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CTAN package update: rsc
by CTAN Announcements 17 Oct '07

17 Oct '07

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: rsc Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rsc Summary description: BibTeX support for Royal Society of Chemistry and Wiley style articles License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.2: * Added URL field to misc record type * rsc.sty is now a stub for the chemstyle package Note also licence change to LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: PerlTeX
by CTAN Announcements 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

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: PerlTeX Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex/ Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. This version (1.5) should run faster on operating systems that support persistent named pipes: Linux, Unix, Mac OS X (untested) -- not Windows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/perltex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New CTAN package: pst-soroban
by CTAN Announcements 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-soroban.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put the > files in the new directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-soroban/ > > pst-soroban is a PSTricks related package for drawing > a japanese abacus. The soroban is still used in Japan > today. > > the author of the package is Alain Delmotte and the > license is LPPL. i have installed the new package, and made an entry in the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Users may visit the catalogue entry at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-soroban.html or browse the package's directory on the archive: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-soroban/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org upload: confproc
by CTAN Announcements 14 Oct '07

14 Oct '07

The package below has been updated on 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: confproc Author's name: Vincent Verfaille Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/conferences/confproc/ Summary description: LaTeX2e package providing a new class for building conference proceedings. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The confproc package is a LaTeX document-class for building conference proceedings. Version 0.4e enhances the package and fixes several issues: - package: - redefine hebibliography to avoid inserting a phantom item to set the introductory paragraph (thanks to Will Robertson); - redefine frontmatter, mainmatter, ackmatter, ableofcontents, etc, to take into acount layout and formatting issues; - page layout defined with the geometry package (thanks to Will Robertson) - bug correction: have hypersetup evaluated only at the document beginning (then taking into account the user changes in the PDF metadata); - remove formatting from footer and name-like commands: author, title, etc. (thanks to Will Robertson); - use mathptmx package instead of times package, and nth package instead of extsuperscript command (thanks to Will Robertson); - allows to insert 1-page long papers (did not work in v0.3 and previous); - instead of replacing each paper’s last page by the list of its bibliography items, print them on top of the header of the last page; - documentation: changes history re-organized using macro environment - example updated: - to account for those changes (shorter code) - .bib files included (were missing in v0.3)! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/conferences/confproc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/confproc (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 upgrade: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '07

13 Oct '07

ctan-upload(a)tex.ac.uk wrote: > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.08: > > * Added multilingual support > * Fixed bug in listgroup and altlistgroup styles so that > glsgroupheading uses glsgetgrouptitle to get the > group title instead of displaying the label > * Fixed typo in error message text when the description > key is missing to ewglossaryentry. thanks for the upload; i've installed it and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries the package is on its way around the world's mirrors, by now; the catalogue entry will be updated on the web overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: addlines
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '07

13 Oct '07

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, 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 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This small package provides the command addlines for adding or removing space in the textblock of the page it's used on. E.g., adding an extra line of text to the page so that a section fits better on the next page. It will also add space to the *facing* page in a two-sided document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 package update: autolatex 5.4
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

