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CTAN upload: GaPFilL
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 H. Möller submitted a new package gapfill to CTAN. GaPFilL (Graphics as PostScript Filtered for LaTeX) is a method for the generation of LaTeX picture environments in a four step way: i) Construction of the desired figure with a drawing program; ii) Export as a PostScript file; iii) Application of a Perl filter program to the PostScript text; iv) Transfer of the resulting code into a LaTeX document. Location on CTAN: /graphics/gapfill Summary description: PERL filter programs for the generation of LaTeX picture environments by parsing PostScript files exported from drawing programs License type: lppl Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: natbib
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jan '06

13 Jan '06

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 Patrick Daly submitted an update to the natbib package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contributed/natbib Summary description: generalized bibliography support 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 - plainnat, unsrtnat, abbrnat. The bibliography styles produced by custom-bib are designed from the start to be compatible with natbib. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to the natbib package, adding option 'compress' complementing 'sort' and 'sort&compress', allowing compression of citations with the hyperref package (previously suppressed), and support with the citeref package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: glossary
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jan '06

12 Jan '06

Nicola Talbot has submitted an update to CTAN: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossary > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Author's email: [...] > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossary > Summary description: Create a glossary > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > *Made it easier to modify the style in which the acronyms are listed. > > *Made it easier to have multiple glossaries with different styles. > > *Minor bug fixes > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: m3D
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: m3D Author's name: Anthony Phan Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/m3D Summary description: m3D is another extension of plain metapost for 3 dimensional graphics. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- m3D is just another extension of plain MetaPost for 3 dimensional graphics. It may change in the future and so does not claim to be stable. But one can make already funny things with it. The best documentation is obtained by reading the file m3Dplain. One may get some ideas for designing is own 3D package, or for any other MetaPost task. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/m3D . 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: svninfo
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Achim D. Brucker submitted version 0.5 of the svninfo package. Location on CTAN: /tex/macros/latex/contrib/svninfo/ Summary description: svninfo 0.5 -- A package for accessing svn revision information License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The svninfo package is used to extract the revision and file information provided by the subversion (svn) revision control system and provides commands for accessing them within LaTeX documents. This version adds a new command svnKeyword for defining arbitrary svn keywords (e.g. $Author:$, $Date:$). Further, the support for LaTeX2HTML was removed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: spanish hyphenation patterns
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Javier Bezos submitted updates to the spanish hyphenation patterns, ie. to a) the subtree language/spanish b) the file language/hyphenation/eshyph.tex > This is an update for the Spanish hyphenation patterns > supported by the Spanish TUG CervanTeX: > > - Thanks to a list of about 750000 words and extensive > tests, wrong hyphenations have been reduced dramatically > and the number of patterns has been almost duplicated. > > - Since the Spanish Academy rules of 1999 are very vague, > incomplete and even contradictory, they had to be > completed with some traditional ones. The Academy has > published new rules in November 2005 including many of > the traditional ones employed here and therefore only > minor adjustments have been necessary. > > - Patterns for a few verbal endings are necessary, and > now the voseo forms (used in many countries of Central > and South America) have been included. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: fig2vect-1.1.3
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the fig2vect package. Location on CTAN: /support/fig2vect Summary description: Yet another Fig to vector converter License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The former EPS driver was changed into a PS/EPS driver. It can produce either PS or EPS now. The showpage and setpagedevice operators can only be used when producing PS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: IndicType1 (New CTAN package)
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Karel Piska [P{i}v{s}ka] submitted the new package indic-type1 to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /fonts/ps-type1/indic Summary description: Indic Type 1 fonts for TeX converted from public METAFONT sources License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Type 1 version of public METAFONT fonts (from CTAN) for 10 Indic scripts: Devanagari, Sanskrit, Gurmukhi/Punjabi, Bangla, Tamil, Sinhala, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tibetan. An accurate analytic conversion to outlines using the METAPOST output with subsequent optimization and autohinting with FontForge. The package contains the PFB and MAP files for 122 fonts, the copies of the TFM files have been also included to allow testing the fonts without the original packages. For font tables, proofsheet files and another information see http://www-hep.fzu.cz/~piska/indic.html. Collaboration with the (La)TeX package authors and users is welcome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst-vue3d
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I have uploaded pst-vue3d.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please put the files into the dir > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-vue3d/examples/ > > the tarzip contains two more tex|pdf examples: > - Function on a Simplex > - a surface like Gabriel's Horn i've installed the update, and updated the package's catalogue entry to draw attention to the comprehensive set of examples. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: ConTeXt distribution
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

The ConTeXt distribution has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ConTeXt distribution Location on CTAN: /macros/context/current Summary description: ConTeXt Release 2006.01.09 License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded. As usual, there is an html page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes A short list of the most recently added features: * A completely new context interface: cont-fr (french) * Support modules for GNUplot graphics and Dratex * Mptopdf now supports multiple arguments on the command line. * Additional distribution archives with font metrics (cont-fnt) and third-party modules (cont-ext) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/context/current . 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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