On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 at 16:16 +0200, Eric Beitz submitted an update to the
texshade
package.
TeXshade is an alignment shading software completely written in TeX/LaTeX
which can process multiple sequence alignments in the .MSF and the .ALN
file format. It provides in addition to common shading algorithms special
shading modes featuring functional aspects, e.g. charge or hydropathy, and
a plenitude of commands for handling shading colours, text styles, labels,
legends and even allows the user to define completely new shading modes.
TeXshade combines highest flexibility and the habitual TeX output
quality-with reasonable time expenditure.
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/texshade/
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This TeXshade update introduces to new groups of commands to the DNA
and protein sequence alignment LaTeX package which allow one a) to set
a second threshold percentage for labeling two levels of sequence
conservation, i.e. `allmatchspecial' becomes more flexible, and b)
to put describing names left or right from feature lines and
individually change their color and font styles.
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the
oberdiek
bundle.
> New:
>
> * selinput v1.0
> This package selects the input encoding by specifying between
> input characters and their glyph names.
>
> Updates:
>
> * stringenc v1.1
> * cs{StringEncodingConvertTest} added.
> * Fixes for cp850, cp852, nextstep.
>
> * inputenx v1.2
> * Documentation update.
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The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at
your favorite mirror.
Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: cleveref
Author's name: Toby Cubitt
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/
Summary description: Automatic cross-reference formatting.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This release includes a new poorman's cleveref option. When the option
is supplied, the LaTeX document is processed as usual. But in addition,
a sed script is written containing rules for replacing all the cleveref
cross-reference commands with the text that they expand to. Running the
LaTeX source through this sed script creates a version of the source
that produces identical dvi or pdf output, but no longer requires the
cleveref package. This allows all the features of cleveref to be used
in LaTeX documents intended for distribution to places that do not
support the cleveref package, for example for submission to academic
journals.
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 at 16:08 +0400, Basil Malyshev submitted version
8.0 of the
bakoma
package.
Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma
License: shareware
>
> Most important improvements:
>
> * BaKoMa TeX 8.0 supports Unicode (UTF8) input encoding.
> To edit UTF8 encoded documents you can choose 'UTF8'
> option among other encodings of the parameter 'Document Input Encoding'.
> BaKoMa TeX supports UTF8 via complete Unicode
> (there is no restrictions related with current code page).
> Also, many features in BaKoMa TeX 8.0 internally works via Unicode.
> It includes spell checker, search, keyboard input, displaying, etc.
>
> * TeX Word Improvements:
> + Handling TeX Errors - new feature.
> Buttons with red arrowsa are appeared at right bottom corner
> of main window when error messages exist in console window.
> These buttons allow browsing throght error messages and sources
> with accuracy of a single character.
> + User - new program menu with user defined macros.
> User/Manage User Macros - dialog for adding macros to User menu.
> + Search in Text Source Window
> It is available as option of context menu (when no selection)
> or via shortcut keys: F3, Alt+F3, Shift+F3.
> Search in Preview window is redesigned for more consistency.
> + Input focus in source window is now stable
> Focus is returned to source window after all operations
> (invoking menu, opening dialogs, clicking toolbar and panel buttons,
> etc.)
> and even after switching to another application.
> This feature enables using all TeXWord input tools
> at editing in source window.
> + Speller Dialog is redesigned and have two
> additional commands to install more dictionaries:
> 'Install from Internet', 'Install from Local Disk'.
> + Openning *.TEX files prompts to use TeXWord or Centaur.
> + Mouse wheel scrolls window under mouse cursor.
> + Menu and dialog accelerators work with any keyboard.
>
> More details about changes and another bug fixing see at:
> <
> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html>
>
> -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 8.0 ------------------
>
> BaKoMa TeX 8.0 supports two coexisting IDE:
> 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor.
> 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical IDE.
>
> About BaKoMa TeX Word.
>
> BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor.
>
> The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts:
>
> 1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor.
> It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed.
> It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer.
>
> 2) It is True LaTeX Editor.
> It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure.
> It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document.
>
> BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and
> consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related
> with import graphics, font support, and document export.
>
> It supports processors:
> (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX.
> Other processors such as Omega may be added in future.
>
> It imports:
> EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX,
> MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY.
> It supports fonts:
> OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM),
> PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF.
> It exports:
> DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT).
>
> It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS
> compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as:
> PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy,
> PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.
>
> Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is
> final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing.
>
> Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface
> (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.)
> is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'.
>
> TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables.
>
> TeXWord is transparent for cooperation.
> TeXWord don't use additional macro packages.
> It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up
> in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation.
> In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents.
> So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use
> powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work.
>
> Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as
> good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers.
>
> More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at:
> <
> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html>
>
> Some snapshots are available at:
> <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/snapshots/>
>
> Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at:
> <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
ctan-upload(a)tex.ac.uk wrote, on behalf of nicola talbot:
> An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20070615-100502/
>
> ======================================================================
>
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: fmtcount
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fmtcount
> Summary description: Display the value of a LaTeX counter in a variety
> of formats
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Version 1.1:
>
> Added German support. Added check for USenglish, UKenglish and british
> babel settings.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks for the update; i've updated the package distribution at
cambridge and pushed the changes out to other ctan sites.
i've also installed your tds .zip file at
install/macros/latex/contrib/fmtcount.tds.zip
Users can have a look at the package at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fmtcount
(mirrors may take up to two days to get this new version)
the catalogue entry may be viewed at
http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/fmtcount.html
(updated information will start appearing in that entry from around
midnight BST today; again, mirroring delays may apply.)
