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CTAN update: fixme
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '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: FiXme Version number: 4.1 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: A collaborative annotation tool for LaTeX documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FiXme v4.1 is out. What's new: ** 8 new PDF-specific annotation layouts. ** New annotation layout: marginnote ** Better mechanism for handling layout mutual exclusion. ** Fix bug in inner layout processing. FiXme is a collaborative annotation tool for LaTeX documents. Annotating a document refers here to inserting meta-notes, that is, notes that do not belong to the document itself, but rather to its development or reviewing process. Such notes may involve things of different importance levels, ranging from simple fix the spelling flags to critical this paragraph is a lie mentions. Annotations like this should be visible during the development or reviewing phase, but should normally disapear in the final version of the document. FiXme is designed to ease and automate the process of managing collaborative annotations, by offering a set of predefined note levels and layouts, the possibility to register multiple note authors, to reference annotations by listing and indexing etc. FiXme is extensible, giving you the possibility to create new layouts or even complete themes, and also comes with support for AUC-TeX. FiXme homepage: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#fixme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fixme . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fixme (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: mathspec
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '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: mathspec Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Andrew Gilbert Moschou Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/mathspec Summary description: Font selection for mathematics with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The mathspec package provides an interface to select ordinary text fonts for typesetting mathematics with XeLaTeX. The package is developmental and later versions might to be incompatible with this version. This version is incompatible with earlier versions. The package requires at least version 0.9995 of XeTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/mathspec . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mathspec (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: rangen
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '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: rangen Version number: 1.3e Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rangen Summary description: The rangen package is a package that generates random integers, rational numbers, and decimal number. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The rangen package is a package that generates random integers, rational numbers, and decimal number. Actually, the package uses the lcg package (by Erich Janka) to generate random integers, while rangen builds rational numbers and decimal numbers from the generated integers. My purpose in writing this package was to be able to create random questions for the quizzes of exerquiz (part of AeB). Indeed, that is what you can do with this package: Write a quiz question based on a template (for example, differentiate $a x^{ }$ , where a and are RVs (random variables) generated with rangen), determine if the user input is correct, and display the correct answer to the question. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rangen . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/rangen (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: epstopdf
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

This update 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: epstopdf Version number: 2.11 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /support/epstopdf Summary description: improved binary file and (atend) handling; new maintainer License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- epstopdf 2.11 improves handling of binary files, the various line-ending conventions, and (atend) BoundingBoxes, as well as error checking and a plethora of minor changes. epstopdf now has a web page at http://tug.org/epstopdf with its basic coordinates. Finally, Gerben Wierda has passed maintainership of epstopdf to me. Thanks to Gerben, Sebastian, and all the many contributors to this script over these many years. For this release, I especially thank Martin von Gagern, who made most of the substantive improvements. Happy converting, Karl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/epstopdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/epstopdf (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: eqexam
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

This package should by now be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: eqexam Version number: v1.9a Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/eqexam Summary description: A stand alone exam package, yet tightly integrated with AeB when certain PDF options are taken. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eqExam is a LaTeX package for writing exams, tests, quizzes, homework assignments, etc. It is a stand alone package, yet is tightly integrated with the AcroTeX eDucation Bundle (AeB). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eqexam . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/eqexam (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: ctantools
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '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: ctan.tools Version number: 1.5.2 Author's name: Anh K. Huynh Location on CTAN: /support/ Summary description: A jiffy to search CTAN file list License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * smaller cache file * fix minor problems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/ctantools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctantools (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 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

This update 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: 4.05-b 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Some changes in files names for compatibility with the new MetaPOST version. Change in giac/xcas code to adapt with very unusual configuration files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: dox
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This should reach 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: DoX Version number: 2.1 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Extensions to the doc package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What's new in version 2.1: ** New lisp functions doxitem[s] to register new documentation environments with AUC-TeX. What's DoX: The doc package provides LaTeX developers with means to describe the usage and the definition of new commands and environments. However, there is no simple way to extend this functionality to other items (options or counters for instance). DoX is designed to circumvent this limitation, and provides some improvements over the existing functionality as well. DoX homepage: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#dox ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dox . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dox (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: chklref
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This package should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chklref Version number: 2.4 Author's name: Jérôme Lelong Location on CTAN: /support/chklref Summary description: check for useless labels in LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- It is quite common that after modifying a tex file, many unused labels remain in it. The purpose of chklref is to automatically find these useless labels. It also looks for non starred mathematical environments with no labels and advises to use a starred version instead. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/chklref . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chklref (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This update 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: Asymptote Version number: 1.87 Author's name: John Bowman Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Support for SVG output was added (requires dvisvgm-0.8.4). Billboard labels were implemented for the OpenGL renderer. OpenGL animations were improved: reverse and step menu items were added, along with a framerate setting. An addStereoViews function and example stereoscopic.asy were added. The addViews function was generalized to handle any layout; the default layout was changed from ThreeViewsFR to SixViewsUS. PRC node names are now implemented for curves, surface, labels, and dots. OmitTick was generalized to omit both major and minor ticks. A graphicx.tex workaround was implemented to parse paths properly. A viewportsize bug was fixed. A memory deallocation bug was fixed. The ENDIAN test was fixed. The ucyclic and vcyclic parameters are no longer set for conditional surfaces. The erase() function clears the PostScript canvas again. A projection() function that returns the interactive camera parameters was implemented. A hyperrefOptions setting was implemented. The tutorial was improved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: widetable
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: widetable Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Claudio Beccari Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/widetable/ Summary description: A new environment for typesetting specified width tables License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This small package defines a new environment that, unlike tabularX, typesets a table of specified width by working on the inter column glue; the tabular cells will all be stretched (or shrinked) according to the need. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/widetable/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/widetable (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: bclogo
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