The package below 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: autolatex 5.4 Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: /support/autolatex Summary description: Major bug fix in the GTK interface License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The GTK interface of AutoLaTeX corrupts the configurations files. fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/autolatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/autolatex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: KOMA-Script
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 Markus Kohm submitted a new version of the koma-script bundle. The KOMA-Script bundle provides drop-in replacements for the article/report/book classes with emphasis on typography and versatility. There is also a letter class, different from all other letter classes. It also offers e.g. a package for calculated type areas in the way laid down by the typographer Jan Tschichold, a package for easily changing and defining of page styles, a package for getting not only the current date but also the name of day and a package for getting current time. All these packages may be used not only with KOMA-Script classes but also with standard classes. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script is a versatil LaTeX2e bundle License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script 2007/09/28 v2.97c Copyright (c) Markus Kohm , 1994-2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to the standard LaTeX2e classes. KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities in order to provide the user an almost complete working environment. -------------------------------------------------------------------- For installation see INSTALL.txt (english) or INSTALLD.txt (german, UTF-8). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes at 2.97c: - improved english manual (almost everything is new) - handling of pseudo-lengths improved (if you are using e-TeX) - option handling improved (new implementation) - some fixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=koma-script (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: changes
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Ekkart Kleinod submitted an update to the changes package. The changes-package allows the user to manually markup changes of text, such as additions, deletions, or replacements. Changed text is shown in a different colour; deleted text is crossed out. The package allows free defining of additional authors and their associated colour. It also allows you to define a markup for authors or annotations. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/changes Summary description: Version 0.5.2 allows passing of parameters to the included packages "ulem" and "xcolor" in a convenient way. License type: lppl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/changes . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=changes (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: etoolbox (elatex) 1.3
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> wrote: > I've uploaded `etoolbox.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. Note that this is an update for macros/latex/contrib/elatex. The > package was formerly called 'elatex' and has been renamed > to 'etoolbox'. Please purge all the old files, install the new ones > under macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox, and announce the upload as > usual. > > ABOUT (for the catalogue) > > The etoolbox package is a toolbox of programming facilities geared > primarily towards LaTeX class and package authors. It provides LaTeX > frontends to some of the new primitives provided by e-TeX as well as > some generic tools which are not related to e-TeX but match the > profile of this package. Note that the initial versions of this > package were released under the name elatex. > > CHANGES > > * Renamed package from elatex to etoolbox > * Renamed ewswitch to ewtoggle (name clash) > * Renamed provideswitch to providetoggle (consistency) > * Renamed switchtrue to oggletrue (consistency) > * Renamed switchfalse to ogglefalse (consistency) > * Renamed ifswitch to iftoggle (consistency) > * Renamed otswitch to ottoggle (consistency) > * Added undef > * Added csundef > * Added AtEndPreamble > * Added AfterEndDocument > * Added AfterPreamble > * Added ifdefvoid > * Added ifcsvoid > * Added ifdefequal > * Added ifcsequal > * Added ifstrequal > * Added listadd > * Added listeadd > * Added listgadd > * Added listxadd > * Added listcsadd > * Added listcseadd > * Added listcsgadd > * Added listcsxadd > * Added ifinlist > * Added xifinlist > * Added ifinlistcs > * Added xifinlistcs > * Added dolistloop > * Added dolistcsloop I've installed the newly-named version, and updated the catalogue repository. Thanks for the upload. (I've not yet deleted the elatex directory -- will do that tomorrow, but I have deleted its catalogue entry.) Users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/etoolbox.html or browse the catalogue directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etoolbox/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: autolatex 5.3
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007, Stephane Galland submitted an update to the autolatex package. AutoLaTeX is a set of GNU Make and Perl scripts that may be used to compile LaTeX projects. AutoLaTeX automates the compilation process by calling (pdf)latex and bibtex as they are required. It supports pdflatex, latex, dvips, epstopdf and bibtex. AutoLaTeX also provides a powerful feature for automatic generation of the figures that are included in the LaTeX project: for several figure sources (xfig, dia, umbrello, png, svg, xmi...) AutoLaTeX is able to generate the appropriate PDF picture. AutoLaTeX also supports pstex format generation (from xfig and gnuplot for example). The use of AutoLaTeX on the command line is similar to GNU Make. AutoLaTeX should be called with several targets to run. Location on CTAN: /support/autolatex Summary description: Update of AutoLaTeX due to major bug fixes License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several major bugs are fixed inside the GTK interface of AutoLaTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/autolatex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=autolatex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: gnuplottex
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

> An upload to cam.ctan.org was in upload-20071006-135511 > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: gnuplottex > Author's name: Lars Kotthoff > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gnuplottex > Summary description: Gnuplottex allows you to generate and include gnuplot gr > aphs directly in LaTeX. > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gnuplottex allows you to make gnuplot graphs directly in your LaTeX > files. Gnuplot is a versatile plotting package. More information can > be found at http://www.gnuplot.info/. > > This version adds improved support for different gnuplot terminals. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/gnuplottex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/gnuplottex the changes will be at the other CTAN sites soon, at the mirrors (mostly) within 24 hours. the catalogue entry will be updated from the repository overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: visualtex
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007, Alex Romanenko submitted a new version of the visualtex package. Visual-TeX is a TeX-oriented text editor which uses Neil Hodgson's Scintilla editing component as source code editor, and a TeX lexer by the package author. The editor has several valuable TeX-specific features, including forward search capability from YAP. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/visualtex Summary description: vx 3.30 update License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Win32 interface is optimized, some modules are rewritten; [*] hardware dependent module KBDC is replaced by the inner procedure; [*] some bugs are fixed [*] (cascaded) folding is correcred. [+] TeX macro for commands with arguments take into account the selection in document; [+] new editor commands; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/win32/visualtex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=visualtex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: epspdfconversion
by CTAN Announcements 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

