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CTAN has a new package: knitting
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jan '10

17 Jan '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: The knitting package Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Ariel Barton Summary description: This package writes knitting charts in TeX or LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides symbol fonts and commands to write charted instructions for cable and lace knitting patterns using LaTeX or plain TeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/knitting . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/knitting (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 package update: xeindex
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jan '10

17 Jan '10

the old daemon's quite excited, at an upload from france: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xeindex > Author's name: Paul Isambert > Location on CTAN: macros/xetex/latex > Summary description: Automatic index generation for XeLaTeX. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Index entries of the type > > Kafka={Kafka, Franz} > > are now properly processed. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/xeindex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xeindex/ and that catalogue entry will change, slightly, when it's updated from the repository overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-circ
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jan '10

17 Jan '10

Herbert Voss wrote: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote: > Robin, > did you read this mail? > > Herbert > > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Betreff: pst-circ > Datum: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:24:28 +0100 > Von: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> > Organisation: Freie Universität Berlin > An: ctan(a)dante.de > > I uploaded pst-circ.tgz to CTAN UK. Please replace > the files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ > > pst-circ is a PSTricks related package for drawing > dipoles, tripoles and quadrupoles and logical > elements used in elecronic or electric theory. > > > 1.52 2010-01-15 - add photo diode symbol > quadripol symbol > RelayNOP symbol > Suppressor symbol > Arrestor symbol thanks for the upload; i've installed the files, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-circ.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: texilikechaps
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jan '10

16 Jan '10

the daemon mutters again, and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: texilikechaps > Author's name: Luis Rivera > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/misc > Summary description: formatting chapters in standard classes with a > texilike format > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A little hack enabling the user to reduce the rather large chapter > headings in standard classes into a texilike smaller format. Format > may be controlled with internal commands. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/texilikechaps.html > or they may view the package itself at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/texilikechaps.sty the web copy of the catalogue entry will appear some time overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jan '10

16 Jan '10

it's a saturday, so the upload daemon's running a bit wild: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.4: > - Automatically detect documents which do not use serif fonts > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the package and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx of course, the catalogue entry on the web will change, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: tpic2pdftex
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jan '10

16 Jan '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: tpic2pdftex Version number: 1.97 (2010-01-16) Author's name: Hartmut Henkel Location on CTAN: /graphics/tpic2pdftex Summary description: Use tpic commands in PDFTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The AWK script converts pic language, embedded inline (delimited by .PS and .PE markers), to pdfliteral commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/tpic2pdftex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tpic2pdftex (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-sigsys
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jan '10

16 Jan '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: pst-sigsys Version number: 1.2 Author's name: Farshid Delgosha Summary description: An update to the pst-sigsys package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is a collection of useful macros for disciplines related to signal processing. It defines macros for plotting a sequence of numbers, drawing the pole-zero diagram of a system, shading the region of convergence, creating an adder or a multiplier node, placing a framed node at a given coordinate, creating an up-sampler or a down-sampler node, sequentially connecting a list of nodes, and connecting a list of nodes to one node using any node-connecting macro. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-sigsys . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-sigsys (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 16 Jan '10

16 Jan '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: 4.13 Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine V. 4.13 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Configuration adjustable for dealing with non-existent .bib files. Default is not to run bibtex, to avoid overwriting precious .bbl files. Corrections to documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 package update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jan '10

16 Jan '10

up springs the daemon with another upload for me: > 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 the American Chemical Society journals > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.4: > - Use the cleveref package for cross references, rather > than varioref > - Improved information on installation > - Graphical TOC entry now automatically moved to end of > document > - Slight tweaks to natmove package, following similar > changes in cite 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/achmso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso i hardly need mention that the catalogue entry on the web will change ever so slightly, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: tikz-timing
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jan '10

15 Jan '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: tikz-timing Version number: v0.7b Author's name: Martin Scharrer Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing/ Summary description: Update to v0.7b - Support for CVS version of PGF License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release which avoids errors occurring with the current CVS version of PGF. Changes: * Expressions like '(number * {( number + number )})' stopped working and where replaced by '(number*number + number*number)'. * The package 'atbegshi' is now loaded in the package documentation to avoid some issues between the oberdiek packages and PGF CVS. * Inside timing pictures the value of ` ikz@expandcount` is now set to the PGF 2.00 value of 1000. The CVS value of 100 is to low for bigger timing diagram which use a lot of macro expansions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tikz-timing (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: thumby
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jan '10

15 Jan '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Thumby Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Sergey Goldgaber Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/thumby Summary description: Create thumb indexes for your document. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Using this package you can generate thumb indexes for your document. Thumby features printing thumb indexes on one- or two-sided pages, along with background- and foreground-color selection and full LaTeX styling of the chapter numbers in the thumb indexes. The height of each thumb index is automatically chosen based on the number of chapters in your document, while the width is chosen by the user. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/thumby . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/thumby (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: The caption package v3.1m
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table, and cooperates with many other packages. Includes rotating captions, sideways captions, continued captions (for tables or figures that come in several parts). A list of compatibility notes, for other packages, is provided in the documentation. The package also provides the caption outside float facility, in the same way that simpler packages like capt-of do. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The usage of the subfig package without the hyperref package was broken in version 3.1l, fixed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (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: keyreader
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

This update should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: keyreader Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Author's email: a.musa(a)rocketmail.com Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Reads multiple keys to be defined by the xkeyval package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Multiple choice keys can now be read in one go, via one define@keylist. In version 0.1, this wasn't possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keyreader . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/keyreader (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: minted
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '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: minted Version number: 0.1.5 Author's name: Konrad Rudolph Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Highlighted source code for LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update of ``minted'' adds the ``bgcolor'' option as well as a ``listing'' floated environment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minted . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/minted (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: engtlc
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '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: engtlc Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Fiandrino Claudio Summary description: LaTeX package for telecommunications engineering License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Package to help people in Telecommunications Engineering works. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/engtlc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/engtlc (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: idxlayout
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '10

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 Thomas Titz submitted the new package idxlayout to CTAN. Summary description: Configurable index layout, responsive to KOMA-Script and memoir License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The idxlayout package offers a key--value interface to configure index layout parameters, e.g. allowing for three-column indexes or for parent items and their affiliated subitems being typeset as a single paragraph. The package is responsive to the index-related options and commands of the KOMA-Script- and memoir classes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/idxlayout/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=idxlayout (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: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '10

