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CTAN update: xltxtra
by CTAN Announcements 27 May '10

27 May '10

and, to finish its latest flurry, the daemon's moving finger writes: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xltxtra > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra > Summary description: Extras for LaTeX users of XeTeX. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update to version 0.5c of xltxtra coincides with fontspec v2 (and > both must be used together), but there are no user-level changes to > the package. 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/xltxtra.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra the catalogue entry on the web will change some time overnight tonight. (my time.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update and move: fontspec
by CTAN Announcements 27 May '10

27 May '10

the daemon, rushing around as i rushed around preparing for work, wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fontspec > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fontspec > Summary description: Font loading in XeTeX and LuaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the initial (beta 1) release of fontspec version 2 for TeX > Live 2010. > > Testing and feedback most appreciated! > > It now supports OpenType font loading in LuaTeX thanks to the work of > Khaled Hosny, Elie Roux, and Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard. Please discuss bugs > or improvements on the lualatex-dev mailing list. In between main releases > on CTAN, updates for bug testing can be obtained from > <http://github.com/wspr/fontspec/>. > > The documentation still needs improvement but the basic functionality should > be working. It is intended to be tested on TeX Live 2010; it should still be > compatible with earlier versions of XeTeX, however. > > * * * > > Please remove fontspec from its current location on CTAN > (macros/xetex/latex/fontspec). I can't think of a better alternative than > placing it now in the standard latex/ directory macros/latex/contrib/fontspec > since it has functionality for both XeTeX and LuaTeX. i've installed, as requested, and created a link from the old location, until such time as i think to remove it again. i've also updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fontspec.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fontspec as usual, the catalogue entry will change during the european night hours. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: euenc
by CTAN Announcements 27 May '10

27 May '10

the daemon's moving finger writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: euenc > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/euenc > Summary description: Unicode font definitions for XeTeX and LuaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update for euenc adds support for LuaTeX in concert with version > 2 of the fontspec package. > > Please remove euenc from its current location on CTAN > (macros/xetex/latex/euenc). I can't think of a better alternative > than placing it now in the standard latex/ directory > macros/latex/contrib/euenc since it has functionality for both XeTeX > and LuaTeX. that move actually took place in february this year; links were linking the package's old location to its current one. i have now deleted the links. 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/euenc.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/euenc the catalogue update will happen overnight (european) tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cfr-lm
by CTAN Announcements 27 May '10

27 May '10

This should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cfr-lm Version number: updated version for Latin Modern 2.004 Author's name: Clea F. Rees Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/cfr-lm Summary description: Enhanced support for the Latin Modern fonts. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package supports a number of features of the Latin Modern fonts which are not easily accessible via the default (La)TeX support provided in the official distribution. In particular, the package supports the use of the various styles of digits available, small-caps and upright italic shapes, and alternative weights and widths. It also supports variable width typewriter and the “quotation” font. By default, the package uses proportional oldstyle digits and variable width typewriter but this can be changed by passing appropriate options to the package. The package also supports using e.g. different styles of digits within a document so it is possible to use proportional oldstyle digits by default, say, but tabular lining digits within a particular table. See the README for details. The package requires the official Latin Modern distribution, lmodern, including its (La)TeX support. The package relies on the availability of both the fonts themselves and the official font support files. The package also makes use of the nfssext-cfr package. Only the T1 and TS1 encodings are supported for text fonts. The set up of fonts for mathematics is identical to that provided by Latin Modern. This version has been updated for version 2.004 of the Latin Modern fonts. cfr-lm.sty has been significantly revised to offer more flexible and robust options. The production of the virtual fonts has been tweaked to improve accent placement by adjusting for some peculiarities in the lmodern distribution. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/cfr-lm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cfr-lm (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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Re: cam.ctan.org upload: TeX-GPC 2nd edition, 1st fix
by CTAN Announcements 27 May '10

27 May '10

the daemon tells me an upload, that i suggested, has arrived: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: TeX-GPC 2nd edition, 1st fix > Author's name: Wolfgang Helbig > Location on CTAN: systems/unix/tex-gpc/ > Summary description: booby-trap defused > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > replaced tangle.p needed for bootstrapping > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. (users should note that booby trap was my characterisation of a problem with tangle.p in the distribution, of which others had complained. mr. helbig generously agreed to re-release to clear up this one confusion.) > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tex-gpc.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/unix/tex-gpc/ and the catalogue entry will be updated, in a small way, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 26 May '10

26 May '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cleveref Version number: 0.16.3 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version fixes a number of small issues: * Added missing amecrefs and ameCrefs commands to get plural forms of cross-reference names * Fixed bug preventing redefinition of group conjunction macros * Fixed bug in format definitions for subsections and subsubsections, which in particular broke language switching * Added translations for Russian and Ukranian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cleveref (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: ConTeXt
by CTAN Announcements 26 May '10

26 May '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ConTeXt Version number: 2010.05.24 Author's name: Taco Hoekwater Location on CTAN: /macros/context/current Summary description: The new stable ConTeXt release License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website, CTAN, or one of its mirrors. The current release has version 2010.05.24 13:05 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/context/current . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/context (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: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 26 May '10

26 May '10

joseph (gently) urges me to get on with it, and the daemon passes it on: > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.4g: > - Add support for ACS Chemical Neuroscience > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso the catalogue change (little though it is) will make its way to the web overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: duotenzor
by CTAN Announcements 25 May '10

25 May '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: duotenzor Version number: 1.00 Author's name: Lucien Hardy Location on CTAN: /graphics/duotenzor Summary description: Drawing package for circuit and duotensor diagrams. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a drawing package for circuit and duotensor diagrams within LaTeX documents. It consists of about eighty commands and calls on TikZ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/duotenzor . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/duotenzor (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: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 24 May '10

24 May '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: moderncv Version number: 0.8 Author's name: Xavier Danaux Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/ Summary description: A modern curriculum vitae class. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.8 - small new features and several important bugfixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/moderncv (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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 23 May '10