A new package has been put on 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: epspdfconversion Author's name: Daniel Becker Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion Summary description: package to use the epspdf-tools from within (pdf)latex for eps->pdf conversion on the fly License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package facilitates the use of the epspdf tools (see on CTAN in /pub/tex/support) from within (pdf)LaTeX. EPS graphic files are converted on the fly. It is similar to and based on the epstopdf package and allows to pass several options such as grayscale, prepress, pdfversion etc. to the epspdf conversion-command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/epspdfconversion (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: mimeTeX
by CTAN Announcements 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

John Forkosh wrote: > I've uploaded ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/mimetex.zip , > > As per your README.uploads instructions... > + what you've uploaded > mimetex.zip > to replace support/mimetex/mimetex.zip > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > support/mimetex > (The README file in support/mimetex > has _not_ changed; please just leave > the existing copy in place.) > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > GNU GPL > + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > o several changes since the last CTAN update > in July, 2006: > o added wncyr10 cyrillic fonts, including support > for all tex ligatures > o added eflectbox functionality > o negative spaces now supported > o 1,2,3 places comma at baseline, as usual, > but frac12,3 places comma at frac line > (and ditto for other similar punctuation) > o fixed several minor bugs reported by users, e.g., > better logic to determine whether to apply + to blank > translation on input query strings. > o updated documentation i've installed this new version, and updated the catalogue repository -- thanks for the upload. users may read the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mimetex.html or simply download the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/mimetex/mimetex.zip Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: oberdiek bundleintcalc v1.1, ...
by CTAN Announcements 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License:LPPL New packages: * bigintcalc v1.0 This package provides expandable arithmetic operations with big integers that can exceed TeX's number limits. * bitset v1.0 This package defines and implements the data type bit set, a vector of bits. The size of the vector may grow dynamically. Individual bits can be manipulated. * grfext v1.0 This package provides macros for adding and reordering graphics extensions of package `graphics'. Updates: * bookmark v1.2 * pdfmark driver respects ofiles. * engord v1.6 * Short description fixed. * epstopdf v1.5 * New option `update': If the converted file exists, it will be only converted if it is out of date. * Updating the extension list is delegated to package `grfext'. Fine tuning is done by the new options `append', `prepend'. * New option `outdir' for changing the output directory. * New option `verbose'. * SourceFile and OutputFile introduced. * Configuration file support added. * flags v0.4 * Package is deprecated because of new more powerful package `bitset'. * intcalc v1.1 * intcalcNum added. * intcalcShl and intcalcShr allow negative numbers. The sign is preserved. * Reuse @gobble instead of own macro IntCalc@Gobble. * Small fixes. * Shorter internal prefix. * Some programmer's interface. * kvoptions v2.8 * Compatibility for plain-TeX added. * Typos in documentation fixed. * kvsetkeys v1.4 * Normalizing and parsing of comma separated lists added. * kv@normalize rewritten. * Robustness increased for normalizing and parsing, e.g. for values with unmatched conditionals. * e-TeX is used if available. * Tests added for normalizing and parsing. _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: ijmart
by CTAN Announcements 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

The package below has been updated on 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: ijmart, v1.1 Author's name: Boris A Veytsman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ijmart/ Summary description: LaTeX class for the Israel Journal of Mathematics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Israel Journal of Mathematics is published by The Hebrew University Magnes Press. This class provides LaTeX support for its authors and editors. It strives to achieve the distinct ``look and feel'' of the journal, while having the interface similar to the one of the amsart document class. This will help the authors already familiar with amsart to easily submit manuscripts for The Israel Journal of Mathematics or to put the preprints in http://www.arxiv.org with minimal changes in the LaTeX source. In version 1.1 the new environments ``namedprop'' and ``namedprop*'' are added. They facilitate typesetting of special named propositions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ijmart/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ijmart (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: texbytopic
by CTAN Announcements 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

The package below has been put into place at tug.ctan.org and it 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: texbytopic Author's name: Victor Eijkhout (uploaded by Karl Berry) Location on CTAN: /info/texbytopic/ Summary description: TeX by Topic under GFDL License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Eijkhout has generously released his book TeX by Topic, including the sources, under the GNU Free Documentation License (with no invariants). It is now available from CTAN, and the project page is at savannah: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/texbytopic. As a long-time fan of the book, I'm very happy to see this. Thanks Victor! (And thanks for letting me be your release 'droid for CTAN :) Karl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/texbytopic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/texbytopic (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: PerlTeX
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

The package below 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: PerlTeX Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. This release includes a new --makesty command-line option that generates a PerlTeX-free (but document-specific) noperltex.sty file suitable for distributing to people who don't have PerlTeX installed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/perltex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and the license has changed. It 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: 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.1: * Package now requires e-TeX * Several internal improvements * Many commands made robust * Improved documentation Note also license change from GPL to LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: confproc
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

