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New CTAN package: SyncTeX parser
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

Cambridge ctan-upload daemon quoth: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: SyncTeX parser > Author's name: JÃ©rÃ´me Laurens > Location on CTAN: support > Summary description: C Sources for the SyncTeX output file parser, for developers > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Developers will find here the latest sources of the SyncTeX parser. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/SyncTeX parser.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support i have installed the package as requested, and made a catalogue entry for the package. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: liturg
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

the cambridge upload daemon quoth: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: liturg > Author's name: Donald P. Goodman > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/liturg > Summary description: Simple macros for typesetting Catholic liturgical texts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Simple macros for typesetting Catholic liturgical texts, particularly > Missal and Breviary texts. Assumes proper installation of Latin > typesetting packages. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/liturg.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/liturg/ i've installed the package, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. (users should note that although the package itself is already on its way around the world, the web view of the catalogue data won't be updated until some time during the night.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: gmutils, gmdoc, gmverb
by CTAN Announcements 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 Grzegorz Murzynowski submitted updates to the gmdoc gmverb gmutils packages. Locations on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmutils /macros/latex/contrib/gmdoc /macros/latex/contrib/gmverb License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gmutils: A collision with natbib fixed and some macros added such as @nameedef, ampulexdef, provide and pprovide. gmverb: This update provides minor changes in the documentation and more consistent dekclubs, dekclubs* and olddekclubs. gmdoc: This update provides further development for inline comments and one-time hiding detection of definitions and fixex $ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.1j + subcaption package v1.0b
by CTAN Announcements 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions of floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix in in subcaption package: Sometimes the horizontal alignment was wrong, should be fixed now ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: curves package version 1.52 of 2008/08/29
by CTAN Announcements 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 Ian Maclaine-cross submitted an update to the curves package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/curves/ Summary description: Draws curves and polygons in the LaTeX 2e picture environment. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Draws curves in the LaTeX 2e picture environment using parabolic arcs between data points with continuous slope at joins. For circles and circular arcs uses up to 16 parabolic arcs. Also draws symbols or dash patterns along curves. A straight side switch changes curves to polygons. Extends picture capability without extra programs and data files. Parabolic arcs consist of short chords drawn by overlapping disks or line drawing `special's selected by package options. New in version 1.52: Polygon drawing and improved documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/curves/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/curves (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: pstool
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

will robertson wrote (in a virtual sort of way): > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: pstool > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pstool > Summary description: Support for psfrag within pdfLaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________ > The pstool package > v1.0 > > 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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the package (in cambridge_ and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstool.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pstool thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-barcode.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace all > files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ i did that; thanks for the update. > pst-barcode is a PSTricks related package for drawing > barcodes for all important modes. > > This new version comes with: > > - Added 2d Matrix code, Data matrix code, QR code, Aztec code. > parsable example options field to each encoder. > - An encoder for the Pharmaceutical Binary Code symbology > was added. users may view the catalogue entry for the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-barcode.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: rsc
by CTAN Announcements 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

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: rsc Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rsc Summary description: BibTeX styles for Royal Society of Chemistry and Wiley journals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v3.0: - Second complete re-write of package. BibTeX styles now require natbib and mciteplus - Package provides interface to BibTeX style, as in achemso package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rsc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/rsc (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: epstopdf
by CTAN Announcements 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

This package has been replaced at tug.ctan.org. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: epstopdf Author's name: Gerben Wierda Location on CTAN: /support/epstopdf Summary description: epstopdf v.2.9.9gw License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # 2008/08/26 v.2.9.9gw # * Switch to embed fonts (default=yes) (J.P. Chretien) # * turned no AutoRotatePages into an option (D. Kreil) (default = None) # * Added resolution switch (D. Kreil) # * Added BSD-style license ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/epstopdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/epstopdf (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

from the cambridge upload daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries > Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.16 : > * fixed bug that causes footnote option to remove hyperlink > for first use entries in glossaries other than the list > of acronyms. (footnote option should only affect entries > in acronymtype glossary.) > > * Raised hypertarget so that links to glossary entries don't > scroll off the top of the page. > > * Fixed expansion-related bug (thanks to fix provided by > Ulrich Diez) i've installed the new files, and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html the updated catalogue entry will apear around 0100 UK time. > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries the package itself is already making its way around the world, and should be more or less everywhere within 24 hours of now. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: probsoln
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

from my upload daemon: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: probsoln > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/probsoln > Summary description: Generate problem sheets and their solution sheets > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 3.0: Rewrote package to use data sets to make it easy > to reuse problems so that the solutions can be placed in > a different section of the document to the questions. > > Link to faq has changed: http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/latex/packages/faq/probsolnfaq.html i've installed the new version (including its .tds.zip), as requested. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/probsoln.html (the revised version of the catalogue will appear around 0100 uk time) > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/probsoln which data will mirror around the world in the next 24 hours. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: animate
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the aniamte package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate Summary description: creating portable PDF animations from graphics files and inline graphics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The code for resizing the animation widget using the `width', `height', and `depth' options has been rewritten to yield more intuitive results. Moreover, the length commands width, height, depth and otalheight can now be used with the above mentioned options in order to refer to the original widget dimensions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: harvardkyoto
by CTAN Announcements 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

The package below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: harvardkyoto Author's name: Daniel Stender Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/generic/harvardkyoto Summary description: Harvard/Kyoto input mapping for XeTeX Unicode Devanagari (0900-097F) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XeTeX input map for Unicode Devanagari (0900-097F) typesetting according to the Harvard/Kyoto convention, to be compiled with TECkit by J. Kew. Cf. http://granthinam.blogspot.com/2008/08/harvardkyoto-input-map-for-xetex.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/generic/harvardkyoto . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/harvardkyoto (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: MetaGo
by CTAN Announcements 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

This package is up 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: MetaGo Author's name: Wentao Zheng Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metago Summary description: MetaPost package for Go game positions (visualization) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The first release of MetaGo version 0.9. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metago . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/metago (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: achemso Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso Summary description: Support for submissions to American Chemical Society journals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v3.0a: - Corrected errors in CODEN list in documentation - Improved handling of postal and e-mail addresses - Some typos in README information corrected ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/achemso (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.1j
by CTAN Announcements 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

On Sun, 24 Aug 2008, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions of floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fatal typo in macro usage corrected: caption@WaningNoLine => caption@WarningNoLine ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: xstring
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xstring Author's name: Christian Tellechea Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xstring Summary description: manipulation of strings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- package xstring update version v1.2 2008/08/23 This package does not require LaTeX (but eTeX is required). Consequently, the xstring.tex file should be installed in the tex/ subtree. =========== Changes =========== * New test : IfStrEq * New test : IfEq * Bugfix in @xs@formatnumber * Code improvement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xstring . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xstring (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