23 May '10

grumbling again, the daemon says: it's amazingly hot, but > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Author's email: joseph.wright(a)morningstar2.co.uk > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The siunitx package --- A comprehensive (SI) units package > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 these are to be used. > However, different countries and publishers have differing > conventions on the exact appearance of numbers (and units). > > The siunitx package provides a set of tools for authors to > typeset numbers and units in a consistent way. The package has > an extended set of configuration options which make it possible > to follow varying typographic conventions with the same input > syntax. The package includes automated processing of numbers and > units, and the ability to control tabular alignment of numbers. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Over the past two years siunitx has developed to include many > features not originally foreseen when development began. While > it has been possible to add a range of new features, some of the > underlying limitation of the version 1 code have made this > difficult. At the same time, renewed effort by the LaTeX Team on > the development of LaTeX3, and in particular the expl3 > programming system, has offered a more robust method to create > the internal structure of siunitx. As a result, version 2 of > siunitx has been almost completely re-written internally. > > As well as fixing a number of bugs and limitations in the > original release, version 2 is also much better written to work > quickly. As a result, most users should see performance > enhancements with this new release of siunitx. > > As part of the revision of siunitx, the option system and user > macros have been completely re-thought. The options now have > longer, descriptive names and also a much clearer range of input > values. The options which in version 1 took either a key word or > a literal value have been replaced by ones which take literals > only: in some cases this means that advice has been added to the > documentation on how to get particular output effects. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Moving from version 1 to version 2 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Depending on how you use siunitx, there may be very little to do > to move to version 2. The new version includes a compatibility > support file, meaning that loading siunitx using: > > usepackage[load-configurations = version-1]{siunitx} > > should mean that existing documents compile with very few > changes. > > There are some changes to standard settings between version 1 > and version 2, which may lead to some alterations in documents. > At the same time, a small number of the features of siunitx > version 1 which I feel did not work cleanly have been dropped. > At present, some of these are scheduled to be re-examined for > inclusion in later releases of siunitx. > > While there is a back-compatibility layer for users upgrading, > it is strongly recommended that documents are updated to use the > new option names and functions. The new approach has been chosen > as it is an improvement on the previous version, and in the > longer term this layer may be removed. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Installation > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Most users will obtain siunitx as part of their TeX distribution. > MiKTeX 2.8 should include siunitx version 2 after a short delay (a few > days after CTAN upload); TeX live users won't see the package in their > distribution until after the 2010 release has appeared. Both > distributions also include the necessary support packages, and so > simply updating will in due course lead to a working siunitx version 2 > installation. > > For users who wish to install siunitx themselves, the package is > available as a pre-extracted zip file, siunitx.tds.zip. Simply > unzip this in your local texmf directory and run 'texhash' to > update the database of file locations. Version 2 of siunitx > requires up to date versions of the LaTeX3 packages expl3 and > xpackages. These are also available from CTAN in ready to > install format (as expl3.tds.zip and xpackages.tds.zip), and can > be installed in the same way if necessary. > > If you want to unpack the dtx yourself, running 'tex > siunitx.dtx' will extract the package whereas 'latex > siunitx.dtx' will extract it and also typeset the documentation. > Typesetting the documentation requires a number of packages in > addition to those needed to use siunitx. These should all be > available in a complete TeX Live 2009 or MiKTeX 2.8 > installation. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Development code and bug database > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > In order to help users see what is happening, and also to allow > me to work efficiently, the development code for siunitx is > available on the code hosting site BitBucket: > > http://bitbucket.org/josephwright/siunitx > > You can download the very latest code from there: of course, > this may or may not work properly depending on exactly what I > have added to the code. > > The BitBucket site includes an issue tracker, where you can > report bugs or make feature requests. I also add bugs to the > database from e-mails I get from users. Filling in the bug > database helps to make sure that I do not forget things, and > also helps other users see what issues are known. > > If you want to contribute code to siunitx, you can of course > send patches directly to me. Alternatively, the code is hosted > using the revision control system Mercurial, which was chosen as > it is decentralised and is easy to install on a range of > operating systems (I use MacOS X, Windows XP, Windows 7 and > Ubuntu!). I'm happy to explain to potential contributors how > Mercurial works for developing siunitx. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Roadmap for future releases > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The bug database already includes a number of feature requests > which are marked to be looked at for version 2.1: see > http://tinyurl.com/2b6flkt. The current intention is that the > next few months will be devoted to bug fixes in this release > (v2.0), with moves to add features for v2.1 beginning in the > late summer. I anticipate that v2.1 will be released toward the > end of 2010. > > It is likely that not all of the features currently marked as to > be looked at for v2.1 will be fully working by the time it is > released. At the same time, there are some longer term areas > which may also need attention. Version 2.2 of siunitx is > therefore planned, but with no current list of features marked > for inclusion. This version is likely to appear in Spring 2011. > > One longer term aim is to include LuaTeX support in siunitx, so > that the entire package can work much more rapidly with LuaTeX > than when using TeX macros alone. This is not likely to happen > until next year (2011), but is in the bug database and is part > of the longer term development plan for siunitx. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The internals of siunitx > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Currently, the only documented interface to any of the > functionality of siunitx is via the key--value control system > and functions described in the manual. The internal code of the > package is not documented, and there is therefore no guarantee > of stability of internal functions. While it is common for users > to have to modify the internals of LaTeX2e packages as part of > their documents, this is not good programming practice and is > not encouraged for siunitx, or indeed in general. > > If there is a user function that you require that is not > available using the documented tools, please either e-mail or > report a bug in the database. One of the general aims of siunitx > is to provide a proper documented interface for all of the > functions of the package. I am therefore very happy to add > interfaces to internal processes as necessary. > > Programmers should note that siunitx is coded using the LaTeX3 > 'expl3' programming system. This looks somewhat different to > traditional TeX or LaTeX programming. Details of the programming > environment are documented as part of the expl3 bundle. > Currently, none of the internal functions or interfaces are > documented, and so are not meant for use outside of siunitx. > Other programmers wanting to make use of internal siunitx > functions are encouraged to get in contact with me. This will > enable me to ensure that the parts of siunitx which are needed > by others are documented and are not changed without > consultation. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Wright <joseph.wright(a)morningstar2.co.uk> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ the catalogue entry won't appear at all until some time tonight. all of the files will be subject to mirroring delays. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 23 May '10

23 May '10

the daemon grumbles about being awakened in such bright sunlight, but deigns to say: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3/ > Summary description: Packages supporting LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1925) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This is an intermediate release of expl3. > > cs_set:Nn and related functions are removed in this release: > all internal functions now need to be defined using > cs_set:Npn, etc., fully listing the arguments required. > > A bug in ior_close:N, which caused knock-on problems with > file_if_exist:nTF and potentially with the LaTeX2e label > system is also fixed. > > Some bugs in the l3box module are also addressed and the logic > improved. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/expl3/ there will be some delay before the updates will reach all mirror sites. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: latex_maker
by CTAN Announcements 22 May '10

22 May '10

On Thu, 20 May 2010 Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the mk (latex_maker) package. Summary description: maker for latex, xelatex, plain in edit/compile/view/print cycle License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mk is a Ruby script that, in close collaboration with vpp (short for View and Print PDF/PostScript), is helpful in the cyclic process of editing, viewing, and printing a latex/xelatex/plain document. Essentially, mk uses texi2dvi for compilation, vpp for viewing and printing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latex_maker . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mk (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: view_print_ps_pdf
by CTAN Announcements 22 May '10

