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CTAN update: fontinst
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '09

24 Aug '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: fontinst Version number: 1.933 Author's name: Lars Hellström Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/fontinst Summary description: Font TeXification utility License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is mostly a housekeeping release, to establish what is the current version of fontinst (after a few years of slight confusion). It is the result of a review of the fontinst development history, and includes some items that had been lost along the way. The primary changes relative to the previous release 1.929 lie in documentation and examples rather than code, but a few code changes exist. Of greatest practical importance is probably that fontinst.sty no longer has an external dependency on trig.sty; the necessary macros have instead been inlined. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/fontinst . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fontinst (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 23 Aug '09

23 Aug '09

This package 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: tablor Version number: 4.05 Author's name: Guillaume Connan Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablor Summary description: Create tables of signs and of variations. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New environment TSC to create tables of variations from list of points. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: threeparttablex
by CTAN Announcements 23 Aug '09

23 Aug '09

This package should be at your local mirror by this time tomorrow. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: threeparttablex Version number: v0.03 Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/threeparttablex Summary description: This package brings table notes to longtable License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I a book design that use threeparttable for adding tablenotes to regular tables, it looks odd to use footnotes to add notes to a longtable. This package extends threeparttable bringing it to longtable (although with a different interface). If asked for it can also make tablenotes referable. See the doc for more information and examples. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/threeparttablex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/threeparttablex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: biblatex-dw
by CTAN Announcements 22 Aug '09

22 Aug '09

This package's 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: biblatex-dw Version number: 1.2k Author's name: Dominik Wassenhoven Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/ Summary description: Humanities styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 1.2k This version brings a lot new stuff. Please have a look into the file 'CHANGES' for details. The most important things are: - Adjustments to biblatex version 0.8e. Note that from this version on biblatex 0.8e is required, so you have to update biblatex as well if you would like to use biblatex-dw 1.3! - BUGFIX: The option 'ibidpage' did not work with footnote-dw. This is now fixed. - Changed entry type @inreference Up to now, this entry type was an alias for @incollection. From now on, this entry type can be used for articles in encyclopedias or dictionaries. - New Options - 'isrn' and 'pagetotal' With these options you can decide whether you want to have printed the corresponding fields or not. - 'edstringincitations' If set to 'true', the editor and translator strings are shown in the citations (not only in the full citations). - 'series=standard|afteryear' If set to 'afteryear', the series is printed after the year. This affects the entry types book, inbook, collection, incollection, proceedings, inproceedings and manual. - New Commands 'seriespunct', 'sernumstring', and 'herenamepunct' - In German localization, the strings 'withcommentator', 'withannotator' and 'withintroduction' are shortened as follows: -> withcommentator: komm. v. -> withannotator: erläut. v. -> withintroduction: eingel. v. The long versions stay the same as in standard biblatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-dw (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: Asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 22 Aug '09

22 Aug '09

This package 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: Asymptote Version number: 1.85 Author's name: John Bowman Location on CTAN: / Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Compilation is now supported again on platforms lacking OpenGL. Missing pen dimensions were added to a 3D picture sizing routine. The labelsurface routine was renamed to surface and extended to surfaces containing a single patch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Boisik
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

This package's 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: Boisik Version number: 0.5 Author's name: Mitek Location on CTAN: /fonts/ Summary description: A font inspired by Baskerville design. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boisik is a serif font (inspired by the Baskerville typeface), written in MetaFont. It comprises roman and italic text fonts and maths fonts. LaTeX support is offered for use with OT1, IL2 and math encodings. Preliminary OTF version is available at homepage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/boisik . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/boisik (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

This package has been updated and should within a day be at you local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: latexmk Version number: 4.10 Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine V. 4.10 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Deal with issues in dependency structure caused by epstopdf, which automatically creates pdf files from eps files during run of pdflatex. 2. Avoid problem with binary log files written by Miktex that cause spurious end-of-file when latexmk reads them. 3. Miscellaneous bug fixes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: tablor
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

