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CTAN update: musixtex
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

This has been installed at tug.ctan.org. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: musixtex Version number: T-114 Author's name: Bob Tennent Summary description: Sophisticated music typesetting using TeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several small extension packages, including curly.tex, tuplet.tex, underbracket.sty, and musixcrd.tex now install under doc/generic/musixtex/addons ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/musixtex . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/musixtex (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: teubner
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

This has been installed at tug.ctan.org. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: teubner Version number: 3.1 Author's name: Claudio Beccari Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/teubner/ Summary description: Important upgrade of the teubner package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This important upgrade solves the conflict with the txfontsb package. Now who uses teubner and selects the TX fonts as default Latin ones, does not get trapped any more in with the font description files of the txfontsb package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/teubner/ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/teubner (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace all > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ > > > pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot > of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a... > > v 3.45 2010-11-01 - modified Put for checking coor type (hv,ms) thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pstricks - base
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace all > files with the ones in the main directory > /graphics/pstricks/base/ > > 2.13 2010-11-01 > - new macro and counter for the type of read coordinates > pstCheckCoorType{#1} sets the macro pst@C@@rType > % pst@C@@rType = 0 cartesian (x,y) > % = 1 polar (r;phi) > % = 2 PS (! x y) > % = 3 mixed ((x,y)|(x,y)) > % = 4 algebraic (*x f(x)) > % = 5 node (A) > % = 6 special node ([...]A) > % = 7 node (>A) > > - new optional argument for setflat > - fix bug with doubled linecap definition > - fix bug with missing linejoin in psls@solid > > > read the file /base/doc/pst-news10.pdf for more informations > about this update to the base part of PSTricks or read > the other Changes files which lists all what's new in > the other files. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/base/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: linegoal
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

the daemon creeps out and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: linegoal > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/linegoal > Summary description: A new ``dimen'' corresponding to the remainder of the line > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > linegoal can be loaded now even if pdfTeX is not used: > > linegoal is then equal to linewidth in any case. > > linegoal can be used in dvi mode with pdfTeX. > > This improves compatibility with other packages thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/linegoal.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linegoal/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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FTP Service on dante.ctan.org resumed
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

The FTP service for the CTAN main node dante.ctan.org is working again, after replacing the ftp server software (proftpd) by another one (vsftpd). With this change, FTP uploads on dante.ctan.org are no longer possible. Uploads should be done via the web interface: http://upload.ctan.org/ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ > > pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing > special mathematical functions like distributions, > polynomials, a.s.o. > > ..... pst-func.tex > 0.71 2010-11-03 - allow option dotstyle for psGaussI thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-func.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org also down due to security problem with FTP server program.
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

A security flaw has been found in the the FTP server program that is used at the tug.ctan.org node of CTAN, as noted earler by Rainer. Consequently I shut off this service. I expect that it will be off for a few days, for lack of time to repair it. I apologize for the inconvienence. Individuals who use HTTP would not be immediately affected by this change. Jim

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ftp.dante.de shut down due to security problem with ftp server program.
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

A serious bug has been detecetd in proftpd: http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3521 As a consequence, ftp access to ftp.dante.de a.k.a. dante.ctan.org will be disabled, effective immediately. http or rsync access to dante.ctan.org are not affected. Service will be resumed only after this bug is corrected. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: Asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 John Bowman submitted an update to the asymptote package. Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The -P option required by ghostscript 9.00 was added. The limits command now works correctly with reversed axes. The asyinclude command of asymptote.sty was improved so that asy source files do not need to be sent to publishers; the asy extension is now optional. A mktemp function was implemented. Further MSWindows installer problems were addressed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=asymptote (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: textgreek
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 Leonard Michlmayr submitted the new textgreek package. Summary description: upright greek letters in text License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Use upright greek letters as text symbols, e.g. extbeta. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/textgreek/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=textgreek (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: prerex-6.0.4
by CTAN Announcements 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

the daemon creeps up on me, unawares, again > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: prerex-6.0.4 > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Author's email: > Location on CTAN: graphics > Summary description: Interactive editor and macro support for prerequisite charts. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This release fixes an initialization bug in some of the prerex.sty macros. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i have installed the files and updated the entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/prerex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/prerex Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

i go out for a sociable cup of coffee with a friend, and the daemon creeps in, saying: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.1: > - table-align-exponent and table-align-uncertainty > options for additional choices of table formatting > - copy-complex-root option for moving input complex root > to output > - power-font option for controlling whether superscript > powers are treated as numbers or units > - scientific-notation option for to use exponent form for > numbers in all cases > - table-omit-exponent option for simplifying tables by > removing exponents entirely > - round-INT-to-decimal option to convert integers to > decimals on rounding > - input-comparators option for numbers greater than, less > than and so on > - table-comparator option for reserving space for > comparators in tables > - round-minimum option to set a floor for rounding > numbers downward (whew!) thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ the catalogue entry will be updated on the web, overnight tonight ... but there's not much change to see. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: ijmart
by CTAN Announcements 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College Update summary: Changes: Version 1.1: Added environments namedprop and namedprop* for special named propositions. Version 1.1a: Minor documentation updates. Version 1.2: New table of contents formatting. Version 1.3: Changed the typesetting of proofs that end by a math display. This involves interface changes. Changed table of contents formatting (again). Version 1.4: Fixed the bug inherited from amsart: now appendices do not cause large indentations in table of contents Version 1.5: Added compatibility with babel Version 1.6: Bibliography style now understands fjournal field. Documentation update Basic package information, as sent by the contributor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location: /macros/latex/contrib/ijmart Caption: LaTeX Class for the Israel Journal of Mathematics. Description: The Israel Journal of Mathematics is published by The Hebrew University Magnes Press. This class provides LaTeX support for its authors and editors. It strives to achieve the distinct “look and feel” of the journal, while having the interface similar to that of the amsart document class. This will help authors already familiar with amsart to easily submit manuscripts for The Israel Journal of Mathematics or to put the preprints in arXiv with minimal changes in the LaTeX source. Author: Boris Veytsman License: lppl Name: ijmart Version: 1.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ijmart (this link may take a day to sync). Our archive service is sponsored by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN update: rmannot
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

there i was, innocently buying food for the weekend, and the daemon said: > Name of contribution: rmannot > Author's name: D. P. Story > Author's email: dpstory(a)uakron.edu > Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rmannot/ > Summary description: Package to create rich media annotations for > version 9 or later > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update to the rmannot package includes support for cue points and > for certain third party video players. > > The support video players are VideoPlayerPlus.swf and > VideoPlayerX.swf. Both of these can play multiple videos in the same > rich media annotation, dynamically change skins and change skin > colors, as well as several other features. > > Demos of these new features are found at the AeB Blog, > http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/aebblog.html thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/rmannot.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rmannot/ the change to the catalogue entry is hardly worth waiting for, but will appear on the web sometime overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: musixtex
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

i was out of the office yesterday, longer than i expected (train failure that made national news!), and wasn't able to report the following effusion from the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: musixtex > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Author's email: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca > Location on CTAN: macros > Summary description: Sophisticated music typesetting using TeX > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The musixflx components have been updated to incorporate several minor > bug fixes and improvements from TeXLive and teTeX. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository (about 0130 this morning). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/musixtex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros since my installation seems to have happened after the catalogue regeneration run, the (minutely) updated catalogue entry won't appear on the web until some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: ctable
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. Summary description: Easily typeset tables using key,value options License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fixed option doinside, which propagated in subsequent ctable calls ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ctable (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: tfrupee
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 Palle Jørgensen submitted an update to the tfrupee package. Summary description: A font offering the new (Indian) Rupee symbol. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Correction of typo in tfrupee.map ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/tfrupee . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tfrupee (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: adobemapping
by CTAN Announcements 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