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the softmaker-freefont package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/ 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: Congress (regular + bold + italic), Delano-Caps, Flagstaff, Henderson, Iceberg (regular + bold), Jugendstil, Old Blackletter, Stone Handwriting License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves) New in v1.7: - added support for the font Jugendstil Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (January 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: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > 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 1766) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This is a maintenance release following the recent snapshot of > SVN 1755. A bug in l3doc is fixed so that the changes function > correctly indexes alterations under the name of the relevant > function. New l3keys properties are added to handle variable > names by name, for example .tl_set:c > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/expl3 as always, there will be a very minor change to the html file overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: microtype
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '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: microtype Version number: 2.4 Author's name: R Schlicht Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/microtype Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- protrusion settings for T2A encoded Minion (contributed by Karl Karlsson) -- lua functions moved to dedicated lua file (contributed by Élie Roux) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/microtype (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: keyreader
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '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: keyreader Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Reads multiple keys to be defined by xkeyval License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saves tokens in circumstances where several keys are to be defined using xkeyval package. Also provides a means for defining (within xkeyval) complementary boolean keys. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keyreader . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/keyreader (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: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

quoth the upload daemon, in the midst of all the snow and ice: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: notes2bib > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Author's email: joseph.wright(a)morningstar2.co.uk > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib > Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0b: > - Bug fix when using nofiles > - Documentation improvements > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated the 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/notes2bib.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib and, of course he catalogue entry on the web will change, ever so slightly, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: drv
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '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: drv Version number: 0.95 Author's name: Laurent Méhats Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/drv/ Summary description: Derivation trees with MetaPost. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Derivation forests, radial mode (beta), documentation update. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/drv/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/drv (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: The caption package v3.1l
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table, and cooperates with many other packages. Includes rotating captions, sideways captions, continued captions (for tables or figures that come in several parts). A list of compatibility notes, for other packages, is provided in the documentation. The package also provides the caption outside float facility, in the same way that simpler packages like capt-of do. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version includes adaptions to the very recent hyperref and nameref package versions. Furthermore it should work with the combine document class, too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (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: rake4latex
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: rake4latex Version number: 0.1.0 Author's name: Knut Lickert Location on CTAN: /support/rake4latex Summary description: call_rake4latex.rb is a rake-based tool to compile LaTeX-Projects. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The tool compiles LaTeX-documents as often as needed, including makeindex and bibTeX calls. Splitindex, gloss and rail A simple interface to the rake4latex-gem (Ruby/Rake) and an exe-file for windows. The exe-file requires no Ruby or Rake. The gem itself is available at http://gemcutter.org/gems/rake4latex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/rake4latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/rake4latex (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: threeparttablex
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '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: threeparttablex Version number: v0.08 Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/threeparttablex Summary description: Threeparttablex brings tablenotes to longtable, and provides extra features to the regular tabelnotes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone forgot to commit his changes to subversion, so the ote and source macros got lost in the version from 2009/12/28. This version brings them back again. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/threeparttablex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/threeparttablex (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: minted
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '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: minted Version number: 0.0.4 Author's name: Konrad Rudolph Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Highlighted source code for LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- minted is a package that facilitates expressive syntax highlighting in LaTeX using the powerful Pygments library. The package also provides options to customize the highlighted source code output using fancyvrb. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minted . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/minted (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: natbib
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

This should be at 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: natbib Version number: 8.31a Author's name: Patrick Daly Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contributed/natbib Summary description: Generalized bibliography citation package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes by Arthur Ogawa so that his merge and eliding features, added at 8.3, do not cause punctuation problems when used with non-REVTeX classes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contributed/natbib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/natbib (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 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Gerd Neugebauer submitted an update to the bibtool package. Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool/ Summary description: BibTool: A Tool for Manipulating BibTeX Data Bases License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BibTool: A Tool for Manipulating BibTeX Data Bases BibTeX provides an easy to use means to integrate citations and bibliographies into LaTeX documents. But the user is left alone with the management of the BibTeX files. The program BibTool is intended to fill this gap. BibTool allows the manipulation of BibTeX files which does beyond the possibilities --- and intentions --- of BibTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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 . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: marginnote
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, a new version of Markus Kohm's package marginnote was uploaded to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/marginnote Summary description: This package provides the command marginnote that may be used instead of marginpar at almost every place, where marginpar cannot be used, e.g. inside floats, footnotes, frames made with framed package ... License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Changes since the last CTAN-upload: v1.1f: missing usage of marginnotevadjust at left margins fixed v1.1e: new options fulladjust, heightadjust, depthadjust, and noadjust to change the general default of the vertical adjustment ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/marginnote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=marginnote (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: isodate package
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, Harald Harders submitted an update to the isodate package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/isodate/ Summary description: Prints dates and date ranges in various (language-dependent) formats License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides ten output formats of the commands oday, printdate, printdateTeX, and daterange (partly language dependent): ISO (yyyy-mm-dd), numeric (e.g. dd.,mm.~yyyy), short (e.g. dd.,mm.,yy), TeX (yyyy/mm/dd), original (e.g. dd. mmm yyyy), short original (e.g. dd. mmm yy), as well as numerical formats with Roman numerals for the month. The commands printdate and printdateTeX print any date. The date is given as an argument using the actual date format for output: printdate{yyyy-mm-dd}, printdate{dd.mm.yyyy}, or printdate{dd/mm/yyyy}, and printdateTeX{yyyy/mm/dd}. The command daterange prints a date range and leaves out unnecessary year or month entries. E.g. 2000-05-03 to 2000-05-08 leads to `2000-05-03 to 08'. ChangeLog: 2010/01/03 v2.30 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - Add a month-year format (omitting the day) - Move defintion of language-independent formats into the main style file 2007/04/09 v2.29 Harald harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - Allow to change the unbreakable spaces in the orig and shortorig format ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/isodate/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=isodate (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: blindtext
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jan '10

05 Jan '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: blindtext Version number: 1.9c Author's name: Knut Lickert Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/blindtext Summary description: blindtext.sty: Create dummy text. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: 1) Replaced character with wrong encoding (Unicode-TeXs like luaLaTeX were unable to use blindtext) 2) Minor change in French text ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/blindtext . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/blindtext (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: paresse
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jan '10