This package has been undated and 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: tablor Version number: 4.04-h 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug in TSc environment fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: cleveref Version number: 0.14.1 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version fixes a number of bugs related to sorting of multiple references, and adds support for amsmath's subequations environment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '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: autolatex Version number: 6.0 Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: / Summary description: New option to restrict the search paths for the auto-generated images License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New option to restrict the search paths for the auto-generated images. A new command line and a new configuration file option are introduced. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: Asymptote Version number: 1.84 Author's name: John Bowman Location on CTAN: / Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The perspective PRC viewportmargin was fixed. Unwanted spaces were removed from (version 1.10 of) asymptote.sty. Support for drawing PRC and OpenGL NURBS surfaces was added. Obsolete code, including an unwanted inline qualifier, was removed. A split structure that can be adapted for splitting intersecting patches was added, along with the example splitpatch.asy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: font-change
by CTAN Announcements 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: font-change Version number: 2009.1 Author's name: Amit Raj Dhawan Location on CTAN: /macros/plain/contrib/font-change Summary description: 19 macro files to change text and math fonts in TeX. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Macros to Change Text & Math fonts in TeX: 19 Beautiful Variants These macros are written for plain TeX and can be used with other packages like AmSTeX, eplain, etc. They allow you to change the fonts (text and math) in your TeX document with only one statement. Also different font sizes are available. All the fonts called by these macro files are free and are included in the present MiKTeX and TeX Live distributions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/font-change . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/font-change (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: JFlap2TikZ
by CTAN Announcements 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should withing 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: JFlap2TikZ Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Andrew Mertz Location on CTAN: /graphics/jflap2tikz Summary description: converts a JFlap ﬁle into a LaTeX ﬁle depicting the automaton using TikZ License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JFlap is an excellent piece of software for experimenting with finite state machines, Turing machines and exploring many aspects of the theory of computation. JFlap2TikZ is a groovy script that converts a JFlap jff file representing a finite automaton, push down automaton, or Turing machine to LaTeX file depicting the automaton graphically using TikZ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/jflap2tikz . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/jflap2tikz (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: GaPFilL
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: GaPFilL Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Moeller, Herbert Location on CTAN: /graphics Summary description: Perl filter programs for the generation of LaTeX picture environments by parsing PostScript files exported from drawing programs. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GaPFilL (Graphics as PostScript Filtered for LaTeX) is a method for the generation of LaTeX picture environments in a four step way: i) Construction of the desired figure with a drawing program or with geometry software; ii) Export as a PostScript file; iii) Application of a Perl filter program to the PostScript text; iv) Transfer of the resulting code into a LaTeX document. A new Perl filter program is now available for the powerful free drawing software OpenOffice 3 Draw. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/gapfill . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/gapfill (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: ctanify
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: ctanify Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/ctanify Summary description: Prepare a package for upload to CTAN License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ctanify is intended for developers of LaTeX packages who want to distribute their packages via the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN). Given a list of filenames, ctanify creates a tarball (a .tar.gz file) with the files laid out in CTAN's preferred structure. The tarball additionally contains a ZIP (.zip) file with copies of all files laid out in the standard TeX Directory Structure (TDS), which facilitates inclusion of the package in the TeX Live distribution of TeX. Version 1.1 incorporates a patch submitted by Kirill Maslinsky that adds a command-line option to create only a TDS directory as opposed to a complete tarball. The documentation now separates commonly used command-line options from more obscure options and, at Juergen Fenn's request, notes that ctanify does not automatically run latex on the user's behalf. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/ctanify . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctanify (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: biblatex-dw
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: biblatex-dw Version number: 1.2j Author's name: Dominik Wassenhoven Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/ Summary description: Humanities styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 1.2j - This is just a bugfix release. The only files changed are footnote-dw.cbx, CHANGES, README and LIESMICH. - BUGFIX: Since biblatex version 0.8e, footnote-dw gave an error (Undefined control sequence: lx@addperiod). This is now fixed; thus, biblatex-dw (or rather footnote-dw) should work with the biblatex versions 0.8e, 0.8f, 0.8g and 0.8h, but it will not work with earlier versions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-dw (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: gbrief-creator
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 Carsten Schinke submitted an update to the g-brief-creator package. Location on CTAN: /support/gbrief-creator/ Summary description: g-brief Creator is a Windows frontend for the g-brief package by Michael Lenzen. License type: nosource Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version v1.000beta provides a completely redesigned user interface and extended functionality. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/gbrief-creator/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=g-brief Creator (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: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 John Bowman submitted an update to the asymptote package. Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text. Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OpenGL animations, illustrated in glmovie.asy, were implemented. Viewportshift flicker was fixed. An empirical translation between OpenGL and PRC shininess was implemented. Splined parametric surfaces are now used to implement smooth thick lines and tubes. The projected bounding box calculation and angle calculations were fixed. A labelsurface function was added. The Headlamp light is now the default light; a light argument was added to shipout. Patches are now constructed with the usual orientation for a counterclockwise external path; the convention for tensor product shading was updated. Picture environments for TeX clipping are no longer nested. A texpath initialization bug was fixed. An ASYMPTOTE_HOME environment variable was added. Viewing was fixed for file names conntaining spaces. A picture sizing bug was fixed. An example of an inset graph was added. Type information for variables is now returned at the interactive prompt. Warning message suppression was improved; warnings in Asymptote code can now be disabled. The cyclic member of an array is now writeable; the obsolete cyclicflag and void cyclic(TINYINT(1)) functions were removed. File mode functions are now virtual members; this backwards incompatibility requires that line(file f) be changed to f.line(), etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=asymptote (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: thailatex
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 Theppitak Karoonboonyanan submitted an update for the thailatex package. Location on CTAN: /language/thai/thailatex Summary description: ThaiLaTeX enables typesetting Thai with standard LaTeX document classes. It is designed to become a part of babel. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in this version: - Fix installation problems in Makefiles and related scripts. - Drop support for old teTeX versions, for simplicity. - Update ttypist font from thaifonts-scalable trunk, with manually adjusted bold glyphs. - Support automated tarball preparation for CTAN upload. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/thai/thailatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=thailatex (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: etextools
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 Florent Chervet submitted an update to the etextools package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: More Useful Tools for LaTeX Users and Packages Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Many additions : - List of tokens : loops and management gettokslistindex purely expandable for use with ifcase - Vectorization of futurelet (simple token sanner : collectoks) - Support of pdfTeX and XeTeX ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Update: biblatex-chem
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 Joseph Wright submitted an update to the biblatex-chem package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem/ Summary description: Chemistry styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v0.8c: - Fix for citation style in chem-angew style ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-chem (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 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 Florent Chervet submitted an update to the boolexpr package. The oolexpr macro evaluates boolean expressions in a purely expandable way. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ Summary description: Purely expandable boolean expressions and switch License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adding new syntax : switch case{ TINYINT(1) expr } ... case{ TINYINT(1) expr} ... otherwise ... endswitch remains purely expandable (may be used inside csname ... endcsname) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: etextools
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 Florent Chervet submitted an update to the etextools package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: More Useful Tools for LaTeX Users and Packages Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The documentation has been completely redesigned macro ifempty added (purely expandable) correction of ifsinglechar using ifempty rather than ifblank ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: suanpan
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Denis Roegel submitted the new suanpan package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/suanpan Summary description: metapost macros for drawing Chinese and Japanese abaci License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Metapost macros for drawing Chinese and Japanese abaci. These macros are described in Denis Roegel: MetaPost macros for drawing Chinese and Japanese abaci, TUGboat (volume 30, number 1, 2009, pages 74-79) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/suanpan . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=suanpan (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: garrigues
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Denis Roegel submitted the garrigues package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/garrigues Summary description: Metapost macros for the reproduction of Garrigues' Easter nomogram License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Metapost macros for the reproduction of Garrigues' Easter nomogram. These macros are described in Denis Roegel: An introduction to nomography: Garrigues' nomogram for the computation of Easter, TUGboat (volume 30, number 1, 2009, pages 88-104) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/garrigues . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=garrigues (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: biblatex 0.8h
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Philipp Lehman submitted an update to the biblatex package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/exptl/biblatex License: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is mostly a bug fix release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex (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: spverbatim
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Scott Pakin submitted the new package spverbatim to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/spverbatim Summary description: Allow line breaks within verb and verbatim output. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX's verb macro treats its argument as an unbreakable unit of text. This can lead to poor typesetting, especially when the argument is long. The spverbatim package provides an spverb macro that is analogous to verb and an spverbatim environment that is analogous to verbatim with the difference being that spverb and spverbatim allow LaTeX to break lines at space characters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/spverbatim . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=spverbatim (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Joseph Wright submitted an update to the siunitx package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.2m: - Auto-detect fourier package to avoid a clash ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=siunitx (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: findhyph
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Martin Budaj submitted an update to the findhyph package. Findhyph is a Perl script that will analyse the log file from running your document with racingparagraphs=1 set. The output contains enough context to enable you to find the hyphenated word that’s being referenced. Location on CTAN: /support/findhyph/ Summary description: Perl program which finds all words hyphenated by TeX in a document License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bug fixes and new features -- see findhyph.pdf for details ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/findhyph/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=findhyph (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Elie Roux submitted an update to the luaotfload package. The package adopts the TrueType/OpenType Font loader code provided in ConTeXt, and adapts it to use in Plain TeX and LaTeX. Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- luaotfload update: syncing with ConTeXt 20090809 (+small patch line 63 of font-dum.lua); ofm fonts are now usable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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 . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: bibhtml 2.0
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