This package has been updated. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: siunitx Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.0j: - Improved handling of expandable content in table cells - Package now works with calculated table values, for example from datatool ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN package update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '08

21 Aug '08

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: achemso Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso Summary description: Support for submissions to American Chemical Society journals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- The achemso bundle, version 3 --------------------------------------------------------------- The achemso bundle includes a series of files for supporting submission to the American Chemical Society. The current bundle includes: - achemso.cls, a class for writing article - achemso.sty, a more generally-useful package following the ACS standards - natmove.sty, a small support package to modify the behaviour of natbib - achemso.bst and biochem.bst, two BibTeX style files which between them cover all ACS journal styles --------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3 is a complete re-write of the package. This is now the *official* class for LaTeX submissions to the ACS. The files have been tested by the publishers and work for submission. See: http://pubs.acs.org/paragonplus/submission/general/tex.html for details. The changes mean that users moving from version 2 should read the documentation very carefully. The BibTeX styles now *require*: - natbib - mciteplus while the package and class also *requires* notes2bib (and natmove). The recommended method for using the BibTeX styles is to load them using the package, i.e. usepackage[options]{achemso} as this provides a customisable interface and also ensures the correct packages are loaded. --------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/achemso (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: biblatex-chicago-notes-df
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

This has been put in 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: biblatex-chicago-notes-df Author's name: David Fussner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chicago-notes-df Summary description: Chicago notes + bibliography style files for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a biblatex style implementing the notes + bibliography specification of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, a specification intended primarily for writers in the humanities. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-chicago-notes-df (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: verbatimbox
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

This package has been installed 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: verbatimbox Author's name: Steven B. Segletes Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/verbatimbox Summary description: Store verbatim text in a LaTeX box, for use in places where verbatim environment is not allowed. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you need to include blocks of verbatim text inside figures or tables? The verbatim environment is not compatible with some of these other environments. But now, the verbbox environment allows you to input verbatim text and store it in a LaTeX box. That box then becomes generally usable in all other LaTeX environments, and can be simply recalled. This style therefore allows for a greater use of the verbatim environment within other LaTeX constructs where verbatim was previously inaccessible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/verbatimbox . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/verbatimbox (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the animate package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate Summary description: creating portable PDF animations from graphics files and inline graphics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With this release, animations can be build from multipage PDF using XeLaTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has new materials: More Math into LaTeX, fourth edition, Short Course, Video presentation
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

The material below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should by now be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: More Math into LaTeX, fourth edition, Short Course, Video presentation Author's name: George Gratzer Location on CTAN: /info/Math_into_LaTeX-4 Summary description: A series of video presentations introducing LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A series of video presentations introducing LaTeX, based on Part I, Short Course, of More Math into LaTeX, fourth edition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This material is located in http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/Math_into_LaTeX-4 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mil4 (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: xelibertine
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Michael Niedermair submitted the new package xelibertine to CTAN. The package makes the opentype font libertine available for XeLaTeX. Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/xelibertine License type: gpl This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/xelibertine . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=xelibertine (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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-mla
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, James Clawson submitted an update to the biblatex-mla package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/ Summary description: MLA (humanities) style files for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update to version 0.5 of biblatex-mla. Biblatex-mla provides Biblatex support for references and citations in the style defined by the Modern Language Association (MLA). The style is a common standard for writers in the humanities and is outlined in the MLA Style Manual and the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. These files follow definitions for the 2nd edition of the Manual and the 6th edition of the Handbook. Version 0.5 fixes many bugs, adds new driver support, and introduces support for MLA-style footnotes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-mla (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: The caption package v3.1i
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table, and cooperates with many other packages. Includes rotating captions, sideways captions, continued captions (for tables or figures that come in several parts). A list of compatibility notes, for other packages, is provided in the documentation. The package also provides the caption outside float facility, in the same way that simpler packages like capt-of do. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix release of the caption package bundle: - Missing options `within' & `without' added - Bugfix: label...pageref should work always now - Bugfix: subfigure support of caption2 package revised - Bugfix: label, index, and glossary are allowed inside sub-captions which produce a list entry now - Bugfix: figurename=<name> works now when using (n)german.sty ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: boxhandler
by CTAN Announcements 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: boxhandler Author's name: Steven B. Segletes Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/boxhandler Summary description: Tools for Optimizing Captions, Presentation, and Placement of Tables and Figures License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package facilitates the optimized presentation of LaTeX tables and figures. Not only can boxhandler conveniently lay out table and figure captions with a wide variety of stylistic appearances, but allows for figures and tables to be ``wrapped'' in a manner consistent with many business and government documents. For a document that might appear in different venues with different formatting, boxhandler very powerfully permits the creation of a LaTeX source document that can, with a single-line change in the source code, produce an output that has vastly different layout from the baseline configuration, not only in terms of caption style, but more importantly in terms of the locations where figures, tables and lists appear (or not) in the document. Deferral routines also allow one to keep all figure and table data in a separate source file, while nonetheless producing a document with figures and tables appearing in the desired location in the document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/boxhandler . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/boxhandler (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: pdftex
by CTAN Announcements 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008, Han The Thanh submitted an update to the pdftex package. Location on CTAN: /systems/pdftex Summary description: A new stable release of pdftex License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The pdfTeX team announces the release of a new stable version: > > =========================================================================== > pdfTeX 1.40.9 > =========================================================================== > > This is the announcement of pdfTeX 1.40.9, an extended version of TeX that > can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX > typesetting with the help of PDF. > > =========================================================================== > Main changes of pdfTeX 1.40.9 > =========================================================================== > > some bugfixes only > > For complete release notes see http://www.pdftex.org/NEWS > > =========================================================================== > Legal notice / license > =========================================================================== > > pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2008 Han The Thanh, <thanh(a)pdftex.org> > > pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the > terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software > Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later > version. > > For a complete README (with a full discussion of the license) please look > at http://www.pdftex.org/README > > =========================================================================== > The files / installation > =========================================================================== > > You should first try to get a new version of pdfTeX through your > distribution. > > If you want to compile it yourself, have a look at http://www.pdftex.org -- > there you can find links to the pdfTeX sources on CTAN. And some useful > documentation. > > =========================================================================== > Mailing lists / web pages: > =========================================================================== > > Mailing list: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex > > Related web pages: > http://www.pdftex.org > http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex/ > http://foundry.supelec.fr/scm/?group_id=23 > http://www.tug.org/tex-live/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes > http://www.dante.de/ > http://tug.org/ > http://www.pragma-ade.com/ > > The pdfTeX team, August 2008 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/pdftex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdftex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: termlist
by CTAN Announcements 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon work its way through the system. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: termlist Author's name: Bernd Rellermeyer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/termlist Summary description: Label any kind of terms with a continuous number. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The termlist package provides environments to indent and label any kind of terms with a continuous number, like mathematical terms are indented and labelled inside an equation or eqnarray environment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/termlist . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/termlist (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: mathspec
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '08

