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new CTAN package: pst-vue3d
by Jim Hefferon 14 May '03

14 May '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the material, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ============================================================= The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: pst-vue3d Author's names: Manuel Luque, Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-vue3d Summary description: pst-vue3d allows perspective views of three dimensional objects License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With pst-vue3d three dimensional objects like cubes, spheres and others can be viewed from different points. The documentation is in french but the examples are self explanatory. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN upload notification: Highlight code converter
by Reinhard Zierke 14 May '03

14 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Highlight code converter Name and email: André Simon Suggested location on CTAN: web Summary description: Command line tool to convert source code to highlighted TeX and LaTeX. License type: GNU Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlight is a universal sourcecode converter for Linux and Windows, which transforms code to LaTeX or TeX - files with syntax highlighting. Source code may be reindented and reformatted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it (together with the README file extracted from the archive) in CTAN:support/highlight/ The web directory you suggested is for Donald Knuth's Web System of Structured Information, not the World Wide Web which came some years later. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: ps4pdf
by Reinhard Zierke 14 May '03

14 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ps4pdf Name and email: Rolf Niepraschk Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ Summary description: Using Postscript code in pdf documents License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version provides the optional parameter trim for the macro `PSforPDF' similar to `includegraphics' from the package `graphicx'. Please remove the all files from macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ and unpack the archive `ps4pdf.zip' to the same location. Thanks in advance, ...Rolf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload; I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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UK English FAQ v3.6
by Robin Fairbairns 13 May '03

13 May '03

i have just installed revised versions of the faq that i maintain on ctan (help/uk-tex-faq), on the web (http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq) and for distributors in the usual place. this version is much delayed for various technical reasons: i was close to giving up on it until this lunch-time, when (seemingly) à propos of nothing, the build suddenly started working again. this issue claims to answer 300 questions: the first edition, in december 1994, had 100. because of the delay, my backlog of pending answers is now up to 21 (though some of those are long-term development items), and my list of unresolved requirements has well over 100 entries. other desiderata include: -- a better search engine -- a less demanding means of generating html from the sources -- various technicalities about cross-referencing within the faq suggestions, or offers of help, for the search engine would be very welcome indeed. Robin Fairbairns UK TeX FAQ (and CTAN) maintainer

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CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 5.40, Omega with Dynamical Preview
by Reinhard Zierke 12 May '03