22 May '10

On Thu, 20 May 2010 Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the vpp (view_print_ps_pdf) package. Summary description: View and Print (selected pages from) PostScript/PDF License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- vpp (View and Print PDF/Postscript) displays a pdf or postscript document and lets you print (or save as PDF) selected pages to a one- or two-sided hardcopy or an A5-booklet. Can also be used to re-arrange pages in a PDF document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/view_print_ps_pdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=vpp (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: pst-magneticfield
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '10

20 May '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-magneticfield.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace > all files with the ones in the directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-magneticfield/ > > pst-magneticfield is a PSTricks related package and provides > macros for drawing magnetic field lines of a Helmholtz coil > in 2D and 3D view. This update also has german translation > for the documentation. > > > pst-magneticfield.sty -------- > 2010-05-16 - first CTAN version > > pst-magneticfield.tex -------- > 1.11 2010-05-20 - change order for the different lines > in the 3d view (dashed lines first) (hv) > 1.10 2010-05-16 - first CTAN version 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://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/pst-magneticfield.html or browse the package's directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-magneticfield/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: skeycommand
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '10

20 May '10

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: skeycommand Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Summary description: Define new command and environments using parameters and keys. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New commands and environments may now have no parameters and/or keys at all. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/skeycommand . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/skeycommand (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: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '10

20 May '10

This should reach your local mirror within the day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: autolatex Version number: 8.2 Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Bug fixes in cleaning stage License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several temporary files are not remove during the cleaning stage of autolatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/autolatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/autolatex (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-historian
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '10

20 May '10

This should within the day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: biblatex-historian Version number: 3a Author's name: Sander Gliboff Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-historian Summary description: A citation- and bibliography style for use with the biblatex system of programmable bibliographies. Implements the Chicago style, as described in the Turabian Manual for Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Corrected error that aborts the typesetting run and produces the message about an undefined childsubtype macro in an ifthen statement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblate… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-historian (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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Updates and new packages for luatex applications
by CTAN Announcements 20 May '10

20 May '10

a while back, Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard, uploaded a bunch of packages for the luatex area of ctan. i now finally get around to announcing them (all but luainputenc and luamplib, whose changes were pretty small...). the uploads comprised: Luatexbase: The bundle provides basic facilities for LuaTeX macro programmers, mostly resource allocation and convenience packages. Provided are: * luatexbase-regs: allocation of registers and the like; * luatexbase-loader: Lua module loading; * luatexbase-attr: attribute allocation; * luatexbase-cctb: catcode table allocation; * luatexbase-modutils: Lua module declaration; and * luatexbase-compat: compatibility helpers; * luatexbase-mcb: register many functions in a callback. location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatexbase/ catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/luatexbase.html Lualibs: Lualibs is a collection of Lua modules useful for general programming. The bundle is based on lua modules shipped with ConTeXt, and made available in this bundle for use independent of ConTeXt. location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/lualibs/ catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/lualibs.html Luatextra: Two essential part of this package have been moved to the new packages luatexbase (basic facilities for programmers) and lualibs (lua modules for general programming), which are now loaded by this package. It also provides additional user-level goodies, as well as complements to luatexbase-mcb. location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/ catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/luatextra.html Luaotfload: * using the new luatexbase package * synchronizing with latest ConTeXt stable 2010.05.08 * adding support for microtypography * adding support for color and transparency * adding a script to generate a font database with TeX and system fonts * more verbose log file location on ctan: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ catalogue entry: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/luaotfload.html apart from the catalogue entry for luatextra (still propagating), all this lot will be up-to-date on all mirrors by now. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 19 May '10

19 May '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: latexmk Version number: 4.16a Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor improvements: 1. Corrected problem under preview-continuous mode that some previewers (e.g., kpdf) would not see a changed file on an NFS file system. 2. Perform sanity check on the sleep time between tests for file changes in preview-continuous mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk (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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Re: CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 19 May '10

19 May '10

the daemon stirs again. up so early!... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: Packages supporting LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1905) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This is an intermediate release of expl3. The standard > behaviour of the package is altered so that less information > is added to the log: this information is still available when > the package is loaded with the log-functions option. Some > box-related functions have been subject to bug fixes. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project thanks for the upload. i've installed the new 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 web copy of the catalogue entry will change a bit overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xpackages
by CTAN Announcements 19 May '10

19 May '10

i'm moving slower in the evenings, now. nearly midnight, and i'm only now responding to the daemon's cry of two and a half hours back: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpackages > Author's name: LaTeX3 Team > 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 1902) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This is an intermediate release, adding the argument processor > SplitList. This processor can be used for lists of arguments > of unknown length, to make each entry into a TeX group. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 change to the catalogue entry will hardly be noticeable, and will happen in the wee small hours of the morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: thmtools
by CTAN Announcements 18 May '10

18 May '10

This should within the day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: thmtools Version number: v24 Author's name: Ulrich M. Schwarz Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/thmtools/ Summary description: A collection of extensions to theorem environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update time! v24 of thmtools adds: - a new version numbering scheme :) - support for cleveref and nameref - a key-val frontend to the beast with nine arguments, i.e. ewtheoremstyle, for both ntheorem and amsthm - optional note argument of theorems can now be key-val - per-environment qed symbols for amsthm - for shaded theorems, the shade color may either be a color name or a color spec - major rewrite of the user's guide. (still incomplete, but hopefully more approachable than the old one.) - bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/thmtools/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/thmtools (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: listings-ext
by CTAN Announcements 18 May '10

18 May '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: listings-ext Version number: v58 Author's name: Jobst Hoffmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext/ Summary description: Automated input of source code into LaTeX documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package provides means for marking up source code, so that samples of it may be included in a document (by macros of the listings package) in a stable fashion, regardless of any change to the source. The markup in the source text defines tags for blocks of source. These tags are processed by a shell script to make a steering file that is used by the package when LaTeX is being run. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/listings-ext (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: TeX font error cheat sheet
by CTAN Announcements 16 May '10

16 May '10

On Sat, 15 May 2010 Nico Schlömer submitted the new package tex-font-errors-cheatsheet to CTAN. Summary description: Cheat sheet outlining the most common TeX font errors License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a compact three-pages document highlighting the TeX flow of integrating fonts, and explains how some of the most common font-related error messages occur. Also, hints are given on how to address those. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/tex-font-errors-cheatsheet/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tex-font-errors-cheatsheet (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: pst-magneticfield
by CTAN Announcements 16 May '10