On Sunday, 9 August 2009, Norman Gray submitted an update to the bibhtml package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/bibhtml Summary description: BibTeX style files (.bst) for producing HTML/XML License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bibhtml consists of a set of BibTeX style files, which allow you to use BibTeX to produce bibliographies in HTML. These are modelled closely on the standard BibTeX style files: plain.bst -> plainhtml.bst. To accompany them, this package includes a pair of XSLT scripts which illustrate how you might integrate these generated bibliographies into an XML/HTML workflow. This is version 2.0, released after a long hiatus. Differences from v1.3: * The package now supports HTML versions of all four standard BibTeX styles * The functionality of the style files has been improved, and is now based on the output from urlbst versions of the standard styles (ie, it includes @webpage entry types, and url fields on all entries) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/biblio/bibtex/contrib/bibhtml (replacing current contents) . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bibhtml (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, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN update: dashrule 1.2
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

On Sunday, 9 August 2009, Scott Pakin submitted an update to the dashrule package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/dashrule Summary description: Draw dashed rules License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The dashrule package makes it easy to draw a huge variety of dashed rules (i.e., lines) in LaTeX. dashrule provides a command, hdashrule, which is a cross between LaTeX's ule and PostScript's setdash command. hdashrule draws horizontally dashed rules using the same syntax as ule, but with an additional, setdash-like parameter that specifies the pattern of dash segments and the space between those segments. Because dashrule's rules are constructed internally using ule (as opposed to, e.g., PostScript specials) they are fully compatible with every LaTeX back-end processor. Version 1.2 of dashrule fixes a bug (reported by Piazza Luca) that prevented hdashrule from working properly within a tabular cell and adds support for empty dash patterns for more consistency with PostScript's setdash command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/dashrule . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dashrule (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, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN update: pkfix-helper
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

On Saturday, 8 August 2009, Scott Pakin submitted an update to the pkfix-helper package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: /support/pkfix-helper Summary description: Make PostScript files accessible to pkfix License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pkfix is a useful utility for replacing resolution-dependent bitmapped fonts in a dvips-produced PostScript file with the corresponding resolution-independent vector fonts. Unfortunately, pkfix needs to parse certain PostScript comments that appear only in files produced by dvips versions later than 5.58 (ca. 1996); it fails to work on PostScript files produced by older versions of dvips. pkfix-helper is a program that attempts to insert newer-dvips comments into an older-dvips PostScript file, thereby making the file suitable for processing by pkfix. pkfix-helper can sometimes process documents fully autonomously but does require the user to verify and, if needed, correct its decisions. Version 1.2 of pkfix-helper provides a --cache option that can speed up the processing of multiple PostScript files by analyzing TFM font metrics once, storing the results in a specified cache file, and reusing that cache file on subsequent runs. This feature was requested by M. S. Dousti. The accompanying encoding-samples.pdf document, which shows samples of various TeX font encodings to help a user identify obscure document fonts, has been enhanced to include samples of eufm10, msam10, msbm10, wasy10, ptmr8r, cmtex10, and stmary10. This enhancement was requested by Rogério Brito. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pkfix-helper . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pkfix-helper (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, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN update: pict2e
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

On Saturday, 8 August 2009, Josef Tkadlec submitted an update to the pict2e package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pict2e Summary description: enhancement of the LaTeX picture environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Support for XeTeX added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pict2e (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, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

raised again from its slumbers, the upload daemon rises, roaring: > ====================================================================== > > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.2f: > - Better support and bug fixes for Biochemistry submissions > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the update, and brought the catalogue repository up to date. thanks for the uploaded. > 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. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: etoolbox 1.8
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded etoolbox.tar.gz and etoolbox.tds.zip to the incoming > directory of the UK node. This is an update for > macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox and install/macros/latex/contrib, > respectively. Please purge the old files, install the new ones, and > announce the upload. Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The etoolbox package is a toolbox of programming facilities geared > primarily towards LaTeX class and package authors. It provides LaTeX > frontends to some of the new primitives provided by e-TeX as well as > some generic tools which are not related to e-TeX but match the > profile of this package. > > CHANGES > > See the manual for a list of changes. I have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Thanks for the upload. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/etoolbox.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.8g
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

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

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CTAN update: xwatermark
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: xwatermark Version number: 1.2 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Puts graphic and text watermarks on select pages of document. License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Active characters can now be submitted as part of text watermark in the key-val setup. Reference has been made to xkvltxp package in the user manual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xwatermark . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xwatermark (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

ooh! an upload to cambridge! my daemon said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: The LaTeX Team > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: An Experimental 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 1441) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release includes two notable changes from the previous > snapshot (SVN 1422). First, the documentation in expl3.pdf has > been updated to make it clearer that expl3 is ready for general > use by LaTeX programmers. At the same time, some older parts of > the documentation were removed. > > The second change is the inclusion of a new module, l3keys. This > is intended as a high-level programmers interface for creating > key-value input, such as used in the optional arguments of many > modern packages. l3keys creates keys using key-value input > itself, inspired by the pgfkeys package. > > Two new functions have been added to the clist module: > - clist_set_from_seq:NN > - clist_gset_from_seq:NN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/expl3 i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. the catalogue link, above, will change minutely overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan update: the lhfonts package
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