05 Jan '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: paresse Version number: 2.1 Uploader: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/paresse/ Summary description: Defines simple macros for greek letters. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Separating the examples from the .dtx so that the .dtx/.ins can be compiled with the option -translate-file=empty.tcx. Compiling the examples with this option gave errors in the previous version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/paresse/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/paresse (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: pst2pdf
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst2pdf.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete _all_ > files in the directory /graphics/pstricks/scripts/ > and put tthe new ones in there > > pst2pdf is a Perl script which can run any document > in pdf mode which contains Postscript related code. > It creates for every Postscript code snippet an own > image as eps, pdf, and/or png. In a last pdflatex run > the pdf or png images are inserted instead of the > Postcript code. > > this update (v 0.10) of pst2pdf has a new documentation > for using pst2pdf and better testfiles. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst2pdf.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst2pdf/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ > > pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing > special mathematical functions like distributions, > polynomials, popcorn function, a.s.o. See documentation > for a complete list. > > This update fixes some important bugs: > > ..... pst-func.tex > 0.63 2010-01-04 - fixed bug with Bezier definition > - fixed bug with pst@Shift in psGaussI > - fixed bug with psGaussI > > ..... pst-func.pro > 0.12 2010-01-04 rename Points to BezierPoints to prevent clash with > pstricks.pro thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-func.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: count1to
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

This package should be at your local mirror within a day. Jïm Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: count1to Version number: 2.1 Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ms Summary description: a new version of count1to License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- At long last a new version of count1to that fixes some old bugs: It removes the (broken) support for the TotalPages label, which didn't work together with hyperref. Better code for this is included in the totpages package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ms . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/count1to (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: isodoc
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

On Sat, 2 Jan 2010, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the isodoc package. The isodoc class can be used for the preparation of letters and invoices (and, in the future, similar documents). Documents are set up with options, thus making the class easily adaptable to user's wishes and extensible for other document types. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/isodoc Summary description: Option-driven class for the preparation of letters and invoices License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- major changesof v0.7 relative to v0.6: - using eurosym package instead of marvosym; - using frenchb package instead of french; - added addresswidth option, default stays 2 cols; - changes suggested by Fabrice Niessen (thanks!): - added header/noheader options; - added bodyshift option; - date format can be yyyy-mm-dd or a literal `today'; - added forcedate option to enter anything for date; - added foldleft and foldright options, default stays right; - headingcolor, if defined, colors fancy headings; - headcolor, if defined, colors headings in header and footer; - foldmarkcolor, if defined, colors foldmark ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/isodoc More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=isodoc (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: eqparbox
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '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: eqparbox Version number: 3.1 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/eqparbox Summary description: Put text in boxes that are as wide as the widest text License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX users sometimes need to ensure that two or more blocks of text occupy the same horizontal space on the page. To that end, the eqparbox package defines eqparbox, eqmakebox, eqframebox, and eqsavebox commands, which work just like parbox, makebox, framebox, and savebox, respectively, except that instead of specifying a width, one specifies a tag. All boxes with the same tag -- regardless of where they are in the document -- will stretch to fit the widest box that uses that tag. This simple, equal-width mechanism can be used for a variety of alignment purposes, as is evidenced by the examples in eqparbox's documentation. Version 3.1 includes Rob Verhoeven's eqmakebox contribution and supplements it with eqframebox and eqsavebox. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eqparbox . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/eqparbox (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: pgfplots
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '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: pgfplots Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Christian Feuersänger Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfplots/ Summary description: pgfplots - A tool to work with scientific data. It draws normal and/or logarithmic plots in two and three dimensions for LaTeX/TeX/ConTeXt. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.3 provides - improvements for two dimensional visualization, among them axis equal, color bars, nodes near coords, jumps in plots, improved description positioning, reverseable axis directions, simpler alignment of adjacent axes, units and a simplified user interface, - new three dimensional line, scatter, mesh and surface plots, - a copy of the automatic pdf externalization library, - an improved manual enhanced with a lot of pdf cross references. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfplots/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pgfplots (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: installfont
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '10

On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 Josef Kleber submitted the installfont package to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /support/installfont Summary description: A bash script for installing a Postscript Type1 font family License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With this script you can install a Postscript Type1 font family (at least the four basic cuts + small caps + faked slanted (pdflatex), but no expert fonts) for using it with LaTeX (MiKTeX). The script expects the *.pfb and *.afm files named in the Karl Berry scheme (e.g. 5bbr8a.pfb). Just adapt the script variables to your fonts and directories. After running it, you should have a working font installation in your local TeX tree. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/installfont . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=installfont (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ___________________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: upmethodology
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '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: upmethodology Version number: 20091230 Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Bug fix in major version number incrementation License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix: incrementation of the major version number may reset the minor version number. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/upmethodology . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/upmethodology (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: itrans
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jan '10

01 Jan '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ITRANS input map for XeLaTeX Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Abhinandan S.P., Shrisha Rao Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/generic/itrans/ Summary description: ITRANS input mappings for XeLaTeX, for Devanagari and Kannada. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These files are mappings that can be used with XeLaTeX for codings done in the ITRANS format. Mappings are available for Devanagari (Sanskrit), Sanskrit in Kannada script, and Kannada in Kannada script. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/generic/itrans/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/itrans (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: LaTeX cheatsheet - castellano
by CTAN Announcements 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

tex users worldwide don't give up -- the daemon says:L > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: LaTeX cheatsheet - castellano > Author's name: Luis Rivera > Location on CTAN: /info/latexcheat/latexcheat-es_MX > Summary description: Translation of Winston Chang's cheatsheet for LaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Translation of Winston Chang's cheatsheet for LaTeX into Spanish. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the package, and made 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/latexcheat-esmx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/latexcheat/latexcheat-esmx/ and, of course, the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