16 May '10

On Sun, 16 May 2010 Herbert Voss submitted the new package pst-magneticfield to CTAN. Summary description: plotting a magnetic field License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-magneticfield is a PSTricks related package to draw the magnetic field lines of Helmholtz coils in a two or three dimensional view. There are several parameters to create a different output. For more informations or some examples read the documentation of the package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-magneticfield . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pst-magneticfield (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: mdframed
by CTAN Announcements 16 May '10

16 May '10

On Fri, 14 May 2010 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the mdframed package. Summary description: auto split frame environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Working with the command fbox or fcolorbox, one has to handle page breaks by hand. The present package defines the environment mdframed which automatically deals with page breaks. Author's name: Marco Daniel and Elke Schubert (!new) License type: lppl changes in version 0.4a: - fixes bug in fontcolor (Elke Schubert) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdframed/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mdframed (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: frame
by CTAN Announcements 16 May '10

16 May '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded frame.tgz to the UK CTAN node. > Please _delete_ the file frame.tex in > > /macros/plain/contrib/misc/ > > and put the new ones into the new directory. > > /macros/generic/frame/ > > This version 1.0 has > -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy), > -- a new LaTeX style file > -- a new LaTeX2e documentation i have installed the new files in their directory, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/frame.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/frame/ The catalogue entry is new (a reworking of the entry for the previous version of the package). It will appear on the web some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: poster
by CTAN Announcements 15 May '10

15 May '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded poster.tgz to the UK CTAN node. > Please delete the files in > > /macros/generic/poster/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > This version 1.1 has > -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy), > -- a modified LaTeX style file > -- a new LaTeX2e documentation thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/poster-mac.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/poster/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: fancybox
by CTAN Announcements 15 May '10

15 May '10

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote: > I uploaded fancybox.tgz to the UK CTAN node. > Please delete the files in > > macros/latex/contrib/fancybox/ > > and put the new ones in there. thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the catalogue repository. > This version 1.4 has > -- small changes to the code > -- a new LaTeX2e documentation Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/fancybox.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fancybox/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: 2up
by CTAN Announcements 15 May '10

15 May '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded twoup.tgz to the UK CTAN node. > Please delete the files in > > macros/generic/2up/ > > and put the new ones in there. i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. (users should note that this is the _generic_ 2up package, not the one written for LaTeX 2e.) > This version 1.3 has > -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy), > -- a modified LaTeX style file > -- a new LaTeX2e documentation Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/twoup-gen.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/2up/ The catalogue entry will change (quite noticeably) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: TOPtesi
by CTAN Announcements 15 May '10

15 May '10

that clever old daemon interrupted me just as i was getting *really* bored with housework... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: TOPtesi > Author's name: Claudio Beccari > Author's email: claudio.beccari(a)gmail.com > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/toptesi > Summary description: Major upgrade of the TOPtesi package for writting theses > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > TOPtesi version 5.01 is a major upgrade of the existing package; some > bugs have been eliminated; the Italian documentation ha been > completely revised; the English documentation reports the new > changes. > > TOPtesi is supposed to save the PDF version of a thesis in PDF/A-1b > compliant mode and with all the necessary metadata. 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/toptesi.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/toptesi and, of course, the catalogue entry on the web will change a bit overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: multido
by CTAN Announcements 15 May '10

15 May '10

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote: > I uploaded multido.tgz to the UK CTAN node. > Please delete all files in > > macros/generic/multido/ > > and put the new ones in there > > This version 1.42 has > -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy), > -- an updated documentation i have installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/multido.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/multido/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update and package move: xcomment
by CTAN Announcements 15 May '10

15 May '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded xcomment.tgz to the UK CTAN node. > Please install the files in > > macros/generic/xcomment > > This version has > -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy), > -- a modified LaTeX style file > -- a new LaTeX2e documentation thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version in its new directory, and updated the catalogue entry. users should note that this package was previously part of the seminar presentation bundle. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/xcomment.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/xcomment/ The catalogue entry will change (rather a lot) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: mdframed
by CTAN Announcements 14 May '10

14 May '10

On Thu, 13 May 2010 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the mdframed package. Summary description: auto split frame environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- changes in version 0.4: - second author Elke Schubert - fixes some bugs - calculation of the page dimen (thanks Dick Nickalls) - using tikz for the frame with different styles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mdframed (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: colordoc
by CTAN Announcements 14 May '10

14 May '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: colordoc Version number: 1 Author's name:s Federico Garcia Summary description: Highlighting of braces and other TeX syntax conventions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- By loading colordoc on top of a documentation file (that uses Frank Mittelbach's doc package), the code listings will highlight pairs of curly braces with matching colors. Other delimiters like if ... fi, are highlighted, as well as the names of new commands. It makes code a little more readable, and it helps when you're writing it. Three options, including a non-color option designed for printing (which numbers the delimiters and underlines the new commands). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/colordoc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/colordoc (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: skeycommand
by CTAN Announcements 13 May '10

13 May '10

This should arrive at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: skeycommand Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Summary description: Create LaTeX-style commands and environments using keys and parameters together. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Create LaTeX-style commands and environments using parameters and keys together. The user interfaces are minimal, only slightly different from the familiar ewcommand and ewenvironment syntaxes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/skeycommand . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/skeycommand (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: skeyval
by CTAN Announcements 13 May '10

13 May '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: skeyval Version number: 0.71 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Summary description: Several extensions to the xkeyval parser. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) A bug fix. 2) The macro DeclareKeyCommand is removed to create a new package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/skeyval . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/skeyval (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: colortab
by CTAN Announcements 13 May '10

13 May '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded colortab.tgz to the UK CTAN node. > Please replace the files with the existing ones in > > macros/generic/colortab > > This version has > -- the LPPL license (with permission of Timothy), > -- a modified LaTeX style file > -- a LaTeX2e documentation 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/colortab.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/colortab/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 13 May '10

13 May '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cleveref Version number: 0.16.2 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ...and, following hot on the heels of the major changes in version 16.1, I give you......the inevitable bug-fix release. This version fixes a regression in cross-references to appendices, and a bug in multi-references involving footnotes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cleveref (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: Class for the journal Computational Complexity
by CTAN Announcements 13 May '10

13 May '10

On Tue, 11 May 2010 Michael Nüsken submitted an update to the computational-complexity package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX2e class cc was written for the journal Computational Complexity <http://www.computational-complexity.org>, and it can also be used for a lot of other articles. You may like it since it contains a lot of features as more intelligent references, a set of theorem definitions, an algorithm environment, and more. The class requires natbib. The author is Michael Nüsken. The package is Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Michael Nüsken. Present version v2.11. Differences to previous version: The algorithm environment has been redesigned. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/computational-complexity . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=computational-complexity (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: biblatex-apa
by CTAN Announcements 12 May '10