the dante upload daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: The lhfonts package > Version number: 3.5g > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Location on CTAN: /fonts/cyrillic/lh > Summary description: CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of LaTeX standard encodings > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of > LaTeX standard encodings. > The LH fonts address the problem of the wide variety of > alphabets that are written with Cyrillic-style > characters. The fonts are the original basis of the set > of T2* and X2 encodings that are now used when LaTeX > users need to write in Cyrillic languages. > > LH offers the latex/lhfonts bundle of packages for > standard LaTeX Cyrillic and traditional encodings. > > The fonts are available in Adobe Type 1 format, in the CM- > Super family of fonts. > > See also cyrillic t2 ccfonts cmbright concrete ecc. > > The authors are Andrey Khodulev, Olga Lapko, Alexander > Berdnikov and Vladimir Volovich. > > ----- > > Changes: > > Bug fixes in ff-ligatures in T2* typewriter fonts -- that > changes metrics of the monospaced fonts > > Bug fix with ligature of letter TSE -- that changes > metrics of all fonts in OT2 encoding. > > I hope that these fixes are the last which change metrics. > > I'm very sorry for my mistakes. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cyrillic/lh > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=The lhfonts package > (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 . i have pulled the upload to cambridge and installed the files. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xecjk
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

This package has been updated a tug.ctan.org and 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: 2.3.5 Author's name : Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/ Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xeCJK 2.3.5 has the following updates: 1. Produces error message when running on a XeTeX engine it does not support. 2. Significantly improve processing speed. 3. You can customize underline decorations when used in companion with CJKfntef.sty (available in the latest version of CJK package) 4. Add support of fontspec addfontfeature, xeCJK will pass options it does not recognize directly to fontspec 5. Fix a linebreaking problem caused by punctuations at the end of paragraphs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 update: tablists
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

dante upload daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: tablists > Version number: 0.0e > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Author's email: > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablists > Summary description: Tabulated list of short items (exercises in textbooks) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > The package offers environments and commands for one- > level and two-level > lists of short items (exercises in textbooks). The > environments follow > support of optional arguments of item numbering as > enumerate or paralist > packages. > ----- > > Changes: > > *) changed layout of tabulated list placed inside LaTeX's > proper list. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tablists > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tablists > (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 . i have pulled the upload to cambridge and installed it here; i have also updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

dante's upload daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: softmaker-freefont > Version number: 1.2 > Author's name: Josef Kleber > 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 > freefont bundle. > Other fonts will be included in future. > > License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves) > > New in v1.2: > > - added LaTeX support for the special purpose font: Flagstaff > Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the > month (August 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. i've pulled it to the cambridge ctan and installed the files here. i've also done some work on the catalogue entry, which an eager world won't see until tonight's run has processed it to appear on the web. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: makecell
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

quoth dante's upload daemon: > Name of contribution: makecell > Version number: 0.1e > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/makecell > Summary description: Managing tabular column heads and cells > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes: > > Added: > *) command and environment for usage of cells inside text; > *) commands for creation of empty rows or rows with > repeated text. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/makecell > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=makecell > (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 . i have retrieved the package from the dante machine and installed it in cambridge. i have also updated the catalogue repository, noting the new documentation in russian. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: hyph-utf8
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: hyph-utf8 Version number: N/A Author's name: Mojca Miklavec, Arthur Reutenauer Location on CTAN: /language/hyph-utf8 Summary description: Hyphenation patterns in UTF-8 with converter scripts for 8-bit encodings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adding Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) patterns by Jörg Knappen et al. The Spanish patterns are updated to version 4.5 (by Javier Bezos). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyph-utf8 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hyph-utf8 (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: titlepic
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

This has been installed 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: titlepic Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Thomas ten Cate Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/titlepic Summary description: Displays a picture on the title page License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The titlepic package allows you to place a picture on the title page (cover page) of a LaTeX document. Example of usage: usepackage[cc]{titlepic} usepackage{graphicx} itlepic{includegraphics[width= extwidth]{picture.png}} Note: the package currently only works with the document classes article, report and book. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/titlepic . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/titlepic (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: cellspace
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

coming in thick and fast... > Name of contribution: cellspace > Version number: 1.6 > Author's name: Josselin Noirel > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cellspace/ > Summary description: The package defines a S modifier in tabular > preambles to space out cells > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package defines a S modifier in tabular preambles to > space out cells. Now, an option [math] has been added to > allow to space out matrices too. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cellspace/ > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cellspace > (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 . i pulled your upload to cambridge, installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: The floatrow package
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

that dante upload daemon is still mythering me: > Name of contribution: The floatrow package > Version number: 0.3b > Author's name: Olga Lapko > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/floatrow > Summary description: Modifying the layout of floats > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes: > > Bug fixes of hisfloatsetup settings for floats with > [H] option and > inside floatrow environment. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/floatrow > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=The floatrow package > (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 . i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue entry. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

the dante upload daemon says: Name of contribution: dvisvgm Version number: 0.8.1 Author's name: Martin Gieseking Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm Summary description: release of dvisvgm 0.8.1 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The latest release fixes a bounding box computation bug and corrects some issues related to x64 systems. Additionally, parameters of the psfile special are now evaluated more completely. 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 . i have installed the new version (at cambridge) and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: dvisvgm
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

the dante upload daemon also says: Name of contribution: dvisvgm Version number: 0.8.1 Author's name: Martin Gieseking Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm Summary description: release of dvisvgm 0.8.1 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The latest release fixes a bounding box computation bug and corrects some issues related to x64 systems. Additionally, parameters of the psfile special are now evaluated more completely. 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). i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. (the slight changes to the catalogue will appear overnight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: bidi
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