the daemon comes up with: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: adobemapping > Author's name: Karl Berry > Author's email: karl(a)freefriends.org > Location on CTAN: support/adobemapping > Summary description: Adobe cmap and pdfmapping files > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Propagating an update to the CMap and PDFmapping tables made by Adobe > a few days ago. > > The original files are now kept on sourceforge, in the subprojects > http://sourceforge.net/adobe/cmap and > http://sourceforge.net/adobe/mapping-for-pdf. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and (minimally) updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/adobemapping.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/adobemapping/ there is no point in waiting for the catalogue on the web to change, overnight... Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pgf
by CTAN Announcements 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pgf Version number: 2.10 Author's name: Christian Feuersänger Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/base Summary description: Create PostScript and PDF graphics in TeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PGF 2.10 contains a huge bulk of additional libraries, improved node placement, lots of bug fixes and smaller improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/base . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pgf (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: Interfaces
by CTAN Announcements 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

the daemon wakes me up from rest after a hard day's work: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Interfaces > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/interfaces > Summary description: Set parameters for other packages, conveniently. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Revision 1.2 2010/10/27 > > First annoucement didn't came on comp.text.tex > Is it possible to announce now ? users who don't subscribe to the mailing list may read the original announcement at https://lists.dante.de/pipermail/ctan-ann/2010-October/004852.html for this revision: > interfaces-hypbmsec now works properly > interfaces-fancyhdr: bug fixed while setting offsets > Conversion from points to mu (1em/18): bug fixed (catcodes) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/interfaces.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/interfaces/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: shipunov
by CTAN Announcements 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: shipunov Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Alexey Shipunov Summary description: Small improvements License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Packages autolist (thanks to Martin Muench) and flower were updated, along with minor corrections in the documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/shipunov . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/shipunov (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: xecyr
by CTAN Announcements 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xecyr Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Alexey Shipunov Summary description: Minor corrections License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The most important is a correction of several Ukrainian letters (thanks to Alexey Bondarchuk) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xecyr . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xecyr (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: xits
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

the daemon hauls himself out into the open air, and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xits > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Location on CTAN: > Summary description: Scientific Times-like font with support for > mathematical typesetting > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Add TopAccentHorizontal position to U+00B7, U+0131, U+0237, U+203E, U+22C5 > - Add spaces and control characters U+0000-001F, U+2000-200F, U+2028-202F > - Tune script positioning for display integrals > - Disable smaller that text size integrals > - Rename fj ligature glyph to f_j for PDF search > - Assign un-encoded glyphs PUA code points > - Use U+23B7 slot for the glyph uni221A.base > - Change integral glyphs name suffixes to small and display > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated its details in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xits.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan update: refstyle 0.4
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

there seems at last to be a lull in the daemon's work ... but not before: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: refstyle 0.4 > Author's name: Danie Els > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/refstyle > Summary description: Advanced formatting of cross references > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The refstyle provides a consistent way of producing references > throughout a project. Enough flexibility is provided to make local > changes to a single reference. The user can configure his or own > setup. > > Changes from version 0.3: > > (1) List of references can now distinguish between two and more than > two items. For example: > > equation (1) > equations (1) and (4) > equations (1), (2), and (5) > > (2) Option nokeyprefix is added to remove all the prefixes in the > <type>label commands. The user has now the option to use the standard > latex label command everywhere (especialy for old documents), for > example: > > label{tab:xxx} and then abref{tab:xxx} with refstyle > > (3) Languages added: French, Italian and Portuguese thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/refstyle.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/refstyle/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new ctan package: catchfilebetweentags
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

that daemon's proving a hard taskmaster ... this time it's: > Name of contribution: catchfilebetweentags > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Author's email: florent.chervet(a)laposte.net > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/FC/catchfilebetweentags > Summary description: Catch (into a macro) a portion of a file delimited by two docstrip tags > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > If you know the package catchfile, upon which catchfilebetweentags is > written, you've understood yet the purpose of this package. > > The macro catchfilebetweentags acts like catchfile but extract a > portion of the file instead of the complete file. The extracted > portion can be delimited by strings or by docstrip tags : > %<*tag> .... .... %</tag> > > Comments inside the portion can be ignored or catched. > > ExecuteMetaData is a shortcut to execute immediately the > extracted portion. thanks for the upload; i have installed this new package and made an entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/catchfilebetweentag… > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/catchfilebetweentags/ the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 2.06 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Compilation problems and build issues were fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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new ctan package: parselines
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

the daemon heard someone whispering: > Name of contribution: parselines > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/FC/parselines > Summary description: A simple line parser for files or text inside environment > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a simple line parser. > > For files: dofilebyline{filename} expands do (a user macro > with 1 parameter) > on each line of the given file, reading lines one after > another with ead. > > For text: > egin{parse lines}{ ow: #1} > ... > ... > end{parse lines} > > will add the number of the row before each line in the > environment. > > Other funny things can be done (see the .pdf ;-)) > > (c) lppl - 2010 (FC) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/parselines.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/parselines/ thanks for the upload; i have installed the new package and made an an entry for it in the catalogue repository. (the web version of the entry will not appear until some time tonight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new ctan package: interfaces
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