12 May '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: biblatex-apa Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Philip Kime Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa Summary description: Biblatex style for APA (American Psychological Association) documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Stable release of APA biblatex style for biblatex 0.9+ and APA manual 6th edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblate… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-apa (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: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 12 May '10

12 May '10

This change should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: latexmk Version number: 4.16 Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Corrected problem that with recent versions of pdflatex, certain warning messages in the log file could prevent latexmk from detecting a dependent file. 2. Updated documentation to mention previously undocumented feature about the use of temporary files in making ps and pdf files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk (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: bibtool
by CTAN Announcements 12 May '10

12 May '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: BibTool Version number: 2.51 Author's name: Gerd Neugebauer Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool Summary description: BibTool: A Tool for Manipulating BibTeX Data Bases License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release of BibTool. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bibtool (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: bibleref
by CTAN Announcements 11 May '10

11 May '10

the daemon creeps out into a sunny afternoon and admits that: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: bibleref > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/bibleref > Summary description: Format bible citations. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1.12: > * Fixed bug occurring when the verse number has a suffix. 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/bibleref.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibleref the catalogue entry will change overnight, but not so's it matters. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 11 May '10

11 May '10

This update should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cleveref Version number: 0.16.1 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version of the cleveref package introduces major changes to the underlying implementation, which *should* mean that cleveref is now compatible with the memoir class, titleref, backref, and any other packages that modify LaTeX's cross-reference machinery. This version also fixes an important bug that messed up the spacing of amsmath multi-line equation environments when the optional argument to label was used. Finally, a handful of new features have been introduced: * Cross-references to footnotes are now supported. * If no cross-reference formatting has been defined for a new theorem-like environment, cleveref now falls back to deducing as much as it can from the corresponding ewtheorem command. * New amecref and ameCref commands have been introduced to produce just the name of a cross-reference (equation, theorem, etc.), without the label. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cleveref (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: auto1
by CTAN Announcements 11 May '10

11 May '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: auto1 Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Nico Schlömer Summary description: LaTeX support for Underware Auto 1 fonts. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides LaTeX support for the Auto 1 font series of Underware. Initial release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/auto1 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/auto1 (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: ocgtools
by CTAN Announcements 11 May '10

11 May '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: OCGtools package Version number: 0.8 Author's name: Robert Marik Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ocgtools Summary description: New version, includes some feature requests License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This new version of OCGtools package includes some feature requests from users. The main change is, that the colors can be set individually for each layer and the position of text layers which do not span across the whole page is controlled via pdfsavepos command and thus should work automatically for any page layout now (not restricted to beamer, web and pdfscreen). Improved cooperation with new version of fancytooltips package which comes soon. Dedicated to my 26-hours old son :). As usual, the development version is on http://bitbucket.org/robert.marik/ocgtools and stable version on CTAN. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ocgtools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ocgtools (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: memoirchapterstyles
by CTAN Announcements 10 May '10

10 May '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Various chapter styles for the memoir class Version number: 1.7b Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /info/latex-samples/MemoirChapStyles/ Summary description: Showcase document for the chapter style concept in the memoir class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A bug in my build process made the TiKz rather boring. Should be fixed in this version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/latex-samples/MemoirChapStyles/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memoirchapterstyles (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: tablor
by CTAN Announcements 10 May '10

10 May '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tablor Version number: 4.07 Author's name: Guillaume CONNAN Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablor Summary description: Create tables of signs and of variations. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tablor can now draw tables in technicolor... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tablor . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tablor (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: epspdf & epspdf-extra
by CTAN Announcements 10 May '10

10 May '10

On Sun, 9 May 2010, Siep Kroonenberg submitted updates to the epspdf and epspdf-extra packages. Summary description: eps/pdf/ps conversions with options and optional GUI License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix for boundingbox atend ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/epspdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=epspdf http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=epspdf-extra (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: memoirchapterstyles
by CTAN Announcements 08 May '10

08 May '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Various chapter styles for the memoir class Version number: 1.7 Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /info/latex-samples/MemoirChapStyles/ Summary description: Sample document displaying not only the build in chapter styles in memoir, but also various others License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release brings MemoirChapStyles back into sync with the current memoir class. It also adds a TiKz based style, found on texblog.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/latex-samples/MemoirChapStyles/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memoirchapterstyles (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-chem
by CTAN Announcements 08 May '10

08 May '10

the daemon's been busy (by his lights) today, but with only a minor grumble, he tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-chem > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem > Summary description: biblatex styles for chemistry > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v0.9c: > - Fix issue with chem-rsc style which caused journal titles not to be printed thanks for the update; 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/biblatex-chem.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/bibla… and (of course) the catgalogue entry on the web will change overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: linegoal
by CTAN Announcements 07 May '10

07 May '10

that ol' daemon's not affected by sleep deprivation after an election night, like some of us... and so he writes: > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nota : this packages requires pdfTeX. > > The linegoal package provides a macro linegoal > to be used with setlength : > setlength<some dimen>linegoal > > will assign to <some dimen> the horizontal length > of the remainder of the line. > > This is achieved using the pdfsavepos primitive > and the zref-savepos package. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Typical usage : > > Some text: egin{tabularx}linegoal{|l|X|} hline > one & two \ > three & four \hline > end{tabularx} > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for that; i've installed the new version, 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/linegoal.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linegoal the package itself is out on its travels around the world, but the web page won't appear until some time in the dark hours of the night. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: songbook
by CTAN Announcements 06 May '10

06 May '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Songbook Version number: 4.5 Author's name: Christopher Rath Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/songbook/ Summary description: LaTeX Songbook Style License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- At Adam Fletcher's prompting, this release contains a new per-song compactsongmode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/songbook/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/songbook (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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New CTAN package: esk
by CTAN Announcements 05 May '10

05 May '10

On Wed, 5 May 2010 Tom Kazimiers submitted the esk package to CTAN. Summary description: The ESK package allows to encapsulate Sketch files in LaTeX sources. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The ESK package allows to encapsulate Sketch files in LaTeX sources. This is very useful for keeping illustrations in sync with the text. It also frees the user from inventing descriptive names for new files that fit into the confines of file system conventions. Sketch is a 3D scene description language by Eugene K. Ressler and can generate TikZ and PSTricks code. ESK behaves similar to EMP which encapsulates Metapost files and is in fact originated in it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/esk/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=esk (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: arrayjobx
by CTAN Announcements 05 May '10

05 May '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: arrayjobx Version number: 1.04 Author's name: Michael Sharpe Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/arrayjobx Summary description: Replacement for the arrayjob package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An update of the arrayjob package, now called arrayjobx, which no longer conflicts with the usage of array in array and tabular environments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/arrayjobx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/arrayjobx (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: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 05 May '10