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: Asymptote Version number: 1.91 Author's name: John Bowman Location on CTAN: / Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The precision of the 3D perspective sizing routines were improved. The offset in transformed 3D labels with render=0 was fixed. 3D planar arrowhead gaps were fixed; a duplicate 3D arrow angle factor was removed. Pen width contributions to the box and ellipse envelopes were fixed. A more robust contour algorithm based on paraboloid approximation was implemented. A polargraph routine for arrays was implemented. Default font problems were fixed. The pdfborder={0 0 0} option was added to settings.hyperrefOptions; the hypersetup command is now used to avoid hyperref option clashes. The size of pngalpha images was fixed; the pngalpha driver is used only if antialias=2. The -alpha Off default convert option was removed in favour of convertOptions=-alpha Off. Inlinetex support for xelatex was updated. Picture transformations are now respected by latticeshade. The Bessel functions J and Y were renamed to Jn and Yn. An operator --(block, block) was implemented to simplify the flowchart syntax. The expression % expands to the last result returned at the interactive prompt. The GLU-1.3 library included in the MSWindows distribution was fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: tikz-timing
by CTAN Announcements 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 Martin Scharrer submitted an update of the tikz-timing package. This package provides macros and an environment to generate timing diagrams (digital waveforms) without much effort. The TikZ package is used to produce the graphics. The diagrams may be inserted into text (paragraphs, hbox, etc.) and into tikzpictures. A tabular-like environment is provided to produce larger timing diagrams. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update fixes a couple of smaller bugs in v0.7 and adds some functionality. The changes in detail are: General: * Fixed scaling behaviour of timing node shape. * Fixed scaling of reference coordinates. * Added `timing/unit`, `timing/xunit` and `timing/yunit` options. Parser: * Added local scopes `{ }` incl. push and pop of saved options. Documentation: * Changed manual to screen optimised format. * Updated examples. * Updated documentation. * Added figure to illustrate nodes inside a tikztimingtable. * Added subsection about how to scale the complete table. tikztimingtable: * Added alias for last row: '`last row`'. Renamed old internal node with the same name. * Changed ` ableheader` definition to allow two extra optional arguments for the two mandatory ones. * Updated table header macro in `nicetabs` library. * Added rectangle node '`all rows`' around all rows of a tikztimingtable. * Added label node names incl. 'all labels' node. `advnodes` library: * Fixed wrong border coordinates. Enabled old node centers for existing example code. * Fixed `EE` and `DH` anchor points. `counters` library: * Updated `counters` library to use macro instead of TeX counters to avoid problems with multiple definitions of the same counter character. * Added several new options for `counters` library. * Internal code improvements for `counters` libraries. * Added counter styles. `interval` library: * Fixed interval boundaries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tikz-timing (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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 26 Dec '09

26 Dec '09

The upload daemon spouteth yet again: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.3g: > - Fix issue with collection of braced tokens in tables > - Detect LaTeX2e robust commands when expanding table contents > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx the catalogue entry will change overnight, but unless you're watching very carefully, you'll probably miss it. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: pst-platon
by CTAN Announcements 25 Dec '09

25 Dec '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-platon.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put > the files into the _new_ directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-platon/ > > pst-platon (v.0.01) is a PSTricks related package for > drawing the five Platonic solids in a 3D view. > > the authors are Manuel Luque and Herbert Voß. The license > is as usual LPPL i have installed the package and made an entry for the catalogue. thanks for the upload -- i think the first i've dealt with on christmas day, ever! Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-platon.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-platon The catalogue entry will appear overnight tonight. > thanks and merry christmas to all of you ... and to you and manuel. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: tikz-qtree
by CTAN Announcements 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tikz-qtree Version number: 1 Author's name: David Chiang Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/ Summary description: Simple syntax and smarter layout for trees in TikZ License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a macro for drawing trees with TikZ using the easy syntax of Alexis Dimitriadis' Qtree. It improves on TikZ's standard tree-drawing facility by laying out tree nodes without collisions; it improves on Qtree by adding lots of features from TikZ (for example, edge labels, arrows between nodes); and it improves on pst-qtree in being usable with pdfTeX and XeTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-qtree . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tikz-qtree (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: dcpic
by CTAN Announcements 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

On Tue, 22 Dec 2009, Pedro Quaresma submitted an update to the dcpic package. Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/diagrams/dcpic Summary description: Commutative diagrams in a (La)TeX or ConTeXt document. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DCpic is a package of TeX macros for graph modeling (e.g. commutative diagrams) in a (La)TeX or ConTeXt document. Its distinguishing features are: the use of PiCTeX a powerful graphical engine, and a simple specification syntax. A graph is described in terms of its objects and its edges. The objects are textual elements and the edges can have various straight or curved forms. The author is Pedro Quaresma. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/diagrams/dcpic . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dcpic (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: Copernicus
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

the cambridge upload daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Copernicus > Author's name: Copernicus (who'ld have thought it, after all this time?) > Location on CTAN: > Summary description: for Copernicus publications > License type: nosell > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > package for for Copernicus publications > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the bundle, and made an entry in 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/copernicus.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/copernicus/ the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-poly
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '09

20 Dec '09

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote: > I uploaded pst-poly.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete all > files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-poly/ > and put the new ones in there > > pst-poly is a PSTricks related package for drawing > polygons > > 1.61 2009/12/20 - use NormalCoor for IntemediatePoint setting > - allow SpecialCoor for a length > - updated documentation with some more examples thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and checked the catalogue (which appears to have been declaring it had v1.61 for some time...). Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-poly.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-poly/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

This should reach your local mirror in a day or so. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cleveref Version number: 0.15.3 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version includes new Dutch translations, and bug-fixes to the poorman option, varioref support, and others. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: pagerange
by CTAN Announcements 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

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: pagerange Version number: 0.3 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Splits page ranges into start page and end page intelligently. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Page labels (eg, label{page:one}) can now be used in expandable contexts to get page ranges. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pagerange . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pagerange (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: nkarta
by CTAN Announcements 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

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: nkarta Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Daniel Luecking Location on CTAN: /fonts/nkarta/ Summary description: A metafont and metapost file of map symbols, based on karta.mf. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The font has been repackaged and its code streamlined. A version number has been assigned. The documentation (i.e., the README file) has been improved and the license statement clarified (I hope). Also, about 100K of garbage following end in nkarta.mp have been removed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/nkarta/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/nkarta (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: algorithm2e
by CTAN Announcements 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