12 May '03

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 5.40 (issued 9-May-2003). Please put the files to 'CTAN:nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma' directory. New features are: 1) Updated TeX for version 3.141592. 2) Updated Omega for version 1.23.5 based on TeX 3.141592. Included support for Dynamical Preview; DVI Search marks generation; Automatical generation of BB-files for imported graphics. 3) Support for TrueType fonts (Type42) embedded into imported Postscript. 4) FlateDecode filter. 5) Import of Enhanced Metafiles (EMF). 6) Refined handling of Omega Unicoded fonts (OFM/OVF). Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 12-May-2003 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.40 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * HTML Generation features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.40 For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> BaKoMa TeX is a complete TeX system for Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95 HIGHLIGHTS * BaKoMa TeX is PostScript enabled TeX system. * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region of the file being edited. (like to Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). ** Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. ** Generates HTML (TeX4HT, DVI2HTML), also supports Hevea and TTH. * Supports using PostScript Type 1 fonts (including MM) *WITHOUT ATM*. However, using ATM for font rendering is optionally available. * Complete distribution includes about *1500* TeX Fonts (including EC/TC, LH) in ATM Compatible PostScript Type 1 font format. * Font Setup Wizard installs OpenType/TrueType/Postscript fonts in one click * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. * Supports hyperlink text broken across lines and pages. * Easy to install and use. * Much less expensive than other analogues. GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES BaKoMa TeX includes an interpreter for *PostScript Level 2*, which is tested for compatibility with output from popular software such as: MetaPost, Adobe Illustrator 10, Adobe Streamline 4.0, Mathematica 4, MatLab, CorelDraw 10, CorelXARA, HIGZ, PageDraw, FrameMaker, ImageMagick, etc. All DVI back-ends support the same special interface compatible with well known Rokicki's DVIPS, including processing PostScript embedded into DVI files (PSTricks, PSfrag, XyPic, etc.). The system includes Graphics Import Filters for the following formats: PostScript, HPGL, DXY, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP. FONTS BaKoMa TeX supports the following font formats: * OpenType (both TTF and OTF are supported), * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), * PostScript Type 3, * TrueType, * TeX PK/VF. The system includes about *1500* typefaces in PostScript Type 1 and Type 3 font format including the following fonts: * CM (including LaTeX and Logo fonts + vf for T1 with CX * AMS Fonts (Euler, Math Symbols), * EC/TC, * LH (T2A), * Concrete (Math, ECC), * Malvern, * CMCyr + vf for T2A/LCY * Scripting fonts, CMPica, Punk. Math Fonts: * Stmaryrd, Wasy, Rsfs, YHMath, BlackBoard (bbm, doublestroke). Diagram drawing fonts: * Lams, Astro Symbols (cmastro, astrosym, moonphase), * Barcodes (barcodes, wlean, wlc*), Logical (loggates, milstd), * timing, MusiXTeX, Chess/CChess, Go, Backgammon, Dingbats/NiceFrame. etc. Any font type can be used for any output device/format. This feature is supported by automatic font conversion between font formats when needed. This feature enables the rendering of Type 1 fonts *without ATM*. On the other hand, it enables the use of TrueType/OpenType fonts for generating PostScript printed even on PostScript Level 1 printers. In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use most of free Type 1 fonts available on CTAN and Trutype fonts coming with MS Windows systems. Font Setup Wizard lets you to install most of commercial (and free) OpenType, TrueType, and Postscript Type 1 fonts in almost one click. OpenType/Type1 fonts (OTF) are supported also under Windows 9x and NT 4.0 even without ATM. USER INTERFACE * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. It reformats (and preview) selected part of document on the fly, when you edit it. This feature accelerates tuning paragraphs, mathematics, pictures, etc. * Flexible window docking lets you optimize splitting your screen for using Dynamical Preview efficiently. * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, * Quick navigation via document structure, * DVI Forward/Reverse search (format independent), * Powerful support for different input encodings, * Project support, * Graphics import assistant, * Assitance for multi-file documents: context sensitive openning of included text and graphics files, * Searching for TeX errors using the TeX log file, * Searching for help for TeX commands in entire document collection, * Syntax highlighting is configurable for catcodes and command dictionaries, * Customizable GUI Bars and menus for inserting Math Symbols and other commands, * Automatic creation of a BB-file for non-PostScript graphics. * Spell Checker: On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, correction proposals, handling accents and babel shortcuts. configurable for handling (La)TeX commands. * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. * Syntax Completion is context sensitive and flexible. * Support for Multi-User systems. OUTPUT DEVICES/FORMATS * View on Windows Display. * Print on any printer supported by a MS Windows driver. * PostScript (really scalable), * PDF, * HTML. Important feature of BaKoMa TeX is consistent graphics and font support for all types of output. This means that all font formats mentioned may be used for every type of output. This also means that all graphical capabilities mentioned are supported for every type of output. PDF GENERATION FEATURES * Handling in-line PostScript in DVI files (PSTricks). * Creating PDF files which share fonts. Suitable for preparing CD-ROM based document libraries. * Embedding fonts in CFF requires 2--3 times less space then other font forms. * Embedding ToUnicode CMAPs to support search and copy-paste of cyrillic and other international characters. * Handling HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. HTML GENERATION FEATURES BaKoMa TeX 5 supports several ways for conversion of (La)TeX documents into HTML files. * `TeX|Generate HTML ...' text editor menu command lets you launch `TeX4HT' convertor with numerous options. * `File|Generate HTML ...' DVI viewer menu command lets you convert pages of a DVI file into PNG files wrapped into navigation HTML pages. This approach is useful for documents with complex graphics, such as slides. In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use `HEVEA' and/or `TTH' convertors. Launching of these convertors is available via extra TABS of `TeX|Generate HTML ...' editor command. Including graphics is well integreated with BaKoMa TeX graphical engine. In this reason, you can insert everithing supported by BaKoMa TeX into generated HTML pages. *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 5.40 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 5.35 *** 1) Updated TeX and Omega a) Updated TeX for version 3.141592. b) Updated Omega for version 1.23.5 based on TeX 3.141592. This implementation (in comparison with previous one) supports: + Dynamical Preview; + DVI Search marks generation; + Automatical generation of BB-files for imported graphics; In other words, Omega supports all features as TeX and e-TeX, except of TCX, because it has own transliteration feature. 2) Graphics Added support for: 1) TrueType fonts (Type42) embedded into imported Postscript graphics (Postscript Level 3 feature). 2) FlateDecode filter (Postscript Level 3 feature). 3) Import of Enhanced Metafiles (EMF). Geometry is calculated automatically. In this reason, to import EMF just `includegraphics{foo.emf}' is enough. 4) Refined handling of Omega Unicoded fonts (OFM/OVF). For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new files as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: latex4jed
by Jim Hefferon 12 May '03