A new package has been installed on 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: confproc Author's name: Vincent Verfaille Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/conferences/confproc Summary description: LaTeX2e package providing a new class for conference proceedings. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The confproc package is a new LaTeX document-class for conference proceedings. It derives form LaTeX scripts written for the DAFx-06 conference proceedings, mainly based on the pdfpages package for including the proceedings papers and the hyperref package for creating proper table of contents, bookmarks and general bibliography back-references. It also uses many other packages for fine tuning of table of contents, bibliography and index of authors. The added value of this class resides in its time-saving aspects when designing conference proceedings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/conferences/confproc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/confproc (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: hepunits
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Andy Buckley wrote: > Name of contribution: hepunits > Author's name: Andy Buckley > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/hepunits > Summary description: hepunits - a set of useful units for use in high > energy physics > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > hepunits is a LaTeX package built on the SIunits package, which adds a > collection of useful HEP units to the existing SIunits set. These > include the energy units MeV, GeV, TeV and the derived momentum and > mass units MeVoverc, MeVovercsq and so on. Additionally, some units > are added for pure convenience. > > This release (1.1.1) is a bug fix release for the GeVovercsq macro > which was accidentally producing the same output as GeVoverc. All > users are encouraged to upgrade. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the upgrade and updated the catalogue. Users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/hepunits.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepunits Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: epix
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

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: epix Author's name: Andrew D. Hwang Location on CTAN: /graphics/epix Summary description: LaTeX-friendly plotting software License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ePiX, a free (libre and gratis) collection of batch programs, creates mathematically accurate figures, plots, and animations containing LaTeX typography. The output -- LaTeX picture-like environments and vector image files -- is expressly designed for use with LaTeX. Version 1.2 has been re-written from scratch, mostly preserving the user syntax of Version 1.0, but providing many new capabilities. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/epix . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/epix (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: visualtex
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

The package below 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: visualtex Author's name: Alex Romanenko Location on CTAN: /systems/win32/visualtex Summary description: new version 3.25 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] some old modules are rewritten; [*] a lot of bugs are fixed [*] compiling process creation is optimized (now in separated thread); [+] stop compile command, dvips command for project [+] multifile open (in editor and in project) [+] immediate TeX syntax check from file with command list is added [+] New help files [+] New editor commands (lines and blocks) [+] New command for rectangular selection (Alt+Mouse) [-] Temporary folding on def command is disabled ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/visualtex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/visualtex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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-diffraction
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day 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: pst-diffraction Author's name: Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-diffraction/ Summary description: patterns for monochromatic light License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package enables the user to draw the diffraction patterns for different geometric forms of apertures for monochromatic light. The aperture stops can have rectangular, circular or triangular openings. This new version allows three dimensional views of the light patterns. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-diffraction/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-diffraction (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: l2picfaq
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

The package below 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: l2picfaq Author's name: Dominik Bischoff Location on CTAN: /info/l2picfaq/german/ Summary description: l2picfaq: A picture How-To / l2picfaq: Ein Bilder How-To License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ENGLISH: A major update - completely reworked: - new Layout - source-code better documented - direct links to the package-documentations - updated all the examples (where necessary) - several new examples - ... -> comments are - as always - highly welcome! DEUTSCH: Komplett überarbeitete Version: - neues Layout - Quellcode sauber dokumentiert - Paketdokus direkt verlinkt - sämtliche Beispiele überarbeitet und wo nötig aktualisiert - diverse neue Beispiele - ... -> Kommentare sind - wie immer - höchst erwünscht! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2picfaq/german/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/l2picfaq (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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-fractal
by CTAN Announcements 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-fractal Author's name: Herbert Voss Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fractal Summary description: pst-fractal, v 0.05 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pst-fractal, a PSTricks related package, draw the Julia and Mandelbrot set, a Sierpinski triangle, Koch flake, Apollonious Circle as well as fractal trees with a variety of different parameters (including varying numbers of iterations). This new version of pst-fractal allows unbalanced fractal trees. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-fractal . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-fractal (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: The alnumsec package v0.03
by CTAN Announcements 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Frank Küster submitted an update to the alnumsec package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/alnumsec/ Summary description: Using alphanumeric section numbering with standard sectioning commands License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor improvement: - Three ewcommand changed to providecommand to enhance compatibility - Licence updated to LPPL 1.3, "maintained" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/alnumsec/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=alnumsec (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: environ
by CTAN Announcements 23 Sep '07