17 Aug '08

The package below 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: mathspec Author's name: Andrew Gilbert Moschou Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/mathspec Summary description: Specify arbitrary fonts for mathematics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The mathspec package provides an interface to typeset mathematics in XeLaTeX with arbitrary text fonts using fontspec as a backend. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/mathspec . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mathspec (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: mh
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '08

17 Aug '08

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 Morten Høgholm submitted an update of the mh bundle, more precisely of the breqn and mathstyle packages. The breqn package makes more easy the business of preparing displayed equations in LaTeX, including permitting automatic line-breaking within displayed equations. (Breqn uses the mathstyle package to keep track of the current maths typesetting style, something that raw TeX hides from the programmer.) The mathstyle package performs two functions: – to make sub- and superscript operations macros, which has the effect of making their behaviour uniform and more readily understandable; and<br/> – to take advantage of the lack of infix operations (such as over) in LaTeX to redesign the control of mathematical typesetting style, and to rationalise the way mathchoice and dependent mechanisms work. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mh License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix for breqn and mathstyle. Super- and subscripts of ight delimiters would be interpreted as if there was a {} before them, leading to completely wrong position. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mh . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mh (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: doc-pictex
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '08

17 Aug '08

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 Uwe Lück submitted the doc-pictex package to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /info/pictex/Doc-PiCTeX.txt Summary description: Recent (2008/02/15) list of documentations for PiCTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PiCTeX is a generic set of TeX macros for drawing diagrams and pictures, dating from 1987, written and described by Michael J. Wichura ... and descriptions (documentation) is somewhat hard to get. Doc-PiCTeX.txt is a recent (i.e., based on web search 2008/02/15) list of descriptions and reference lists. (A little rivalry with UK FAQ label `docpictex' which, however, is included.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/pictex/Doc-PiCTeX.txt . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=doc-pictex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: paresse
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: paresse Author's name: Yvon Henel Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/paresse Summary description: version 2.1 of paresse, package to type greek letter in math mode using the character (unicode 00A7: section sign) made active License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 2.1, 2008-08-16 change: correction of a bog in fileinfo which prevented the package to be loaded ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/paresse . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/paresse (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: addlines
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '08

This package has-- after some mucking around on my part-- 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: addlines Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/addlines Summary description: A user-friendly wrapper around enlargethispage, to space for more text to the current (+facing) page. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Small update to add a feature: draft/final package options are now supported. The code has been updated to use the changepage package rather than chngpage (which is now obsolete). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/addlines . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/addlines (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: multiobjective
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '08

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at a mirror near you. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: multiobjective Author's name: Luis Martí Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/multiobjective Summary description: A LaTeX package with multiobjective optimization and multicriteria decision making operators License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX does not explicitly includes the operators used in the fields related to multiobjective optimisation. Therefore, the appearence of those operators changes from paper to paper, sometimes leading to misunderstandings. The spirit behind this small package is to eliminate those variations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/multiobjective . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/multiobjective (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '08

quoth my ctan-upload: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries > Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.15 : > * added altlong4col* and altsuper4col* styles > > * fixed PDF encoding problem caused when both translator > and hyperref packages are being used > > * fixed bug when using smallcaps and smaller options that causes > the long form in the list of acronyms to be the same for each > entry > > * Added warnings when rerun required when using glossary > group hyper navigation > > * added glslabel > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version; thanks for the upload > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries the revised catalogue entry will be updated overnight; the package itself should propagate to all mirrors within 24 hours of (about) now. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: changepage package
by CTAN Announcements 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

Peter Wilson <herries.press(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > I have uploaded changepage.sty to Cambridge incoming. Please use > this to replace the current changepage.sty. > > The changepage package enables exact checking for odd/even pages > and locally changing the textwidth or page layout. > > Changes 2880/08/15 > o Version 1.0a --- fixed typo (a missing `p') i've installed the file, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/changepage.html or view the file itself at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/changepage.sty catalogue updating overnight, package distribution to mirrors over the next 24 hours or so. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: xstring
by CTAN Announcements 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

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: xstring Author's name: Christian Tellechea Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xstring Summary description: manipulation of strings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- package xstring update version v1.1 <2008/08/15> ======= Changes ======= * does not require LaTeX anymore (but eTeX required). Consequently, the xstring.tex file should be installed in the tex/ subtree. * new tests : IfInteger and IfDecimal * improved code, and minor bugfixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xstring . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xstring (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: engpron
by CTAN Announcements 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: engpron Author's name: Yvon Henel Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/engpron Summary description: version 2 of engpron, a package to write English pronunciation, makes the pound (£) an active character License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ENGPRON version 2 2008-08-15 50th anniversary edition This bundle contains: * the package itself: engpron.sty * bilingual really short documentation: engpron.pdf * documentation for the final user * engpron-fr.pdf % in French * engpron-en.pdf % in English * examples * engpron-ex-fr.pdf % in French * engpron-ex-en.pdf % in English * sources: Makefile, engpron.dtx, engpron.ins, README, LISEZMOI * TDS-compliant archive: engpron.tds.zip ================================ CHANGES. ================================ ENGPRON 2 2008-08-15 The active character £ (pound) is made `robust' with the meaning this word has in LaTeX parlance (moving argument) with the package drac if option `drac' is choosen as it is the case by default. Opposite option `nodrac'. Macros for syllable divisions and hyphenation. The macros for stress marking enable hyphenation if option `hyphenable' is enforced. Opposite option `unhyphenable' The macros for syllable divisions produce a glyph if option `visible' is enforced. Opposite option `invisible'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/engpron . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/engpron (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: siunitx Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.0i: - Re-introduced changes from 1.0g, accidentally omitted from 1.0h ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN has a new package: drac
by CTAN Announcements 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: drac Author's name: Josselin Noirel and Yvon Henel Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/drac Summary description: drac: Declare Robust Active Character provides macro to define ``robust active character'' License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st public version This package provides the DeclareRobustActChar macro the use of which is similar to the one of DeclareRobustCommand but which protects the active character when it appears in a moving argument, see ltdefns.dtx in /latex/base. It provides also the ReDeclareRobActChar macro which is to DeclareRobustActChar as enewcommand is to ewcommand. English and French documentations provided. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/drac . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/drac (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: CJK 4.8.1 has been released
by CTAN Announcements 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 at 22:33 +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > ====================================================================== > > > CJK 4.8.1 > ========= > > CJK 4.8.1 is available from > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/language/chinese/CJK > > and other CTAN hosts and its mirrors. Following the CTAN rules, the > source files of CJK are unpacked. Additionally, the archive > CJK-4.8.1-doc.tar.gz is available which provides some CJK > documentation and example files in various output formats. > > Current development snapshots are available from > > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=cjk.git;a=summary > > which also shows the commitments to the git repository of the CJK > package. > > Bug reports should go to cjk-bug(a)ffii.org. > > > CJK is a macro package for LaTeX, providing simultaneous support for > various Asian scripts in many encodings (including Unicode): > > Chinese (both traditional and simplified) > Japanese > Korean > Thai > > A special add-on feature is an interface to the Emacs editor > (cjk-enc.el) which gives simultaneous, easy-to-use support to a bunch > of other scripts in addition to the above: > > Cyrillic > Greek > Latin-based scripts > Russian > Vietnamese > > See below for the relevant snippet from the history file. > > Enjoy! > > > Werner > > > ====================================================================== > > > Version 4.8.1: > 10-Aug-2008 > new: > SUN Wen-Chang has contributed the CJKspace.sty package > which modifies the `CJK*' environment to suppress spaces > only after CJK characters. See CJKspace.txt for > details. > > errors: > Pinyin syllable macros (defined in pinyin.sty) were not > robust, causing problems with indices, for example. > > Some Chinese .fd and .fdx files were missing for fonts > which are present in forthcoming TeXLive distribution. > _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: paresse
by CTAN Announcements 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: paresse Author's name: Yvon Henel Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/paresse Summary description: A means of typing greek letters with an active character §, e.g. §a is equivalent to ensuremath{alpha} License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2, 50th anniversary edition changes: 1/ deleting of an unused macro 2/ rewriting and repackaging of the documentation 3/ providing of a tds-compliant archive This package provides a means of typing easily greek letters with the least possible effort ;) It takes care only of the letters which have a macro name as alpha or Omega. It makes the character § active. Documentation in English and in French provided ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/paresse . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/paresse (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: gm* packages
by CTAN Announcements 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