This update should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bclogo Version number: 2.24 Author's name: Chupin Maxime Location on CTAN: / graphics/ bclogo Summary description: This package facilitates the creation of colorful boxes with a title and logo. It relies mainly on PSTricks and/or Tikz. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- new logos, new features (line width, setting margins, line color ...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/bclogo . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bclogo (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 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: notes2bib > Author's name: Joseph Wright > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The notes2bib package defines a new type of note, bibnote, > which will always be added to the bibliography. The package > allows footnotes and endnotes to be moved into the bibliography > in the same way. The package can be used with natbib and > biblatex as well as plain LaTeX citations. Both sorted and > unsorted bibliography styles are supported. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2 is a complete re-working of notes2bib using LaTeX3 > (expl3) syntax internally. The basic functions of the package > are unchanged, but package options and function names have > been revised to improve the interface. > > To use notes2bib, you will need current versions of the > expl3 and xpackages bundles, both of which are available on > CTAN. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/notes2bib.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib the catalogue entry will change (more than usual) overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: pst-abspos
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '09

27 Sep '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-abspos.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put > all files into the _new_ directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-abs/ > > pst-abspos (v 0.20) is a PSTricks related package and provides a > macro pstPutAbs(x,y) to put any object on absolute or relative > coordinates of a page. thanks for that; i've installed the package and made an entry in the catalogue repository, describing it. users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-abspos.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-abspos/ The catalogue entry will only appear overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: mattens
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '09

27 Sep '09

This update 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: mattens Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mattens Summary description: Matrices/tensor/vector typesetting. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The mattens package contains the definitions to typeset matrices, vectors and tensors as used in the engineering community for the representation of common vectors and tensors such as forces, velocities, moments of inertia, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mattens . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mattens (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: cachepic
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This package should be at your local mirror in a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cachepic Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Tomasz M. Trzeciak Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cachepic Summary description: A tool for conversion of document fragments into graphics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The purpose of cachepic package is to simplify and automate conversion of document fragments into external EPS or PDF file(s). The package consists of two parts: the LaTeX2e style implementing the document level interface and a command line tool (written in Lua) for generation of external graphics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cachepic . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cachepic (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: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cleveref Version number: 0.14.2 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version significantly overhauls the new capitalise option (or capitalize, for friends across the pond), used to capitalise all cross-reference names. It also fixes some cross-reference sorting bugs, and a bug in the poorman option. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: luamplib
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '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: luamplib Version number: 1.01 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luamplib Summary description: Using LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new LuaTeXtra. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luamplib (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: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This update 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: luaotfload Version number: 1.04 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new LuaTeXtra, fixing bugs when mixing .vf and .ovf files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: luainputenc
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This 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: luainputenc Version number: 0.94 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc Summary description: inputenc package for LuaTeX License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new LuaTeXtra, adapting for the new callback process_output_buffer of LuaTeX 0.43. With a recent LuaTeX, luainputenc has the same behaviour with LuaTeX as inputenc has with pdfTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luainputenc (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: luatextra
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

This update will 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: luatextra Version number: 0.94 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/ Summary description: extra functions for LuaTeX License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptation for the new TeXLive 2009 LuaTeX formats, prefixing all with luatex instead of lua (to be consistent with the new formats), but keeping backward compatibility, adapting for the new callback process_output_buffer of LuaTeX 0.43. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luatextra (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: mailmerge
by CTAN Announcements 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

This package will be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mailmerge Version number: 1 Author's name: Miguel V. S. Frasson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib Summary description: repeat amount of text merging fields License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX package mailmerge provides an interface to produce text from a template where fields are replaced by actual data, like in a database. It is useful to produce several letters from a template, certificates or other such documents. It allows to access the entry number, number of entries and so on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mailmerge . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mailmerge (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: texdiff
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

This will reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: texdiff Version number: 0.4 Author's name: Cengiz Gunay Location on CTAN: /support/texdiff Summary description: Compares two (La)TeX documents to create a merged version showing changes, similar to that of 'Change Tracking' in some word processors. License type: artistic Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The first two files are compared and a new TeX file is output. When the output file is processed with (La)TeX it marks new changes with blue and old text with red with a strike-through line. Furthermore, passages with changes are marked at the margin with grey bars by the LaTeX changebar package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/texdiff . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/texdiff (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: bracketkey
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

This package will be at your local mirror in a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bracketkey Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Christoph Heibl Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: A LaTeX class for producing bracketed identication keys License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The use of bracketkey is explained below. See also the example in Malva.tex for how to use bracketkey. 1. Use egin{key}{<text>} and end{key} to define the bracketkey environment. 2. The second argument of egin key can be used to pass an abbreveated (genus) name to the 'name' command. 3. The two alternatives of each couplet are defined by: leadONE{<backref>}{<text>} and leadTWO{<text>}. <backref> is an INT which refers to the previous couplet number, in case that the current and the previouos couplet numbers are not consecutive. 4. Each 'lead' command is followed by a 'name' command: ame{<text>}{<text|INT>}{<text>} <text> in the first argument is set in boldface. It can be used for taxon ranks which do not require italized writing. <text> in the second argument is set in italics. It typically takes names of genus rank and below. Alternatively, <INT> refers to the next couplet. <text> in the third argument is set as is. It can be used to provide authority names. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bracketkey . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bracketkey (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: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