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: algorithm2e Version number: 4.01 Author's name: Christophe Fiorio Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/algorithm2e Summary description: Floating algorithm environment with algorithmic keywords (re)definition feature License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a major release which add a lot of new features and a number of fixes. It is important to note that some commands have been renamed to have consistent naming (CamlCase syntax) and old commands are no more available. If you doesn't want to change your mind or use old latex files, you can use oldcommands option to enable old commands syntax back. Algorithm2e is an environment for writing algorithms. An algorithm is defined as a floating object like figures.It provides macros that allow you to create different sorts of key words, thus a set of predefined key word is given. You can also change the typography of the keywords.The environment allows you to have vertical lines delimiting block of instructions.It defines also different sort of algorithms such as Procedure or Function allowing name of this functions to be reused in common text or other algorithms. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/algorithm2e . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/algorithm2e (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: ccicons
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

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: ccicons Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Michael Ummels Location on CTAN: /fonts Summary description: LaTeX support for Creative Commons icons License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New font with additional glyphs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ccicons . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ccicons (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: kpfonts
by CTAN Announcements 13 Dec '09

13 Dec '09

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: kpfonts Version number: 3.11 Author's name: Caignaert Christophe Location on CTAN: /fonts Summary description: Full set of fonts for text and math typesetting License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 3.11 release fix a bug when using the germandbls symbol (ss) with the largesmallcaps option of kpfonts. >From the 3.1 release, the shorter is to download the kpfonts-large-sc.enc file. Christophe C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: tufte-latex
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

This package 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: Tufte-LaTeX Version number: 3.5.0 Author's name: Kevin Godby Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tufte-latex Summary description: Document classes inspired by the work of Edward Tufte. License type: apache2 Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Provided are two classes inspired, respectively, by handouts and books created by Edward Tufte. Changes from 3.0.0 include: * Added a [nohyper] document class option that suppresses loading of the hyperref package. * Added three commands to modify the positioning of the captions. * Now automatically recalculates the lengths in case you've modified the page size or margins. * Added a B5 paper size. * The justification of sidenotes, margin notes, captions, and citations can be set individually now. * The font and style of sidenotes, margin notes, captions, and citations can now be set individually. * The caption command now accepts an optional vertical offset argument. * Added the morefloats command that works in the same way the morefloats package does. * Fixed a number of bugs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tufte-latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tufte-latex (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: censor
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

This package 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: censor Version number: 1.00 Author's name: Steven Segletes Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib Summary description: Tools for Producing Redacted Documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The censor package allows a convenient redaction/censor capability to be employed, for those who need to protect restricted information, as well as for those who are forced to work in a more inefficient environment when dealing with restricted information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/censor . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/censor (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: tikz-timing
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

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: tikz-timing Version number: v0.7 Author's name: Martin Scharrer Location on CTAN: /(existing one) Summary description: Update to v0.7 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: * New libraries: clockarrows: Library for clock arrows. columntype: Library providing a timing column type for tabular. nicetabs: Library to format tikztimingtable like a booktab tabular. counters: Library to defined counter characters which display an incrementing counter: value every time there are used. advnodes: Library for advanced nodes with multiple anchor points. ifsym: Library providing the same timing symbols and characters as the ifsym package when loaded with the electronic option. * Additional experimental libraries: interval: Library to change color of 'ZL', 'ZH' etc. transitions to indicate borders of an interval. beamer: Library providing some marginal beamer overlay support. * 'overlays' library: + Overlays can now be cascaded, i.e. an overlay can be inside another one. + The second braces around the second part are now optional. + Fixed issues with 'T' and 'C' characters inside overlays. * Meta-characters can now have arguments. * Added more variety for in-line options: '[[ ]]', '[+ +]' and '[| |]'. * Handling of in-line options and nodes got modified. Options are now placed directly where placed and are valid until the next ';'. Please note that [/utils/exec={..}] now needs to be written as [|/utils/exec={..}|]. Otherwise it is re-executed every time the drawing path is renewed. * Added star version of ablegrid. * Added background to 'E' character ('either' library). * Some fixes for placing of 'D{}' texts. * Fixed wrong slopes (e.g. lslope instead of zslope) for some transitions. * Major changes on internal character definition macros, parser and output routine. * Fixed problems with expanding code content in user input. * The exttiming macro now uses a iming macro internally. * The iming macro is now only defined inside tikzpictures. This includes tikztimingtable. * Added TikZ style timing/draw grid for grids behind iming macros. * Replaced macros exttimingbefore, exttimingafter and exttiminggrid with TikZ settings 'timing/before text', 'timing/after text' and 'timing/draw grid'. * Added separators 'timing/outer sep' around exttiming. * Graphical improvements for 'double line' characters like 'D', 'U' and 'E'. The whole character including both edges is drawn in a single process. * Character width can now be scaled using wscale. * Character width can now be calculated by placing code inside '$ $'. * Fixed issue with horlines macro. * The 'tikztimingtable' environment and associated macros got enhanced: + The content is no longer read as macro argument and can now include paragraphs. + Multiple extracode sections can be now included between rows, not only a single section at the very end. + A 'extracode' environment has been added. Both macro and environment have now an optional argument for TikZ settings. + Added ableheader macro to label both columns. The ablerules macro got adjusted to detect the header line and draw also a middle line. + Added {background} environment to draw things in the background. + Fixed broken optional argument of ablegrid. + Added macro marknodes and associated debug/nodes style to mark in-line nodes for debug purposes/orientation during the diagram creation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tikz-timing (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: xwatermark
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

This update 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: xwatermark Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Puts user-defined text and graphic watermarks on select document pages. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Some package options are now disabled just before egin{document} to avoid being set by users within the document body, since resetting some options within the document body can give wrong outcome. Attempting to (re) set those options will flag errors. 2. The configuration file for the user guide and example files is now included in the bundle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xwatermark . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xwatermark (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: pst-thick
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

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: pst-thick Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-thick Summary description: drawing very thick lines ansd curves License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-thick is a PSTricks related package, which supports drawing of very thick lines and curves with a special filling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-thick . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-thick (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-apa
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

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: biblatex-apa Version number: 0.6 Author's name: Philip Kime Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa/ Summary description: Biblatex style for APA (American Psychological Association) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.6 (bugfix release) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: pst-mirror
by CTAN Announcements 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