The gm* collection of packages has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College See: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmdoc http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmverb http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmiflink http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmutils http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmeometric

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CTAN has a new package: autoarea
by CTAN Announcements 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 Uwe Lück submitted the package autoarea to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pictex/addons Summary description: automatic bounding boxes with PiCTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PiCTeX is a generic set of TeX macros for drawing diagrams and pictures, dating from 1987, written and described by Michael J. Wichura. The last extensions contributed by other authors may have occurred 1999. It may be difficult to find somebody who uses it today ... yet two users asked me for help this year ... A new generic package `autoarea.sty' makes PiCTeX recognize lines and arcs in determining the bounding box of a picture (PiCTeX so far accounted for put commands only). The bounding box is essential for proper placement of a picture between running text and margins and for keeping the running text away. Examples provided demonstrate what `autoarea.sty' does. Yes, it should suffice to load the package to have this effect. Read additional instructions and informations in the file `autoarea.sty'. `autoarea.sty' has been tested successfully on 42 geometric figures from a work by medieval scholar N. Oresme, as reproduced by Dr. Richard Lorch using PiCTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pictex/addons/autoarea . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=autoarea (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 documentation update: pst-solides3d
by CTAN Announcements 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Herbert Voss wrote: > I have uploaded pst-solides-doc.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete > the directory /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/doc > and put the new directories doc and doc-en in there. > > pst-solides3d is a PSTricks related package for drawing > 3D solids and mathematical functions in perspective view > with hidden lines and areas > > this update has a new english translation of the original > french documentation. i've installed the new documentation as requested, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. users may browse the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-solides3d.html or browse the package base directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ (i'm doing a manual run of the catalogue generation here in cambridge, as i type: the address above will give the updated catalogue entry soon. elsewhere, the update will happen overnight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: latex-tds
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the latex-tds package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds Summary description: latex-tds 2008/08/10 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CTAN's package description: This bundle provides a set of zip file modules containing TDS (tds)-compliant trees for items of the LaTeX distribution (both the base system and required packages), together with `user-friendly' documentation (PDF files with navigation support using bookmarks and links). A further module (knuth) performs the same service for Knuth's software distribution (knuth-dist). Latest changes (see readme.txt): 2008/08/10 * Module latex3 added. * Module base: CTAN hyperlinks fixed. * Module amslatex: Outdated URL fixed in amsldoc.tex. * Module babel: Problem with already defined meta in tb1604.tex fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=latex-tds (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. > Changes > > * alphalph v2.1, askinclude v2.1, bmpsize v1.5, classlist v1.3, > dvipscol v1.2, engord v1.7, grffile v1.8, hypcap v1.9, > ifdraft v1.3, pagesel v1.8, pdfcolmk v1.2, pdfcolparallel v1.2, > pdfcolparcolumns v1.2, pdflscape v0.10, refcount v3.1, > scrindex v1.1, settobox v1.4, telprint v1.10, twoopt v1.5 > * No code changes. > * URLs checked and updated. > > * bookmark v1.3 > * Package `flags' replaced by package `bitset'. > Now flags are also supported without eTeX. > * Hook for package `hypdestopt' added. > > * holtxdoc v0.11 > * Newsgroup, xnewsgroup, and URL updated. > > * hypdestopt v2.2 > * Support for package `bookmark' added. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: The hypdvips package
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

This package has been put on tug.ctan.org and will soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The hypdvips package Author's name: Raimund Niedrist Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/hypdvips Summary description: Hyperref extension for dvips License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The hypdvips package fixes some problems when using hyperref with dvips. It also adds support for breaking links, file attachments, embedded documents and different types of GoTo-links. The cooperation of hyperref with cleveref is improved, which in addition allows an enhanced back-referencing system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hypdvips . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hypdvips (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: Boisik
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

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: Boisik Author's name: mitek Location on CTAN: /fonts/boisik Summary description: Font inspired by Baskerville design License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Font Boisik is a serif font (inspired by Baskerville typeface) written in Metafont. It comprises roman and italic text fonts and math fonts. Homepage: http://mitek.webpark.cz/boisik ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 package update: tdsfrmath
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be near you. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tdsfrmath Author's name: Yvon Henel Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tdsfrmath Summary description: version 1.1 of the aforesaid package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A bunch of macros for French maths teachers of college and lycees (and more perhaps). Should facilitate the everyday use of LaTeX for maths teachers. CHANGES FOR VERSION 1.1 New mechanism to select the ``gras de tableau'' which enables the usage of textbf. General request of one user ;-) Correction of a bug which produced an erroneous warning when selecting a package for the ``gras de tableau'' Numerous corrections of the documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tdsfrmath . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tdsfrmath (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: xkeyval
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