quoth the upload daemon (to a background of tex live rumblings and start-of-academic-year rushes): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Author's email: N.Talbot(a)uea.ac.uk > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries > Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.03: > > * Added check to see if glossarymark has been defined > > * makeglossaries - failed file test messages printed to > stdout instead of stderr (so that it doesn't interrupt > latexmk). > > * Fixed bug when used with tabularx. > > * Added package option hyperfirst (boolean option to suppress > hyperlink on first use). > > * Added pod to makeglossaries. 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/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries of course, the catalogue entry will change (in a small way) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: BaKoMa TeX 9.0 - Auto Download, Auto Update, Package Manager.
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Basil K. Malyshev submitted version 9.01 of the bakoma package. > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 9.0 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 9.0 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Classical IDE. > They are high compatible, so that you can choose what to use > depend on kind of a document or stage of work under a document. > > About BaKoMa TeX Word. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > > The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts: > > 1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor. > It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed. > It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer. > 2) It is True LaTeX Editor. > It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure. > It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and > consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related > with import graphics, font support, and document export. > > It supports processors: > (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX. > Other processors such as Omega may be added in future. > > It imports: > EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, > MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY. > It supports fonts: > OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM), > PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF. > It exports: > DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT). > > It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS > compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as: > PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, > PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface > (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.) > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables. > > TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. > TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. > It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up > in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation. > In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents. > So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use > powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work. > > Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as > good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers. > > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html> > > Some screenshots are available at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/screenshots.php> > > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 9.0 are: > > * General Update of LaTeX packages. > * Automatical Download packages/fonts required by processed documents. > * Automatical Update > * Package Manager > * Search TeX commands and LaTeX environments in entire document > collection and automatical download openning document via network. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > <http://www.bakoma-tex.com/menu/changes.php> or > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes9.html> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update dante.ctan.org upload: etextools
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Florent Chervet submitted version 3.0 of the etextools package. The package offers four categories of macros: - the expandnext macro and other expansion control macros; - the FE@testopt and FE@ifstar macros for fully expandable (FE) (starred-)macros with option; - fully expandable command list parsers: csvloop, listloop and a general constructor; - three macros lacking from the etoolbox package: listdel, listgdel and listxdel. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: a lot of purely expandable tools for e-TeX -LaTeX Users and package Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Great update with many features added... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=etextools (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: csquotes 4.4c
by CTAN Announcements 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> wrote: > I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. There's > also a csquotes.tds.zip file. Please delete the old files, install the > new ones, and announce the upload. thanks for the upload; i've installed it, and updated the catalogue repository. > ABOUT > > The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and > display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging > from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of > formal quotations. > > CHANGES > > * Fixed incompatibility with 'inputenx' package Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/csquotes.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

my daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX project > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [trimmed, with the submitter's agreement: we had most of this a week > ago today.] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > [...] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1550) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The previous snapshot (SVN 1543) was missing an index in > source3.pdf: this is corrected here. There is also a bug fix > for peek_charcode:N(TF). thanks for the upload; i've installed the update and made the usual change to 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 usual, there will be minuscule change in the web catalogue entry, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 Josef Kleber submited 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 v1.4c: - revision of documentation added abbreviations for standard 14 fonts clarification of font embedding in PDF free text annotations - minor bug fix ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: fixme
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '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: FiXme Version number: 4.0 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: A collaborative annotation tool for LaTeX documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce FiXme version 4.0 #### WARNING: this is a major release containing many new features and heavy #### internals refactoring. FiXme 4.0 comes with unprecedented flexibiity, #### unrivalled extensibility and unchallenged backward-INcompatibility. What's new in version 4.0 ========================= * Support for collaborative annotations suggested by Michael Kubovy ** Support for targeted notes and environments (highlighting a portion of text), suggested by Mark Edgington. ** Support for floating notes (not specific to any portion of text), suggested by Rasmus Villemoes. ** Support for alternate layout autoswitch in TeX's inner mode suggested by Will Robertson. ** Support for automatic language tracking in multilingual documents ** Support for themes ** Extended support for user-provided layouts ** Support for key=value argument syntax in the whole user interface ** New command fxsetup ** Homogenize log and console messages ** Heavy internals refactoring Description =========== FiXme is a collaborative annotation tool for LaTeX documents. Annotating a document refers here to inserting meta-notes, that is, notes that do not belong to the document itself, but rather to its development or reviewing process. Such notes may involve things of different importance levels, ranging from simple fix the spelling flags to critical this paragraph is a lie mentions. Annotations like this should be visible during the development or reviewing phase, but should normally disapear in the final version of the document. FiXme is designed to ease and automate the process of managing collaborative annotations, by offering a set of predefined note levels and layouts, the possibility to register multiple note authors, to reference annotations by listing and indexing etc. FiXme is extensible, giving you the possibility to create new layouts or even complete themes, and also comes with support for AUC-TeX. FiXme homepage: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#fixme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fixme . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fixme (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: memoir
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The memoir class Version number: v1.61803398b Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: bugfix for the memoir class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release fixes a typo that broke hanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: dox
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

This update should withiin a day be at your loca mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: DoX Version number: 2.0 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: Extensions to the doc package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is DoX version 2.0 -- Extensions to the doc package What's new in version 2.0: ================ ** Optional argument to doxitem idxtype option to change the item's index type ** Optional argument to Describe<Item> and the <Item> environment noprint option to avoid marginal printing noindex option to avoid item indexing ** Extend DescribeMacro, DescribeEnv and their corresponding environments with the same features Description: ======= The doc package provides LaTeX developers with means to describe the usage and the definition of new commands and environments. However, there is no simple way to extend this functionality to other items (options or counters for instance). DoX is designed to circumvent this limitation, and provides some improvements over the existing functionality as well. DoX homepage: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#dox ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dox . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dox (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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Re: CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

the daemon just groans...: > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.3a: > - Fix for typo when changing packaging > - Corrected si-DE fix tophrase > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/siunitx the web catalogue entry will change ever so slightly, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

he'd been settling down for a good night's rest, but the daemon stumbles out into the light and says: ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.3: > - Better handling of micro symbol > - Bug fix for spacing in textmode with multi-part numbers > - Easier packaging [(pdf)latex will extract and typeset package in one go] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 a bit, overnight, as is usual. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.8i
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the Dante > node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. > > Thank you very much. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file RELEASE for release notes. > > CHANGES > > This is a bug fix release. thanks for the upload; i've installed it and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: drv
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