the daemon's been working away again, and reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Interfaces > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/interfaces > Summary description: A few pgfkeys-macros to modify a large number of > parameters in LaTeX documents > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Interfaces provides a small number of macros to modify > the settings > ^^^^^^^^^^ of a large number of parameters provided by Most > Frequently > Used Packages (MFUP!) for typesetting beautiful documents > with LaTeX. > > The macros shares a standardized syntax of the form key=value. The key > names are intuitive: font, top, bottom, left, right, bookmark, bold, > italic, color, twocolumns, title, pagestyle, before, after, indent > etc. > > Interfaces DOES NOT provide any new feature, except epeatcell, > owfont, and ookmarksetup (as long as the bookmark package does not > `steal' them to interfaces... what whould be considered as a favour!) > > A few macros are modified. The complete list is included in > interfaces.pdf, with explainations. > > * * * * > Interfaces is organised in different modules which are loaded after > the master package is loaded. Each module can be loaded separately. > > Commands provided: (each in a distinct module) ------------- > ---------- > > sectionformat: interface for package titlesec to modify > the titles > produced by the sectionning commands (and their > bookmarks). > replaces itleformat, itlespacing and > itleclass and > is compatible with them. > > pagesetup: interface for package fancyhdr to modify the > current page > style or create new page styles. Replaces > fancypagestyle > fancyhf, fancyhfoffset, > enewcommandheadrulewidth etc. > > ocsetup: interface for package tocloft to fine tune the > aspect of > the table of contents, list of figures / of tables. > ocsetup also > applies to shorttableofcontents provided by the > shorttoc package. > Facility to make multi-columns table(s) of contents > is included, > give a label for the table of contents/of figures/of > tables... > give them a bookmark. Replaces a lot of tocloft' control > sequences. > > epeatcell: to create `dynamic' tabulars, possibly > with formulas > computation: umexpr, pgfmathparse or FPeval > formulas can be > plugged in the tabular or array, with the possibility to > transpose. > > owfont: to modify the font and/or the alignment of > each cell in a > tabular/array row. Modification of the alignment has some > limitations. > Compatible with all package compatible with > array.sty,colortbl,hhline, > arydshln,delarray etc. > > + some macros to make easier the use of e-TeX marks > registers (useful > with sectionformat and > pagesetup). > > runctext and htruncadjust are provided in order to take > advantage of > the code provided by the package > truncate.sty > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------- > > Interfaces is mainly based on scrlfile.sty ( provided in > the Koma- > Script bundle, but Koma-Script classes are not required), > on pgfkeys > and etoolbox. > > Interfaces defines some pgfkeys handlers designed > specially to make > key-value interfaces for other packages. Using those > handlers permit > the design of an interface in a few minutes... (well, > good knowledge > of pgfkeys is required ;-) > > . ookmarksetup is also enhanced with starred keys. > > . Facility to load TikZ libraries and pgf modules is > provided via usetikz. > > . pgfkeys is enhanced with a new ``default'' value in case > the value is blank. > > . scrlfile's AfterFile and BeforeFile have starred forms. thanks for the upload; i have installed the package, and made an entry in the catalogue repository giving a brief outline. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/interfaces.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/interfaces the catalogue entry will not appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pkfix-helper
by CTAN Announcements 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pkfix-helper Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/pkfix-helper Summary description: Preprocess old PostScript files so pkfix can replace their fonts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pkfix is a useful utility for replacing resolution-dependent bitmapped fonts in a dvips-produced PostScript file with the corresponding resolution-independent vector fonts. Unfortunately, pkfix needs to parse certain PostScript comments that appear only in files produced by dvips versions later than 5.58 (ca. 1996); it fails to work on PostScript files produced by older versions of dvips. pkfix-helper is a program that attempts to insert newer-dvips comments into an older-dvips PostScript file, thereby making the file suitable for processing by pkfix. pkfix-helper can sometimes process documents fully autonomously but does require the user to verify and, if needed, correct its decisions. Version 1.3 introduces a --keep option to prevent specified bitmapped fonts from being replaced with vector fonts. This is useful for logos and other graphics that were created as single-character fonts. Version 1.3 also fixes a divide-by-zero error caused by forced fonts that match only on zero-width characters. Both the request for a --keep option and the bug report are due to Rogério Brito. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/pkfix-helper . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pkfix-helper (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN tug.ctan.org upload: xetex-itrans
by CTAN Announcements 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xetex-itrans Version number: 2.0 Author's name: Shrisha Rao Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/generic/itrans/ Summary description: Baraha/ITRANS input mappings for XeLaTeX, for Devanagari, Kannada, and Telugu. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Baraha mapping for Kannada is added, as is an ITRANS Telugu mapping. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/generic/itrans/ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xetex-itrans (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: metapost
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's Colllege ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Metapost Version number: 1.212 Author's name: Taco Hoekwater Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/base Summary description: The metapost graphics engine License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaPost 1.212 has a much improved reference manual and contains a set of small bugfixes for earlier 1.2xx releases. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/base . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/metapost (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: historische-zeitschrift
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... Update summary: version 0.9a - Compatibility to biblatex 0.9e. - New option 'postnote'. This option can take the values 'inparen' and 'afterparen', where 'inparen' puts the postnote in subsequent citations inside the parenthesis holding the 'see note N' phrase. The default is 'afterparen' (thus, the default behaviour has changed, because the HZ style requires it. The style description was wrong at this point, and I did not check properly in the printed journal. Therefore, the biblatex style 'historische-zeitschrift' was wrong in this particular point. For compatibility reasons, and because it might be useful, I turned the wrong behaviour into the option 'postnote=inparen'). - @reference and @inreference are now supported (as an alias for @collection and @incollection, respectively, as they do not require special treatment). Basic package information, as sent by the contributor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/historische-zeitschrift Caption: Biblatex style for the journal 'Historische Zeitschrift' Description: The package provides citations according with the house style of the ‘Historische Zeitschrift’, a German historical journal. The scheme is a fullcite for the first citation and ‘Author, Shorttitle (as note N, P)’ for later citations (P being the page number). For further details, see the description of the house style at the journal's site. The package depends on biblatex (version 0.9e or higher). Author: Dominik Waßenhoven License: lppl Name: historische-zeitschrift Version: 0.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/historische-zeitschrift (this link may take a day to sync). Our archive service is sponsored by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN update: Mathmode
by CTAN Announcements 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I have uploaded mathmode-new.tgz to the uk ctan node. > there is also a damaged mathmode.tgz, please delete > this file. (noted) > Please replace the files with the existing ones in > /info/math/voss/mathmode/ > > This new version 2.45 has the following changes: > > 2010-10-18 - fix bug with missing $ symbols > - typos thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/math/voss/mathmode/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 2.05 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arbitrary depth array constructors were re-instated. Profiling code was added. Spaces within file names and eps file attachments are now supported in inlinetex mode, and interference from any pre-existing aux file is avoided. A new auto-generated version (1.21) of asymptote.sty contributed by Will Robertson features a latexmk-compatible asyinclude command. Path-overwriting bugs in the NSIS MSWindows installer were circumvented. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 17 Oct '10

17 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luaotfload Version number: 1.20 Author's name: Khaled Hosny Summary description: OpenType layout system for Plain TeX and LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Make cache directory creation more robust * Fix GPOS mark placement in left-to-right direction * Reject fonts missing 'names' table * Sanitize color value before attempting to use it ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New CTAN package: koma-moderncvclassic
by CTAN Announcements 17 Oct '10

17 Oct '10

On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 Salome Södergran submitted the new package koma-moderncvclassic to CTAN. Summary description: Makes the style and command of moderncv (style classic) available for koma-classes and thus compatible with biblatex. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides an imitation of the moderncv-class with the classic style (by Xavier Danaux), to be used in conjunction with the koma-classes. Thus it is possible to configure pagelayout, headings etc. the way it is done in koma-classes. Moreover, it is possible to use biblatex, while the original moderncv-class is incompatible with biblatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/koma-moderncvclassic . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=koma-moderncvclassic (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: rec-thy
by CTAN Announcements 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: rec-thy Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Peter M. Gerdes Summary description: Commands to typeset recursion theory (aka computability theory) papers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial release of the rec-thy package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rec-thy . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/rec-thy (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: babeltools
by CTAN Announcements 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: babeltools Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Javier Bezos Summary description: Fixing (some) babel annoyances License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With babeltools, you can decide which shorthands are used or even cancel its mechanism altogether. An alternative implementation is provided. You can prevent config files to be loaded, and macros for citations and cross references to be redefined, too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bezos . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/babeltools (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: musixtex
by CTAN Announcements 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: musixtex Version number: T-114 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /macros/musixtex Summary description: Sophisticated music typesetting License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a complete makeover of what was formerly the Taupin sub-directory of macros/musixtex. This distribution is easy to install on TDS-compliant TeX systems (no installation scripts) and includes three of the most important add-on packages: for Postscript fonts, Postscript slurs, and support for lyrics. Obsolete and redundant files have been deleted. The package includes the C source for the 2nd-pass processor musixflx and a pre-compiled Windows binary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/musixtex . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/musixtex (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: russ
by CTAN Announcements 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................................... Information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: russ Version number: 1 Author's name: Sergey Shashkov Summary description: Russ - TeX commands with russian letters, russian hypenations and other printing traditions License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With this package you can use russian letters in commands. For example, ewcommand{задача}{par oindent extbf{Задача.}hspace{2mm}ignorespaces} Also you have no problems with russian letters (Ё!) You have Глава instead of Chapter, g instead of an and others. You have no need to use babel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/russ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/russ (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: xpackages
by CTAN Announcements 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