23 Sep '07

A new package has been installed 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: environ Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/environ Summary description: A new environment interface License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package defines amsmath's collect@body, as well as a long version Collect@Body, for collecting the body text inside an environment. These are used to define a new author interface for creating new environments that might be useful on occassion. For example, NewEnvironment{test}{[#1]} wraps the entire environment body in square brackets, doing the right thing in ignoring leading and trailing spaces. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/environ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/environ (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 v3.1b
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '07

22 Sep '07

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted a bugfix release of the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.1: - The combination of centering and labelsep=newline works now - Problems with hyperref and breaklinks=true are resolved - ewfloat{Example}+captionsetup{type=Example}works now - New feature: Warning !label before caption ignored added ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=caption (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: hexgame
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

The package below has been installed 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: hexgame Author's name: Meron Brouwer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/hexgame Summary description: Hexgame introduces a new environment to easily draw a hexgame-board License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hex is a mathematical game invented by the Danish mathematician Piet Hein and independently by the mathematician John Nash. This package defines a new environment that enables the user to draw such a game in a trivial way. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hexgame . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hexgame (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 location change: GraphicxSP
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Please note that the package described below has moved to macros/latex/contrib. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: GraphicxSP Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/graphicxsp Summary description: GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. GraphicxSP embeds the graphic in the PDF document once, and allows the document author to use and re-use that same graphic without significantly increasing the file size. Additionally, GraphicxSP supports Adobe transparency imaging model. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/graphicxsp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/GraphicxSP (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: trivfloat
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

The package below has been updated on 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: trivfloat Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/trivfloat Summary description: Quick floats in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.3b: * Fixed error with hyperref Note licence change to LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/trivfloat . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/trivfloat (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: chemscheme
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

The package below has been updated on 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: chemscheme Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemscheme Summary description: Support for chemistry schemes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.2a: * Instructions for use with pdfLaTeX (many thanks to Stefan Pinnow for these) * Bug with hyperref fixed Notice that the license of the package has been changed to LPPL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chemscheme . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chemscheme (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: GraphicxSP
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

The package below has just gone into tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: GraphicxSP Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /graphics/graphicxsp Summary description: GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GraphicxSP is an extension of the graphicx package. GraphicxSP embeds the graphic in the PDF document once, and allows the document author to use and re-use that same graphic without significantly increasing the file size. Additionally, GraphicxSP supports Adobe transparency imaging model. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/graphicxsp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/GraphicxSP (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: caption v3.1a
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '07

16 Sep '07

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.1: - combination KOMA-Script + longtable should work now - combination listings + hyperref should work now - combination longtable + subfigure should work now - the load order longtable->caption->hyperref should work 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 package Update: oberdiek bundl
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '07