This package should reach 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: drv.mp Version number: 0.93 Author's name: Laurent Méhats Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/drv Summary description: derivation trees with MetaPost License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- drv.mp is a set of MetaPost macros for typesetting derivation trees (such as used in sequent calculus, type inference, programming language semantics...) NO MetaPost knowledge is needed to use these macros. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: PerlTeX
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: PerlTeX Version number: 1.9 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. PerlTeX has been made more robust in version 1.9. Specifically, perltex.pl no longer inserts a spurious end-of-line character on a short pipe read and no longer hangs if latex exits at the exact moment that perltex.pl tries to contact it. Thanks to Chromatic Dragon for reporting these bugs and testing the fixes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: biblatex-apa
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: biblatex-apa Version number: 0.5 Author's name: Philip Kime Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa Summary description: biblatex APA style License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to the biblatex APA style. Some bugfixes plus new localisation support. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblate… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-apa (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html

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CTAN update: zhmetrics
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '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: Chinese Font Metrics Version number: r198 Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /fonts/metrics Summary description: tfm files, map files, fd files needed to embed Chinese TTF fonts into PDF License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX fd support. and we also fix several bugs in zhwinfonts.tex project hosted on http://code.google.com/p/ctex-kit/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/metrics/zhmetrics . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/zhmetrics (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

This update should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: autolatex Version number: 7.0 Author's name: Stephane Galland Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Add '.dot' to '.pdf' converter License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The version 7.0 of autolatex is now including a image converter from the Graphviz dot format to the PDF or the PNG formats. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: linguex
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: linguex Version number: 3.7b Author's name: Wolfgang Sternefeld Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/linguex Summary description: Fixed a bug License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A bug crept into the last update that would make examples show up with duplicated parentheses. This is now fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linguex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/linguex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: biblatex-chem
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

the daemon creeps out, late at night, and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-chem > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem > Summary description: biblatex styles for chemistry > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v0.8e: > - New pageranges option to allow printing only of first page even if > range is available in database > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed it and updated the catalogue repository (a tiny bit). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-chem.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblat… the catalogue entry will change a little overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: umthesis
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '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: umthesis Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Robert Felty Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Dissertation class file for the University of Michigan License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor updates to the umthesis class file, including * fixed spacing issue * section referencing fixed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/umthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/umthesis (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: trimspaces
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

The update 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: trimspaces Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/trimspaces Summary description: Trimming spaces around text License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New update brings: - An unexpanding variation to more easily define space-stripped macros, - New commands to allow trimming of preceding or trailing spaces only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/trimspaces . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/trimspaces (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: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

the daemon is surely getting tired, after recent excessive exercise, but neverthe less he says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX project > Author's email: joseph.wright(a)morningstar2.co.uk > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: Packages showing a proposed LaTeX3 programming convention > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 1543) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The major change from the last snapshot (SVN 1509) is changes > to l3keys which reflect discussion about both expl3 and wider > LaTeX3 concepts. > > Changes to l3keys: > - Removed .code:Nn, .code:Nx, .function:N, .initial:n, > .initial:V, .set:N properties > - New variable-setting properties .dim_(g)set:N, .int_(g)set:N, > .skip_(g)set:N, .tl_(g)set:N, .tl_(g)set_x:N > - Choice generating system now uses two properties > .choice_code:n and .generate_choices:n > > The team hope that these changes now make l3keys fully usable > across LaTeX3 and other projects. > > The keys_variable_get_scope:N and keys_variable_get_type:N > functions have been moved to prg_, to reflect their generic > nature. > > A few new functions have been added, mainly to support changes > in the xpackages. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. the catalogue update will be left to the overnight run to regenerate. > 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 Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: ctable 1.15
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or right aligned tables and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ctable License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of v1.15 relative to v1.14): - removed whitespace before tables, - corrected marginpars in the documentation --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ctable (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: pdfbook
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '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: pdfbook Version number: 20090916 Author's name: Jaap Eldering Location on CTAN: /support/pdfbook Summary description: Rearrange pages of a PDF file for booklet printing. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update of the pdfbook package fixing a shell quoting issue and adding a Makefile and changelog. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/pdfbook . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pdfbook (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

This update will reach your local mirror by tomorrow. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: autolatex Version number: 6.1 Author's name: Stephane Galland Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Major bug fixes in autolatex 6.1 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In previous version the plot2eps and imggz2eps converters do not detect the source files to convert even if they are existing in the right place. This bug is fixed in the autolatex_find perl script for the first converter, and in the Makefile of the second converter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

they're coming thick and fast ... anyone would think a new tex live was coming up. the daemon wrote: > 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: siunitx - A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.2n: > - degreeCelsius as an alias for celsius, reflecting how the unit is read. 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 be (slightly) updated overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: trimspaces
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

wow! says the daemon, and then: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: trimspaces > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/trimspaces > Summary description: Trim spaces around an argument or macro > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A very short package that allows you to expandably > remove spaces around a token list with rim@spaces > or remove surrounding spaces within a macro definition > with rim@spaces@in. 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/trimspaces.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/trimspaces a manual run of the catalogue update job has arranged that the catalogue entry is actually there, this time! Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: footmisc package
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

i've installed a new version (5.5) of my footmisc package on CTAN. this version corrects a bug reported on comp.text.tex, affecting vertical spacing of footnotes when the hang option was in effect. i've updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/footmisc.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: version.sty
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