This package has been update at tug.ctan.org. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xkeyval Author's name: Hendri Adriaens Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/xkeyval Summary description: xkeyval v2.6 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repaired open issues: 1) protect assignments from # in several macros 2) included KV@def in keyval.tex as the ldcsetup package uses that directly 3) bug in xkvview with empty prefixes See the version history in xkeyval.pdf for more information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xkeyval (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: svninfo
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 Achim D. Brucker submitted an update to the svninfo package for incorporating the values of Subversion keywords into typeset documents. Location on CTAN: /tex/macros/latex/contrib/svninfo/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed bug resulting in wrong date for maximal revision (i.e., svnInfoMaxToday). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/tex/macros/latex/contrib/svninfo/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=svninfo (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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-dw
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 Dominik Wassenhoven submitted an update to the biblatex-dw package. It is a small collection of styles for the biblatex package. It was designed for citations in the humanities and offers some features that are not provided by the standard biblatex styles. Biblatex-dw is dependent on biblatex (at least version 0.7) and cannot be used without it. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/ Summary description: Humanities styles for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.1f - BUGFIX: Corrected wrong punctuation when using 'idembib= false' in conjunction with an editor. - Added crossref functionality (using biblatex's field 'xref'). This works for authortitle-dw as well as footnote-dw. For further information please have a look into the package documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-dw (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: sketch
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 Eugene K. Ressler submitted an update to the sketch package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/sketch Summary description: 3d sketching in a PSTricks-like language; major update License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a major update to the previous CTAN upload of Sketch. It has important adaptations to newer PSTricks versions, adds support for ConTeXt, and fixes a few bugs. Sketch is a small, simple system for producing line drawings of three-dimensional objects and scenes. It began as a way to make illustrations for a textbook after we could find no suitable tool for this purpose. Existing scene processors emphasized GUIs and/or photo-realism, both un-useful to us. We wanted to produce finely wrought, mathematically-based illustrations with no extraneous detail and be able to easily overlay TeX math and text. The input language is reminiscent of PSTricks, so will be easy to learn for current PSTricks users. See http://www.frontiernet.net/~eugene.ressler . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/sketch . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=Sketch (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: pgfplots
by CTAN Announcements 10 Aug '08

10 Aug '08

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 Christian Feuersänger submitted an update to the pgfplots package. Pgfplots draws high-quality function plots using normal or logarithmic scaling, with a user-friendly interface. The user supplies axis labels, legend entries and the plot coordinates for one or more plots and Pgfplots applies axis scaling, computes any logarithms and axis ticks and draws the plots. Pgfplots is based on Till Tantau’s package PGF/TikZ. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfplots License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version 1.1 contains speed improvements, several bugfixes and several improvements to the user interface. The file doc/latex/pgfplots/ChangeLog contains more detailed information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfplots . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pgfplots (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: csbulletin
by CTAN Announcements 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: csbulletin > Author's name: Zdenek Wagner > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/csbulletin > Summary description: LaTeX class for articles to the CSTUG Bulletin (Zpravodaj) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package provides the class for articles for the CSTUG Bulletin > (Zpravodaj Ceskoslovenskeho sdruzeni uzivatelu TeXu). You can see the > structure of a document by looking to the source file of this > manual. The package can be used and distributed according to the LaTeX > Project Public License. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/csbulletin.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csbulletin/ i have installed the new bundle, and put a catalogue entry in the repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upload: tdsfrmath
by CTAN Announcements 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: tdsfrmath > Author's name: Yvon Henel > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tdsfrmath > Summary description: bunch of macros for French math teachers of > collÃ¨ges and lycÃ©es and more > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Provides ``end-user'' macros for typing maths Ã la French. > Uses amsmath, amssymb, xkeyval, suffix and xargs. > > For this package is intended to be used by French maths teachers of > ``collÃ¨ges'' and ``lycÃ©es'' I provide an only French documentation. > > Feel free to ask me questions about it nonetheless if necessary :) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tdsfrmath.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tdsfrmath i have installed the update on the archive and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update --- memoir class v1.6180339a
by CTAN Announcements 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Peter Wilson <herries.press(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > Changes 2008/08/07 > o Memoir v1.6180339a released removing extra spaces from footnotes > o NO CHANGES TO ANYTHING ELSE i have installed this new version and updated the catalogue. users may view the catalogue entry[*] at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html or browse the package directory at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team [*] will be updated overnight, but not by much...

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CTAN package update: gmutils
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

ctan-upload(a)alan.smcvt.edu wrote: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: gmutils > Author's name: Grzegorz Murzynowski > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmutils > Summary description: a basic package used by other packages of mine v0.91 > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package gathers basic commands used by other packages of mine, > such as @ifnextcat, @ifnextac, foone, StoreMacro... > In this version: > + XeTeXthree, the declaration loading xltxtra, xunicode and fontspec > adjusted to the redefinition of verb in recent xlxtra > + removed jobnamewoe since jobname is always without extension. > + xiispace forked to visiblespace let to xxt@visiblespace of > xltxtra if available. > + The documentation driver integrated with the .sty file. > + the package uses e-TeX primitives such as ifdefined. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmutils > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/gmutils i have installed the package and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package updated: gmverb
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

ctan-upload(a)alan.smcvt.edu wrote: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: gmverb > Author's name: Grzegorz Murzynowski > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmverb > Summary description: a redefinition of verb and verbatim environment > used by gmdoc, v0.87 > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > In this version (0.87) > + visible space tidyied and taken from xltxtra if available. > + gmutils required. > + The xii... CS'es moved to gmutils. > + The documentation driver moved into the .sty file > > Update required for compatibility with gmdoc > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmverb > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/gmverb i have installed the package and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: gmdoc
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

ctan-upload(a)alan.smcvt.edu wrote: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: gmdoc > Author's name: Grzegorz Murzynowski > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gmdoc > Summary description: a package for documentating (La)TeX > sources---further improvements due to user's feedback > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > gmdoc is a package for documenting (La)TeX sources with a minimal > markup. This version (0.99l): > + encourages integration of driver with the .sty/.cls file, > + introduces the codespacesgrey option and CodeSpacesGrey declaration, > + fixes some bugs. > > It requires updating also other packages of mine, gmutils and gmverse. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmdoc > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/gmdoc > (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to > appear). 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 repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: dlfltxb bundle
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 Lars Madsen submitted an update to the dlfltxb bundle. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dlfltxb/ Summary description: Updates to released packages related to Introduktion til LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The dlfltxb bundle contains several packages used for creating 'Introduktion to LaTeX (my Danish LaTeX book, see http://www.imf.au.dk/system/latex/bog/ for beta versions), the packages includes macros for handling document markup (i.e. using keywords to switch formatting of certain words, writing them in the margin and auto indexing them). Another package handles the two tables of contents. One interesting package for casual users is the dlfltxbcodetips package which contain the code from several tips in the book, i.e. macros that you will fond in no other packages. (Some of these will over time be moved to the mathtools package) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/dlfltxb/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dlfltxb (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: vpp package
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 Wybo Dekker submitted version 2.0 of the vpp (view_print_ps_pdf) package. vpp (View and Print PDF/Postscript) displays a pdf or postscript document and lets you print (or save as PDF) selected pages to a one- or two-sided hardcopy or an A5-booklet. Can also be used to re-arrange pages in a PDF document. Location on CTAN: /support/view_print_ps_pdf License: LPPL Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: inversepath
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