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: pst-mirror Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-mirror Summary description: 3D objects on a spherical mirror License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new package pst-mirror can show three dimensional objects like lines, polygons, cubes, dies, circles, pyramides, cylinders and spheres, ... on a spherical mirror. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-mirror . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-mirror (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: pst-am
by CTAN Announcements 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-am Version number: 1.01 Author's name: Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-am Summary description: Modulation and demodulation of signals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new package pst-am allows the modulation and demodulation of radio waves. The output can be drawn in the same ways as an oscilloscope will shown such curves. For more information read the documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-am . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-am (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-label
by CTAN Announcements 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

This package 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: tex-label Version number: 0.1.1 Author's name: Balagopal Komarath Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Label parts of your Latex document. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package can be used to label pages of a document just like labelling e-mail to classify them. This is useful when you are preparing notes and you want to sort through pages quickly looking for keywords. Currently, the labels are displayed at the bottom-right corner of pages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tex-label . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tex-label (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: ccicons
by CTAN Announcements 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

This should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ccicons Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Michael Ummels Location on CTAN: /fonts/ccicons Summary description: LaTeX support for Creative Commons icons License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package offers authors who want to publish their documents under a Creative Commons license an easy way to include the relevant icons in their documents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ccicons . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ccicons (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: dashundergaps
by CTAN Announcements 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

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: dashundergaps Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Merciadri Luca Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dashundergaps Summary description: Underline with dotted or dashed lines License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a minor update. Thanks to Donald Arseneau for his info on ulem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dashundergaps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dashundergaps (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: minutes
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

This should be at 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: minutes Version number: 1.8d Author's name: Knut Lickert Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/minutes Summary description: Package for writing (collection of) minutes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.8d: *Add Polish texts *Correction French texts *Correction in example file Protokol.tex (after error message in d.c.t.t.) *Extend samples with attachments with label. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minutes . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/minutes (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: flashmovie
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: flashmovie Version number: 0.0 Author's name: Timo Hartmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/flashmovie Summary description: This package allows direct embedding of flash movies into PDF files. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows direct embedding of flash movies into PDF files. It is designed for use with pdflatex. Basically it uses the fact that the Adobe Reader 9 contains an embedded Adobe Flash player which can be invoked with the rich media annotation feature which is described in Adobe Supplement to the ISO 32000 BaseVersion: 1.7 ExtensionLevel: 3. advantages: - You can directly embed videos into the pdf (external window is optimal and not necessary). - You can play back videos without worrying about platform dependencies. disadvantages: - You can only play back embedded videos with Adobe Reader 9 and upwards.\n---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: CTAN has a new package: jablantine
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

I apologize; the prior announcement had a typo. Thank you for the correction. The correct name is jablantile. The corrected announcement is below. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: jablantile Version number: 3dec09 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /fonts/jablantile Summary description: Metafont tiles a la Slavik Jablan, from Don Knuth License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a small Metafont font created by Don Knuth to implement the modular tiles described by Slavik Jablan. See the dearjablan.tex file for a description from DEK, and jablantile.mf for the sources. jablantile.pdf is the formatted version of dearjablan.tex. Karl Berry (merely the uploader on behalf of DEK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/jablantile . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/jablantile (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: jablantine
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

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: jablantine Version number: 3dec09 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /fonts/jablantile Summary description: Metafont tiles a la Slavik Jablan, from Don Knuth License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a small Metafont font created by Don Knuth to implement the modular tiles described by Slavik Jablan. See the dearjablan.tex file for a description from DEK, and jablantile.mf for the sources. jablantile.pdf is the formatted version of dearjablan.tex. Karl Berry (merely the uploader on behalf of DEK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/jablantile . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/jablantine (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 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

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: 4.11 Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine V. 4.11 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Corrects a long-standing bug that when the main file uses bibtex, and uses include for subdocuments, changes in bibliography citations did not always trigger a rerun of bibtex. 2. Fixed a problem that latexmk did not detect changed aux files etc on a small document when the run of (pdf)latex was within the 1-second granularity of filetimes. 3. Improved start-up times on some large documents by avoiding unnecessary recalculations of md5 checksums. 4. Deals better with eps-to-pdf conversions reported by epstopdf package. 5. Minor fixes and improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: pnas2009
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 Russell Standish submitted the new pnas2009.bst to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc/pnas2009.bst License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to PNAS bibliograohy style to include journal article title, as per new requirements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc/pnas2009.bst . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pnas2009 (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: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the softmaker-freefont package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/ 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: Congress (regular + bold + italic), Delano-Caps, Flagstaff, Henderson, Iceberg (regular + bold), Old Blackletter, Stone Handwriting License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves) New in v1.6: - added support for the blackletter font Old Blackletter (This font offers additional ligatures for ch, ck, ft, tz!) Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (December 2009) 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: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

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: luaotfload Version number: 1.06 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix: last update broke compatibility with LuaTeX version 0.40.6. This version is compatible with version 0.40 and more recent versions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload (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 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

This package should be at your local mirror in a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tablor Version number: 4.06-c 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New tablor.cfg which allows to set giac's epsilon (1e-100 by default) and fix a minor bug. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: pstdoc
by CTAN Announcements 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

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: pstdoc Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Michael Sharpe Location on CTAN: /info/pstdoc/ Summary description: pstricks help system License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version adds an updated pstricks help database plus a web interface to that database. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/pstdoc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pstdoc (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: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the pdfcomment package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment Summary description: A user-friendly interface to PDF annotations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For a long time pdflatex has offered the command pdfannot for inserting arbitrary PDF annotations. However, the command is presented in a form where additional knowledge of the definition of the PDF format is indispensable. This package is an answer to the – occasional – questions in newsgroups, about how one could use the comment function of Adobe Reader. At least for the writer of LaTeX code, the package offers a convenient and user-friendly means of using pdfannot to provide comments in PDF files. Since version v1.1, pdfcomment.sty also supports: LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf, LaTeX -> dvipdfmx and XeLaTeX. Unfortunately, support of PDF annotations by PDF viewers is sparse to nonexistent. The reference viewer for the development of this package is Adobe Reader. License: LPPL Changes in v1.5b: - new option deadline -> new list styles with deadline feature request by: Michael Niedermair ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdfcomment (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: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 29 Nov '09