Donald Arseneau <asnd(a)triumf.ca> wrote: > I just rewrote version.sty as I see fit and uploaded it > to UK. thanks; i've installed the new version of version (aargh), and updated the catalogue entry. > You guys can decide whether to have the existing versions.sty > or this rewrite to take over the slot for version.sty. i don't make public quality judgements in my ctan work ;-) (i leave that for the faq...) > License: permissive free (very short MIT/X11/BSD style) interpreted (as is standard, now) as other-free. > Here are the (end)notes on the new version. > > % Donald Arseneau produced this version because Stephen Bellantoni had no > % permissions explicitly stated in his version. DA has tried to remain > % compatible but has indulged in upgrades (bloat) which might not be > % proper. > % > % Although the code is entirely rewritten, there are a few principal > % differences with version 2: > % > % Verbatim catcoding of braces (to scan over unbalanced braces) is > % still applied, but is not required to be effective: the end{NAME} > % will be detected whether the catcode changes are effective or not. > % > % Verbatim catcode for & is set to allow skipping rows of a tabular. > % > % Definitions of existing environments are now retained by includeversion, > % unless the existing definition is the one made by excludeversion. > % > % Added optional argument for excludeversion for a textual tag to > % replace the excluded content. users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/version.html or the package itself at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/version.sty the catalogue entry will be slightly changed, in a moment, at some stage overnight Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: mk 2.0
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the mk package. mk is a Ruby script that, in close collaboration with vpp (short for View and Print PostScript/PDF), is helpful in the cyclic process of editing, viewing, and printing a latex document. Essentially, mk uses the make utility for the management of file dependencies, texi2pdf for compilation, vpp for viewing and printing. Location on CTAN: support/latex_maker License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of release 2.0 relative to 1.0: - Perl-script completely rewritten in Ruby - mk has been tested under Linux only --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latex_maker/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mk (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: vpp 2.1
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the vpp package. Vpp displays a PDF document or a PostScript document (after conversion to pdf using gv, xpdf, or acrobat reader in that order of choice), or perhaps another pdf viewer. One can use the viewer to print the document but, alternatively, leave the viewer and use vpp's facilities to print selected pages to a one- or two-sided hardcopy or an A5-booklet. Can also be used to re-arrange pages in a PDF document. Location on CTAN: support/view_print_ps_pdf License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of release 2.1 relative to 2.0: - added option -p specifying the printer name - added option -d telling the printer can print doublesided - better handling of load errors --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/view_print_ps_pdf/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=vpp(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: ctable 1.14
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or right aligned tables and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ctable License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of v1.14 relative to v1.13): - nosuper propagation to later tables prohibited - added option doinside - use of (obsolete) carom.sty for docs discontinued - empty labels not created - newcolumntype warnings removed - caption package not needed anymore --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ctable (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: cam.ctan.org upload: answers
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

the old daemon's beginning to recover the meaning of his life, and reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: answers > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/answers > Summary description: Production of solution sheets in LaTeX2e > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.12: > - New maintainer: Joseph Wright > - Now licensed under LPPL, v1.3c or later > - No other changes at present! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/answers.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/answers the catalogue entry will change, of course, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upate: prerex
by CTAN Announcements 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: prerex Version number: 5.0 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics Summary description: Interactive editor for prerequisite charts, macro support. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 5.0 of prerex.sty generates an html file with image-map data for use with a raster image obtained from the latex output. Version 5.0 of the editor supports documents with more that one chart or charts used in more than one document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: biblatex-chem
by CTAN Announcements 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

the daemon yawns, scratches behind its ears, and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-chem > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib > Summary description: biblatex styles for chemistry > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v0.8d: > - Fix for chem-rsc style and incorrect comma after journal title: > caused by changes in biblatex kernel. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and updated the catalogue. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-chem.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib the catalogue entry will change (in a way visible only to those with acute eyesight) overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: csv2latex
by CTAN Announcements 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

This package should reach your local mirror in the next day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: csv2latex Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Alan Munn Location on CTAN: /support/ Summary description: Ruby script+Applescript provides cut-and-paste of spreadsheet table cells into LaTeX source License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- csv2latex is a Ruby script + Applescript combination that allows for cut-and-paste of spreadsheet tables (e.g., from Excel, Open Office Calc, iWork Numbers, etc.) into a LaTeX source file in various popular LaTeX table formats: plain tables, booktabs, longtable and raw cells. Designed to work with TeXShop, it can be used with other Mac editors that support Applescript. Requires OS 10.4 or later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/csv2latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/csv2latex (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: xecjk
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

This update should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xeCJK Version number: 2.3.8 Author's name: Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/ Summary description: A LaTeX package for typesetting CJK documents in the way users have become used to, in the CJK package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Improve space adjustments. Support slshape. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xecjk (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 will drop the tools/ tree
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

We will drop the tools/ directory tree from CTAN in a day. This tree does not hold TeX-related materials-- instead it holds materials that are useful for archivists and people dealing with archives. When CTAN started, finding those materials could be a problem so keeping them with the archive made sense. Happily, the state of the Internet is that these materials are now easy to find and the cost of our keeping up on latest versions, etc., outweighs any convienence for our users. Indeed, many of our holdings are out of date and others of the holdings are now of historical interest only. So in a day we will drop the tree (we can't think of a reason why someone would want us to delay for the day but we can't see any reason that a delay could hurt so we will wait the day). Jim Hefferon CTAN team

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CTAN update: ctantools
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

This update should be wt 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: ctan.tools Version number: 1.5.1 Author's name: Anh K. Huynh Location on CTAN: / Summary description: A jiffy to search CTAN file list. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- News in this version * auto. select CTAN mirror * provide package/file date and size * bugs fixed: lzma problem, wrapped FILES.byname ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/ctantools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctantools (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: crossword
by CTAN Announcements 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cwpuzzle Version number: 1.8 Author's name: Gerd Neugebauer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gene/crossword Summary description: cwpuzzle.sty - a LaTeX package for typesetting crossword puzzles License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MORE CELL-BASED PUZZLES In addition to crossword puzzles Sudoku and Kakuro are supported. They are also grid-based. Thus it was easy to facilitate the infrastructure already in place for them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gene/crossword . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/crossword (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: ctex
by CTAN Announcements 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ctex Version number: 0.94 Author's name: Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /language/chinese Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Improve hyperref support. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/chinese/ctex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctex (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: memdesign
by CTAN Announcements 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

