetiker <oetiker(a)oetiker.ch> wrote: > Recent Changes: > --------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.30 (April 2008) Corrected code to redefine labels and > adjusted behavior with cmd{AC@used}. > -- Ulrich Diez > > Version 1.29 (April 2008) let withpage option show the 'corect' page number > and not just the first one. > -- Domagoj Babic (babic in cs.ubc.ca) (with help from Ulrich Diez) > > Version 1.28 (April 2008) fixed layout of addpage list > -- Tobias Oetiker (tobi with oetiker.ch) thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version, and the tds.zip file; i have also updated the catalogue repository (*very* slightly...) users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/acronym.html (will be updated in a minor way overnight), and they may browse the package itself at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/acronym/ the install file is at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/install/macros/latex/contrib/acronym.tds.z… Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: edmargin 1.0
by CTAN Announcements 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

The materials below have been put up at tug.ctan.org and should soon 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: edmargin 1.0 Author's name: John Burt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/edmargin Summary description: Multiple series of endnotes for critical editions, including sections defined on the fly License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmargin provides a very simple scheme for endnote sections for critical editions. Endnotes can either be marked in the text, or with marginal references to the page in the note sections where the note is to be found. Notes can be set in individual paragraphs, or in block paragraph mode (where there are many short notes). Note sections will have running headers of the form "Textual notes to pp. xx--yy" New note sections can be created on the fly. There are predefined endnote sections for textual notes, emendations, and explanatory notes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/edmargin . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/edmargin (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 support of simple installation files
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Over the years, installing files on a TeX system has become increasingly tiresome. When I started using TeX, in the 80s, most packages would say install the files where (La)TeX can find them (if they gave any advice at all on installation). While this advice was plainly good, it didn't help much since few people would want to do the contrary, and it offered no real hints. However, it didn't matter much: I found it easy, as a complete novice, to guess where the file ought to go. TeX systems have changed a lot since then, and most modern systems use a standard called TDS (TeX Directory Structure) to specify how TeX-files should be arranged on disc. The TDS is pretty straightforward once you've read it, and it will give good a usable answer, about where to put a new file, every time. However, not many people _want_ to read it, and as a result TeX forums are forever being asked how to get TeX to find new files. (I keep rewriting the text in the UK FAQ, in this area, too -- see http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=installthings which doesn't yet mention these installation files.) The TDS is a simple structure, and almost all files can be installed simply by putting them in the right place, and updating a single index. The CTAN network is therefore starting to hold TDS ZIP files, which have a built-in directory structure that matches the TDS. These things have to be built, of course, and we're expecting that package writers will supply them for us. This puts an extra burden on the writer; however, it should make the package user much happier, which in turn must help keep the TeX community lively and active. Nitty gritty details (users): Users can see whether a TDS file is available, when they view the catalogue entry for the package they propose to download. A user should download that file, and unpack it in a TDS directory to which she has access, and then generate a file index for the TDS directory tree. The TDS directory on Unix-like systems will typically be the local tree, or the user's tree ~<userid>/texmf Users of MiKTeX systems should not ordinarily need the TDS files; the management of updates for MiKTeX is very efficient indeed, and it is seldom as much as a week between a (free) package appearing, and there being a new (version of a) MiKTeX package being available. However, in extremis, the user of a MiKTeX system see which trees are available using the MiKTeX Options app, Roots tab; see http://docs.miktex.org/manual/localadditions.html for details. The user may generate an index using texhash under unix-like systems. On an MiKTeX system, use the Refresh FNDB button on the MiKTeX Options app General tab. Nitty gritty details (developers): Package writers should refer to the web page http://www.ctan.org/tds-guidelines.html for details of the file structure we assume. Note that the ZIP file does _not_ contain the texmf/ directory itself; it is made at the texmf/ level. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: siunitx Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/siunitx Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v0.7a: - Bug fix for minus sign in text mode - Improved output of prefixes when using units literally ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/siunitx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/siunitx (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: The vc bundle
by CTAN Announcements 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The vc bundle Author's name: Stephan Hennig Location on CTAN: /support/vc Summary description: version control for TeX and friends License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The vc bundle ----------------------------------- This is a script based approach to version control for TeX documents. It works more reliably than keyword substitution based approaches, since it tracks all files in a working copy, not only .tex files. The vc bundle works with LaTeX and plain TeX. Currently, Bazaar, Git and Subversion are supported. v0.5 (2008-04-21) ---------------------- Incompatible changes: * Don't write sensitive information to vc.tex, by default (see appendix A). - Bazaar: BZRBranchNick - Subversion: SVNPath, SVNName, SVNUrl, SVNNodeKind, SVNRepositoryRoot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/vc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/vc (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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