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CTAN TUG node has a new look
by FTP archive maintainer 23 Jul '05

23 Jul '05

The TeX Users Group branch of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network http://tug.ctan.org has a new web interface. When you visit you will notice a new look, including a wonderful drawing by Duane Bibby. You will also notice an improved organization: directory browsing now includes more information about packages, an introduction for newbies to TeX is right up front, and there is a way to search all package documentation. Many more features will come online in the future. For example, we will have a keyword search of packages, but as yet the packages do not have keywords, so that search is disabled for the moment. Another example is that we will have a more sophisticated upload facility, that for one thing allows authors to enter keywords for their package. There are also some incomplete links, etc. We are working on these features, but rather than wait longer, now is the right time to bring this new system online -- for one thing, the functioning features are already an improvement over what was there. These improvements would not be possible without the support of the user groups, including Dante's travel support for three maintainer's meetings and TUG's purchase of a new site machine with increased power. We gratefully acknowledge that without this support by user groups, this development would not have happened. No doubt people will find bugs, and have comments and feature requests. In particular, the first few days might be rocky :-} We apologize for shortcomings and thank you for your patience. We have set up a mailing list for discussion of this project; see https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctanweb/ . Because archives of this list are available for public viewing you can see if there has already been a discussion of the point. Finally, note that the web interface to other two CTAN core nodes http://www.cam.ctan.org and http://dante.ctan.org/ remain stable throughout this change. Also stable are the FTP and rsync interfaces to all three sites, and of course all of our mirrors. Thank you, Jim Hefferon, for the CTAN team

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CTAN update: poemscol 2.35
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, John Burt submitted an update to the poemscol package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/poemscol Summary description: Macros for typesetting critical editions of poetry License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Poemscol 2.35 provides easier ways of handling long titles of poems and of volumes in a collected poems, in the main text as well as in the table of contents. It also provides simpler ways of customizing the table of contents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: floatrow v0.1g
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '05

19 Jul '05

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Olga Lapko submitted an update to the floatrow package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/floatrow Summary description: Customising layouts for floating environments License type: lppl Abstract: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The floatrow package provides many ways to customise layouts of floating environments; it offers possibilities to put floats side by side, to put caption beside float. All floats of one type appear in one layout. Some floatrow settings could be expanded to rows of subfloats (subfig package). Package co-operates with caption 3.x package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: - Moving user documentation in the same file with style code; - The support of NON-caption3.x usage ceased; - Redefinitions of any float/caption stuff localized: used inside supported float environments only; - floatrow package tries to follow support for hyperref/hypcap packages, created by caption3.x (now 3.0g) package; - Support for subfloatrow environment (subfig package) moved inside floatrow package; - Added option for longtable which allows to set width of caption equal to table width; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 7.35 - TeXWord and DVIEW improvements.
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '05

19 Jul '05

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package: Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma' > Most noticeable improvements are: > > * Improved moving/selection with arrows in TeXWord page window. > * New `View/Orientation' option in TeXWord and DVIEW > lets to choose Portrait, Landscape, Seascape, Upside-down view. > * Refined Compatibility with EPS saved from Acrobat 7.0 > * New option (`-f') is supported at Centaur command line. > * Console now automatically kills child process. > > 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 7.35 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.35 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor [New in V 7.0]. > 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: > Prosper, PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing Prosper's slides in WYSIWYG interface > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > 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 update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: de-macro
by Jim Hefferon 16 Jul '05

16 Jul '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org. Look for it at your favorite mirror real soon now. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: de-macro Author's name: Peter Gacs Location on CTAN: /support/de-macro License type: lppl Summary description: Convert your private TeX macros: for publication, communication. Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- de-macro is a Python script that helps authors addicted to using a large number of private LaTeX macros (I even use ewcommand{ }{n} a lot). A technical editor or a cooperating author may balk at such a manuscript. Now, you can just run de-macro on it! - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can look at this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/de-macro . 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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New CTAN package: MicroIMP
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jul '05

