Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the
genealogytree
package.
Version: 2.4.0 2026-05-06
License: lppl1.3
Summary description: Pedigree and genealogical tree diagrams
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### Added
- `\gtrifnativitydefined`
- `\gtrifwedlockdefined`
- `\gtrifdeceasedefined`
- `/gtr/database/id` as alias for `/gtr/id`
- Template `template=medical`
with additional options `carrier`, `affected`, and `deceased`
### Changed
- Usage of expl3 scratch variables like `\l_tmpa_tl` replaced by package variables like `\l__getree_tmpa_tl`
- Some code optimizations
- The `floruit` event is now displayed if birth/baptism or death/burial data are missing.
Previously, it was displayed only if all of these were missing (issue #43).
- Tutorial example 'Conversion during Externalization' adapted to current tcolorbox
- Documentation example for `/gtr/edge/custom` made more fail-safe (issue #49)
- Documentation typos (issue #52)
- Documentation typo in 1.4 Installation corrected
- Documentation listings encoding handling changed
- `CHANGES.md` renamed to `CHANGELOG.md` following https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/
- Bibliography updated
### Removed
- Obsolete packages `expl3`, `xparse`, `xfp`
### Fixed
- Italian translation corrected by Andrea Vaccari
- Library `fanchart`: code with errors reported by explcheck was replaced (no functional but stylistic errors)
- Code style improved with explcheck
- Documentation for `floruit-` corrected (wrong argument)
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David Purton submitted an update to the
sblfonts
package.
Version: 1.1 2026-05-06
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Font and language set up for SBL style documents
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New in sblfonts v1.1:
- Add fallback fonts for SBL fonts under pdftex.
- Add interface custom fontspec options for SBL fonts.
- Add interface to set document main language.
- Add interface to set babel options for main language,
Greek and Hebrew.
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Markus Kohm submitted an update to the
contract
package.
Version: 0.92 2026-04-23
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Typeset formalized legal documents such as contracts, statutes, etc.
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This is the first release since the switch to Codeberg. Accordingly, all references to GitHub in the
source code and the documentation have been updated. In addition, obsolete commands have been
removed, and an issue involving (premature) references within clauses of user-defined contract
environments has been resolved (see issue #2).
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Nan Geng submitted an update to the
nwafuthesis
package.
Version: 2.00 2026-05-06
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A thesis template package for Northwest A&F University, China
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1. Revised the nwafuthesis.cls in accordance with the 2026 edition
of the undergraduate dissertation writing specifications.
2. Added a boolean option figtabtoc to control whether to include
the list of figures and tables for undergraduate theses.
3. Added an option termfile to specify the filename of the
terminology list (.tex file).
4. Removed the deprecated withchapter option.
Chapter titles are now uniformly formatted as "Chapter 1" (the
standard chapter format), without distinguishing between
different styles.
5. Removed the chapnum option.
Chapters are now uniformly numbered using Arabic numerals.
6. Optimized the anonymous review (blind review) logic to
comprehensively anonymize all relevant information.
7. Added document type identifiers (e.g., [J], [M], [D])
to bibliography entries.
8. Various other minor fixes and improvements.
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Maxime Chupin submitted an update to the
mp-gears
package.
Version: 0.2 2026-05-05
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Draw systems of intermeshing gears with MetaPost
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- Change of last parameter of spirographCurve: number of revolution
becomes total angle of rotation.
- Bug correction in spirographCurve.
- New: cycloidCurve.
- New animations for cycloid and spirograph.
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Alan J. Cain submitted an update to the
lua-list-hyphen
package.
Version number: 0.3.15 2026-05-05
License type: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Per-language listing of hyphenated words for LuaLaTeX
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Fix: Avoid hanging when badly-formed node lists are encountered.
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Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the
luamplib
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Version: 2.41.1 2026-05-05
License: gpl2
Summary description: Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter
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* address the issue on the displacement of pdf link boxes (#189)
* address the ages-old issue on nested mplibcode environments (#63)
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Jean-François Burnol submitted an update to the
etoc
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Version: 1.2e 2026-05-04
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Completely customisable TOCs
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Hotfix for jfbu/etoc#28 (compatibility of lof option with
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VÃt Starý Novotný submitted an update to the
expltools
package.
Version: 2026-05-03
License: lppl1.3c gpl2+
Summary description: Development tools for expl3 programmers
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## expltools 2026-05-03
### explcheck v0.20.0
#### New features
This version of explcheck has implemented the following new features:
- Add more support for flow analysis. (#188)
This adds support for the following issues from the document titled
[_Warnings and errors for the expl3 analysis tool_][warnings-and-errors]:
1. E428 (Unexpandable or restricted-expandable boolean expression)
1. W429 (Defined an unexpandable function as unprotected)
2. W502 (Unused private function)
3. W503 (Unused private function variant)
Out of these issues, warning W429 is particularly pervasive, being reported
for 573 package files in TeX Live 2025.
- In `explcheck-latex3.lua`, add `definitions["function"]` and
`definitions.variable` properties with LPEG parsers that accept LaTeX3
standard-library function and variable names, respectively, and capture their
properties, such as expandability and the date when they were added or most
recently updated. (#201, co-authored by @josephwright in latex3/latex3#1885
and latex3/latex3#1886)
For example, `lpeg.match(definitions["function"], "msg_expandable_error:nn")`,
where `definitions = require("explcheck-latex3").definitions`, returns
the Lua table `{ EXP = "full", added = "2015-08-06" }`.