the daemon wrote, while i was playing a game on another computer ... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpackages > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xpackages > Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 2076) fixes a bug in the xparse package which leads > to errors when environments are nested. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages/ thanks for the upload; i have instaqlled the revised files and updated the catalogue repository. the (minutely updated) catalogue entry will appear on the web some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: present
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: present.tex Version number: 2.0 Author's name: Matthias Meister Summary description: Presentations with Plain TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package offers a collection of simple macros for preparing presentations in Plain TeX. Slide colour and text colour may be set, links between parts of the presentation, to other files, and to web addresses may be inserted. Images may be included easily. Background images can be set. The structure of the macros is not overly complex, so that users should find it easy to adapt the macros to their specific needs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/present . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/present (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: poltawski fonts
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the poltawski font package. > Package: Antykwa Poltawskiego fonts > Version: 1.101 > Date: Oct 9 2010 > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/poltawski > > Maintenance status maintained. The Current Maintainer > of this work is Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki. > > The package contains the Antykwa Po{l}tawskiego family of fonts in the > PostScript Type 1 and OpenType formats. > The original font was designed in the twenties of the XX century by > the Polish typographer Adam Po{l}tawski (1881-1952). > > Following the route set out by the Latin Modern and TeX Gyre projects > (http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry), the Antykwa Poltawskiego > digitisation project aims at providing a rich collection of > diacritical characters in the attempt to cover as many Latin-based > scripts as possible. To our knowledge, the repertoire of characters > covers all European languages as well as some other Latin-based > alphabets such as Vietnamese and Navajo; at the request of users, > recent extensions (following the enhancement of the Latin Modern > collection) provide glyphs sufficient for typesetting of romanized > transliterations of Arabic and Sanskrit scripts. > > The Antykwa Poltawskiego family consists of 4 weights (light, > normal, medium, bold), each having upright and italic forms and one > of 5 design sizes: 6, 8, 10, 12 and 17pt (in the OTF lingo: extended, > semiextended, normal, semicondensed, and condensed, respectively). > Altogether, the collection comprises 40 font files, > containing the same repertoire of 1126 characters. > > Recent changes: > Ver 1.101: 09.10.2010 > mistakenly missing `smcp' (small caps) feature and stylistic alternatives > added in OTF files; altered implementation of the `numr', `dnom', `frac', > and `dlig' features; other font files remained essentially intact (only > version number changed). Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: mtx
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mtx Version number: 0.60d Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /support/mtx Summary description: A preprocessor for pmx. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An update to 0.60d and re-organization of the files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/mtx . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mtx (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: cals
by CTAN Announcements 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cals Version number: 2.0.1 Author's name: Oleg Parashchenko Summary description: multipage tables with headers, footers, cell spanning and decorations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The cals package is a set of macros to typeset multipage tables with repeatable headers and footers, with cells spanned over rows and columns. Decorations are supported: padding, background color, width of separation rules. The code is compatible with multicols and pdfsync. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cals . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cals (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: answers
by CTAN Announcements 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

and *again*! the daemon's busy tonight. > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: answers > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/answers > Summary description: Setting questions (or exercises) and answers. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.13: > - Produce proper cross-references with hyperref > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and updated the catalogue repository/ > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/answers.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/answers The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

that old daemon's at it again: > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: achemso > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso > Summary description: Support for submissions to American Chemical Society journals > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.5c: > - Fix an issue with mciteSubRef > - Remove sections from Org. Lett. drafts > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and updated the catalogue entry (very lightly). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: Math-E (examples) bundle
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded math-E.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please save all > files in the directory > > /info/examples/Math-E/ > > The zip contains all examples from the english book > Typesetting Mathematics with LaTeX > > The examples are stand alone documents and can be > run with LaTeX or pdflatex. For more information > read the README file. thanks for the upload. i have installed the files and made an entry in the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/math-e.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/examples/Math-E/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: progressbar
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 Marcel Jira submitted the new package progessbar to CTAN. Summary description: Visualize shares of total amounts in the form of a (progress-)bar License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== This package allows you to easily visualize shares of total amounts in the form of a bar. So basically you can convert any number between 0 and 1 to a progressbar using the command progressbar{<number>}. Also a lot of customizations are possible, allowing you to create an unique progressbar on your own. License ======= Copyright 2010 Marcel Jira This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of this license is in http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later. This work has the LPPL maintenance status `maintained'. The Current Maintainer of this work is Marcel Jira. This work consists of the files progressbar.sty and progressbar.tex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/progressbar/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=progressbar (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: chletter
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 Boris Oriet submitted an update to the chletter package. Summary description: A class for typesetting letters to Swiss rules. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The chletter document class enables composition of letters fitting into Swiss C5 & C6/5 windowed envelopes. This class is compatible with the standard letter class. It is not limited to letters and may be used as a generic document class. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chletter/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=chletter (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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new on ctan: The yt4pdf package
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

the daemon wrote, yesterday: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: The yt4pdf package > Author's name: D. P. Story > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ > Summary description: Play YouTube videos in a PDF > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The yt4pdf package uses the rmannot package to embed a special SWF > file to play the YouTube videos. There is a complete set of buttons > that come with the package to control the video: play, pause, stop > loading, rewind, load a video by its YouTube video ID, and a button to > view a video on the YouTube web site. Adobe Acrobat 9 or later is > required to author a document; only Adobe Reader 9 is need to view the > created yt4pdf document. thanks for the upload. i have installed the files and created a catalogue entry in the repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/yt4pdf.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/yt4pdf/ the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: bodegraph
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: BodeGraph with Tikz Version number: 1.4 Author's name: Papanicola Robert Summary description: This package allows you to draw the Bode plots, Nyquist, and Black using Gnuplot and Tikz. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ce package permet de tracer les diagrammes de Bode, Black et Nyquist à l’aide de Gnuplot et Tikz. Les fonctions de transfert élémentaires et les correcteurs courants sont préprogrammés pour être utilisés dans les fonctions de tracé. This package allows you to draw the Bode plots, Nyquist, and Black using Gnuplot and Tikz. Elementary Functions Transfer and basics correctors are preprogrammed to be used. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/bodegraph . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bodegraph (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: xpackages
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

the daemon also says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpackages > Author's name: The LaTeX Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages > Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 2072) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This snapshot keeps xpackages in sync with expl3. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

the daemon is > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: The LaTeX Project > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3/ > Summary description: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 2072) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > In this release, some historical issues have been addressed. > The intexpr_... functions have all be been renamed to > int_..., following the earlier removal of the l3num module. > This brings the INT functions into line with those for > dimensions and skips. The old names are still provided at > present. This is a transitional arrangement: other packages > should be updated to use the new names as soon as possible. > > The display of messages is also being re-examined: at this > stage the changes are not complete although hopefully > improvements have already been made. > > Documentation improvements are ongoing. In this snapshot the > modules l3int and l3clist have updated documentation which is > more formal than that produced earlier. Other modules will be > updated in forthcoming snapshots. thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/expl3/ the catalogue entry will change, slightly, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: chextras
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: chextras > Author's name: Boris Oriet > Location on CTAN: > Summary description: A companion package for the Swiss typesetter. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The chextras package simplifies the preparation of Swiss documents and letters > by setting up linguistic and common packages. While linked to the chletter > document class, it is not tied to it and may be used as a general purpose > package. i have installed the files, and committed a catalogue entry for it to the repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/chextras.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chextras/ The catalogue entry will not appear until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN class update: chletter
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

the daemon writes, before i had even switched my computer on... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: chletter > Author's name: Boris Oriet > Location on CTAN: > Summary description: A class for typesetting letters to Swiss rules. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The chletter document class enables composition of letters fitting into Swiss C5 > & C6/5 windowed envelopes. This class is compatible with the standard letter > class. It is not limited to letters and may be used as a generic document class. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. users should note that the class makes use of the chextras package (announcement of which in a small number of minutes). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/chletter.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chletter/ the web catalogue entry will be updated some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: inputtrc
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