16 Sep '07

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek License: LPPL Announcment text: ------------------- New packages: * intcalc v1.0 This package provides expandable arithmetic operations with integers. * pdfcol v1.0 Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports color stacks. The driver file `pdftex.def for package `color' defines and uses a main color stack since version v0.04b. Package `pdfcol' is intended for package writers. It defines macros for setting and maintaining new color stacks. * pdfcolparallel v1.0 Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports several color stacks. This package uses them to fix color problems in package `parallel'. * pdfcolparcolumns v1.0 Since version 1.40 pdfTeX supports several color stacks. This package uses them to fix color problems in package `parcolumns'. * soulutf8 v1.0 This package extends package `soul' and adds some support for UTF-8. Namely the input encodings `utf8.def' from package `inputenc' and `utf8x.def' from package `ucs' are supported. New main version: * alphalph v2.0 The package provides methods to represent numbers with a limited set of symbols. Both LaTeX and plain-TeX are supported. * New implementation that uses package `intcalc'. This removes the dependency on e-TeX. * ewalphalph is extended to support new methods `wrap' and 'multi'. * Documentation rewritten. Updates: * Catcode section updated for some packages. * embedfile v1.2 * Fixes for plain-TeX, wrapper for package `keyval' added. * iflang v1.4 * Bug fix: IfLang@StrEqual -> IfLangStrEqual * kvsetkeys v1.2 * Using package `infwarerr' for error messages. * pdfcolfoot v1.1 * Use of package `pdfcol'. * Test file added. * stringenc v1.2 * Uses EdefSanitize instead of PE@sanitize from package `pdfescape'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bundle is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=oberdiek (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: hepthesis
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Andy Buckley wrote: > Name of contribution: hepthesis > Author's name: Andy Buckley > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/hepthesis > Summary description: A class for academic reports, especially PhD theses. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hepthesis is a LaTeX class for typesetting large academic reports, in > particular PhD theses. It was originally developed for typesetting the > authors high-energy physics PhD thesis and includes some features > specifically tailored to such an application. In particular, hepthesis > offers: > -- Attractive semantic environments for various rubric sections; > -- Extensive options for draft production, screen viewing and > binding-ready output; > -- Helpful extensions of existing environments, including equation and > tabular; and > -- Support for quotations at the start of the thesis and each chapter. > > This release is version 1.4, which contains many improvements, > including layout bug fixes and tweaks, reduced external package > dependencies, improved multi-lingual interaction with babel, and > improved documentation. Users of previous versions are encouraged to > upgrade. i have installed the package, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/hepthesis.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepthesis since the installation happened last night, the package should have progressed around the world a fair bit, by now; the catalogue entry itself won't be updated until some time overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Nicola Talbot writes: > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.07: Fixed bug causing incorrect page number for entries in the > first paragraph of a page. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the package and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries installation happened last night, so the package is well on its way around the globe; the catalogue entry itself will be updated overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: TeX Gyre fonts
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the tex-gyre package. > Font: TeX Gyre Pagella > Design: Hermann Zapf > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.030 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/pagella > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > --------- > Font: TeX Gyre Termes > Design: Stanley Morison together with Starling Burgess and Victor Lardent > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.030 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/termes > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > TeX Gyre Termes is based on the URW Nimbus Roman No9 L distributed > under GPL with Ghostscript. The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters > were added by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively. > > --------- > Font: TeX Gyre Schola > Design: Morris Fuller Benton > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.010 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/schola > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > --------- > Font: TeX Gyre Cursor > Design: Howard G. (Bud) Kettler > Authors: Bogusl{}aw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki > Version: 1.010 > Date: 12 IX 2007 > Downloads: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/cursor > License: GUST Font License > Location on CTAN: fonts/tex-gyre > > TeX Gyre Cursor is based on the URW Nimbus Mono L distributed under > GPL with Ghostscript. The Vietnamese and Cyrillic characters were > added by Han The Thanh and Valek Filippov, respectively. > > ----------- > The following changes have been made recently on the official web site > of the TeX Gyre project > (http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre): > > 12.09.2007: > TeX Gyre Cursor, ver. 1.010 (first release on CTAN) > TeX Gyre Pagella, ver. 1.030 > TeX Gyre Termes, ver. 1.030 > TeX Gyre Schola, ver. 1.010 > > * now, the widths of the TeX Gyre Cursor, Pagella, Schola and Termes glyphs > are almost consistent with the relevant Adobe metric data (for the glyphs > from the Adobe Standard Encoding). > > ------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Outage on www.ctan.org fixed
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

I apologize; there was an outage on the machine that houses http://www.ctan.org and ftp://tug.ctan.org and I was unaware so it was down for some time. I believe that it is fixed now. It seems that someone went in my ceiling and did something bad to my power. Fortunately, the power strip died to save the box, and the box appeared to come back up fine. Power strip, we salute you! Jim