These parsers are generated by `generate-explcheck-latex3.lua` from a new
third-party submodule at `third-party/latex3`, which points to a reasonably
recent version of the LaTeX3 development repository. At commit
latex3/latex3@ff6927ae8, the parsers recognize 4,850 LaTeX3 standard-library
functions and 339 variables.
- Support multiple user config files being specified in the command-line option
`--config-file` and the corresponding Lua option `config_file`. (discussed
with @muzimuzhi in #203, added in #201)
- Add Lua option `defined_csnames` that specifies which control sequences
should always be assumed to be defined. (discussed with @muzimuzhi and
@alceu-frigeri in #206, added in #201)
This option provides a more fine-grained alternative to the earlier
`imported_prefixes`. For example, suppose the control sequences
`\module_foo:` and `\module_bar:` are imported and should always be
considered defined. A coarse-grained way to express this is:
``` toml
[defaults]
imported_prefixes = ["module"]
```
However, this also suppresses warnings and errors for all control sequence
names matching `\module_*`, as well as message names matching `module/*`,
which may be undesirable. Using `defined_csnames`, the same intent can be
expressed more precisely:
``` toml
[defaults]
defined_csnames = ["module_foo:", "module_bar:"]
```
This way, only warnings and errors related to the listed control sequence
names are suppressed.
- Add Lua option `latex3_definitions_max_added_date`, which limits how recent
LaTeX3 standard-library function and variable definitions are considered
during analysis. (#201)
This affects issues E428 and E508 (Unexpandable or restricted-expandable
boolean expression) and W429 and W512 (Defined an unexpandable function as
unprotected), as well as any issues that are only reported for user-defined
functions and variables, not for LaTeX3 standard-library ones.
For example, your config file `.explcheckrc` might look as follows if you
want to only consider deprecations, prefixes, and definitions from
TeX Live 2025 and earlier:
``` toml
[defaults]
l3obsolete_max_deprecated_date = "2025-09-29"
l3prefixes_max_first_registered_date = "2025-12-02"
latex3_definitions_max_added_date = "2025-07-08"
```
These dates can be obtained by running `generate-explcheck-latex3.lua` with
the Git submodule `third-party/latex3` checked out at a commit corresponding
to TeX Live 2025. One reasonable approximation is the Git tag `2026-01-19`,
since `/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3-code.tex`
in the Docker image `texlive/texlive:TL2025-historic` contains
`\def\ExplFileDate{2026-01-19}`. The script then produces output such as:
```
LPEG parsers and other information extracted from LaTeX3 data files.
Generated on 2026-04-30 from the following files:
- "l3obsolete.txt" with the latest obsolete entry from 2025-09-29: `\l_keys_choice_tl`
- "l3prefixes.csv" with the latest registered prefix from 2025-12-02: "asmejour"
- 85 "l3*.dtx" files with 4,753 function and 340 variable definitions:
- Latest added function or variable from 2025-07-08: `\tl_retokenize:n`
- Latest updated function or variable from 2025-09-29: `\l_keys_choice_int`
```
#### Warnings and errors
This version of explcheck has made the following changes to the document titled
[_Warnings and errors for the expl3 analysis tool_][warnings-and-errors]:
- Remove planned issues E509 (Expanding an unexpandable function) and E510
(Fully-expanding a restricted-expandable function), since none of these
constitute an error: the functions simply remain unexpanded. (#201)
- Plan for weaker versions of the issues E508 (Unexpandable or
restricted-expandable boolean expression) and W512 (Defined an unexpandable
function as unprotected) in semantic analysis under the identifiers E428 and
W429, respectively, and the same names. (#201)
- Plan for further analysis of integer expressions in Section "Caveats". (#201)
#### Continuous integration
This version of explcheck has made the following changes to our continuous
integration:
- Bump `softprops/action-gh-release` from 2 to 3. (contributed by @dependabot
in #199)
- Check that third-party submodules are up-to-date. (#201)
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Hugo Gomes submitted an update to the
pgf-PeriodicTable
package.
Version: 2.1.6 2026-05-03
License: lppl1.3
Summary description: Create custom periodic tables of elements
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*** v2.1.6 (03/05/2026) ***
Small bug fixes:
- the font selection in eDist is now within a group
- alignment for unavailable values '---' is now correctly centered vertically
- fixed a problem that occurs when changing the Z position (with \pgfPTbuildcell)
- fixed the resizing of boxes for some numeric values
Interaction with other packages (see pgfPT manual for more information):
- babel-spanish
- graphicx (\resizebox) & preview
- extdash
New translations:
- Russian translation provided by Konstantin Nikiforov
- Ukrainian translation provided by Nikita Khveshchuk
- Slovenian translation provided by Domen Vaupotic
New loading option:
- hyperref
New keys:
- legend xshift
- legend yshift
- legend acronyms at right
- radio symbol
- radio font
- radio font color
- Z links (available with the 'hyperref' loading option)
- Z links color (available with the 'hyperref' loading option)
- Z links outline width (available with the 'hyperref' loading option)
Updated keys:
- group numbers, now supports a list of user labels to display group numbers
- ls, now supports a starred version of the available flags - fig*, txt*, fig+txt* and txt+fig* - which omits the structure figure in the extra legend that describes the structures' abbreviations
New libraries:
'fittowidth': fits the Periodic Table to the text's width
- \pgfPTfittowidth[font size]
- \pgfPTendfittowidth
'override': user can override the default acronyms or the element names:
- \pgfPToverrideacros[language flag]{override list}
- \pgfPTrestoreacros[language flag]{override list}
- \pgfPToverridenames[language flag]{override list}
- \pgfPTrestorenames[language flag]{override list}
Fixed some typos in manual.
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