ctan-upload(a)alan.smcvt.edu wrote: > A submission was uploaded to > /var/ftp/incoming/upload-20080731-090518.001/ > on tug.ctan.org. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: inversepath > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/inversepath > Summary description: Calculate the inverse of a file path > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Minor update. New command inversepath* now prints nothing to the PDF > (better for programatic purposes). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/inversepath > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/inversepath i've now installed this package and updated the catalogue. sorry about the delay. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package renamed and updated: xpackages
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpackages > Author's name: Morten HÃ¸gholm > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xpackages > Summary description: xpackages update > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a snapshot of the svn repository as of 2008/08/03. > > Only stable modules are included, which currently is limited to the > modules xbase and xtheorem. > > Changes in xparse: > Semantics for DeclareDocumentCommand has reverted to the original > (overwrite). Two new commands NewDocumentCommand and > RenewDocumentCommand have been introduced. Same applies for > environments. > > Xparse: > A reimplementation of the interface to AMS-LaTeX's theorem definition > commands, using the facilities of the template package of xbase. the interested user may browse the (extensive) readme file for further details. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages thanks for the upload -- everything is now installed and catalogued. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote (in its inimitable way): > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: Morten HÃ¸gholm > Location on CTAN: macros/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: expl3 update > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a snapshot of the svn repository as of 2008/08/03. from the readme file: 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. users should review the rest of the (extensive) readme file for further details. note that the package's directory has moved location on ctan. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/contrib/expl3 thanks for the upload; i have updated the catalogue and it should by now be visible at most mirror sites. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN bundle update: mh
by CTAN Announcements 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: mh > Author's name: Morten HÃ¸gholm > Author's email: mh.ctan(a)gmail.com > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mh > Summary description: mh update > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes this time around: > > xfrac has been moved from the experimental area on CTAN and into the > mh bundle. Note that it requires *very* recent versions of expl3 and > xpackages which have themselves just been uploaded to CTAN. > > mathtools has been extended by Lars Madsen and robustified a few > places. New features are: > MoveEqLeft for adjusting the left hand side of a multiline equation > ArrowBetweenLines for, er, adding arrows or other symbols between > two consecutive lines of a multiline equation. > > breqn has seen bug fixes as well as some new features regarding labels. > > mathstyle and flexisym have had bug fixes regarding active characters. > > empheq07 has been removed. I doubt there are any users of it at all. I > do not want to clutter the distribution with files not used by > anyone. > > eqlayouts.tex has been added to breqn-technotes.tex and so is also gone. > > Many thanks to Lars Madsen and Will Robertson for adding and fixing code. i have installed the files as requested, and updated the catalogue repository (for the bundle -- the separate package entries will be updated later this evening). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mh.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mh thanks, morten, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: cryst
by CTAN Announcements 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

ctan-upload(a)dante.de wrote: > Name of contribution: cryst > Author's name: Ulrich Mueller > Location on CTAN: /fonts/cryst > Summary description: Fonts for the graphical symbols used in > crystallography with Type-1 fonts > License type: nosell > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fonts for the graphical symbols for symmetry elements used in crystallography. > tex-archive/fonts/cryst already had the files cryst.mf and cryst.tfm > to create the symmetry symbols. These remain unchanged. The files > cryst.afm and cryst.pfb for PostScript Type-1 fonts have been > added. The old files cryst.tex, cryst.dvi, cryst.ger and ucrys.fd are > obsolete and can be deleted. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This package is located at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cryst > . More information is at > http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cryst > (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to > appear). thanks for the upload; i've installed the package as requested (at Cambridge, in the absence of the dante.ctan.org manager). Distribution managers should note the change of licence (it was other-free in my categorisation). The font should therefore be removed from distributions. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: jpgfdraw
by CTAN Announcements 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Through the medium of www.tex.ac.uk uploader, Nicola Talbot writes: > Name of contribution: jpgfdraw > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: graphics/jpgfdraw > Summary description: vector graphics application for LaTeX users > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jpgfdraw is a graphics application written in Java. > > You can use Jpgfdraw to: > > * Construct shapes using lines, moves and cubic Bezier segments. > > * Edit shapes by changing the defining control points. > > * Incorporate text and bitmap images (for annotation and > background effects). > > * Extract the parameters for TeX's parshape command > and for shapepar (defined in the shapepar package). > > * Construct frames for use with the flowfram package. > > * Pictures can be saved in Jpgfdraw's native binary format (JDR) > or native ascii format (AJR) or can be exported as: > > - a pgfpicture environment for use in LaTeX documents with the > pgf package > > - a LaTeX2e package based on the flowfram package > > - an encapsulated postscript file > > - a PNG image file > > - SVG image file > > * Alternative text can be specified to use when exporting to a > LaTeX file (e.g. if the text contains symbols or if it should > be set in maths mode). > > * Mappings can be used to specify what LaTeX font declarations > should be used when exporting to a LaTeX file. > > Home page: http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/jpgfdraw/ > HTML manual: http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/jpgfdraw/manual/ > FAQ: http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/jpgfdraw/faq/ i've installed the package as nicola suggests; thanks for the upload. 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 Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-solides3d
by CTAN Announcements 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Note that the CTAN path has been corrected from ../pst-solide3d (without the s). Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-solides3d Author's name: Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ Summary description: Drawing 3D perspective views of solids and mathematical functions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This new version 4.10 has the following changes: -- new behaviour of the macro psProjection -- new behaviour of drawing math curves -- option resolution on the subject curve is replaced by the ngrid -- modified macro axesIIID -- viewpoint in spherical coordinates ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-solides3d (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

This package has been updated. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: siunitx Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx Summary description: A comprehesive (SI) units package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.0h: - Removed spurious warning when setting tabformat ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN package update: bib2ml
by CTAN Announcements 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bib2ml Author's name: Stéphane GALLAND Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Major bug fix in bib2ml 6.3 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous versions of bib2ml do not load the locale strings of the generation themes. The 6.3 release fixes this major bug and provides the support of the TeX command url. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bib2ml . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bib2ml (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: chemstyle
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

