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CTAN update: latex2man
by CTAN Announcements 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 Jürgen Vollmer submitted an update to the latex2man package. Location on CTAN: /support/latex2man Summary description: Latex2man is a tool to translate UNIX manual pages written with LaTeX into a format understood by the UNIX man(1)-command License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Latex2man is a tool to translate UNIX manual pages written with LaTeX into a format understood by the UNIX man(1)-command. Alternatively HTML, TexInfo, or LaTeX code can be produced too. Output of parts of the text may be supressed using the conditional text feature (for this, LaTeX generation may be used). There is LaTeX package (latex2man.sty) used for writing the Man-page and a PERL script (latex2man) doing the actual translation. Changes from version 1.18 A minor bugfix: Fixed generation of verb+.foo+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN EOL announcement: ttf2tex
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Sep '05

11 Sep '05

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've placed `ttf2tex.tar.gz' in the incoming directory of the CTAN UK > node. This is my final update for obsolete/support/ttf2tex. Please > purge the old files and install the new ones. Thank you. > > END-OF-LIFE ANNOUNCEMENT > > As of September 30, 2004, ttf2tex is no longer maintained or in any > way supported by its original author. Active development of the > script has in fact already stopped in September 2002. Be advised > that, even though ttf2tex may still work, there is no support in > case of a problem and there will be no further updates. > > This is my farewell to ttf2tex. I hope it has been useful. > > ttf2tex is free software released under the GNU GPL. If anyone is > interested in working on the script, feel free to do so. It may be a > good idea to notify the CTAN staff in this case in order to avoid > conflicting efforts. > > ABOUT > > ttf2tex is a script for the Bash shell which generates all files > required to use TrueType fonts from a set of .ttf files. In short, > it will do for TrueType fonts what fontinst's latinfamily command > does for Type 1 Postscript fonts. In addition to that, it creates > map files and installs all files according to the TeX Directory > Structure. > > CHANGES > > This release includes all previously unreleased patches until the > latest one from September 30, 2004; hence the release date and the > retroactive EOL announcement. There have been some minor updates to > the user manual as well. The LaTeX source of the manual is included > in this release and there is now a configuration file. thank you very much for this upload: i've updated the catalogue to make the status of the package entirely clear, and installed the replacement files as you requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: pst-3d
by CTAN Announcements 11 Sep '05

11 Sep '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-3d.tgz to the UK mirror. Please _delete_ > the files > > /graphics/pstricks/generic/pst-3d.tex > /graphics/pstricks/latex/pst-3d.sty those files are no more. > and create a new directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3d/ > > and put all files in there. that directory now created. > pst-3d.tex -------- > 1.00 2005/09/08 - using the extended pst-xkey instead of the old > pst-key package; > - creating a dtx file > - new LaTeX wrapper file to load pstricks.sty first (hv) > - new documentation (PDF) i have made the required changes to the archive, and i have entered the package in the tex catalogue (it hadn't previously been catalogued). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload -- lmodern-wishlist
by CTAN Announcements 10 Sep '05

10 Sep '05

On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Harald Harders wrote: > Due to a strong increase in workload, I will not be able to maintain > the Latin Modern Wishlist anymore. I believe that the best way to > continue the existence of this list is to put it on CTAN. What we need > is one or more persons who will maintain the list in future. I installed the files as info/lmodern The copyright is totally free. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: Pitkänpuoleinen johdanto LaTeX2e:n käyttöön (lshort-finnish)
by CTAN Announcements 10 Sep '05

10 Sep '05

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 Timo Hellgren submitted an update to the lshort-finnish package. Location on CTAN: /CTAN:info/lshort/finnish (old contents to be replaced by the new one) Summary description: Finnish Edition of the Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of the Finnish translation of Tobias Oetiker's Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX. This update brings the Finnish edition up to the current version of the English text, i.e. version 1.16. I also corrected some mistakes in the Finnish text and possibly introduced some new ones. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst-blur
by CTAN Announcements 10 Sep '05

10 Sep '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-blur.tgz to the UK-mirror. Please replace all > files in /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-blur/ > graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-blur > thanks > > pst-blur.tex -------- > 2.00 2005-09-08 - switch to pst-xkey (hv) > - new pst-blur.sty (hv) > - added a pdf documentation i've installed the new version, and documented the changes in the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: doipubmed
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Nicola Talbot writes: > Name of contribution: doipubmed > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/doipubmed > Summary description: Provides doi, pubmed and citeurl for use in bibliographies > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package doipubmed.sty provides the commands > doi, pubmed and citeurl. These commands are > primarily designed for use in bibliographies. > A LaTeX2HTML style file is also provided. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package as indicated, and entered it in the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded a new version of pst-barcode to the UK mirror. > Please delete all files in /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode > and put the new ones in there. > > The changes in this release are: > > - An options parser was added to the PostScript renderer. > - Each renderer was modified to pass a copy of its > user-defined options to the renderer. > - A new user-definable PS-option called inkspread that > reduces the width of the bars was added to the renderer. i've installed the new version. (there seems no change needed, to the catalogue.) thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: antt fonts (v.2.03)
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted a new version of the antt font package. Antykwa Torunska is a serif font designed by the late Polish typographer Zygfryd Gardzielewski, reconstructed and digitized as as Type 1. Version: 2.03 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GPL Location on CTAN: fonts/antt/ The current release (v. 2.03) has corrected many glyphs, added OpenType, normalized .map end .enc files names, and also added (experimental) support for mathematical typeseting. _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: pdf-trans
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted the new package pdf-trans (2.0) to CTAN. Author: Pawe{l} Jackowski License: Public Domain Location on CTAN: macros/generic/pdf-trans/ A set of macros for various transformations of TeX boxes (based on plain and pdfeTeX primitives). It was initially inspired by trans.tex (BOP, bop(a)bop.com.pl), remade to work with pdfTeX. News: Version 2.0 was generally reworked, e.g. added: - fraction-based trigonometry - pdfliteral dimensions rounding - some other small changes _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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