05 May '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 1.94 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Work arounds for MSWindows registry problems and obsolete runtime libraries were implemented. The SimpleHead arrowhead was fixed. Additional matrix routines and casts were implemented. The pair dir(path, path) routine now returns a unit vector. Variable conflicts coming from the contour module were addressed. A RadialShadeDraw filltype was implemented. A guide bug was fixed. Redundant mismatched version warnings are avoided. Support for fitting one 3D picture within another was added. The documentation was updated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptots . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN update: skeyval
by CTAN Announcements 04 May '10

04 May '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: skeyval Version number: 0.7 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Summary description: Many extensions to the xkeyval package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Native and toggle boolean keys now accept 'on' and 'off' as values, in addition to 'true' and 'false'. DeclareKeyCommand has been introduced with a light interfcace. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/skeyval . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/skeyval (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: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 04 May '10

04 May '10

On Tue, 4 May 2010 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the softmaker-freefont package. Summary description: Support files for SoftMaker free fonts available at www.freefont.de License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In June 2009 www.freefont.de offered a beautiful handwriting font for free download: The Softmaker Stone Handwriting. As handwriting fonts are a quite limited resource in the LaTeX world, i decided to create support files for this beautiful font. Therefore, Stone Handwriting will be the starting point for the softmaker-freefont bundle. Other fonts will be included in future. Supported fonts at the moment: Artistic, Baskerville-Nova (regular + bold + italic + bold italic), Canossa (regular + bold + light), Congress (regular + bold + italic), Delano-Caps, Flagstaff, Henderson Iceberg (regular + bold), Jugendstil, Old Blackletter, Stone Handwriting, Sunset (regular + bold) License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves) New in v1.11: - added support for the font Softmaker Artistic (regular + faked slanted + faked small caps) Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (May 2010) and can be downloaded for free (at least this month) at: http://www.freefont.de Later you can buy it from Softmaker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/softmaker-freefont/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=softmaker-freefont (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: xpdfopen
by CTAN Announcements 04 May '10

04 May '10

This update should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xpdfopen Version number: 0.80 Author's name: Jim Diamond Location on CTAN: /support/xpdfopen Summary description: A program to make various PDF viewers reload the file being displayed License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pdfopen is a program which can be used to both start a new instance of a PDF viewer program as well as to instruct that program to reload the PDF file. This is particularly useful if pdfopen is called automatically whenever tex is (re-)run. This version has an updated pdfopen and pdfclose that work with Adobe Reader 5, 7, 8 and 9 as well as xpdf. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/xpdfopen . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xpdfopen (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: mdframed
by CTAN Announcements 01 May '10

01 May '10

On Sat, 1 May 2010 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the mdframed package. Summary description: auto split frame environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Working with the command fbox or fcolorbox, one has to handle page breaks by hand. The present package defines the environment mdframed which automatically deals with page breaks. Author's name: Marco Daniel License type: lppl changes in version 0.3b: - fixes some bugs -- thanks to Dr. Dietrich Grau - added new options: ntheorem ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdframed/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mdframed (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: pgfopts
by CTAN Announcements 01 May '10

01 May '10

that ol' daemon collects something while i'm washing up last night's dishes... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: pgfopts > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pgfopts > Summary description: LaTeX package options with pgfkeys > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0: > - Package internals completely rewritten > - New ProcessPgfPackageOptions macro, which ignores class > options when used with a package i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pgfopts.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/pgfopts the catalogue entry will change ever so slightly overnight (not quite so little as with some packages, but not much either). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-solides3d
by CTAN Announcements 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '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 > threedimensional objects like solids or 3D mathematical > functions z=f(x,y) with possible hidden lines and > hidden surfaces. > > This new version comes with several bug fixes and > enhencements. Read file Changes for more informations > > pst-solides3d.tex --- > 4.19 2010-04-30 - add keyword numsep > - add psResetSolidKeys for all key defaults i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: skeyval
by CTAN Announcements 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: skeyval Version number: 0.6 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Summary description: Extensions to the xkeyval package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several additional features have been added to the package and many aspects of its performance improved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/skeyval . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/skeyval (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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Re: Package removal request: unroman
by CTAN Announcements 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Joseph Wright wrote: > I would like to request removal of one of my packages from CTAN. > > The functionality of the unroman package is covered by the mntonum > function in the etoolbox package. The later has the advantage of being > expandable, which the functions in unroman are not. i've deleted the package from the archive and its catalogue entry from the repository (though the version of the latter on the web won't disappear until sometime later tonight). (thanks for providing a clear summary of your reason, too.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: bibleref
by CTAN Announcements 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

quoth the daemon, again... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: bibleref > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/bibleref > Summary description: Format bible citations > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1.11: > * Fixed sorting for 3-digit chapter numbers thanks for the upload (though i don't remember any such chapter numbers... ;-); 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/bibleref.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibleref and the eager user, who waits overnight for the properly-updated version of the catalogue, will as usual be disappointed in the difference it offers. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: epspdfconversion
by CTAN Announcements 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: epspdfconversion Version number: 0.6 Author's name: Daniel Becker Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion Summary description: On-the-fly conversion of EPS to PDF with epspdf License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- updated documentation and a small fix regarding the pdfversion-option. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/epspdfconversion (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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New on CTAN: mylatexformat
by CTAN Announcements 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

as i lay abed, groaning, the daemon was up and about, and wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: mylatexformat > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mylatexformat > Summary description: Use mylatexformat.ltx to make a format based on the preamble of any LaTeX file > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use mylatexformat.ltx to make a format based on the preamble > of any LaTeX file. > > The use of formats helps to speed up compilations: packages > which have been > dumped in the format are loaded at very high speed. This is > useful when a > document load many packages (pgf-TikZ among other...) > > For the creation of the format use a command line like: > > etex -initialize [opts] &pdflatex mylatexformat.ltx > abc.tex > > mylatexformat.ltx has been primarily written from > mylatex.ltx > (available on CTAN under the contrib/Carlisle/ directory) > but > gets rid of many limitations or problems of mylatex.ltx. > > More precisely: > > - The format is created from the beginning of the file > (usually > documentclass[...]{...} > until either: > ~ egin{document} > ~ endofdump > if endofdump is encountered in the preamble > ~ csname endofdumpendcsname > for convenience: to avoid `undefined control > sequence' > in case the document is compiled without the > format. > > - egin{document} endofdump or csname endofdumpendcsname > can be precedeed or followed by other macros or > commentaries. > > - Commentaries in the preamble are ignored (braces are not > required > to be equilibrated). > > - packages that modify the document macro (like auxhook.sty > or > etoolbox.sty) can be included in the format. > > - A report is available in the .log file. > > I have been using mylatexformat.ltx with MikTeX under: > - pdfTeX in dvi mode > - pdfTeX in pdf mode > - XeTeX > > Comments about its use on other system are welcome ! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (whew!) i've installed the new package and created an entry in the catalogue repository for it; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mylatexformat.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mylatexformat but the catalogue entry won't appear until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: bibleref
by CTAN Announcements 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