29 Nov '09

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: autolatex Version number: 8.0 Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: / Summary description: GXL support for AutoLaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AutoLaTeX 8.0 is able to automatically convert GXL files (Graph eXtended Language) into PDF or PNG pictures. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: inconsolata
by CTAN Announcements 29 Nov '09

29 Nov '09

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: inconsolata Version number: 2009/11/28 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /fonts/inconsolata Summary description: Fix spacing font dimensions. License type: ofl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update of the Inconsolata monospaced support corrects the spacing-related fontdimen values so that there is no stretch and shrink, and end-of-sentence extraspace is equal to the word space. (Same as in cmtt.) Thanks to Enrico Gregorio and Eddie Kohler. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/inconsolata . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/inconsolata (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: luainputenc
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

and again, the daemon says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: luainputenc > Author's name: Elie Roux > Author's email: elie.roux(a)telecom-bretagne.eu > Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc/ > Summary description: Replacing inputenc for use in LuaTeX. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > fixing a bug with endlinechar introduced with recent versions of LuaTeX. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for this also; 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/luainputenc.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc/ the web catalogue entry will change minutely, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

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: 0.15 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version adds support for the amsthm package, and fixes a subtle bug that could occasionally cause page numbers to be reset. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: xetex.def 0.94
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xetex.def 0.94 > Author's name: Karl Berry > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xetex-def > Summary description: merge big-point and eps changes > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This xetex.def 0.94 combines the two different 0.93 releases: > big-point incompatibility (from Ross Moore) and EPS support from > dvipdfmx.def (from Jonathan Kew). It does not include any additional > changes. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/xetex.def 0.94.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xetex-def as always, the catalogue will change, in a small way, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: mfpic
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Daniel Luecking submitted an update to the mfpic package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/mfpic/ Summary description: A package for creating pictures in TeX with the aid of MetaPost or Metafont. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mfpic version 1.03. Bugs fixed since 1.00: -- Polar vector fields extending past picture boundaries. -- Problem with handling of verbatimtex. -- Color handling broken for MetaPost version < 0.900 -- Flawed detection of amstex format. -- Corrupted PDF files in documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/mfpic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mfpic (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: CircuiTikZ
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Massimo Redaelli submitted an update to the circuitikz package. The package provides a set of macros for naturally typesetting electrical and (somewhat less naturally, perhaps) electronic networks. It is designed as a tool that is easy to use, with a lean syntax, native to LaTeX, and directly supporting PDF output format. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/circuitikz/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Quite an update. Many bugs fixed, but probably just as many new ones introduced: feedback welcome! * Version 0.2.3 - fixed compatibility problem with label option from tikz - Fixed resizing problem for shape ground - Variable capacitor - polarized capacitor - ConTeXt support (read the manual!) - nfet, nigfete, nigfetd, pfet, pigfete, pigfetd (contribution of Clemens Helfmeier and Theodor Borsche) - njfet, pjfet (contribution of Danilo Piazzalunga) - pigbt, nigbt - *backward incompatibility* potentiometer is now the standard resistor-with-arrow-in-the-middle; the old potentiometer is now known as variable resistor (or vR), similarly to variable inductor and variable capacitor - triac, thyristor, memristor - new property name for bipoles - fixed voltage problem for batteries in american voltage mode - european logic gates - *backward incompatibility* new american standard inductor. Old american inductor now called cute inductor - *backward incompatibility* transformer now linked with the chosen type of inductor, and version with core, too. Similarly for variable inductor - *backward incompatibility* styles for selecting shape variants now end are in the plural to avoid conflict with paths - new placing option for some tripoles (mostly transistors) - mirror path style ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/circuitikz/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/circuitikz (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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Re: cam.ctan.org upload: xpackages
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20091125-085946/ > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpackages > Author's name: LaTeX 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The xpackages bundle: high-level LaTeX3 concepts > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The xpackages are experimental, high-level parts of LaTeX3. They > are designed to provide a link between the programming system > (expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different > area, for example creating document commands (xparse), > producing flexible formatting functions (template), etc. > > At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{xparse} > usepackage{xtemplate} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package > available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which > the xpackages are built. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1750) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release adds the new package xtemplate to the release. > xtemplate is a complete re-working of the template code, to > improce the interface and internals. Crucially, templates are > nmow much better self-documenting: a designer should be able > to read a template to see the nature of the keys it defines. > The team have also constucted a number of automated tests for > the xtemplate code, so that problems will show up before > breaking the released version. > > The current template package is slowly being retired from use > in the other xpackages (currently SVN only). New packages > should use the xtemplate approach only: at a suitable stage in > the future, template will be removed from the xpackages. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Looking forward > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > There are some outstanding questions about the xtemplate code, > which have been discussed on the LaTeX-L list. These will be > addressed, although it may take some time as the answers depend > on testing xtemplate in the real world. > > The team is currently examining the galley2 and xfmgalley > modules, and expect that the next xpackage to be revised to a > usable position will be a galley system built on these existing > packages. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Ctan mailing list > Ctan(a)dante.de > https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan

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CTAN update: PerlTeX
by CTAN Announcements 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

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: PerlTeX Version number: 2.0 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex/ Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. Version 2.0 (not a major release, just the version after 1.9) of PerlTeX fixes two bugs. First, user code can now safely change the current directory. Second, multi-paragraph error output is now reported correctly. Thanks to Przemyslaw Wesolek for providing a bug report and minimal example that triggered both bugs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/perltex (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: polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 François Charette submitted an update to the polyglossia package. The package provides a complete Babel replacement for users of XeLaTeX. The initial version includes support for 54 different language Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/ Summary description: Modern multilingual typesetting with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix for version 1.1.0 Only the language modules for french, breton, turkish and sanskrit are affected. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=polyglossia (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: sparklines
by CTAN Announcements 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 Andreas Löffler submitted an update to the sparklines package. Sparklines are intense, simple, wordlike graphics (so named by Edward Tufte). Location on CTAN: /graphics/sparklines License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- removed errors from previous version added color support for drawing sparklines ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/sparklines . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=sparklines (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: datetime
by CTAN Announcements 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