The package here has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chemstyle Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle Summary description: Schemes and style for chemistry License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- chemscheme v1.4a: - Fix for definition error with floatrow and chapters ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chemstyle (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 François Charette submitted an update to the polyglossia package. Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia Summary description: Babel replacement for XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.1 * Improved documentation (added sections on font setup and numeration mappings) * Improvements and bugfixes for English and German * Bugfix in gloss-syriac.ldf (spurious space after extsyriac{...}) * Extended the scope of syriacabjad * Added gloss-amharic.ldf (ported from ethiop.ldf in the package ethiop) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=polyglossia (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: attachfile2 v2.4, hycolor v1.2, atbegshi v1.9
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 at 10:55 +0200, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL > Updates: > > * attachfile2 v2.4 > * Improved color support. Option `color' now understands > the usual color specifications if package `xcolor' is > loaded. > > * hycolor v1.2 > * Support for package xpackage{attachfile2} added. > > * atbegshi v1.9 > * Second example (TrimBox for dvipdfmx) added. > * No changes in package code. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: pst-optexp
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 Christoph Bersch submitted an update to the pst-optexp package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp Summary description: Drawing optical experimental setups. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package pst-optexp is a collection of optical components that facilitate easy sketching of optical experimental setups. Mechanisms for proper alignment of different components are provided internally. This way the user does not have to care for proper orientation of the elements. The changes in this new main version: * Added fiber-optical components * Added support for components with internal refraction (e.g. prisms) * Added support for arbitrary connection types (fiber and beam mixed). Components can be connected directly at definition time or later. * Added new free-ray objects - optdiode - pentaprism - ightangleprism - doveprism - optprism * Added support for supplementary nodes for electric connections ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pst-optexp (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 Sch??f

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CTAN has a new package: Greekdates
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

This package 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: Greekdates Author's name: Antonis Tsolomitis Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/greekdates Summary description: Provides access to ancient greek names of days, months, dates etc. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I thought I had lost this work in a hard disk crash back in 2001. Looking in some old cds, to my surprise, I found it! This is said to explain the release date written in the files, although the files are released today. The package provides easy access to ancient greek names of days and months of various regions of Greece. In case the hostorical information about a region is not complete, we use the Athenian name of the month. Moreover commands and options are provided, in order to completely switch to the ancient way, commands such as oday. In the meanwhile (since 2001) I have found, through more history research, that the way oday should be structured must be a bit different. I will fix this in a later release. The package prefers to be useful (say to Greek Gentiles) than to be historically accurate (for example a 13th month used in the ancient calendar is not implemented here as it would not be useful). However, even historians who are not gentiles may find interesting the information presented in the package. Antonis Tsolomitis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/greekdates . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/greekdates (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: xltxtra v0.4
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Will has updated the package below and it will 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: xltxtra v0.4 Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra/ Summary description: Extras for LaTeX with the XeTeX engine License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New code to automatically support visible spaces in verbatim modes in LaTeX's verb* and egin{verbatim*}, and the packages verbatim, moreverb, fancyvrb, and listings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xltxtra (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: makebarcode
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

This package has gone up at tug.ctan.org Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: makebarcode Author's name: Zdenek Wagner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/makebarcode Summary description: Tha package prints various kinds of 2/5 and Code39 bar codes. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package contains macros for printing various 2/5 bar codes and Code 39 bar codes. The macros do not use fonts but create the bar codes directly by vrules. It is therefore possible to vary width to height ratio, ratio of thin and thick bars. The package is therefore convenient for printing ITF bar codes as well as bar codes for identification labels for HP storage media. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/makebarcode . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/makebarcode (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: chletter
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

This package has gone up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chletter Author's name: Boris Oriet Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chletter Summary description: class for typesetting letters according to swiss rules License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A class for typesetting letters or small documents according to the swiss rules. No assumption is made about the language used. This class is based on the standard LaTeX classes and is mostly source compatible with the LaTeX letter class. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chletter . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chletter (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update --- xtab
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Peter Wilson <herries.press(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > I have uploaded xtab.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use the files > to replace those in macros/latex/contrib/xtab. Also included is a > tds.tar.gz which contains what I think of as a tds tree. The > distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > The xtab package automatically breaks long tables so they can span > multiple pages. It is an extension of the supertabular package, > providing additional functionality and reducing some of the > weaknesses. Alternatively you may find the longtable package fits your > needs better. > > Changes (2008/07/26) > o v2.3c released, hopefully with all extraneous spaces removed. i have installed the new files (including the .tds.zip) and updated the catalogue. users may view the catalogue entry at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xtab.html or visit the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xtab/ (the catalogue entry will be updated overnight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: hepnames
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: hepnames > Author's name: Andy Buckley > Location on CTAN: latex/contrib/hepnames > Summary description: standard typeset particle symbols for particle physics > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This long-overdue release adds the hepnames.sty combined interface to > heppennames and hepnicenames. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the files and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/hepnames.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/latex/contrib/hepnames

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CTAN package update: epspdf
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: epspdf Author's name: Siep Kroonenberg Location on CTAN: /support/epspdf Summary description: eps/ps/pdf conversion, with optional GUI License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Integration into texlive; bugfix pdftops identification; minor tweaks; updated documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/epspdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/epspdf (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: Aurical
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jul '08

27 Jul '08

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 at 17:25 +0200, Christian Gollwitzer submitted an update to the aurical package. Summary description: Aurical calligraphic fonts v1.5 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is version 1.5 of aurical. This is a bugfix release. Some glyph names were not compliant to the Adobe Glyph Naming convention. Thanks to Mojca Miklavec for bringing this to my attention and for sending me a corrected encoding file. ========================= Aurical v1.5 (2008/07/25) ========================= Aurical is a package that provides three calligraphic fonts for use with LaTeX in T1/Cork encoding and PostScript Type1 format. The fonts are: * Auriocus Kalligraphicus * Lukas Svatba * Jana Skrivana Each font features oldstyle digits and (machine-generated) boldface and slanted versions. Lukas Svatba is provided in a variant with a long s with the same input convention as in fraktur.sty by Matthias Mühlich. This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License. See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.lppl.html for the details of that license. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/aurical . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=aurical (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 Sch??f