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 at 12:10 +0200, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to
the oberdiek bundle.
> New:
>
> * stringenc v1.0
> This package provides StringEncodingConvert for converting
> a string between different encodings. Both LaTeX and plain-TeX
> are supported.
>
> * catchfile v1.0
> This package catches the contents of a file and puts it in a macro.
> It requires e-TeX. Both LaTeX and plain-TeX are supported.
>
> Updates:
>
> * grffile v1.4
> * Encoding support added with options `encoding',
> `inputencoding', and `filenameencoding'.
>
> * bookmark v1.0
> * Bug fix in code for second parameter of XYZ.
>
> * centernot v1.1
> * Real symbols added in documentation part.
>
> * infwarerr v1.1
> * Small fixes.
>
> * kvoptions v2.7
> * The patch part fixes LaTeX bug latex/3965.
>
> * zref v2.1
> * Module titleref supports caption of package `listings'.
> * Fixes in module titleref for support of packages `titlesec'
> and `longtable'.
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 Till Tantau submitted version 1.18of his
PGF/TikZ
package.
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf
License: Mixed LPPL/GPL/FDL
PGF is a macro package for creating graphics. It is platform- and
format-independent and works together with the most important TeX backend
drivers, including pdftex and dvips. It comes with a user-friedly syntax
layer called TikZ.
Its usage is similar to pstricks and the standard picture environment.
Unlike pstricks, it can produce either PostScript or PDF output, and works
with plain (pdf-)TeX, (pdf-)LaTeX, and ConTeXt.
Release notes:
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This new version of pgf/TikZ contains new features and fixes a number of
bugs. A notable new feature is the new math library due to Mark Wibrow, which
allows you to use fancy mathematical expressions directly inside TikZ. This
release also includes a matrix library, which simplifies alignments. There
are now commands that allow you to extract pictures into separate files more
asily. Some users will also enjoy the new calendar support. Finallly, if you
have always been looking for an easy way to create a triangular shape, have a
look at Mark's regular polygon shape.
Although this version should already be perfectly usable and reasonably
bug-free, it is still a beta-version. Release 1.20 will be the next stable
version. I will release it within a few weeks, once I got feedback on this
version.
Change log:
Version 1.18:
- Added regular polygon and start shapes (by Mark Wibrow).
- Added graphic externalization commands.
- Added barycentric coordinate system.
- Added direct TikZ plotting of function based on math engine.
- Added math documentation into main documentation.
- Added Mark Wibrow's math library.
- Added calendar support.
- Added matrix stuff.
- Added automatic driver selection for xetex.
- Added growth parent anchor option.
- Fixed superfluous spaces in quick math parse code
- Fixed superfluous
ewboxes in math and image code
- Fixed mth parser to recognize wdmybox.
- Fixed wrong pgfmathsetrandomseed
- Fixed wrong pgfmathradians@
- Fixed problems with long mantissa and plain tex math code.
- Fixed things so that setlength works in pictures, once
more.
- Fixed selectfont problem in pdfsys-dvipdfm.def
- Fixed problem with lost lastx/lasty in foreach in TikZ.
- Fixed snake+rectangle+transform problem.
- Fixed rectangle+rounded corner problem.
- Fixed postscrip eofill1 problem.
- Fixed amsmath/pgf clash because of wrong definition of :
- Fixed size of hyperlinks inside nodes.
- Fixed ConTeXt problem in pgfbaseplot.
- Fixed .aux problems in plain and ConTeXt mode. Using .pgf as
extension now.
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 Michael Niedermair submitted an update to the
libertine
package, previously named linux-libertine.
Libertine is a font family with a wide range of shapes, and support of
several alphabets (including Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Hebrew).
Location on CTAN: /fonts/libertine
Summary description: new version of font libertine
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The new version of the font libertine:
- versales ß
- add parameter osf and scaled
- all glyphs are available with the glyph name
- use ExTeX-Afm2Mtx for the base mtx files
- new font version: Re-2.6.9, It-2.6.4, Bd-2.6.5, BI-2.6.1
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On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 Jörg Sommer submitted the the
templates-sommer
package to CTAN.
Location on CTAN: info/templates/sommer
License type: lppl
Note that the templates-fenn package has been moved to
info/templates-fenn
Jörg writes:
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I want to follow Jürgen Fenn's example and publish some templates for
LaTeX documents on CTAN.
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The Cambridge CTAN services suffered an extended failure of their
network support, from approx. 1130 BST yesterday morning (2007-06-13) to
approx. 0715 BST this morning. (We have not yet had a coherent
explanation of what went wrong, from our network service provider, but
it is clear that the backup routing and other redundancy provisions
simply didn't work.)
We therefore suffered extended outage of
ftp.tex.ac.uk (aka cam.ctan.org)
www.tex.ac.uk, including the UK TeX FAQ, and
rsync.tex.ac.uk
My apologies to all our users. Should it turn out that something other
than ordinary incompetence was the cause of the failures, interested
parties will no doubt be able to read all about it, some time soon, on
the risks forum (or newgroup comp.risks).
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team