that there daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: bibleref > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/bibleref > Summary description: Format bible citations > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.10: > > * Fixed bug causing unwanted @ in verse index subitem > * Entries sorted according to verses as well as book title and > * chapter. > * Added setindexbooktitle 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/bibleref.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibleref the catalogue entry will twitch slightly, overnight tonight, but it won't be anything to get excited about. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: keycommand
by CTAN Announcements 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

as i lapsed on my bed of pain, that daemon went and wrote: > Name of contribution: keycommand > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/keycommand > Summary description: key-value interface for commands and environments in LaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 3.1415 approaches perfection ! > Well : > > - key-environments can now be nested (good news isn't it ?) > - commandkey{keyname} as well as mandatory arguments can be > used both in the <begin> and <end> parts of the > environments. > > Happy texing. thanks for the upload; i've installed the version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/keycommand.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand and the catalogue entry won't be updated (however slightly) until the wee small hours of the morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan update: bibleref
by CTAN Announcements 26 Apr '10

26 Apr '10

the daemon wakes up, grumbling (the sun is shining): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: bibleref > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/bibleref > Summary description: Format bible citations > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.09: > > * Added addbiblebook > * Added iblerefindex > * Added iblerefmap thanks for the upload. i have installed the updated files and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/bibleref.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibleref the catalogue entry on the web will change overnight (not much, but more than usual, since i made a small editorial change). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: PSTricks
by CTAN Announcements 26 Apr '10

26 Apr '10

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pstricks package. Summary description: Graphics for TeX and LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PSTricks is a collection of packages for creating graphical objects. This is an update of the base packages pstricks.tex and pstricks.pro. For more informations read the news file pst-news10.pdf in the doc directory. pstricks.tex -------- 2.04 2010-04-24 - take psk@rot into account for psellipse (hv) - new version of pst@divide (ms) - add keyword correctAngle=true to get an elliptic arc with correct bow length (hv) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pstricks (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: keycommand
by CTAN Announcements 25 Apr '10

25 Apr '10

i'm back from my break, and almost immediately the daemon springs into action: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: keycommand > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/keycommand > Summary description: key-value interface for commands and environments in LaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I revised the code and optimize it pretty well I think ! > > In particular keycommand does not load etextools anymore. > It only requires: > etex, etoolbox, kvsetkeys and (of course) xkeyval > packages. > > Definition and execution of keycommands should be much > faster now, > { > and the code is more readable for the ones who like reading > implementation part > and the log is more readable for the ones who like reading > logs ;-) > } > > Bug in providekeycommand has been fixed. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/keycommand.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand don't rush to read the trivial change i made to the catalogue; it won't even appear on the web for a few hours. robin

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CTAN Update: biblatex-historian
by CTAN Announcements 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 Sander Gliboff submitted an update to the biblatex-historian package. Summary description: A citation- and bibliography style for use with the biblatex system of programmable bibliographies License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated for compatibility with version 0.9 of biblatex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-histori… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-historian (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: pst-plot
by CTAN Announcements 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-plot Version number: 1.14 Author's name: Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot Summary description: Plotting data and functions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-plot is a PSTricks related package to draw data records and mathematical functions. 1.14 2010-04-24 - allow labels=x|y|all|none for polar plots ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-plot (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: mdframed
by CTAN Announcements 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Marco Daniel submitted an update to the mdframed package. Summary description: auto split frame environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- changes in version 0.3a: - Added new options: leftmargin and rightmargin - fixes some Bugs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdframed/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mdframed (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: keystroke
by CTAN Announcements 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the keystroke package. Summary description: Macros for computer keyboards License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Some new and corrected french labels (Thanks to Denis Bitouzé). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/keystroke/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=keystroke (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: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The latest version 0.9.1 is a maintenance release that fixes a couple of issues reported by users. For further information including a list of recent changes and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm (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: fancypar
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

This should within a day 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 fancypar package Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Gonzalo Medina Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/fancypar Summary description: Predefined fancy styles that can be applied to text paragraphs. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package offers five predefined decorative styles for individual text paragraphs of a document; the user can easily control the styles’ attributes using the key-value mechanism. The package also allows the creation of new fancy designs for text paragrpahs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fancypar . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fancypar (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: pst-node
by CTAN Announcements 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Herbert Voss (who eschews daemon-mediated uploads) wrote: > I uploaded pst-node.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace > all files with the ones in the directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-node/ > > pst-node is a PSTricks related package and provides > macros for drawing nodes and node connections. > > > ----- pst-node.tex > v1.11 2010-04-22 - modified version of shownode (ms) > - modified curvepnodes (ms) > > ----- pst-node.pro > v1.11 2010-04-22 - added function /concatstringarray (ms) i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-node.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-node/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cmll
by CTAN Announcements 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: CMLL Version number: 20100420 Author's name: Emmanuel Beffara Location on CTAN: /fonts/cmll Summary description: Linear Logic symbols for Computer Modern License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release adds the new symbols multimapinv, multimap, multimapinv and multimapboth. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/cmll . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cmll (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: seuthesis
by CTAN Announcements 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

This should appear at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: seuthesis Version number: 2.0.0 Author's name: Xu, Yuan Summary description: The LaTeX template for thesis of Southeast University License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TeX 是一个排版系统，可以把文章做成书那种效果。因此 TeX 非常适合用来写学术论文和书籍。 SEUThesis 是按照东南大学研究生院和教务处对学位论文的要求设计和实现的 LaTeX 模板，帮助东南大学学生以专业排版水平来完成学位论文。如果您对开发和完善 seuthesis 感兴趣、有任何想法或建议，请与我们联系。希望大家积极使用，踊跃提问，方便开发者完善模板和wiki。 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/install/macros/latex/contrib/seuthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/seuthesis (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 oldlatin
by CTAN Announcements 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

