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CTAN Update: preview-latex 0.9
by CTAN Announcements 04 Mar '05

04 Mar '05

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, David Kastrup submitted version 0.9 of his package preview-latex and a separate package called preview Locations on CTAN: support/preview-latex and macros/latex/contrib/preview License: GPL Release notes for version 0.9 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex makes LaTeX a tightly integrated component of your editing workflow by visualizing selected source chunks (such as single formulas or graphics) directly as images in the source buffer. You get to have your eye candy and edit it, too. The employed style file preview.sty is independently useful for extraction of selected text elements as images. EPS Graphics that were created using dvips can now be used with the tightpage option, and some new commands and options are available for selecting previews. The package is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, at least GNU Emacs-21.3 under the X window system or XEmacs-21 in version 21.4.10 or later, AUCTeX (11.51 or later required for PDF support), a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. dvipng (version 1.4 or later: teTeX-3.0 works, TeXlive2004 not), a very fast dvi converter, can be used to speed up the conversion. For Windows, MacOS Carbon or native GTK+ toolkit support, a developer version of GNU Emacs (to be released as 22.1) is definitely required; for other platforms, use of it is advantageous. This version finally gets rid of all 8bit issues that plagued cooperation with several TeX distributions, and supports utf-8 and other multibyte input. X-Symbol (as of 4.5.1-beta) will still require an 8bit-transparent TeX executable. As a result of a drastic overhaul in image file allocation, all known GhostScript versions should now work for PostScript and PDF in SAFER mode. Icons now come in several sizes, blending better with the text display, and have been redesigned. The installation procedure has been made more flexible and robust, more conservative in the installation choices, and the Lisp startup file will now be installed automatically. It is strongly recommended that you remove a previous installation before installing this version to avoid keeping conflicting or unnecessary files. The README file provides adequate information for firing up preinstalled distributions, and pointers how to provide feedback. The INSTALL file contains a special section with advice for package providers. There is also a file INSTALL.windows detailing instructions for users of that operating system. The home page is <URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net>, the SourceForge project page that among others offers anonymous CVS access is located at <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex>. However, development and CVS access are scheduled to be folded into the AUCTeX project (located at Savannah) shortly after this release. If you can spare the time, you can also comment on or rate this project at <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/preview-latex>. Paypal donations to the maintainer are possible directly or via SourceForge. Additional files can be found at <URL:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/preview-latex>: * If you don't have texinfo 4.0 or later installed, prebuilt documentation files can be found there. * Tarballs of preview-latex for all users, alternatively RPMs for RedHat Linux. For the binary RPMs, you will need the preview-latex-common RPM as well as the Emacs-flavor specific RPM. * AUCTeX is now located at <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex>. The download area should also provide you with RPM files. * dvipng is currently available via its current project page <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvipng> and from CTAN. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: mf2pt1
by Jim Hefferon 01 Mar '05

01 Mar '05

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: mf2pt1 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/mf2pt1/ Summary description: Produce PostScript Type 1 fonts directly from Metafont source License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mf2pt1 facilitates producing PostScript Type 1 fonts directly from a Metafont source file without losing quality to autotracers. mf2pt1 is not, as the name may imply, an automatic converter of arbitrary Metafont fonts to Type 1 format. The program imposes a number of restrictions on the Metafont input. If these restrictions are met, mf2pt1 will produce valid Type 1 output with more accurate control points than can be reverse-engineered by TeXtrace, mftrace, and other programs which convert bitmaps to outline fonts. Version 2.0 sports the following improvements over the previous version: * A new --rounding option enables control points to be placed with higher precision. * Fonts are automatically run through t1asm to convert them from disassembled format to true .pfb font files. * Fonts are automatically run through FontForge, if available, to clean up curves and automatically add font-hinting information. A new --ffscript option lets the user override the default FontForge script. * mf2pt1 includes a workaround for a MetaPost turningnumber bug. * A new glyph_name command and asis encoding vector enable font programs to specify their own encodings -- useful for creating a large font out of multiple 256-character fonts. * mf2pt1 now supports an encoding vector for TeX T1 (i.e., 8-bit) encoding. * There are various bug fixes, code cleanups, and documentation improvements. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/mf2pt1/ 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: ebezier v4
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '05