12 May '03

A package has been upgraded on tug.ctan.org and that upgrade should make its way to your favorite mirror very soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ===================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: latex4jed Author's name: Guido Gonzato, Ph.D. Location on CTAN: support/jed Summary description: A much enhanced LaTeX mode for the Jed editor. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a major update of LaTeX4Jed. This release introduces many enhancements: most notably, environment indentation, simplified font and environment selection, and external modules. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- KOMA-Script
by Reinhard Zierke 12 May '03

12 May '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20030512.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: KOMA-Script Name and email: Markus Kohm Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script, a versatile LaTeX2e bundle License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the May '03 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka What we forgot in our previous release. -------------------------------------------------------- What is KOMA-Script -------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to the standard LaTeX2e classes. KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities in order to provide the user an almost complete working environment. -------------------------------------------------------- Versions of classes and packages at this release: -------------------------------------------------------- scrartcl.cls 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrbook.cls 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrreprt.cls 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrlttr2.cls 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) scrtime.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrdate.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrpage2.sty 2002/11/01 v2.1a typearea.sty 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrlfile.sty 2003/04/22 v2.9o scrpage.sty 2001/06/22 v1.3c (obsolete) scraddr.sty 2002/06/02 v1.1b -------------------------------------------------------- What is new in this KOMA-Script release -------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release, so only bugs are fixed: - Manual fixed and improved. - color-bug at minisec fixed. - ``twoside=false'' works with scrlttr2. - ``specialmail'' indent bug fixed. - parfillskip problem at cc and encl fixed. - script20.dtx is obsolete. Please use original Script2.0 with LaTeX2.09! -------------------------------------------------------- XML file to be used at The TeX Catalogue: -------------------------------------------------------- See koma-script.xml at the distribution. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- crop.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 12 May '03

12 May '03

----- Forwarded message from Melchior FRANZ ----- I've just uploaded ## crop.tar.gz ## to ## ftp.dante.de ## licensed under the ## LPPL ## Please unpack to ## macros/latex/contrib/crop/ ## crop.sty provides different forms of cropmarks for trimming paper stacks, for camera alignment and for visualizing the page dimensions. It offers options for centering documents on printing paper, for reflecting, mirroring, inverting documents and other features that are needed in the printing process. Changes in version 1.8 ====================== - new kernel; adds user hooks for custom extension; pictures for axis marks for easier customization; - fixes nasty lineskip bug that could display the lower marks 1 pt too low - color support: redefines pagecolor, so that it colors only the document page; allows to color marks - presets stock{width,height} with paper{width,height} - driver detection overhaul - full pdflatex compatibility (uses eflectbox & otatebox when processed with pdflatex) - compatibility options are removed now ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/crop/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: hvfloat.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 11 May '03

11 May '03

quoth the upload daemon: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20030511.002/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: hvfloat.sty > Name and email: Herbert Voss <...> > Suggested location on CTAN: CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/hvfloat/ > Summary description: Rotating float object and caption > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > hvfloat allows rotating of a floating object (like figure > or table or ...) and caption with different angles. The caption can > be placed on every side of the floating object. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks (very much ;-) for the upload. i've installed it as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pst-3dplot
by Robin Fairbairns 11 May '03

11 May '03

our upload daemon tells me: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20030511.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: pst-3dplot > Name and email: Herbert Voss <...> > Suggested location on CTAN: CTAN:/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ > Summary description: Plotting 3D graphic objects and data > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The new version has a new macro for a 3d triangle and > some more small changes and bugfixes. > > Please replace all files in the dir > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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