On Sat, 9 Oct 2010 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the inputtrc package. Summary description: trace which file loads which License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- added optional message on leaving inputted files ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/inputtrc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=inputtrc (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAn Update: bidi
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 Vafa Khalighi submitted an update to the bidi package. Summary description: Support for bidirectional typesetting in plain TeX and LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- fixed reported bugs 2- included dtx source and TDS 3- There is a slight change of license: Copyright © 2007–2010 It may be distributed and/or modified under the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3c or higher (your choice). The latest version of this license is at: http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt This work is “author-maintained” (as per LPPL maintenance status) by Vafa Khalighi. In addition to the terms of LPPL any distributed version (unchanged or modified) of bidi has to keep the statement about the moral obligation for using bidi. In case of major changes where this would not be appropriate the author of the changed version should contact the copyright holder. Moral obligation for using bidi: ____________________________________ Users of bidi who wish to include or use bidi or a modified version in a proprietary and commercially market product are asked under certain conditions (see below) for the payment of a license fee. The size of this fee is to be determined, in each instance, by the commercial user, depending on his/her judgment of the value of bidi for his/her product. The conditions for this are as follows: The producer of a proprietary and commercially market product that involves typesetting using bidi is asked to determine the value of a license fee for using bidi if - the product is a document and the producer has decided to include bidi to typeset (parts of) the document or has directed the author of the document to include bidi (for example, by providing a class file to be used by the author) - the product is a LaTeX class or package that includes bidi There is no moral obligation in case - the product is a document but producer has not directed the author to include bidi (in that case the moral obligation lies with the author of the document) - the product does not involve typesetting, e.g., consists, for example, of distributing bidi and its documentation. - the product is not proprietary, i.e., is made available as free software itself (which doesn't prohibit its commercial marketing) - bidi is used for non-commercial purposes Determinating a license fee might result in a license fee of zero (i.e., no payment) in case a producer has determined that the use of bidi has no enhancing effect on the product. This is a plausible scenario, i.e., in the above two cases the producer is only asked to evaluate the value of bidi for the product not for the payment of a license fee per se (which might or might not follow from this evaluation). The license fee, if any, can be payed to the author of the program who can be contacted at vafakhlgh(a)gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bidi . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bidi (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: inputtrc
by CTAN Announcements 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: inputtrc Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Uwe Lück Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/inputtrc/ Summary description: tracing which file loads which License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 'inputtrc.sty' produces screen/log messages `<current> INPUTTING <next>' on LaTeX input commands, <current> and <next> being file names. The message indents reflect the input nesting level. This can be turned on and off, and the indent unit can be chosen. The implementation somewhat resembles packages 'FiNK' and 'inputfile'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/inputtrc/ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/inputtrc (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.9e
by CTAN Announcements 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded biblatex.tar.gz and biblatex.tds.zip to the incoming > directory of the UK node. This is an update for > macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please purge the old files, install the > new ones, and announce the upload as usual. Thank you very much. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file RELEASE for release notes. > > CHANGES > > See the changelog in biblatex.pdf. thanks you for the update; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: cals
by CTAN Announcements 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cals Version number: 2.0.1 Author's name: Oleg Parashchenko Summary description: multipage tables with headers, footers, cell spanning and decorations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The cals package is a set of macros to typeset multipage tables with repeatable headers and footers, with cells spanned over rows and columns. Decorations are supported: padding, background color, width of separation rules. The code is compatible with multicols and pdfsync. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cals . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cals (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pmx
by CTAN Announcements 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pmx Version number: 2.5.21 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /support/pmx Summary description: Preprocessor for music typesetting License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pmx is a preprocessor for MusiXTeX. It builds the TeX input file based on an input file in a much simpler language, making most of the layout decisions by itself. An auxilliary program makes single-player parts from a multi-player score. pmx can make a MIDI file of your score. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/pmx . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pmx (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: powerdot
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I've uploaded powerdot.tgz to the uk ctan node. > please delete all files in /macros/contrib/powerdot > and put the new ones in there. > > This new version 1.4a has the following changes: > > (2005/12/10) > - Added cf option > - Moved lf and rf keys from global to glslide family > - Moved footers out of slide box in handout mode > - Solved some small bugs > - Updated styles > (2010/10/07) > - ﬁxed bug with geometry 5.x (hv) > > Changes were made by permission of the authors. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the package catalogue entry. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/powerdot.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/powerdot/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: eso-pic
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the eso-pic package. Summary description: eso-pic adds one or more user commands (e.g. background pictures) to LaTeX's shipout. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Correction of a bug related to the memoir class. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eso-pic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id= eso-pic (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: adforn
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

judging by the time-stame the daemon managed this as i stumbled upstairs to bed... > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: adforn > Author's name: Clea F. Rees > Location on CTAN: fonts/adforn > Summary description: OrnementsADF with TeX/LaTeX support > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The only difference between this version and the previous one is > uOrnementsADF.fd has been renamed as uornementsadf.fd. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version, which should work on caseful file systems and when the files are retrieved via ls-R indexes. an interesting experience. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/adforn.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/adforn/ the minor change to the catalogue won't appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: dktools
by CTAN Announcements 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the dktools package. Summary description: Tools and libraries by Dirk Krause. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in the update probably relevant for LaTeX users: - X-spline handling in fig2vect changed. - New Perl module DKrause::Diagram to create diagrams following DIN 461 standard. The output is a *.pgf file which can be used with the pgf package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/dktools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dktools (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: the cutwin package
by CTAN Announcements 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Peter Wilson wrote: > I have just uploaded cutwin.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please install > this under macros/latex/contrib. > > The distribution is under the LPPL > > From the README: > > The cutwin package enables you to create a window in a > paragraph. Facilities are provided to assist in putting text or a logo > into the space cutout. thanks for the upload -- i've installed the files and made an entry for it, in the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/cutwin.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cutwin/ The catalogue entry will not appear until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: tex-overview
by CTAN Announcements 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tex-overview Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Arno L Trautmann Summary description: overview of the development of TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This document gives an overview of the development of TeX, makro packages and related programs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/tex-overview . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tex-overview (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pst-math
by CTAN Announcements 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-math.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/ > > > The PostScript function vasicek moved into the > package pst-func and is now available as psVasicek. > For more information read the package documentation > of pst-func. > > This version of pst-math is 0.61. thanks for the upload. i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-math.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team > > thanks > Herbert > > > >