On Mon, 19 Apr 2010, Taro TERASHITA submitted the new package oldlatin to CTAN. Summary description: Computer Modern like font with ``long s'' License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These are the METAFONT files modified from Computer Modern in oder to generate ``long s'' which was used in old text. See the oldlatin.pdf for the detail. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/gothic/oldlatin/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=oldlatin (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: kpfonts
by CTAN Announcements 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: kpfonts Version number: 3.3 Author's name: Caignaert Christophe Location on CTAN: /fonts Summary description: Full set of fonts for math and text typesetting License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Light change from the 3.2 release and the sans serif math typesetting. New option slfmathbb, mathbb always in sf New options lighttext and lightmath New math alphabet mathup Some bugs fixed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/kpfonts . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/kpfonts (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: flashmovie
by CTAN Announcements 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: flashmovie Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Timo Hartmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/flashmovie Summary description: Directly embed flash movies into PDF files. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows direct embedding of flash movies into PDF files. This new version (v0.2) allows one to use the open-source flv-player (http://flv-player.net). For convenience this player is included in this package. With that player one can directly embed mp4s and other video-files into PDF files without conversion to swf. Furthermore now playback of videos using controls is possible. See test-flv.pdf for an example. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/flashmovie . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/flashmovie (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: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: latexmk Version number: 4.15c Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Solved problem that occasionally latexmk failed to detect a dependent file when it analyzed a .log file. (It incorrectly treated some lines of length 79 as being wrapped.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk (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: keycommand
by CTAN Announcements 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

the daemon's beginning to sound positively excited: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: keycommand > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/keycommand > Summary description: key-value interface for commands and environments > in LaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I realized I made the implementation of > ewkeyenvironment+ > before. > (with run-time expansion as in ewkeycommand+) > > Then I tested it and updated the documentation. > > Even if the syntax doesn't please to everybody (but who does > ? May be the Queen of the UK...) I'm a little proud of this > package. thanks for this upload also. i've installed the new version (queen or no queen) and updated the catalogue entry (without any mention of good ol' brenda). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/keycommand.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand and of course, the change in the catalogue overnight, for this one, will amount to no more than a slight twitch in the royal net curtains. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team (who happens to know that queen brenda is in charge of more than just the uk [including the isle of man, the channel islands and various other odd bits and pieces] but nowhere near as much as her father was emperor of -- we used to have an embarrassingly large empire which has mostly been dismantled, starting with the independence of india in the year of my birth.)

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CTAN update: etextools
by CTAN Announcements 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

the daemon's beginning to feel there some meaning to his life... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: etextools > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ > Summary description: e-TeX tools for LaTeX users and package writers. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I added an example file (also integrated into the dtx) > Therefore, I saw some bugs... and fixed them : > - improvement of hefontname > - correction of listdel (csvlistdel etc.) > > I don't guaranty it is bug free but it's on good way for > version v.3.14159, 2010/04/20 ;-!) thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and worked hard at the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/etextools.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ and (for once) there'll be really noticeable change to the catalogue entry overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xpdfopen
by CTAN Announcements 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

the daemon had been alerted in advance of this (we've been discussing what to do about the update) > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpdfopen > Author's name: Jim Diamond > Location on CTAN: support/xpdfopen > Summary description: A program to make Adobe Reader 9 re-open the file > it is displaying > License type: pd > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > pdfopen allows you to send Ctrl-R to a running Adobe Reader 9 > instance; the Ctrl-R causes AR9 to re-load the file it is displaying. > It is particularly useful if your environment uutomatically calls this > program after (re-)pdftex-ing your document. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- note that jim has now taken over maintenance of the package. i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpdfopen.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/xpdfopen/ the catalogue entry will change overnight (a wee bit more than usual) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: memoir
by CTAN Announcements 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

This should within a day 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 Memoir class Version number: v3.6 Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: The memoir class for configurable typesetting License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Maintenance update o fixed marginparmargin{left} in twoside mode o fixed a race condition in memhfixc vs. hyperref(nameref) We have also reversioned memoir. The version was tending towards the golden ratio. But apparently this numerical value is not widely known ;-) Memoir is now reversioned to version 3.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memoir (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: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

This should within a day 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: 1.93 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Portability issues were addressed. Latticeshading bounds and behaviour under svgemulation were fixed. The initial SVG pen was fixed. A parallelogram block was added to the flowchart module. Temporary files are cleaned up even after TeX errors. The GUI export function was fixed; an SVG export option was added. The XeLaTex bounding box was fixed. Spaces in output directory names are now allowed for supporting drivers. One can cd to other directories, preserving the output directory. All output files are written to the directory part of settings.outname; if this is empty, the current directory is used. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN update: pst-fun
by CTAN Announcements 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-fun.tgz to the uk CTAN node. Please replace > the files with the ones in the directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fun/ > > > pst-fun is a PSTricks related package for drawing > funny objects for testing or something else > > ..... pst-fun.tex > 0.04 2010-04-18 added psPig :-) thanks for that. it's a long time since i last had a pig on my computer, so it's just exactly what i need. or something. 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/pst-fun.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fun/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: ltxnew
by CTAN Announcements 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

the daemon slowly rouses from his slumber, and writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ltxnew > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ltxnew > Summary description: provides the ew enew and provide prefixes > for checking definitions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.2 - 2010-04-17 > Correction of bug : > enew and provide > added an undesirable blank space... 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/ltxnew.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ltxnew and the catalogue entry will change overnight. ever so slightly. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: mdframed
by CTAN Announcements 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mdframed Version number: 0.3 Author's name: Marco Daniel Summary description: auto split frame environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Working with the command fbox or fcolorbox, one has to handle page breaks by hand. The present package defines the environment mdframed which automatically deals with page breaks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mdframed . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mdframed (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: pst-plot
by CTAN Announcements 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-plot.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please > replace all files with the ones in the directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ > > 1.13 2010-04-15 - for log labels take care the different font size > for base and exponent > - fix bug with axes style frame and linestyle > in macro psxs@@axes i've installed the files as requested, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-plot.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: tabularborder
by CTAN Announcements 15 Apr '10

15 Apr '10

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010, Johannes Fink submitted the new package tabularborder to CTAN. Summary description: The tabular environment is changed as the outer abcolesp's are compensated so that a hline has the same length as the text. No @{} is needed. License type: lppl1.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tabularborder/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tabularborder (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: svn-prov
by CTAN Announcements 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: svn-prov Version number: v3.1859 Author's name: Martin Scharrer Location on CTAN: /(existing one) Summary description: Bugfix release License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This small update fixes issues with filetoday if DefineFileInfoSVN is used in a custom class file before LoadClass was used, because the oday macro is then normally undefined. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/svn-prov . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/svn-prov (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: philex
by CTAN Announcements 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 Peter Pagin submitted an update to the philex package. Summary description: Formatting and cross referencing for numbered and named environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several new formatting options and extended support for hyperref ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/philex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=philex (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: tikz-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

that ol' daemon crawls out of his hole again, and croaks: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: tikz-3dplot > Author's name: Jeff Hein > Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-3dplot/ > Summary description: Coordinate transformation styles for 3d plotting in TikZ. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > just a few bug fixes and code cleanup. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/tikz-3dplot.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-3dplot/ and the web catalogue entry will twitch slightly at some stage in the night tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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