This package should reach your local mirror in less than a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: A Few Notes on Book Design Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Peter Wilson (uploaded by Lars Madsen) Location on CTAN: /info/memdesign/ Summary description: Name says it all License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A Few Notes on Book Design, aka memdesign.pdf is an extended version of what use to be the first part of the memoir users manual. As this part was not about the memoir class and might be interesting for non-memoir users it has now been split in to this stand alone document. Please note that the PDF uses commercial fonts, but the README contains instructions as to how to compile the document without these fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/memdesign/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memdesign (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: memoir
by CTAN Announcements 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '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: The Memoir class Version number: v1.61803398 Author's name: Peter Wilson and Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Latest updates for the memoir class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest updates for the memoir class. This update includes various bugfixes and added support for the bidi package. The memoir users manual have also been split into two documents. The first part containing a general discussion about book design is now a separate document, named memdesign which will be uploaded to CTAN shortly, presumably located in the info/ dir. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: l2tabu
by CTAN Announcements 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org (note the new maintainer). It should reach your local mirror within a day. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: l2tabu Version number: 2.0 Author's name: Marc Ensenbach Location on CTAN: /info/l2tabu/german/ Summary description: Collection of LaTeX sins (German) License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- l2tabu is a collection of LaTeXe sins with hints how to correct them (in German). This version contains some updates concerning the list of out-of-date packages. l2tabu ist eine Sammlung von LaTeXe-Suenden mit Hinweisen, wie diese korrigiert werden koennen. Diese Version beinhaltet einige Aktualisierungen in der Liste veralteter Pakete. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2tabu/german/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/l2tabu (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: DoX
by CTAN Announcements 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

This package should reach your local mirror in a day or so. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: DoX Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dox Summary description: Extensions to the doc package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The doc package provides LaTeX developers with means to describe the usage and the definition of new macros and environments. However, there is no simple way to extend this functionality to other items (options or counters for instance). The DoX package is designed to circumvent this limitation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dox . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dox (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: ifplatform
by CTAN Announcements 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

the moving finger writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ifplatform > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ifplatform > Summary description: Conditionals to detect the platform (Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/etc.) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Updated version of ifplatform now behaves correctly in TeX Live 2009 on > Windows and MiKTeX 2.8. Also now provides ifcygwin for users of Cygwin. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/ifplatform.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ifplatform of course, the catalogue entry will change overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: sam2p
by CTAN Announcements 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: sam2p Version number: 0.47 Author's name: Péter Szabó Location on CTAN: /graphics/sam2p Summary description: convert raster (bitmap) images to PostScript, PDF and other formats License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sam2p is a UNIX command line utility written in ANSI C++ that converts many raster (bitmap) image formats into Adobe PostScript or PDF files and several other formats. The images are not vectorized. sam2p gives full control to the user to specify standards-compliance, compression, and bit depths. In some cases sam2p can compress an image 100 times smaller than the PostScript output of many other common image converters. sam2p provides ZIP, RLE and LZW (de)compression filters even on Level1 PostScript devices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/sam2p . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/sam2p (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: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luaotfload Version number: 1.04 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixing a bug preventing ovf files from being used. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

This update should appear at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 1.86 Author's name: John Bowman Location on CTAN: / Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PRC polygons were optimized. Surface memory usage was reduced. The automatic sizing of NURBS surfaces was fixed. A bug in the radius of curvature computation at nodes was fixed. The configuration test for the GNU readline library was improved. The naming of PRC parts was implemented. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: latex2e-help-texinfo
by CTAN Announcements 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror in a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: latex2e-help-texinfo Version number: September 2009 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /info/latex2e-help-texinfo Summary description: unofficial latex2e reference manual License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This project is an attempt to write a reference manual for core LaTeX. It is unofficial and the LaTeX Project members have not reviewed it. http://home.gna.org/latexrefman (the project home page) has more information, including links to the current output in various formats, sources, mailing lists, and other infrastructure. Help is most definitely wanted. (Search for xx in the source for just a few of the known deficiencies.) Please email any bug reports, new material, general discussion, whatever, to latexrefman-discuss(a)gna.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/latex2e-help-texinfo . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latex2e-help-texinfo (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: Context
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

This update should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Context Version number: 2009.08.19 Author's name: Taco Hoekwater Location on CTAN: /macros/context/current Summary description: The new 'current' context release License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the new 'current' version of the ConTeXt zip files from Pragma ADE. This version needs at least pdftex 1.40, xetex 0.999, or luatex 0.43. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/context/current . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/context (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: collref
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

This update should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: collref Version number: v2.0 Author's name: Niklas Beisert Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/collref Summary description: collect blocks of references into a single reference License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- collref is a LaTeX2e package to automatically collect multiple ibitem references which always appear in the same sequence in cite into a single ibitem block. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/collref . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/collref (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 -- bundle oberdiek
by CTAN Announcements 06 Sep '09

06 Sep '09

On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. > New package: > > * ltxcmds 2009/08/05 v1.0 > The package `ltxcmds' exports some utility macros > from the LaTeX kernel into a separate namespace and > also provides them for other formats such as plain-TeX. > > Changes: > > * bmpsize 2009/09/04 v1.6 > * Fixes for reusing objects with dvipdfmx-20090708. > Older versions of dvipdfmx are no longer supported. > > * bookmark 2009/08/13 v1.5 > * Except for driver options the other options are now local options. > This resolves a problem with KOMA-Script v3.00 and its option `open'. > > * inputenx 2009/08/13 v1.4 > * Encodings for Atari (atarist) and ISO 8859-8 added. > * Support for horizontal bar (U+2015) and double low line (U+2017) added. > > * kvoptions 2009/08/13 v3.4 > * Documentation additions. > > * zref 2009/08/07 v2.4 > * Module `runs' added. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: tablenotes
by CTAN Announcements 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror in a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tablenotes Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Matthias Borck-Elsner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablenotes Summary description: my notes or no notes is no question License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes in text and tables, to be shown or hidden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tablenotes . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tablenotes (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: xpackages
by CTAN Announcements 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