Quoth the dante upload daemon: Name of contribution: bidi Version number: 1.0.3 Author's name: Vafa Khalighi Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/bidi/ Summary description: Support for bidirectional typesetting with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version of the bidi package fixes few bugs that were present in v1.0.2 and adds full support for the hyperref package. We also have deleted bidimemoir class in this version and instead added support for the original memoir class, therefore you should be using memoir class instead using bidimemoir class. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/bidi/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bidi i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. users should note that the (limited) changes to the info in that last link will actually appear overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: blindtext
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '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: blindtext Version number: 1.9b Author's name: Knut Lickert Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/blindtext Summary description: blindtext.sty: Create dummy text. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes blindtext 1.9: - Added mathematical blind text - support of polyglossia - added a interim solution for French ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/blindtext . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/blindtext (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New CTAN package: boolexpr
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

that upload daemon is testing my excitement threshold: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: boolexpr > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Author's email: florent.chervet(a)free.fr > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ > Summary description: A purely expandable way to evaluate boolean expressions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The oolexpr macro evaluate boolean expressions in a purely > expandable way. > oolexpr{ A OR B AND C } expands to 0 if the logical > expression is 1. > A, B, C may be : > - numeric expressions such as: x=y, x<>y, x>y or: x<y > - boolean switches: iftrue 0else 1fi > - conditionals: ifcsname whatsitendcsname 0else 1fi > - another oolexpr: oolexpr{ D OR E AND F } > > oolexpr may be used with ifcase: > ifcaseoolexpr{ A OR B AND C } > What to do if true > else > What to do if false > fi > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new package, and created a catalogue entry for it (as yet, only in the repository). thanks for the upload (i've printed the doc to read in bed tonight...). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/boolexpr.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/ of course, the catalogue entry won't appear until the processing has run. the only safe assumption is that it will happen overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: achemso
by Robin Fairbairns 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

the deeps have been silent for a while -- but wait! -- something stirs! > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.2e: > - Fix to include abstract text in JACS Communication submissions > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for that. i've installed the package, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/achemso as usual, a tiny change in the catalogue entry will be visible, to the eagle-eyed, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-3dplot.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ > > and put the new ones in there. i've done that, and updated the catalogue repository. > pst-3dplot is a PSTricks related package for drawing > 3-D objects in parallel projection. > > This update has a bug fixes and a new feature > > pst-3dplot.pro -------- > 0.28 2009-07-28 add option showgrid for sphere, paraboloid and cylinder > > pst-3dplot.tex -------- > 1.84 2009-07-28 - add option showgrid for sphere, paraboloid > and cylinder > - fix bug with psBox thanks for the update. users may view the package catalogue 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/ not surprisingly, the catalogue entry will change overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: germkorr
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Timo Baumann submitted the new package germkorr to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/germkorr Summary description: Change kerning for german quotation marks. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package germkorr has to be loaded after the package german. It brings some letters like T nearer to german ingle and double quotes even when that letter wears a standard accent like `.T'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/germkorr/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=germkorr (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: thailatex
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan submitted an update to the thailatex package. ThaiLaTeX enables typesetting Thai with standard LaTeX document classes. Version number: 0.4.3 Author's name: Theppitak Karoonboonyanan Location on CTAN: /language/thai/thailatex Summary description: Typeset Thai texts with standard LaTeX classes. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes from 0.4.2: - Update fonts from thaifonts-scalable 0.4.13, changes include: + thicker bold faces for ttpyist + variation faces for purisa - Default monospace font is now ttypist. - Drop the obsolete ' hai' command, in favor of ' haitext'. - UTF-8 support. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/thai/thailatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=thailatex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: tikz-timing
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the tikz-timing package. This package provides macros and an environment to generate timing diagrams (digital waveforms) without much effort. The TikZ package is used to produce the graphics. The diagrams may be inserted into text (paragraphs, hbox, etc.) and into tikzpictures. A tabular-like environment is provided to produce larger timing diagrams. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing Summary description: Update to Version 0.6 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This versions brings the following new features: * New optional characters (loadable by package options): 'A'/'W' for up and down arrows. 'E' (either) for uncertain low-to-high and high-to-low transitions. * New forward modifier 'F' as reverse version of the backward modifier 'B'. * Support for lower-case modifiers 'b','f' and 'n', which are (a.t.m.) identical to the upper-case versions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tikz-timing (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. Name of contribution: dvisvgm Version number: 0.8 Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm Summary description: dvisvgm 0.8 has been released License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. Besides some bugfixes and internal code improvements, the latest version introduces the evaluation of PostScript specials, as created by PSTricks for example. Currently, most drawing features like stroking, filling, and clipping including color, line styles, and transformations are supported. 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 Update: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '09

26 Jul '09

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the pdfcomment package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment Summary description: A user-friendly interface to pdf annotations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For a long time pdflatex has offered the command pdfannot for inserting arbitrary PDF annotations. However, the command is presented in a form where additional knowledge of the definition of the PDF format is indispensable. This package is an answer to the – occasional – questions in newsgroups, about how one could use the comment function of Adobe Reader. At least for the writer of LATEX code, the package offers a convenient and user-friendly means of using pdfannot to provide comments in PDF files. Since version v1.1, pdfcomment.sty also supports: LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf, LaTeX -> dvipdfmx and XeLaTeX. Unfortunately, support of PDF annotations by PDF viewers is sparse to nonexistent. The reference viewer for the development of this package is Adobe Reader. License: LPPL Changes in v1.4b: - Bugfix: problem with different default values for page size with pdflatex (dvi mode) and dvips/dvipdfmx => better specify page size with an option like a4paper - Bugfix: changed procedure of loading hyperref to prevent warnings with dvipdfmx reported by: Jin-Hwan Cho ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Eplain 3.3
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 26 Jul '09

26 Jul '09

This package has been updated on CTAN and should by now be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ------------------------- Announcement ------------------------- I'm happy to announce release 3.3 of Eplain, a set of TeX macros that expands on and extends the definitions in plain TeX in a style-neutral fashion. Eplain's home page is http://tug.org/eplain You can get it off CTAN at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/eplain The manual is available on-line from CTAN or Eplain's home page, or as a hard-copy from http://www.lulu.com/content/113810 (royalties are donated to the TeX Users Group). Here's an excerpt from the NEWS file. * New commands eqnum and eqalignnum, counterparts of (l)eqno and (l)eqalignno, producing equation numbers which can be uniformly transformed to right-aligned ( ighteqnumbers) or left-aligned (lefteqnumbers). * Eplain has borrowed the eTeX, ExTeX, XeTeX and XeLaTeX logos from tugboat.dtx. * idxnameseparator is now expanded once so that the .idx file contains its contents instead of the macro call. * Non-silent indexing macros have been fixed not to produce a spurious newline when newline's catcode is 13 (active). * Eplain now takes care to unactivate any active characters before typesetting index term in the margin for proofing. * Updated ifpdf.sty. * LaTeX package reloading warnings are now not shown on the terminal. * Documentation improvements. Thanks to everybody who contributed with bug reports, feature suggestions and code patches. Oleg Katsitadze