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CTAN update: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please > replace all files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ > > > pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing > special mathematical functions like distributions, > polynomials, a.s.o. > > This update has a new macro psVasicek > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasicek_model) for > describing the evolution of interest rates > > pst-func.tex -------- > 0.70 2010-10-02 - added psVasicek with two possible parameters thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-func.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/pst-func graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update and new package: morefloats
by CTAN Announcements 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: morefloats Version number: 1.0c Author's name: Hans-Martin Münch Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/morefloats/ Summary description: Increase the number of simultaneous LaTeX floats. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Instead of a fixed value of maxfloats=18 (TeX standard) or 36 (morefloats 1.0b) now the morefloats package 1.0c enables you to get the number of floats you need - whether this number is less than 36 or more (well, between 18 and whatever TeX's memory permits). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/morefloats/ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/morefloats (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: realscripts
by CTAN Announcements 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ Announcement: is requested Update summary: This small package replaces extsuperscript and extsubscript commands by equivalent commands that use OpenType font features to access appropriate glyphs if possible. Version 0.3 contains the following changes: * New commands extsubsuperscript and extsupersubscript added. * Fix an infinite loop bug added in the last version, triggered when loading the `xltxtra` package with the `[no-sscript]` option. extsubsuperscript (and friend) could actually be implemented as a separate package for pdfLaTeX as well. I'll consider releasing such a thing if there's feedback to do so :) Basic package information, as sent by the contributor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location: /macros/latex/contrib/realscripts Caption: Access OpenType subscript and superscript glyphs. Description: This small package replaces extsuperscript and extsubscript commands by equivalent commands that use OpenType font features to access appropriate glyphs if possible. Also provides ` extsubsuperscript` (and ` extsupersubscript`) for setting subscripts and superscripts on top of each other. The package also patches LaTeX’s default footnote command to use this new extsuperscript for footnote symbols. The package requires fontspec running on either XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX. The package holds functions that were once parts of the xltxtra package, which now loads realscripts by default. Author: Will Robertson License: lppl1.3 Name: realscripts Version: 0.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/realscripts (this link may take a day to sync). Our archive service is sponsored by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN Update: starfont
by CTAN Announcements 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010, Matthew Skala submitted an update to the starfont package. Summary description: The StarFont astrological fonts by Anthony I.P. Owen License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated to include the actual font files, now that their public domain status has been confirmed; also added support for StarFont Serif variant, and the TFM files missing from version 1.1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ps-type1/starfont . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=starfont (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: calxxxx-yyyy
by CTAN Announcements 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: calxxxx-yyyy Version number: 1.0b Author's name: Hans-Martin Münch Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/calxxxx-yyyy/ Summary description: Print a calendar for a group of years (EN, DE, DK). License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bug Fix: February 29th was printed as blank. 2. Danish translation added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/calxxxx-yyyy/ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/calxxxx-yyyy (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pageslts
by CTAN Announcements 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pagesLTS Version number: 1.1l Author's name: Hans-Martin Münch Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pageslts/ Summary description: Variants of last page labels; page number extension for different schemes. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix: PackageError{pagesLTS}{pagenumbering missing}{pagesLTS@messageNPN } had to be moved to the outside of EveryShipout, because it wrote its message into the document instead to the screen and the .log-file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pageslts/ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pageslts (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: lastpage
by CTAN Announcements 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: lastpage Version number: 1.2f Author's name: Hans-Martin Münch Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/lastpage/ Summary description: Reference last page for Page N of M type references, e.g. in footers. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Moved the package from .../latex/muench/lastpage/... to .../latex/lastpage/.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/lastpage/ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/lastpage (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: chapterbib
by CTAN Announcements 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chapterbib Version number: 1.17 Author's name: Donald Arseneau Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cite Summary description: Bugfix release License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There were errors in the recent release (made when LaTeX2.09 support was stripped away). Now fixed. Also [sectionbib] gives info or warning always, not just warning. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cite . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chapterbib (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... Update summary: v2.0w: - Make S columns work with REVTeX Basic package information, as sent by the contributor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx Caption: A comprehensive (SI) units package. Description: Typesetting values with units requires care to ensure that the combined mathematical meaning of the value plus unit combination is clear. In particular, the SI units system lays down a consistent set of units with rules on how they are to be used. However, different countries and publishers have differing conventions on the exact appearance of numbers (and units). A number of LaTeX packages have been developed to provide consistent application of the various rules: SIunits, sistyle, unitsdef and units are the leading examples. The numprint package provides a large number of number-related functions, while dcolumn and rccol provide tools for typesetting tabular numbers. The siunitx package takes the best from the existing packages, and adds new features and a consistent interface. A number of new ideas have been incorporated, to fill gaps in the existing provision. The package also provides backward-compatibility with SIunits, sistyle, unitsdef and units. The aim is to have one package to handle all of the possible unit-related needs of LaTeX users. The package relies on LaTeX 3 support from the expl3 and xpackages bundles. Author: Joseph Wright License: lppl1.3 Name: siunitx Version: 2.0w ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/siunitx (this link may take a day to sync). Our archive service is sponsored by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN update: pst-solides3d
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I have uploaded pst-solides3d.tgz to the uk ctan node. > Please delete all the files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ > > and put the new ones in there > > pst-solides3d is a collection of PSTricks macros to plot > three dimensional objects like solids or 3D mathematical > functions z=f(x,y) with possible hidden lines and > hidden surfaces. > > pst-solides3d.tex --- > 4.23 2010-09-22 - add option axisemph to the axesboxed option > - reset boolean solidmemory to false, when closing > a pspicture environemnt. > - insert missing x@setTransparencx for psSolid > - activate keyword planmarks for gridIIID for > supprsssing ticks and labels (hv) > - fix bug in pstProjection (missing gsave ... > grestore) (jpv) i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-solides3d.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: acrotex
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The AeB (AcroTeX eDucation Bundle) Version number: various Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/acrotex/ Summary description: A bundle of package to create online interactive documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bundle of packages provides support for page layout, interactive exercises and quizzes, Acrobat forms, for the creation of document-level JavaScript, and much more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/acrotex/ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/acrotex (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: popupmenu
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: popupmenu Version number: v1.0 Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/popupmenu/ Summary description: popupmenu is a LaTeX package used to create a menu structure. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- popupmenu is a LaTeX package used to create a menu structure. This menu structure (an array of menu items) is passed to the Acrobat JavaScript method app.popUpMenuEx() method to create a popup menu. Using the environments defined in this package, and the command popUpMenu, you can create and display hierarchical menus. The menu items can have JavaScript actions associated with them, they can be marked and dis- enabled. The package requires only hyperref. Thus, users of pdftex, dvipdfm, and dvips can use this package. Two examples are included in the distribution, additional examples can be found at the AeB Blog http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/aebblog.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/popupmenu/ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/popupmenu (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: everyhook
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: everyhook Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Stephen Checkoway Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/everyhook Summary description: Add real hooks for TeX token parameters like everypar and everyhbox. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The everyhook package takes control of the six TeX token parameters everypar, everymath, everydisplay, everyhbox, everyvbox, and everycr. Real hooks for each of these can be installed using a stack like interface. For compatibility with LaTeX standard classes and packages, each of the everyX token lists can be set without interfering with the hooks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/everyhook . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/everyhook (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: annot_pro
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The annot_pro package Version number: v1.0 Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/annot_pro Summary description: This package is used to create text, stamp, and file attachment annotations using Adobe Distiller, these annotations can be viewed in Adobe Reader. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is used to create text, stamp, and file attachment annotations using Adobe Distiller, these annotations can be viewed in Adobe Reader. For users of pdf(la)tex, use the pdfcomment package by Josef Kleber. For examples and a more complete explanation of annot_pro see http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/annotpro.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/annot_pro . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/annot_pro (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: aeb_mlink
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The aeb_mlink package Version number: v1.0 Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/aeb_mlink Summary description: The aeb_mlink package implements new links capable of created multi-line links. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The aeb_mlink package implements new links capable of created multi-line links. The new commands are mlhypertext, mlhyperlink, mlhyperref, mlnameref, mlNameref, and mlhref. All but the first are multi-line versions of hyperref commands with the same root name. Restriction: This package requires that the PDF be created by Adobe Distiller, version 7.0 or later to create multi-line links, and requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or later for the links to work correctly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/aeb_mlink . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/aeb_mlink (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: acroflex
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The acroflex package Version number: v1.0 Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/acroflex Summary description: Uses a SWF file to create a graphing screen License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The acroflex package is part of the AeB Pro family of packages. It is a package that creates a graphing screen using the rmannot package. The user can type in functions and graph them. A graphing screen can be populated with pre-packaged functions for the user the scrutinize and interact with. The package can graph functions of a single variable x, a pair of parametric equations that are functions of t, and a polar function of t. The graphing screen is a rich media annotation what uses a specially developed SWF file, called the AcroFLeX Graphing widget. This package takes advantage of rich media annotations, which is a version 9 feature of Acrobat. This package requires Acrobat Pro and Distiller version 9. The user needs to use Adobe Reader 9.0 in order to obtain the graphing functionality. Further description and examples may be found at the acroflex home page at http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/acroflex.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/acroflex . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/acroflex (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: fontspec
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ======================================================================== Announcement: is requested Update summary: The latest version of fontspec (v2.1a) brings the following fixes/changes: * Sync with latest expl3 version * Fix for colours bug introduced in the last update * Fix for for bad interaction with LuaLaTeX and fallback fonts (such as using slshape when no slanted font specified) * Behaviour/messaging improvement when scripts/languages are requested that do not exist in the font * Fix bug with detecting font features/scripts in some cases with: - `fontspec_if_feature:n(TF)` - `fontspec_if_language:n(TF)` - `fontspec_if_current_script:n(TF)` - `fontspec_if_current_language:n(TF)` * Code for visible space fixed for LuaLaTeX use * Some messages in the log file are improved * Lots of internal changes to bring the implementation closer to being native expl3. Basic package information, as sent by the contributor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location: /macros/latex/contrib/fontspec Caption: Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX. Description: Fontspec is a package for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX. It provides an automatic and unified interface to feature-rich AAT and OpenType fonts through the NFSS in LaTeX running on XeTeX or LuaTeX engines. Authors: Will Robertson; Khaled Hosny License: lppl1.3 Name: fontspec Version: v2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fontspec (this link may take a day to sync). Our archive service is sponsored by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN has a new package: rmannot
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The rmannot Package Version number: v1.0 Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rmannot Summary description: The rmannot package creates rich media annotations, in which can be played SWF, FLV, and MP3 files. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The rmannot package is part of the AeB Pro family of packages. It creates rich media annotations, in which can be played SWF, FLV, and MP3 files. Rich media annotations is a version 9 feature of Acrobat/Adobe Reader. Acrobat Pro and Distiller version 9.0 or later are required to build a document, Adobe Reader 9.0 or later is needed to activate the annotation and play the media. The home web page of the rmannot bundle is www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/rmannot.html where you will find a more detailed description of the package, as well as sample PDF files that can be viewed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rmannot . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/rmannot (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: todonotes
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: todonotes Version number: 0.9.5 Author's name: Henrik Skov Midtiby Summary description: The package lets the user mark things to do later, in a simple and and visually appealing way. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduced a new option for the todo command, that lets the user disable individual todonotes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/todonotes . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/todonotes (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