This update should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xpackages Version number: SVN 1509 Author's name: LaTeX3 Project Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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{template} 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 1509) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Since the last CTAN snap-shot of the xpackages, a lot of work has been carried out revising the xparse package. Much of the code of xparse has been rewritten and a lot of thought has gone into the interface. The functions; - DeclareDocumentCommand - DeclareDocumentEnvironment - IfNoValue(TF) - IfBoolean(TF) are now considered stable. This means that xparse can be used to generate functions for real documents as well as for testing. Some parts of xparse may still be revised, as functions such as: - DeclareExpandableDocumentCommand - DeclareDocumentCommandInterface - DeclareDocumentCommandImplementation - IfValue(TF) are not yet regarded as stable. However, this will depend on feedback from other programmers regarding the usefulness of these facilities. The method for defining a function in xparse: { m o +m } is also now stable. Some work is still being done on the processor concept, but the team hope this will not take too long and so should not cause problems for package authors. The second notable change in this release is the addition of the l3keys2e package in the xtras bundle. The xtras bundle is intended to hold xpackages which are tided closely to LaTeX2e, and so provide functionality which will be implemented differently in a LaTeX3 format. l3keys2e allows keyval input defined using l3keys to be used as LaTeX2e package or class options. This is done in a similar manner to that used by the kvoptions package. Finally, the addition of the xtras bundle means that the TDS organisation of the xpackages has slightly altered. It now reflects the SVN structure: xpackages/xbase/xparse.sty xpackages/xbase/template.sty xpackages/xtras/l3keys2e.sty ---------------------------------------------------------------- Looking forward ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ideas in the template package are currently being examined, and the team expect to update template in the coming weeks. There is likely to be an update to CTAN once this process is complete so that template can move to stable status. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX3 Project ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xpackages (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: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

This update should within a day reach your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: expl3 Version number: SVN 1509 Author's name: LaTeX3 Project Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 Summary description: An Experimental LaTeX3 Programming Convention License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1509) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Most of the changes to expl3 since the last snapshot (SVN 1441) are additions or documentation improvements. The documentation provided in expl3.pdf has been heavily revised to make it clearer which parts of the bundle are stable. The terminology used has also been tightened up. Some of the module documentation has had minor improvements to try to ensure that all functions are documented. The new functions added are: - exp_args:NnV - keys_if_exist:nn(TF) - prop_put:NVn - prop_put:NVV - l_head:V - l_tail:V as these have proved useful to the team. These updated functions are needed by the SVN version of the xpackages. There has also been some One undocumented function has been removed: - file_not_found:nTF as this can now be handled using the l3file module. Some minor internal logic changes have been made to a small number of functions. This should not affect the functions in use. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX3 Project ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/expl3 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/expl3 (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: xltxtra
by CTAN Announcements 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

This update should reach your local mirror withing a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xltxtra Version number: 0.5 Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra Summary description: Grab-bag of features for XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in v0.5: - Switch to using Andrew Moschou's metalogo package for the logos. - Bug fix involving hyperref logo definitions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xltxtra (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the softmaker-freefont package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/ Summary description: Support files for 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: Flagstaff, Henderson, Iceberg (regular + bold), Stone Handwriting License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves) New in v1.3: - added LaTeX support for font family: Iceberg (regular + bold) Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (September 2009) and can be downloaded for free at (at least this month): 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: boolexpr
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 Florent Chervet submitted an update to the boolexpr package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ Summary description: Purely expandable boolean expressions and switch License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Many bugs fixed on switch syntax Optimization of test macros (hopefully no best solution exists...) Revision of the pdf documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=boolexpr (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: linguex
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: linguex Version number: 3.7a Author's name: Wolfgang Sternefeld Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/linguex Summary description: Update for Linguex: delete .ps files, fix bugs, update documentation License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed a minor bug that made redefinition of heExNo ineffective, since parts of the package were using the hard coded version instead of the heExNo macro. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linguex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/linguex (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: epspdfconversion
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Daniel Becker submitted an update to the epspdfconversion package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion/ Summary description: The package calls the epstopdf (epstopdf-pkg) package to convert EPS graphics to PDF, on the fly. It servs as a vehicle for passing conversion options (such as grayscale , prepress or pdfversion ) to the epspdf converter. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update makes use of changes in the epstopdf-package v2.2 * new options update,verbose,prefersuffix,suffix,outdir (they are really epstopdf options, but can be set as options for this package) * default is that converted files have a suffix * info in logfile about the setup that is used for epstopdf * new options hires, no-hires ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=epspdfconversion (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

the upload daemon is at it again (it's realised i'm back from holiday): > 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 American Chemical Society journal submissions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.3a: > - New etalmode option, to support both truncating author lists as seen > in ACS Nano > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/achemso the catalogue entry will change a bit, overnight. nothing much... Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: listings-ext
by CTAN Announcements 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: listings-ext Version number: v48 Author's name: Jobst Hoffmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext Summary description: a package to support automated input of source code into a document License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX package listings-ext.dtx contains some macros and a supporting Bash script, which can be used to automatically input parts of source code programs into a documentation. This version introduces tests of command parameters as well as an exemplary configuration file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/listings-ext (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

that upload daemon went and wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: achemso > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Author's email: > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso > Summary description: Support for American Chemical Society journal submissions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.3: > - New layout option to allow both one- and two-column drafts > - Better handling of altaffiliation to detect and combine duplicate values > - Fix for ACS Nano style > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new package and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. as always... > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/achemso and (as is common) the catalogue entry will change in a small way, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: boolexpr
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