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New CTAN package: pst-diffraction
by CTAN Announcements 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Herbert Voss has submitted another new pstricks package: > The authors of the package are Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss > > This package allows to draw the diffraction patterns for different > geometric forms of apertures for monochromatic light. > The aperture stops can have rectangular, circular > or triangular openings. > The options available are the dimensions of the aperture > under consideration and of the particular optical > setting, e.g. the radius in case of an circular opening. > Moreover one can choose the wavelength > of the light (the associated color will be given > automatically by the package). > There are three commands, for rectangular, circular and > triangular openings respectively: > > psdiffractionRectangle[settings] > psdiffractionCircular[settings] > psdiffractionTriangle[settings] > > The documentation is available in english, french, and german. i've installed the package and updated the catalogue. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-diffraction.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-diffraction/ (note that the documentation files are rather painfully large, and thus the zip of that directory is also pretty huge.) thank you, herbert and manuel, for the new package. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: The caption package v3.1
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an improved and enhanced version of the caption package 3. It was adapted to the AMS, beamer, KOMA, NTG, and SMF document classes, the french babel & the frenchle/pro packages; furthermore it supports the floatflt, fltpage, picinpar, picins, threeparttable, and wrapfig package now. Additionally it's now more compatible to version 1.x of the caption package than its precursor. Due to an internal change on how it patches the caption relevant commands, it's also more compatible to the document classes and packages it supports now (and offers an integrated hypcap functionality), but unfortunately also more incompatible to the ones it does not support (yet). Please read the doc for details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: The floatrow package 0.2a
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 at 20:45 +0200, Olga Lapko submitted an update to the floatrow package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/floatrow Summary description: Modifying the layout of floats License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The floatrow package provides many ways to customize layouts of floating environments and has code cooperation with caption 3.x package. Package offers possibilities to put floats side by side, to put caption beside float. The floatrow settings could be expanded to the floats created by packages rotating, wrapfig, subfig (in the case of rows of subfloats), and longtable. Changes: Bug fixes and preparation for cooperation with caption 3.1. Documentation was extended by examples. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/floatrow . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=floatrow (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: mkjobtexmf v0.5
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the mkjobtexmf package. Location on CTAN: support/mkjobtexmf/ Changes of version 0.5: * Support for `configure' added. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst-optexp
by CTAN Announcements 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and the changes 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: pst-optexp Author's name: Christoph Bersch Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp Summary description: A PSTricks package to draw 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. Changes in v1.1: * Considerably enhanced labeling of the components. Added new parameter 'labelref' which specifies the reference coordinate system for the label positioning and the rotation of the label. Default is labelref=relgrav, the label point is rotated together with the component, but the label text itself is not rotated. * parameter labelrelative is now obsolete, and replaced by labelref=relative. It will be removed in future versions. * parameter polwidth, bswidth, iwidth and owidth are now obsolete, and replaced by polsize, bssize, innerheight and outerheight for consistency reasons. They will be removed in future versions. * macro polarisation was changed to polarization for consistency reasons. The old notation is obsolete and will be removed in future versions. * fixed bug: filling of all components with 'fillstyle' is now possible. * fixed bug: added some liftpen=1 in the code to fix the look of the lenses and the optgrid. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?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 .

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CTAN has a new package: gcite
by CTAN Announcements 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

The package below 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: gcite Author's name: Matthew Tylee Atkinson and Iain Phillips Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/gcite Summary description: Citations in a more reader-friendly style License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows you to make citations in the German style, which is considered by many to be particularly reader-friendly. The citation provides a small amount of bibliographic information in a footnote on the page where each citation is made. It combines a desire to eliminate unnecessary page-turning with the look-up efficiency afforded by numeric citations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/gcite . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=gcite (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: apacite
by CTAN Announcements 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

The package below has been updated on 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: apacite Author's name: Erik Meijer Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/apacite Summary description: LaTeX/BibTeX citation package that implements the rules of the American Psychological Association License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Significant update of apacite. Explicit support for citing websites; much more extensive customizability; improved and extended language support; solved many compatibility issues (esp. hyperref and multiple bibliographies). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/apacite . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=apacite (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace _all_ > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ > > pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot > of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a... > > This update has new internal PostScript procedures and > a new written macro psbrace > > pstricks-add.pro ----------- (DR/hv) > v 0.12 2007-09-03 - Added > RGBtoGRAY, CMYKtoGRAY, HSBtoGRAY (hv) > > pstricks-add.sty ----------- (hv) > v. 0.11 2007-09-04 add a message for loading the prologue > file pstrick-add.pro > > > pstricks-add ----------- (DR/hv) > v 2.88 2007-09-03 - add psHomothetie for mirroring any object > - add option Tnormal for the psplotTangent macro > - add psxTick and psyTick for single ticks with > a label > - add arrowLW (arrowlinewidth for the line > ends o and * > - new psbrace for a better look i have installed the new version as requested, and updated the catalogue repository. the new version will be on its way around the world already, and should be at most mirrors within 24 hours. users may read the catalogue entry (which will be updated overnight) at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: fontch
by CTAN Announcements 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and the changes should be at your favorite mirror any time now. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: fontch Author's name: Rodrigo Medina Location on CTAN: /macros/plain/contrib/fontch/ Summary description: Changing fonts, sizes and encodings in Plain TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The fontch macros allow the user to change font size and family in any place of a plain TeX document. Sizes of 8, 10, 12, 14, 20 and 24 points are available. A sans serif family (sf) is defined. A command for producing doubled-spaced documents is also provided. There is support for math-bold, including a new family (mb) for bold math-italic and macros for bold math-symbols. Optional support for Latin Modern T1 and TS1 fonts, AMS fonts, and Double Stroke fonts (for blackboard bold). There are macros for non-latin1 letters and for most TS1 symbols. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/fontch/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=fontch (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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tug.ctan.org upload: ijmart
by CTAN Announcements 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