that old daemon had this one, too, with the previous batch. but i had to go out ... hence the delay: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/s > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0v: > - Changes to work with new expl3 release (SVN 2047) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/s the catalogue will change overnight tonight, but it's not worth waiting up for. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xpackages
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

i was (righteously) doing housework, and the daemon came up with: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpackages > Author's name: The LaTeX Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages > Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The xpackages are experimental, high-level parts of LaTeX3. They > are designed to provide a link between the programming system > (expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different > area, for example creating document commands (xparse), > producing flexible formatting functions (xtemplate), etc. > > At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{xparse} > usepackage{xtemplate} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package > available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which > the xpackages are built. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 2047) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release keeps xpackages in synchronisation with changes > to expl3. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages the catalogue entry, on the web, will change, slightly, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

the daemon cryeth: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: The LaTeX Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3/ > Summary description: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 2047) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release addresses a number of specific issues with the > expl3 system. Some of these are not back-compatible, but are > needed to improve the overall structure and reliability of > expl3. > > When used with LuaTeX, expl3 includes support for category > code tables. This support was used experimentally in setting > ExplSyntaxOn and ExplSyntaxOff, but this leads to unexpected > issues. This decision has therefore been reversed: category > code setting by expl3 itself is the same with all engines. > > The choice of quarks as delimiters has been tidied up. These > changes are internal, but may show up with existing code that > uses internal functions. A particular case is l_head:w and > l_tail:w, which are now delimited by q_stop (and not > q_nil as earlier). > > Prompted by the LuaTeX-specific issue mentioned above, the > team has revised the use of other primitives inside expl3. > Variation in behaviour between different engines is not > desirable for the successful application of expl3. As a result, > the team have decided to require the functionality of the > pdfstrcmp primitive. This means that the minimum engine > requirements for expl3 are now: > - pdfTeX 1.30 or later > - XeTeX 0.9994 or later > - LuaTeX 0.40 or later (0.60 or later strongly recommended) > > The l_if_eq:nn(TF) family of comparisons have been heavily > revised. There are now two distinct families: > - l_if_eq:nn(TF), a set of non-expandable functions which > compare the two input token lists on a token basis. > - str_if_eq:nn(TF), a set of expandable functions which > compare the two inputs on string (category-code independent) > basis. > Variants of these functions have also been revised: programmers > will need to check their code with the new implementation. > > Looking ahead, there may be more revisions of specific points > as the code is more widely used as as particular issues are > addressed. An effort to formalise the documentation will begin > shortly, and so another update is likely to take place before > November. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the replacement files, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/expl3/ the catalogue entry on the web will change a bit overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: linegoal (version 2)
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

before dinner was served, the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: linegoal > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/linegoal > Summary description: A new ``dimen'' corresponding to the remainder of the line > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > the linegoal macro now behaves more like a dimen > Compatibility with calc has been optimized > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/linegoal.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linegoal (though users shouldn't look for much enlightenment in the overnight changes from the update). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: calxxxx-yyyy
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: calxxxx-yyyy Version number: 1.0a Author's name: Hans-Martin Münch Summary description: Printing calendars for some chosen years. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Prints calendars for several years and in different languages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/calxxxx-yyyy . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/calxxxx-yyyy (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are 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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CTAN update: struktex
by CTAN Announcements 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: StrukTeX Version number: v133 Author's name: Jobst Hoffmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/struktex/ Summary description: A package for the creation of Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Draw Nassi-Schneidermann charts Even in the age of OOP one must develop algorithms. Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams are a well known tool to describe an algorithm in a graphical way. This package StrukTeX presents some macros for generating those diagrams in a LaTeX document. The package provides the most important elements of a Nassi-Shneiderman diagram, including processing blocks, loops, mapping conventions for alternatives, etc. Diagrams are drawn using the picture environment (using pict2e for preference). The author is Jobst Hoffmann. See also pict2e. If one is working with (X)emacs and AUCTeX the drawing process is supported by structex.el, a style file which knows the syntax of most of the commands from the StrukTeX package. Version v133 contains a new implementation of the p... macros and Babel support. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/struktex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/struktex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are 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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CTAN has a new package: spot
by CTAN Announcements 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