This update should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: boolexpr Version number: 2.9 Author's name: Florent CHERVET Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ Summary description: purely expandable boolean expressions and switch (eTeX) [v2.9 2008/08/31] License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Testing values of counters required umber of umexpr : oolexpr{ umbervalue{myCounter}=5} Now number is no more required before value. switch has an optional argument (and remains purely expandable...): eg: switch[value{myCounter}] case{=0}... case{<10}... case{<=12}... otherwise...... endswitch Documentation updated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/boolexpr (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: curves
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

This update should be at your local mirror inside of a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: curves Version number: 1.53 Author's name: Ian Maclaine-cross Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/curves/ Summary description: Draws curves and polygons in the LaTeX 2e picture environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Draws curves in the LaTeX 2e picture environment using parabolic arcs between data points with continuous slope at joins. For circles and circular arcs uses up to 16 parabolic arcs. Also draws symbols or dash patterns along curves. A straight side switch changes curves to polygons. Extends picture capability without extra programs and data files. Parabolic arcs consist of short chords drawn by overlapping disks or line drawing `special's selected by package options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/curves/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/curves (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-geo
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-geo.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete _all_ > files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > pst-geo is a PSTricks related package for drawing geographical > objects in 2D or 3D mode. > > The new versions of the four packages > > pst-map2d > pst-map3d > pst-map2dII > pst-map3dII > > use special compressed versions of the PostScript data > files (thanks to Heiko Oberdiek). The data files can be > decompressed by using the included file pst-geo-decompress.pl > (see file README) to make them readable for the user. > All packages are able to decompress the data files on > the fly when viewing the ps file or running ps2pdf. thanks for the upload (and thanks to heiko for the excellent work). i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue to reflect the changes (including the new version number...). Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-geo.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: MWCLS
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: MWCLS Version number: 0.72 Author's name: Marcin Woliński Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mwcls/ Summary description: Polish-oriented document classes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bug-fix relase: compatibility with natbib and hyperref has been improved, problems with running heads fixed, and this version will not cause hiccups from XeTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mwcls/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mwcls (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: Tablenotes
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

This package should reach your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Tablenotes Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Matthias Borck-Elsner Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Notes in Tables, like footnotes and endnotes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- .sty file to place notes in tables and list them, similar to endnotes and footnotes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tablenotes . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tablenotes (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 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. Name of contribution: dvisvgm Version number: 0.8.3 Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. It is licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 (or later). Version 0.8.3 is primarily a maintenance release. PostScript prologue files referenced at the beginning of the first DVI page are now always loaded. Thus, PS specials should work correctly on all A basic evaluation of the PostScript operator show enables dvisvgm to convert the PSTricks Type 3 fonts properly. For further information including a list of recent changes and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: listings-ext
by CTAN Announcements 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

This package should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: listings-ext Version number: v39 Author's name: J. Hoffmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext Summary description: a package to support automated input of source code into a document License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX package listings-ext.dtx contains some macros and a supporting Bash script, which can be used to automatically input parts of source code programs into a documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/listings-ext (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pst-math
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-math.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/ > > pst-math is a collection of PostScript subroutines for > special mathematical functions like sin hyperbolic > Gamma function , a.s.o. > > The version 0.23 of pst-math.tex has a pstPi# > The version 0.5 of pst-math.pro has a modified version > of SINC=sin(x)/x for SINC(0)=1 i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-math.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/ the catalogue entry will change, in a minuscule way, overnight Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-barcode.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace all > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ > > pst-barcode is a PSTricks related package for drawing > barcodes for all important modes. > > This new version 0.07 comes with support for: > > ean13 -- ean8 -- upca -- > upce -- ean5 -- ean2 -- onecode -- isbn -- > code39 -- code128 -- rationalizedCodabar -- interleaved2of5 -- > code2of5 -- postnet -- royalmail -- kix -- auspost -- > japanpost -- onecode -- symbol -- msi -- plessey -- > rss14 -- rsslimited -- rssexpanded -- pharmacode -- > pdf417 -- datamatrix -- maxicode -- qrcode thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue. users may view the package catalogue entry at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-barcode.html or browse the package directory at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ (the catalogue entry will change overnight to reflect the new list of bar code formats.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-3dplot.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace all > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ > > pst-3dplot is a PSTricks related package for drawing > 3-D objects in parallel projection. > > This version 1.85 has a new optional argument > for psCylinder for the vertical increment of the grid thanks for the update; i have installed the update, and updated the catalogue. users may view the package's cataloge entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-3dplot.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ the catalogue entry will change very slightly, overnight Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: keycommand
by CTAN Announcements 26 Aug '09

26 Aug '09

This update should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: keycommand Version number: 2.z Author's name: Florent CHERVET Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/keycommand Summary description: keycommand provides an easy way to define commands with keys License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I corrected a bug I found while using the star form of ewkeycommand. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/keycommand (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: algorithms
by CTAN Announcements 25 Aug '09

25 Aug '09

This update should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: algorithms Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Rogério Brito Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/algorithms/ Summary description: Major bug fix update License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009-08-24 rbrito * Enhancements: + include new commands (Tks John Perry, some yet documented). + convert to dtx/ins format. * Updates: + update the documentation. + include some commands more in the documentation. + Set correct the FSF address. + include more contributors; + remove e-mails of contributors (hopefully reducing spam). + increase versions of both algorithm and algorithmic. * Bugfixes: + fix cross-references. + remove inclusion of calc (unneeded and caused problems with some styles). + fixed typos and omissions in algorithms.ins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/algorithms/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/algorithms (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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