back on the 17th, the daemon piped up and wittered about an upload... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: datetime > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datetime > Summary description: Change format of oday with commands for displaying the time > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2.56: > * Added formattime. (Specific times can now be displayed in > the same format as currenttime) > * Added new date format yyyymmdd > * Added new time format hhmmss > * Added new package option iso > * datetime package options now override babel's date format > * Moved definition of ewdateformat and ewtimeformat before > configuration file is loaded. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- and that same day i installed the new version, but was not able to update the catalogue repository (mechanism failure at the server). so i forgot to send this mail ... even when the catalogue repository was mended. so, 4 days late ... thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datetime.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datetime needless to say, the catalogue entry has now done all the changing it's going to do, from this update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

just as massenet prepares werther to kill himself (on the radio), up pops the daemon and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX Team > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX > programmers with special syntax conventions, completely > separating it from document level syntax. Hence, the commands > provided are not intended for use at the document level nor for > use in describing design layouts in document class files. > > This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel > and other advanced extensions are built. Special care has been > taken so that they can be used within a LaTeX2e context as > regular packages. > > The TeX and eTeX primitives are all given a new name according > to these conventions. However, in the main direct use of the > primitives is not required or encouraged: the expl3 modules > define an independent low-level LaTeX3 programming language. > > At present, the expl3 modules are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{expl3} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1733) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Since SVN 1550, internal changes have been made to switch from > cs_new:Nn to cs_new:npn (and of forth) for performance > reasons. Some numerical code has switched from using num to > int storage. > > The messaging system (l3msg) now allows messages to use up to > four arguments. At the same time, the recovery code concept > has been removed from l3msg, which now focusses purely on > messages. These changes may therefore require changes to other code. > Kernel messages are now divided up into groups, so that they can > be named more freely. More details of these changes are included > in l3obsolete.txt > > In the l3keys module, there have been some improvements to > choices. An error is now issued if .generate_choices:n is given > before .choice_code:n has defined the necessary code. The value > l_keys_choice_int is now indexed from 0, rather than from 1, > so that it is more easily used with if_case:w and so on. > > New functions chk_if_free_cs:c and seq_if_in:NV(TF) have > been added. The exp_args:x function has been removed from the > core of expl3, as it is only of significant benefit when using > LuaTeX. > > Documentation has been improved at various places. Some changes > have been made the font loading system, so that the use of > lmodern is documented, and details of using l3doc.cfg to change the > behaviour are provided. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/expl3 the catalogue entry will change overnight (though the difference will hardly be noticeable). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, submitted an update to the polyglossia package. Summary description: Modern multilingual typesetting with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a rather substantial bugfix release. See the accompanying README file for details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=polyglossia (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: memoir
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

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: v1.61803398c Author's name: Lars Madsen (memoir maintainer) Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Recent bug fixes for memoir License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >From the README: -- fixed typo that broke flushbottom. Please note that this fix WILL change existing documents, potentially changing page breaks. -- fixed a problem that might cause the addition of trimmarks to shift the output box a bit downward. Thanks to Heiko Oberdiek for the analysis and fix -- fixed a typo in an example in the manual -- changed markml, markmr, marktm and markbm to place markers for the middle parts of the text. Earlier they did nothing and had to be defined by the user. Now the user can simply define them to do nothing if needed. -- added visual example to the manual showing the four trim mark types -- changed the madsen chapter style such that it now have a better unnumbered look ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: datatool
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

just as i was relaxing before a strenuous afternoon's sleep, the daemon popped up its head and cried: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: datatool > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datatool > Summary description: Tools to load and manipulate data > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.03: > * Added facility to clear or delete a database. > > * Fixed bug in DTLsavedb that prints duplicate information to file. > > * DTLreplaceentryforrow expands the replacement value > > * DTLappendtorow expands the new value > > * DTLnewdbentry : user can choose between expanding or not > expanding value before adding to database. > > * Renamed dtl@columnindex to dtlcolumnindex so that it can be > used in the document. > > * Spaces may now occur after commas (but not before) in the > assignment part of DTLforeach > > * Fixed missing backslashes in example in manual (pounds->pounds) > > * Fixed type in datapie documentation: non-colour option is > gray not monochrome. > > * Added package person.sty thanks for that; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue entry (noting the new package). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datatool.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datatool as always, the catalogue entry will change overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace > the files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot > of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a... > > This update has new macro psGetDistance and some more > internal changes. For examples see documentation > > pstricks-add.tex ----------- > v 3.36 2009-11-14 - fix bug with missing defpst@par in objects > - add pstGetDistance > pst-fp.tex ----------- > v 0.03 2009-11-14 add pstFPmul Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pstricks-add.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: prerex
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

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: prerex Version number: 5.4 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics/prerex Summary description: Macros for prerequisite charts, with associated editor and viewer applications. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The prerex package now includes source code for a previewer application, a lightweight Qt-4 and poppler-based prerex-enabled PDF viewer. Patching kdegraphics and re-building kpdf/okular is no longer necessary. Minor bug fixes and code cleanup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/prerex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/prerex (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-knot
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

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: pst-knot Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-knot Summary description: A PSTricks for drawing knots License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-knot is a PSTricks package for drawing knots. This new version has a better color handling to support xcolor and a new macro pxBorromean for drawinf the borromean rings. For more information see the documentation of the package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-knot . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-knot (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: dashundergaps
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

This should appear 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: dashundergaps Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Merciadri Luca Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib Summary description: Aims at helping the LaTeX user at underlining a given set of words License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Briefly, this package aims at helping the LaTeX user at underlining a given set of words by either a line (using underline{text}), dots (using dotuline{text}) or even a dashed line (using dashuline{text}). Various options were implemented for this. This can be used in conjunction with the phantomtext option, which allows the user to write a text with gaps, e.g. for a completion by students. These gaps can be completed with the real input using the teachernotes option. Please note that this is a really basic package. For more info on it, please look at the manual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dashundergaps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dashundergaps (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: ijmart
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

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: ijmart Version number: 1.4 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ijmart Summary description: LaTeX Class for The Israel Journal of Mathematics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.4: Fixed the bug inherited from amsart: now appendices do not cause large indentations in table of content ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ijmart . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ijmart (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: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm Summary description: dvisvgm 0.8.7 has been released License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The latest version 0.8.7 is a maintenance release that fixes a couple of bugs and improves the collaboration with Asymptote. 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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