16 Jul '05

MicroPress Inc have provided a free (though nosource) distribution of their MicroIMP LaTeX-based word processor. This is release 0.12 of the system, and isn't yet considered a finished product: however, it is believed to be usable. I have installed the distribution on CTAN at systems/win32/microimp. Users may view the directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/microimp/ and the full distribution may be downloaded from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/microimp/mimp-012.zip I append the README file from the directory; this is an extract from the documentation pdf, which is in the directory (as well as being part of the zip file). Thanks to MicroPress for suggesting that we should hold this software on CTAN. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team =========== The Concept The idea behind MicroIMP is to reconcile two so far disjoint worlds: the World of the Word Processors and the World of quality technical typesetting. In the World of the Word Processors, where Microsoft Word reigns, the document are easy to make and no learning cycle is required; but the document are often lack in quality and the easiness comes at the cost of sacrificing features. In the World of Quality Technical Typesetting, where TeX reigns, features and quality are abundant; but the learning cost turns off most of the new users dooming TeX to the niche enthusiast market. Enter MicroIMP: an intuitive WYSIWYG document preparation system, based on LaTeX. MicroIMP delivers easiness: no TeX markup needs to be learned; no commands, and no backslashes. WYSIWYG. Ready to use the moment you run it. Don't struggle with the syntax, but Imp with Impunity. MicroIMP delivers power: it is based on a TeX kernel and incorporates TeX formatting techniques; these include math, hyphenation, automatic ligatures, and much else. As MicroIMP grows, more TeX/LaTeX features would be added -- without any burden on the user. (Hardcore TeX users should not disappointed by the above: there is a way to enter TeX commands and s in the document...if you so insist.) Overview: MicroIMP has a typical Word Processing look and feel: you can enter the text right away, and use the formatting commands from the menus to change its appearance. Most of the menu commands are intuitive and no additional documentation is needed to explain them. MicroIMP features include * Full WYSIWYG interface. * Spelling checker. * Multiple language support (English, German, Dutch, Italian, French) * Table of Contents generation. * Index generation. * References. * Accent command support. * Lists, including itemizing, enumerating and description (build 012). * Tables. * Mathematics. * Equation numbering. * Box rotation and scaling. * Graphics inclusion (all common bitmap formats.) * Trees. * Hyperlinks. * Copy/Paste of text (including Unicode), markup, and images. * Read/Write blocks of text. * Save as TML (native format), PDF/PS, and LaTeX * Support for the TeX-standard CM fontset, EC, and a number of alternatives. * RTF import.

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CTAN update: mhchem bundle v3.00
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Martin Hensel submitted version 3.00 of the mhchem bundle to CTAN. Currently, the mhchem bundle consists of two packages: mhchem and rsphrase. The mhchem package provides two commands: one for typesetting chemical molecular formulae and one for typesetting chemical equations with these formulae. The rsphrase package contains the text of all official Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases that are used to label chemicals. At the time being, these phrases are available in English, German (current spelling), and Danish. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/ Summary description: for typesetting chemical formulae, chemical equations and Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.00 of the mhchem bundle. added: more bonds Don't mind about the version changing to 3.00. It is only due to a very small change in the user-interface. However, I promised myself never to use a sub-optimal user-interface only because of `historical reasons', and so I changed the meaning of the ond command. The changing interface in turn had to be reflected in the version number. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: movie15
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the movie15 package. This package defines includemovie with PDF-1.5 compatibility. Option 'autoplay' causes the media clip to be started right after the page has loaded. This is useful for side by side movie clips to be played back synchronously. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/movie15/ Summary description: multimedia inclusion package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release fixes a bug in connexion with the `3D' package option and adds a 3D specific command option which specifies the aperture angle of the virtual camera. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: csquotes 3.0
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've placed `csquotes.tar.gz' in the incoming directory of the CTAN UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. i have installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. users may view the new version at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ or download the entire package at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes.zip > ABOUT > > This package provides advanced facilities for inline and display > quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging from the > most simple applications to the more complex demands of formal > quotations in academic writing, especially in the humanities and the > social sciences. The facilities include commands, environments, and > user-definable `smart quotes' which dynamically adjust to their > context. Quotation marks are switched automatically if quotations are > nested and they can be adjusted to the current language if the > interface to the babel package is enabled. There are additional > facilities designed to cope with the more specific demands of > academic writing. All quote styles as well as the optional active > quotes are freely configurable. > > CHANGES > > * Extended lockquote > * Extended foreignblockquote > * Extended hyphenblockquote > * Extended setquotestyle > * Added cquote > * Added foreigncquote > * Added hyphencquote > * Added lockcquote > * Added foreignblockcquote > * Added hyphenblockcquote > * Added environment `displayquote' > * Added environment `foreigndisplayquote' > * Added environment `hyphendisplayquote' > * Added environment `displaycquote' > * Added environment `foreigndisplaycquote' > * Added environment `hyphendisplaycquote' > * Extended DeclarePlainStyle > * Added SetCiteCommand > * Renamed lockcite to mkcitation > * Added mkccitation > * Added mkmidblockpunct > * Added mkfinblockpunct > * Added evaluation of terminal punctuation in block quotations > * Added ifquotepunct > * Added ifquoteterm > * Added ifquoteperiod > * Added ifquotecomma > * Added ifquotesemicolon > * Added ifquotecolon > * Added ifquoteexclam > * Added ifquotequestion > * Added ifstringblank > * With onfrenchspacing, adjust space factor codes of backend quotes > * Improved nesting control when running under e-TeX > * Added interface to internal quotation marks > * Revised and expanded user manual > * Revised and expanded tutorial Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: sciposter
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

> An upload to cam.ctan.org is in <blah blah> > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: sciposter > Author's name: Michael H.F. Wilkinson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/sciposter/ > Summary description: sciposter.cls v1.13, makes posters of ISO A3 size and larger > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bug-fix of v1.12, page color seting now also works in presence of > right logo, manual improved as well. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version; thanks for the upload. > You can have a look at the package at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sciposter/ > or download the complete new version at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sciposter.zip Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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