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CTAN has a new package: xifthen
by CTAN Announcements 25 Mar '06

25 Mar '06

A new package has just been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon be at the mirror that you use. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xifthen Author's name: Josselin Noirel Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xifthen Summary description: Extended ifthen features License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package implements new commands to go within the first argument of ifthenelse to test whether a string is void or not, if a command is defined or equivalent to another. It includes also the possibility to make use of the complex expressions introduced by the package calc, together with the ability of defining new commands to handle complex tests. This package requires the e-TEX features. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xifthen . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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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cambridge somewhat off the air this morning (23 mar 2006)
by Robin Fairbairns 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

for a period this morning, our mail system (incorporating @tex.ac.uk) and probably also web server (incorporating www.tex.ac.uk and hence the uk tex faq) won't be functioning. ftp.tex.ac.uk and rsync.tex.ac.uk ought not to be affected. the disruption should all be over by lunch time Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: abc
by CTAN Announcements 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon appear at the mirror that you prefer. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: abc Author's name: Enrico Gregorio Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/abc Summary description: This package supports abc music notation in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The abc package lets you include lines of music written in the ABC Plus language ( http://abcplus.sourceforge.net ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/abc . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: natbib
by CTAN Announcements 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Patrick Daly submitted an update to the natbib package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/natbib/ Summary description: General bibliography citation system License type: lppl Natbib provides a style with author-year and numbered references, as well as much detailed of support for other bibliography use. Provides versions of the standard BibTeX styles that are compatible with natbib &ndash; plainnat, unsrtnat, abbrnat. The bibliography styles produced by custom-bib are designed from the start to be compatible with natbib. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- V7.3: Updated user documentation for natbib; code unchanged from version 7.2 in Jan 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: URW A030 (Arial) fonts and TeX support files
by CTAN Announcements 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Walter Schmidt submitted the new package arial to CTAN. This upload comprises the URW A030 font family (an Arial clone) in Type1 format, accompanied by all required files to use the fonts with LaTeX. The fonts are subject to the Aladdin Free Public License; the TeX support files are distirbuted under LPPL. Location on CTAN: fonts/urw/arial Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: MetaUML
by CTAN Announcements 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: MetaUML Author's name: Ovidiu Gheorghies Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metauml Summary description: MetaPost library for UML textual notation License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaUML has evolved into a usable, human-friendly textual notation for UML, offering now support for class, package, activity, state, and use case diagrams. This release (0.2.3) has many improvements over the previous version released on CTAN (0.1.0) - see the project's webpage for details: http://metauml.sourceforge.net . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metauml . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: randtext
by CTAN Announcements 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror (this package replaces switcheml, which has move to the obsolete/ tree). Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: randtext Author's name: Charles Duan Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/randtext Summary description: Typeset obfuscated text to foil spam email address harvesters. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package randtext, which supersedes switcheml, provides a single macro andomize{TEXT} that typesets the characters of TEXT in random order, such that the resulting output appears correct, but most automated attempts to read the file will misunderstand it. This function allows one to include an email address on a TeX document and publish it online without fear of email address harvesters or spammers easily picking up the address. For more information, please read the comments at the top of the package file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/randtext . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: mathdots
by CTAN Announcements 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Please note that it is no longer a single file, and so has been moved to a directory. The changes should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: mathdots Author's name: Daniel Luecking Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/matdots/ Summary description: Commands to produce dots in math that respect font size. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Redefines ddots and vdots, and defines iddots. The dots produced by iddots slant opposite to ddots. These commands are designed to change size appropriately in scripts, as well as in response to LaTeX size changing commands. Similar improvements are made to the amsmath (or AmS-TeX) accent commands dddot and ddddot. May be used in plain TeX also. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/matdots/ . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: BaKoMa TeX -- Patch 1 for V 7.50 - TeXWord fixes.
by CTAN Announcements 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Basil K. Malyshev submitted a patch for V 7.50 of the bakoma package. This patch touches TeXWord only: 1) Fixed problem with automatical attaching some macro packages. 2) Ctrl+M is improved. Now it enters text mode when issued in math mode. To apply the patch for BaKoMa TeX 7.50 only texword.bkz unit is required. 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 7.50 > ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.50 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Classical 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 Preview Window. > 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'. > > Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as > good start point for learning LaTeX together with > writing papers. > > TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. > TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. > So that documents made with 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. > > 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 distribution is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: tabvar
by CTAN Announcements 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Daniel Flipo submitted version 1.0 of the tabvar package. This LaTeX package is meant to ease the typesetting of tables showing variations of functions as they are used in France. The documentation is in French. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tabvar License: LPPL What is new in version 1.0: the minimal width of the C, L, R columns can now be customized via TVmaxcolwidth. --------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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