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.8f
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. > > Thank you very much. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file RELEASE for release notes. > > CHANGES > > This is bug fix release. The following files have been modified: > > VERSION > RELEASE > bibtex/biblatex.bst > latex/biblatex.sty i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Thanks for the upload. users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html or browse the package's directory (or rather, its sub-tree) at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/ the catalogue will be updated, on the web, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package change: zhmetrics
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

The package that a week or two ago was installed as chinese-font-metrics under fonts/ has had its identifier changed as well as its location. It will take perhaps a day for this change to propogate to your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Chinese Font Metrics Version number: r143 Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /fonts/metrics Summary description: TFM subfonts files for using Chinese Fonts in 8-bit TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an updated version of chinese-font-metrics. The new package name should be zhmetrics as Karl suggested. It should be located in /fonts/metrics rather than /fonts. The directories are reorganized to meet the TDS standard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: pst-solides3d
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I have uploaded pst-solides3d.tgz to the uk mirror. Please > replace the files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ > > pst-solides3d is a collection of PSTricks macros to > threedimensional objects with hidden lines and > hidden surfaces. > > This new version comes with several bug fixes and > enhencements. Read file Changes for more informations i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-solides3d.html or browse the package directory tree at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ the catalogue entry will acquire a new version overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: latex-veryshortguide
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: The Very Short Guide to LaTeX Version number: 24 July 2009 Author's name: Peter Flynn Location on CTAN: / info/ latex-veryshortguide Summary description: An 4pp folder designed as an aide-mémoire for people who have just done a course in LaTeX and need something by them on their desk the next day to refresh their memories. It is not intended as a substitute for full documentation. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changed license to LPPL, corrected a typo, changed an example. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/latex-veryshortguide . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latex-veryshortguide (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New on CTAN: Example files for the book Presentations with LaTeX
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded presentations.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put > the files into the new directory > > info/examples/Presentations_de/ > > The files are the examples from the book Presentationen mit LaTeX > from the Dante-Edition series. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and created a catalogue entry for them. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/presentations.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/examples/Presentations_de/ the catalogue entry should be up-to-date at all ctan sites by now (though possibly not at mirrors). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: csquotes 4.4b
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. There's > also a csquotes.tds.zip file. Please purge the old files, install the > new ones, and announce the upload. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version as requested, and updated the catalogue. > ABOUT > > The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and > display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging > from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of > formal quotations. > > CHANGES > > See the manual for a list of changes. users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/csquotes.html and browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ (the catalogue entry will be updated overnight tonight) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: erdc
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make it to your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: erdc Version number: v1.1 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/erdc/ Summary description: LaTeX Style For Technical Information Reports of the Engineer Research and Development Center, US Army Corps of Engineers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides class for typesetting Technical Information Reports of the Engineer Research and Development Center, US Army Corps of Engineers. The class was commissioned and paid for by US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199. I am grateful to Gordon L. Cohen, ERDC-ITL-IL for the detailed explanations of the ERDC guidelines, to Christopher E. Kees, ERDC-CHL-MS and Ryan E. North, ERDC-GSL-MS, for the formatting suggestions and the patient recompilation of the reports with each new version of the style. Version 1.1: This version uses Georgia and Franklin Gothic for text and math. It conforms to the latest guidelines of USACE. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/erdc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/erdc (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: fig4latex
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

This is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon 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: fig4latex Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Joe Fields Location on CTAN: /graphics/fig4latex Summary description: creates Makefile for managing figures in large projects License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fig4LaTeX is designed to simplify management of the figures in a large LaTeX document. Fig4LaTeX is appropriate for projects that include figures with graphics created by XFig -- in particular, graphics which use the combined PS/LaTeX (or PDF/LaTeX) export method. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/fig4latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fig4latex (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 (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

This has been udated at tug.ctan.org and should be at your local mirror by tomorrow. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The Memoir class Version number: 1.6180339h Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Minor update for the memoir class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed a typo that caused compilation errors when compiling memoir.dtx to see the documented source code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: biblatex-apa
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: biblatex-apa Version number: 0.4 Author's name: Philip Kime Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa Summary description: Update for the biblatex-apa package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix release of the biblatex-apa BiBLaTeX style for American Psychological Association citation and bibliographies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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tug.ctan.org upload: Chinese Font Metrics
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: Chinese Font Metrics Version number: 1 Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /fonts Summary description: TFM subfonts files for using Chinese Fonts in 8-bit TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version of this package includes the following update: - in order not to mess up TeXLive's map files, now font map lines are loaded runtime through pdfTeX primitives and DVIPDFMx specials. - Since HTH kindly applied a ttc support patch to pdfTeX, now simsun.ttf is renamed to simsun.ttc in the map lines so there is no need for the user to break their ttc fonts manually. Everything should work right out of the box. - a new script, CTeXFonts.lua is included into the scripts directory. This enables the users to convert Chinese TTF files into Type1 subfonts for dvips and dvipdfm. Yue Wang and Lingyun Wu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/chinese-font-metrics . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chinese-font-metrics (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: latex-veryshortguide
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at you local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The Very Short Guide to LaTeX Version number: July 2009 Author's name: Peter Flynn Location on CTAN: /info/latex-veryshortguide Summary description: An 4pp folder designed as an aide-mémoire for people who have just done a course in LaTeX and need something by them on their desk the next day to refresh their memories. It is not intended as a substitute for full documentation. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a revision with minor updates of the Very Short Guide to LaTeX. It is now typeset as four A5 pages, leaving the imposition for printing up to the user (a ready-to-print 2pp 2-up landscape A4 imposition is included). I am open to suggestions as to how best to re-arrange this for Letter size users. There is a descriptive web page with preview images at http://latex.silmaril.ie/veryshortguide/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/latex-veryshortguide . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latex-veryshortguide (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: ly1enc.def
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

