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CTAN upgrade: pst-poly
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

Herbert Voss writes: > I just uploaded pst-poly to the uk ,irror > Please delete _all_ files in > graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-poly/ > and put the new ones in there. > > pst-poly is a PSTricks (PostScript Tricks) related > package for drawing various polygons. This update > uses the extended version of the keyval package > (xkeyval) and has one new macro pspolygonbox for > framing text with a polygon. > The original author of this package is Denis Girou. i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: Fonts for Cirth
by Jim Hefferon 20 Nov '04

20 Nov '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Please note the change of maintainer; we were unable to find the prior author Jo Grant. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Fonts for Cirth Author's name: Martin Habets Location on CTAN: /fonts/cirth Summary description: Fonts for Cirth version 2.0 License type: dfsg Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.0 of this font provides several fixes and improvements. Most importantly fixes are to the runes for 'a' and the reduced forms of 'e'. New runes have been provided to create for one through four vertical dots. All runes can now be accessed through character sequences, which eliminates the need for numerical access. All changes are summarized in the Changelog file. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/cirth/ although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN update: New ConTeXt math modules
by Robin Fairbairns 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

Giuseppe Bilotta writes: > + what you've uploaded : ctx-math.zip > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to : UK (ftp.tex.ac.uk) > > + where you want the files to go : > the two files contained in the .zip file should > be unpacked to > tex-archive/macros/context/contrib/maths > replacing the previous files. > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software: > GNU GPL licence > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > The .zip archive contains two ConTeXt modules (t-nath.tex > and t-amsl.tex) that complement the math features in > ConTeXt. t-amsl provides some environments and commands that > most (AMS-)LaTeX users expect. t-nath provides for ConTeXt > the same functionality as provided by the Nath package for > LaTeX. > > This new upload fixes a few bugs in the t-nath module. i've installed the files as requested -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: LaTexMng
by Rainer Schöpf 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 Petr Vabishchevich submitted a new shareware package called latexmng. It has been installed on CTAN in nonfree/systems/win32/latexmng with a symbolic link in systems/win32/latexmng Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTexMng Version 1.0 LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system, with features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents. LaTexMng is easy to use product of integrated development environment software for Windows. This application integrates all the tools, needed to the creation of LaTeX documents. LaTexMng requires Windows 2000 or XP, or later editions of MS Windows. We do not warrant that the software is error free. This is not free software. Subject to the terms below, you are hereby. Licensed to use Shareware Version of this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 30 days. The free evaluation period starts at the moment of installation of the software. Installation LaTexMng is distributed as LaTexMngSetup.exe. Run LaTexMngSetup.exe and simply follow the on-screen instructions to install LaTexMng. LaTexMng is copyright (C) 2004, by VNP Comp. Contact: Home Page: http://www.latexsoft.com e-mail: latexmng(a)latexsoft.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- contour
by Rainer Schöpf 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded contour-v2_14.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new > version of the contour package. Please install it to > CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/contour. The license stays LPPL. > > >From the README: > > This package generates a colored contour around a given text in order > to enable printing text over a background without the need of a > color box around the text. > By default this is done by placing copies of the text around the text > itself and can be switched to use real outlines if supported by the > backend driver. > > > ChangeLog: > > 2004/11/18 v2.14 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Add support for DVIPSONE. > > 2004/11/04 v2.13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - More robust mechanism to change Postscript internals for dvips. Thanks for the upload, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: microtype
by Jim Hefferon 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

A package 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: microtype Author's name: R Schlicht Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/microtype Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES (v1.3 + v1.4): ---------------------- * set up fonts independently from LaTeX font loading (therefore, no risk of overlooking fonts anymore, and the package may be loaded at any time) * compatibility with german and ngerman packages * microtypesetup now sets the correct level of character protrusion * minor bug fixes and improvements - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN has a new package: RRGtrees
by Jim Hefferon 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: RRGtrees Author's name: David Gardner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rrgtrees Summary description: Linguistic tree diagrams for Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) with LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A set of LaTeX macros that makes it easy to produce linguistic tree diagrams suitable for Role and Reference Grammar (RRG). This package allows the construction of trees with crossing lines, as is required by this theory for many languages. There is no known limit on number of tree nodes or levels. Requires the pst-node and pst-tree LaTeX packages. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rrgtrees although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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New CTAN package: pst-fr3d
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Nov '04

14 Nov '04

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-fr3d.tgz to the uk mirror. It is a > new PSTricks related package, which was only available > from the PSTricks TUG website. Please put the files into > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fr3d/ > > > This package allows to draw three dimensional framed boxes using the > macro PstFrameBoxThreeDMacro. This is specially useful to draw > 3d-like buttons. > The author of this package is Denis Girou. i've installed the package as suggested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: Shortcuttool
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Nov '04

13 Nov '04

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 Albrecht Mehl submitted to the following material to CTAN: Name of contribution: Shortcuttool Summary description: Enables file import to the input tool Shortcut, provides shortcut file License type: dfsg Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Typing LaTeX commands can be facilitated by the WINDOWS input tool Shortcut (see http://www.typer.de/). The creation of a shortcut base just with the input window of Shortcut is cumbersome. Here is a tool for the import of shortcut files in Ascii format together with such a shortcut file containing more than 140 shortcuts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, the files have been installed in support/shortcuttool For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: pecha
by Jim Hefferon 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

A new package has gone into tug.ctan.org and should appear soon at your mirror of choice. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pecha Author's name: Dieter Jäger Location on CTAN: /language/tibetan/pecha Summary description: A LaTeX class to print Tibetan text in the classic pecha layout style. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The pecha class provides an environment for writing Tibetan on LaTeX2e in the traditional Tibetan Pecha layout used for spiritual or philosophical texts, using the cTibTeX package by Oliver Corff. It provides features like headers in different languages, page numbering in Tibetan and more. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/tibetan/pecha although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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