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New CTAN package --- AroundTheBend
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Peter Wilson wrote: > I have uploaded AroBend.tar.gz to UK incoming. The contents should > go into the /info directory, possibly /info/aro-bend. > > From the README: > > For several years in the early nineties the late Michael Downes > presented a series of TeX macro programming challenges he called > Around the Bend. These are archived on CTAN in /info/aro-bend as 18 > pairs of ASCII files called exercise.* and answer.*. > > I have been presumptuous and taken the liberty of putting them all > into a single document, AroundTheBend.pdf, which might be more > accessible than the individual postings that form the original > archive. I have also included three challenges, namely nos. 19, 20 and > 21 that have not made it into the archive. > > If Michael were still with us I imagine that he would have put no > particular restrictions on his work. With this in mind, > AroundTheBend.tex and AroundTheBend.pdf are under the LPPL. i have installed your rather nice looking bundle in the CTAN directory info/challenges/AroBend (and in parallel moved Mike's original stuff to info/challenges/aro-bend, though the old directory name for aro-bend remains available for the time being). i've also catalogued the new package. thanks for the upload. users may view the (meagre) catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/around-the-bend.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/challenges/AroBend/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class v1.6180339
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Peter Wilson wrote: > I have uploaded memoir16180339.tar.gz to > tug.ctan.org/incoming. Please use the files to replace those in > macros/latex/contrib/memoir. Also included is a tds.tar.gz file > holding what I think might be a tds install tree. It's all under the > LPPL. > > Memoir is a flexible class being a superset of the book, report > (and article) classes with many facilities for designing your own > documents. It includes the functions of over 30 popular packages. > > Changes (2008/07/23) > o Memoir v1.6180339 released to cater for incompatible changes in the > hyperref package. All current patches are also folded in. > o Mempatch v6.0 released (void of code) > o INSIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE MANUAL (typo fixed in Figure 8.1 > caption, two persons added to the Acknowledgements list). i have installed the update, and regenerated the catalogue entries for memoir and mempatch. thanks for the upload. users may view the catalogue entry for memoir at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/memoir.html and browse the bundle directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: showlabels 1.6.3
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote (in its sweet little way): > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: showlabels 1.6.3 > Author's name: Norman Gray > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/showlabels/ ...replacing current version > Summary description: Show label, cite and other commands in margin > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Release 1.6.2 fixed one problem and created many others (doh!). Multiple > regression fixed. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/showlabels.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/showlabel… > _______________________________________________ thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the .tds.zip file, so users can get to the files immediately. (the catalogue entry will be updated on the web overnight). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pdftex.def v0.04k
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the pdftex.def file. Location on CTAN: graphics/pdftex/pdftex.def Changes: 2007/12/06 v0.04j * Option xmpfile added for adding metadata (experimental). 2008/07/16 v0.04k * LoadMetaPostSpecialExtensions loads additional support for MetaPost images (transparency) by loading supp-mpe.tex and supp-mis.tex (method posted in comp.text.tex by Jeremy Lea). As side effect MetaPost images are put in separate objects and are not inlined in the page stream. Status: experimental. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: chemstyle
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

This package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chemstyle Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle Summary description: Schemes and style for chemistry License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.3b: - Fixed error with latest version of siunitx - Some documentation improvements ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chemstyle (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: notes2bib Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.4a: - Bug fix for footnotes option ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/notes2bib (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: pst-geo
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

The package here has been updated at tug.ctan.org and will soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-geo Author's name: Herbert Voß Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo Summary description: pst-geo is a PSTricks related package for drawing two and three dimensional geographical objects License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This new version of pst-map3d has some new interesting features for drawing three dimensional views of the earth, like tectonic fields, magnetic boundaries, and epicenters of earthquakes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-geo (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: pdfcrop 1.11
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 at 11:10 +0200, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the pdfcrop package. Location on CTAN: support/pdfcrop/q License: LPPL Changes: 2008/07/22 v1.11: Workaround for open(-|). Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: tex-gpc
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 Wolfgang Helbig submitted the new tex-gpc package. Location on CTAN: systems/unix/tex-gpc Summary description: collection of change files for a TeX sytem based on GNU Pascal License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This directory contains change files for Donald E. Knuth's suite of TeX related programs. The change files (.ch) are to be applied to Knuth's master files (.web) in the version from March 2008. You can use them to build 'TeX-GPC', i.e., a TeX system based on the GNU Pascal Compiler version 2.1. TeX-GPC runs in a Unix environment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/unix/tex-gpc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tex-gpc (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: chemstyle
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chemstyle Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle Summary description: Schemes and style for chemistry License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.3a: - Improved appearance and behaviour of standardstate ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chemstyle (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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Re: CTAN update -- atbegshi v1.8
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the atbegshi package, a modern reimplementation of package everyshi, providing various commands to be executed before a command. It makes use of e-TeX’s facilities if they are available. Both LaTeX and plain TeX are supported. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL Update: * atbegshi v1.8 * AtBeginShipoutUpperLeftForeground added. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: LaTeX Notes
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: LaTeX Notes Author's name: Alpha Huang Location on CTAN: /info/lnotes Summary description: A Chinese introduction to TeX/LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This Chinese document is an introduction to TeX/LaTeX. It covers basic text typesetting, math, graphics, table, Chinese language & fonts, and some miscellaneous features (hyperlink, long document, bibliography, index, page layout). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lnotes . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/lnotes (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: siunitx Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx Summary description: A comprehesive (SI) units package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.0g: - Improved loading of configuration files in document body ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN package update: Version 2.3 of the exam document class
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

The package here has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Version 2.3 of the exam document class Author's name: Philip Hirschhorn Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/exam Summary description: A document class for preparing exams License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Major changes since version 2.2: 1. In addition to grading tables for the entire exam (indexed either by question number or by page number), it's now possible to create grading tables that cover only part of the exam. 2. In addition to grading tables, it's now possible to create point tables (either for the entire exam or for only part of the exam). These tables list the questions (or pages) and the number of points possible, but don't have space to fill in the number of points actually earned. 3. There are now ``bonus points'', which can be assigned to a question (or part, or subpart, or subsubpart) instead of regular points. Bonus points are not counted by the regular grading tables or point tables, but there are commands to create both grading tables and point tables that count only bonus points, either for the entire exam for for only part of the exam. 4. In a grading table (or point table) indexed by question number, it's possible to replace the number of a question by a title of that question (e.g., "Concepts", or "Design"). Of course, the title of a question can also include the question number. 5. If you create a pdf file from your LaTeX file, then the question numbers (or question titles; see item 4 above) in a grading table indexed by question number will be clickable links that take you to the corresponding question. Similarly, the page numbers in a grading table indexed by page number will be clickable links that take you to the corresponding page. 6. The command answerline, which creates an answer line for short answer questions, can now take an optional argument, which should be the correct answer. The correct answer will be printed on the answer line when solutions are being printed. 7. When creating a choices environment (to list the possible answers to a multiple choice question), you can mark one or more of the choices as "correct choices", and these choices will be printed with emphasis when solutions are being printed. By default, the emphasis is boldface, but this can be changed. 8. Hooks are provided for advanced users to modify the list parameters (e.g., opsep, itemsep, etc.) used in the lists created by the questions, parts, subparts, subsubparts, and choices environments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/exam . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/exam (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pstricks-add Author's name: Herbert Voß Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ Summary description: pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package with bugfixes and new features License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pstricks-add.tex ----------- (Dominik Rodriguez/hv) v 3.07 2008-07-18 - fix bug with psdice - new macro psChart - added setlinecap to linestyle dashed - fix bug with psGTriangle and fillstyle for pspolygon - fix bug with vertical setting of the horizontal labels - add option value inner for tickstyle - add Makro psCancel (Stefano Baroni) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pstricks-add (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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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