that upload daemon was at it while i was coming home from work: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ly1enc.def > Author's name: Karl Berry > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/ly1 > Summary description: dotless j support > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The existing LY1 support file for LaTeX (ly1enc.def) has always given > a LaTeX error when the j (dotless j) command is used. However, > dotless j has always been defined in the LY1 encoding (position 17, > decimal), and many fonts, such as Latin Modern, do support it there. > > With David Carlisle's ok, this new version of the file treats j like > all other glyphs. If it's there in the font, it's supported, and if > not, there's a missing character warning in the log file. > > Questions to Karl. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and (minutely) 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/ly1.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/ly1 the sharp-eyed (and very keen) reader will spot the minute changes to the catalogue entry, some time after i've gone to bed. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: natbib 8.31
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 Patrick Daly submitted an update to the natbib package. Natbib provides a style with author-year and numbered references, as well as much detailed of support for other bibliography use. Provides versions of the standard BibTeX styles that are compatible with natbib - plainnat, unsrtnat, abbrnat. The bibliography styles produced by custom-bib are designed from the start to be compatible with natbib. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contributed/natbib Summary description: Fix for use with RevTeX, ensures backward compatibility License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With natbib V8.3, a new merging feature was added, essentially for use with ReVTeX. However, there is a bug that makes it incompatible with LaTeX files written for earlier versions. This bug is now fixed, so that the default works as before. The new code and the bug fix are written by Arthur Ogawa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/natbib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=natbib (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: mathgifg
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and 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: mathgifg Version number: 0.4 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /fonts/mathgifg Summary description: LaTeX Support for Microsoft Georgia and ITC Franklin Gothic In Text and Math License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides LaTeX support for Microsoft Georgia and ITC Franklin Gothic fonts, supplied, for example, with Microsoft Windows. The package provides support for text and math. The math support is very preliminary: there is a lot of work to do on individual kerning and glyph placement! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/mathgifg . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mathgifg (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: FiXme
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: FiXme Version number: 3.4 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: A LaTeX2e package for inserting fixme and meta-notes in your documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm pleased to announce the release of FiXme version 3.4. New in this release: ** fixme, fxerror, fxwarning and fxnote are now robust ** Fix incompatibility with KOMA-Script classes when the lox file is inexistent FiXme is a LaTeX2e package for inserting fixme notes in your documents. Such notes can appear inline, as marginal notes, footnotes, index entries, in the log file and as warnings on stdout. It is also possible to summarize them in a list. When you switch from draft to final mode, any remaining fixme note will be logged, but removed from the document's body. Additionally, critical notes will abort compilation with an informative message. FiXme also comes with support for AUC-TeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: The memoir class Version number: v1.6180339g Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Highly configurable book like class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Maintenance update, fixes minor bugs in memoir, mempatch and the manual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: cell
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at you local mirror. Jim Hefferon ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cell Version number: 1.28, 2.03 Author's name: Tom Schneider Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cell Summary description: bibliography and style files for the journal Cell License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bibliography and style files for the journal Cell ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cell . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cell (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: pstool
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and 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: pstool Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pstool Summary description: Facilitate psfrag graphics in pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A package like pst-pdf for processing PostScript graphics with psfrag labels within pdfLaTeX documets. The difference with this package is that every graphic is compiled individually, drastically speeding up compilation time when only a single figure needs re-processing. Version 1.3 has some new features: - [bitmap] option to control compression of bitmap graphics, - Package options may now be set anywhere with pstoolsetup{}, - localised pstool options can be set per-graphic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pstool . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pstool (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: etextools
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and 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: etextools Version number: 2e Author's name: Florent CHERVET Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: e-TeX more useful tools for LaTeX package writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Many bug fixed... an example file added. his package provides mainly 4 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 options - fully expandable command list parsers : csvloop, listloop and a general constructor - some macros lacking from the etoolbox package : listdel, listgdel, listxdel, getlistitem, getlistindex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etextools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN has a new package: ltxnew
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Florent Chervet submitted the new package ltxnew to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ltxnew Summary description: ltxnew provides the ew, enew and provide prefixes for checking definition of control sequences License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ltxnew provides the ew, enew and provide prefixes for checking definitions. It is designed to work with e-TeX distributions of LaTeX and relies on the LaTeX macro @ifdefinable. Local allocation of counters, dimensions, skips, muskips, boxes, tokens and marks are provided by the etex.sty package. ew and enew as well as provide may be used for all kind of control sequences. Please refer to the section Using ew of the pdf documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ltxnew . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ltxnew (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: oberdiek bundle
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Heiko submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL > Changes: > > * epstopdf 2009/07/16 v2.2 > * New options: suffix, prefersuffix. > * New default settings. > * New package layout: using optionless package epstopdf-base.sty. > > * ifluatex 2009/04/17 v1.2 > * Fixes. > * Makes luatexrevision available, too. > > * kvoptions 2009/07/17 v3.2 > * Fixes. > > * kvsetkeys 2009/07/19 v1.4 > * Fixes. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: changelayout
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should withing 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: changelayout Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/changelayout Summary description: Changes the layout of individual pages and their text. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package can be used to change the layout of individual pages and their texts. It is an extension of changepage package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/changelayout . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/changelayout (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: animate
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the animate package. The package provides an interface to create portable, JavaScript driven PDF animations from sets of graphics files or from inline graphics, such as LaTeX picture environment, PSTricks or pgf/TikZ generated pictures, or just from typeset text. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate Summary description: Create PDF animations from graphics files and inline graphics. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- improved documentation of the timeline option -- New: transparency stack can be cleared using `c' in the timeline file -- animated Lorenz Attractor added as an inline animation example ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/animate . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=animate (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: zhspacing package
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

yet again, that upload daemon is nagging me... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: zhspacing > Author's name: Jiang Jiang > Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/generic > Summary description: A simpler solution to typeset CJK documents in XeTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Renamed some files according to Karl Berry's suggestion. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/zhspacing.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/generic/zhspacing (the catalogue entry hasn't changed at all, so all the information up there is correct, even now.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: bmeps
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the bmeps package. Bmeps is a library and a command line tool for conversion of different bitmap graphics types to EPS. It can produce EPS levels 1, 2 and 3. Level 2 allows the use of run-length compression and ASCII-85-encoding instead of ASCII-Hex-encoding, while level 3 allows the use of flate compression. TIFF- and PNG-alpha channels can be converted into EPS level 3 image masks. Modified dvips sources are included to allow image conversion directly from dvips. Version number: 2.1.3 Location on CTAN: /support/bmeps Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/Tgb81AIFF/NetPBM to EPS License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several bug fixes, new features: - Perl script mkpdfsls.pl to create a slide show of photos - Developer documentation created by doxygen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/bmeps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bmeps (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: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, John Bowman submitted an update to the asymptote package. Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text. Version number: 1.82 Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote/ Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Threaded exports were fixed. The texpath fontsize was fixed for PDF tex engines. A default currentprojection argument was added to transform3(projection). The -gray and -bw settings are now respected in PRC output. A consistent approximation is now used for drawing tube centers. Missing pt units were added to all fontsize examples. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=asymptote (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: ctex
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