01 Mar '05

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 Gerhard A. Bachmaier submitted version 4 of his package ebezier to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ebezier Summary description: Picture enhancement License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ebezier supports device independent bezier curves e.g. for drawing larger circles. Additionally lengths of these curves can be calculated. This is update version 4 which corrects minor deficiencies. It includes the documentation as a PDF file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: tif2eps 0.79
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '05

01 Mar '05

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Staszek Wawrykiewicz sumitted version 0.79 of the package tif2eps to CTAN. Authors: Boguslaw Jackowski, P. Pianowski and P. Strzelczyk License: GPL Location on CTAN: support/pstools/tif2eps TIF2EPS is a PostScript program for the conversion of TIFF files (ver. 6.0) to EPS ones. Compression (LZW, CCITT Fax, RLE, Flate, DCT) and ASCII85 encoding is available. The package may be used for generating colour- separated EPSes, `EPS thumbnails,' and, moreover, little header EPSes, containing only a pointer to a source TIFF file. Employing Ghostscript guarantees portability and efficient processing. News in ver. 0.79: A bug in -o2 (ovewrite if newer) option fixed. Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: xmpincl
by Jim Hefferon 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror real soon now. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xmpincl Author's name: Maarten Sneep Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xmpincl Summary description: Include eXtensible Metadata Platform data in pdflatex License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The XMP (eXtensible Metadata platform) is a framework to add metadata to digital material to enhance the workflow in publication. References are given below, but the essenence is that the metadata is stored in an XML file, and this XML stream is then embedded in the file to which it applies. New in this version is that the <?xpacket ?> tags are automatically added, which makes the whole package much more standards compliant. The package checks the xmp file to see if it is used on an older file to avoid double inclusion of the <?xpacket ?> tags (no changes to older sources are needed). - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xmpincl 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: TpX
by Jim Hefferon 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will soon propogate to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: TpX Author's name: Alexander Tsyplakov Location on CTAN: /graphics/tpx/ Summary description: TpX drawing tool for Windows License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TpX 1.1 is on CTAN TpX is a simple, easy-to-use graphical editor for Windows platform for creation of drawings and inclusion them into TeX files in publication-ready form. It can also be used as a stand-alone editor for vector graphics. The output is a file (with extension .TpX) containing the drawing as TeX code or as an includegraphics link to an external file created by the program. User can choose between several output formats. TpX saves its own data in TeX file comments so that the drawing could be loaded into TpX and edited again. This internal TpX format is based on XML and could be understood and edited easily. Homepage: http://tpx.sourceforge.net/ - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/tpx/ 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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Re: cam.ctan.org upload: datetime
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Nicola Talbot writes, through the medium of http://www.tex.ac.uk/upload: > Name of contribution: datetime > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datetime > Summary description: Change format of oday with commands for current time > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The datetime package can now be used with babel and LaTeX2HTML > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i've installed the updated package as requested, and triggered mirroring. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: WinShell 2.6 submission
by CTAN Announcements 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Ingo H. de Boer submitted version 2.6.0.4 of his winshell package to CTAN. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/winshell License: nosource --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WinShell is a graphical user interface for easy working with LaTeX or TeX. It includes a text editor, different tool bars and user configuration options. It is NOT a LaTeX system. An additional LaTeX package for Windows is needed. Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: upload
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Eitan Gurari writes: > > + what you've uploaded > > tex4ht-all.zip > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > cam.ctan.org > > + where you want the files to go > > Replace > > /tex-archive/support/TeX4ht/tex4ht-all.zip > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > LPPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > Yearly update of the TeX4ht system for translating TeX-based > files to hypertext. i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: upload
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Eitan Gurari writes: > + what you've uploaded > > AlProTex.zip > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > > cam.ctan.org > > + where you want the files to go > > Replace > > /tex-archive/web/protex/AlProTex.sty > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > LPPL > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > (please note that the mail should be in english for speedy processing) > > Yearly update of the AlProTex system for literate programming. i've installed the new version; thanks for the update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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