This should be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: spot Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Anders Hendrickson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/beamer-contrib/spot Summary description: Spotlight highlighting for Beamer License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows dramatic highlighting of words and phrases by painting shapes around them. It is chiefly intended for use in Beamer presentations, but it can be used in other document classes as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/beamer-contrib/spot . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/spot (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are 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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CTAN Update: biblatex-dw
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 Dominik Waßenhoven submitted an update to the biblatex-dw package. Summary description: Humanities styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.3a [2010/09/21] This version of biblatex-dw supports biblatex 0.9d. Please note that you have to update biblatex at least to version 0.9b if you would like to use biblatex-dw 1.3a! You will also need to install the package logreq which is a new requirement since biblatex 0.9b. Users might also need to update their data due to some changes in biblatex 0.9a and biblatex 0.9b. Please follow the hints for users given in biblatex’s RELEASE notes for both of these versions. The following changes were made to biblatex-dw: - Option »omitpages« was renamed to »citepages« and enhanced. As in the verbose standard styles, you can now choose between »permit«, »omit«, »suppress« and »separate«. Other as in the biblatex styles, the standard for this option in biblatex-dw is »separate«. - Option »herename« dropped. The same functionality can now be achieved by using »citepages=separate«. Note that the bibliography string »herename« was also dropped, »thiscite« is used instead. - New option »shorthandinbib«: if set to »true«, the shorthand of each entry will be typeset in the bibliography before each item. The shorthand will be set in brackets, separated by a space. You can customize this behaviour by adjusting the following commands: DeclareFieldFormat{shorthandinbib}{mkbibbrackets{#1}} ewcommand*{shorthandinbibpunct}{addspace} The default for »shorthandinbib« is »false«. - BUGFIX: The shorthandpunct could not be redefined by a simple enewcommand, but only as an argument of AtBeginDocument. This is now fixed, and a simple enewcommand is sufficient. - BUGFIX: The shorthandpunct was also printed, when the option »shorthandwidth« was not in use (this had only effect, when the shorthandpunct was redefined). This is now fixed. - BUGFIX: When using authortitle-dw with »firstfull=true«, a parencite had an erroneous space for the first citation without a postnote. This is now fixed. - BUGFIX: The new editorial roles introduced in biblatex 0.9 were not fully supported. This is now fixed. - BUGFIX: The option »firstfullname« did not work with biblatex’s option »uniquename«. This is now fixed. - BUGFIX: When using hyperref, some links to the bibliography were broken. This should now be fixed. - BUGFIX: In @inbook entries the punctuation after a book author was not the labelnamepunct. This is now fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-dw (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: installfont
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the installfont package. Summary description: A bash script for installing a LaTeX font family. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With this script you can install a LaTeX font family (Postscript Type1, Truetype, Opentype). It supports font series from light to ultra bold + (faked) small caps + faked slanted, but no expert fonts. The script will rename the fonts automatically (optinal) or will otherwise expect *.afm files and the font files (in Postscript Type1 format!) named in the Karl Berry scheme (e.g. 5nar8a.pfb). After running the script, you should have a working font installation in your local TeX tree. License: LPPL New in v1.6: - added new switch: -L, --log redirect terminal output of programms to LOG file - added support for small caps font in all supported font series. The script now installs: * light, light italic, light small caps * regular/medium, regular/medium italic, regular/medium small caps * semi bold, semi bold italic, semi bold small caps * demi, demi italic, demi small caps * bold, bold italic, bold small caps * extra bold, extra bold italic, extra bold small caps * ultra bold/heavy, ultra bold/heavy italic, ultra bold/heavy small caps feature requests by: Kurt Lidwin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/installfont . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=installfont (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: csquotes 5.0c
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. There's > also a csquotes.tds.zip file. Please delete the old files, install the > new ones, and announce the upload. > Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The csquotes 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. > > CHANGES > > See the changelog in the manual for a list of changes. thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/csquotes.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN : [Freefont-announce] new release 20100919
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

The new release should be on your local CTAN mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. A year and a half has passed since the last release. The delay was largely my fault--you have my apologies. A lot has happened though. Several new ranges have been added, some of which are hard to find anywhere as free software. Sinhala and Vietnamese should now be much more functional. Lots of symbols have been added. Many glyphs have been cleaned up and some more kerning has been specified, for a better overall look. Get it at http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/ Look for files dated 20100919 What follows is a summary of changes made to Gnu FreeFont since the last release. For a more complete listing, see the Changelog. Unicode ranges ============== new --- Cherokee (Daniel Johnson) Osmanya (Daniel Johnson) Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics (Daniel Johnson) Tifinagh (Daniel Johnson) Armenian in Serif (Daniel Johnson) Vai (Daniel Johnson) Kayah Li (Daniel Johnson) Coptic (Steve White) Glagolitic (Steve White) deleted ------- Tamil from Sans (due to absence of necessary ligatures) replaced -------- Sinhala is now taken directly from the TeX font 'sinh' by Yannis Haralambous. It has been reviewed and corrected by a native speaker. altered ------- Armenian (spacing; Aiw to reference Phi on Daniel Johnson's advice) Vietnamese (better accent placement, esp. in Sans) Latin (general letter form improvements and clean-ups, numeral 1 and braces in mono re-designed for distinctness) Greek (various letter form improvements: made nu distinct from Latin v) Cyrillic (mark placement, letter forms) Mahjong Tiles (got rid of a bamboo shoot) Superscripts and subscripts (standardize placement) Georgian (added missing letter in Mono, Sans) Western Musical Symbols (much cleaning up, correcting) Miscellaneous Symbols (re-design of musical flat symbol) Hebrew (corrected some vowel marks) expanded -------- Currency Symbols Latin Extended-D (Mayanist letters from Daniel Johnson) Supplemental Arrows-A (completed in Serif) Arrows (completed in Serif, corrected some switched glyphs) Combining Diacritics Spacing Modifier Letters Letterlike Symbols Mathematical Symbols Miscellaneous Technical Symbols Scan Lines Geometric Shapes (completed in Sans) Number Forms (new vulgar fractions; completed in Serif roman) Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols Internatonal Phonetic Alphabet Phonetic Extensions Supplement (completed in roman) IPA Extensions (completed in roman bold and oblique) Cyrillic (Abkhasian letters, yi_yi Ukrainian ligature) Cyrillic Extended-B Georgian (completed in Serif) Gurmukhi (completed Unicode range) Gujarati (completed Unicode range) Devanagari (completed Unicode range) Tamil (completed Unicode range) Technical/Legal =============== Added full GNU copyright notice to each SFD file. Reduced cases of nested character references, to ameliorate a bug in Mac OS 10.6 Various improvements to kerning Removed TTF Names for sample text TTF Names tables to give locale-specific names to the various faces. Checked each with a native speaker. Added special characters for TrueType, .notdef .null nonmarkingreturn Corrected the replacement character Added GASP tables for control of hinting/smoothing (anti-aliasing) of TrueType. PS Blues Values improvements; removed BlueFuzz altogether Deleted TrueType tables 'cvt', 'fpgm', 'prep' because of FontForge complaints. Arabic ligatures: turned on ignore combining marks on advice of Khaled Hosny. tools ===== range_report.py has been improved a lot and expanded for Unicode 5.2 ligature_lookups.py makes an HTML list and display of the ligatures in a font Thanks ====== Foremost to Daniel Johnson, who drew and contributed several ranges, as well as providing technical and moral support. To Harshula Jayasuriya for edits, advice, and other collaboration on the Sinhala range. To Yannis Haralambous for permission to include his TeX sinha font The Wellcome Library Robert Kiley, Head of e-Strategy for the Wellcome Library Thanks to Dominik Wujastyk, for providing us with feedback and contacts to repsonsible people at the Trust. To Mina Magdy for much advice and criticism concerning the Coptic range (and for her tolerance of my choice of letter forms, which was different from hers). To Pavel Skrylev for many additions to old Cyrillic ranges. To Mohammed Anwari for correct ligatures in Buginese. To Khaled Hosny for his patch for Persian. To Karl Berry for hard work and overall sanity. -- and to the Debian packaging team -- and to the many bug reporters!

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