Thus spake the upload daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ctex > Author's name: Jiang Jiang > Location on CTAN: /language/chinese/ > Summary description: A collection of document classes and macro > packages for Chinese typesetting > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v0.93 with a few bug fixes. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ctex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//language/chinese/ as usual, the catalogue entry will change, in a small way, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: keycommand
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

just when i thought i might get to bed early, the upload daemon popped up with: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: keycommand > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: CTAN home/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand > Summary description: keycommand provides an easy way to define commands with keys > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > keycommand is a eTeX/LaTeX package that provides a very > natural way to define commands with optional keys. > > The package provides : > ewkeycommand, enewkeycommand, providekeycommand > ewkeyenvironment, enewkeyenvironment > > and also keycmd for a more advanced interface. > > It is based on the kvsetkeys package by Heiko Oberdiek. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the package and written a description for the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/keycommand.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand of course, the catalogue entry won't even appear until the overnight processing run has happened. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pdfcrop
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the pdfcrop package. Pdfcrop is a Perl script that can either trim pages of any whitespace border, or trim them of a fixed border. Location on CTAN: support/pdfcrop License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: 2009/07/17 v1.16: Security fixes: * -dSAFER added for Ghostscript, * -no-shell-escape added for pdfTeX/XeTeX. 2009/07/17 v1.17: Security fixes: * Backticks and whitespace are forbidden for options --(gs|pdftex|xetex)cmd. * Validation of options --papersize and --resolution. 2009/07/18 v1.18: * Restricted mode added. * Option `--version' added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pdfcrop/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdfcrop (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: biblatex-authoryear-icomp-tt
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 Thomas Titz submitted a new biblatex style to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/ Summary description: author-year style with compact multiple-reference-citations and ibidem mechanism License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a citation scheme that combines the features of the styles authoryear-comp (omission of recurring author/year in multiple-reference-citations) and authoryear-ibid (replacement of repeated citations by the abbreviation ibidem). The implementation relies heavily on unmodified biblatex macros, and no attempt has been made to add further features not present in core biblatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-authory… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-authoryear-icomp-tt (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: lshort-persian
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 Mehdi Omidali submitted the persian (farsi) translation of the (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e. Location on CTAN: info/lshort/persian Summary description: Persian (Farsi) Translation of The not so short introduction to Latex2e License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This directory contains Persian Translation of The Not So Short Introduction to Latex2e by Tobias Oetiker. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/lshort/persian . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=lshort-persian (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: jpgfdraw
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

that upload thingy wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: jpgfdraw > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: graphics/jpgfdraw > Summary description: Vector graphics application for LaTeX users > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > version 0.5.3b: > > * Fixed bug causing NullPointerException on startup when using > JRE6 with XP or Vista. > > * Added text along a path facility (added new JDR/AJR version > to accommodate this). > > * Added export to a complete single-paged LaTeX document. > (In addition to export to a file containing just the > image code.) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/jpgfdraw.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/jpgfdraw my regular readers will expect statement about the triviality of the update to the catalogue entry, overnight. oddly, this time, there's a change of substance (as well as the trivia). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: dozenal
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

that there upload daemon flexed its little fingers, and wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: dozenal > Author's name: Donald P. GOodman III > Location on CTAN: /fonts/dozenal > Summary description: Typeset documents using base twelve numbering > (also called dozenal) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package supports typesetting documents whose counters are > represented in base twelve, also called “dozenal”. It includes a macro > by David Kastrup for converting positive whole numbers to dozenal from > decimal (base ten) representation. The package also also includes a > few other macros and redefines all the standard counters to produce > dozenal output. > > Fonts, in Roman, italic, slanted, and boldface versions, provide ten > and eleven (the Pitman characters preferred by the Dozenal Society of > Great Britain). The fonts were designed to blend well with the > Computer Modern fonts, and are available both as MetaFont source and > in Adobe Type 1 format. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/dozenal.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//fonts/dozenal and, as usual, the catalogue entry will be updated in an hour or so. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: etextools
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

This package is new 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: etextools Version number: 2e Author's name: Florent CHERVET Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: e-TeX useful tools for LaTeX Users and package Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides mainly 4 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN update: ConTeXt Commands Top Ten
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '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: ConTeXt Commands Top Ten Version number: 32 Author's name: Corsair Sun Location on CTAN: /info/ Summary description: The top ten ConTeXt commands. License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fix a typo in page 22, change color and style of ref links, and add thank list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/context-top-ten . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/context-top-ten (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: chitex
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '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: chitex Version number: 6.1.2p15a37/ps635Mk27b38 Author's name: Hung-Yih Chen Location on CTAN: /systems Summary description: ChiTeX provides the means for typesetting Chinese in a TeX system, including the necessary fonts License type: nosell Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version of chitex was released in July, 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/chitex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chitex (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: calctab
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Roberto Giacomelli submitted an update to the calctab package. The calctab package helps the user to typeset a kind of economic table such as invoices, expense notes and liquidation, or other tabular material with a values column. The code computes sum and percentage with floating point numeric methods (using the fltpoint package) and builds the render table task. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/calctab Summary description: A language for numeric tables License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- calctab package - A language for numeric tables version 0.6.1 update with a bug fix - 2009/07/12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/calctab/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=calctab (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: dante.ctan.org upload: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Josef Kleber submitted an update of 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 New in v1.4a: - Bugfix: (pdf}latex crashed with PDF text annoatations (pdfcomment and pdfmargincomment) in tabulars reported by: Thomas König fixed by: Ulrike Fischer, Herbert Voß ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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