The package below has been put up on 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: ijmart Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ijmart Summary description: LaTeX Class for the Israel Journal of Mathematics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Israel Journal of Mathematics is published by The Hebrew University Magnes Press. This class provides LaTeX support for its authors and editors. It strives to achieve the distinct ``look and feel'' of the journal, while having the interface similar to the one of the amsart document class. This will help the authors already familiar with amsart to easily submit manuscripts for The Israel Journal of Mathematics or to put the preprints in http://www.arxiv.org with minimal changes in the LaTeX source ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ijmart . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=ijmart (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: mkjobtexmf v0.3
by CTAN Announcements 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the mkjobtexmf package. The progam mkjobtexmf runs a program and tries to find the used file names. Two methods are available, option -recorder of TeX (Web2C) or the program strace. Then it generates a directory with a texmf tree. It checks the found files and tries sort them in this texmf tree. It can be used for archiving purposes or to speed up following TeX runs. Location on CTAN: support/mkjobtexmf License: artistic Changes of version 0.3: * New option --copy for copying files instead of symbolic linking. * New option --flat that put all links/files in the destination directory without directory structure. * New option --destdir for specifying the the destination directory. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '07

03 Sep '07

The package below 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: notes2bib Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.0a: - Bug fix for placing notes at start of bibliography - New citenote command to fix problem with cross referencing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=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 has a new package: subdepth
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '07

03 Sep '07

The package below has been put up 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: subdepth Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/subdepth/ Summary description: Unify math subscript height License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is based on code posted to c.t.t. by Donald Arseneau long ago to equalise the height of subscripts in maths. The default behaviour is to place subscripts slightly lower when there is a superscript as well, but this can look odd in some situations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/subdepth/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=subdepth (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: references v4.3d
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 at 16:55 +0200, Volker Kiefel submitted version 4.3d of the references package. Location on CTAN: support/references License: gpl Summary: REFERENCES is bibliographic software for authors of scientific manuscripts and for management of bibliographic data of ARTICLES IN JOURNALS, of BOOKS, of CHAPTERS IN BOOKS and other document types including notes and electronic documents. REFERENCES supports LaTeX including BibTeX. Bibliographic records in MEDLINE format are easily imported. Retrieval of references is possible by keywords, authors' or editors' names, date of publication, title of article, book title, journal name and other data fields. Lists of references and formatted citations in the text can be compiled in any bibliographic style required by the publishers of scientific journals. REFERENCES is provided with a text based console interface compiled for win32-systems and as Linux port. An external text editor is required for editing data. Changes in v4.3d: For books, the ISBN field has been enlarged to 20 characters due to the change of the international standard book number format in 2007. Linux version only: menu options in square brackets may now be highlighted (controlled by the ENABLE_HL variable in the configuration file). A new awk script ``emptylines.awk'' added: removes empty lines from a text file. Bugfix: incorrect assessment of string length (Linux systems with utf-8 encoding) fixed. All changes and recommendations for use of the new version may be found in the history.txt document. The manual (refsdok.pdf) has been updated. _______________________________________________ This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/references/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=references (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favotire mirror. Good night, Jim Hefferon Saint Miichael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-func Author's name: Herbert Voß Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func Summary description: Calculating and drawing special math functions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This new version has two bugfixes and several new macros for distribution functions. For more informations read the documentation. This version needs the new pst-math.pro package. ..... pst-func.tex 0.50 2007-08-30 - modified psPoisson{m,N}{Lambda} (Gerry Coombes) - modified psPolynomial{m,n,N}{Lambda} (Gerry Coombes) - fixed bug in psPoisson with markZeros - fixed bug in psBinomial with markZeros - fixed bug in psPlotImp with psyunit - added new distribution functions psFDist for F-distribution psGammaDist psChiIIDist psTDist for Student's t-distribution psBetaDist for Beta distribution - use pat-math.pro for GAMMALN function ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pst-func (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

A new package has got in to tug.ctan.org and will soon be out at your favorite mirror. 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: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The notes2bib package defines a new type of note, bibnote, which will always be added to the bibliography. The package allows footnotes and endnotes to be moved into the bibliography in the same way. The package can be used with natbib and biblatex as well as plain LaTeX citations. Both sorted and unsorted bibliography styles are supported. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=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 has a new package: Official American Meteorological Society Latex Template
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

The package below has been put into 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: Official American Meteorological Society Latex Template Author's name: Brian Papa Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ametsoc Summary description: The official American Meteorological Society Latex template files License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains all the files necessary to write an article using latex for the American Meteorological Society journals. The article and bibliography style files are provided along with two PDFs describing the use of the files and a blank template for authors to use in writing their article. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ametsoc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=ametsoc (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: sfmath
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Olaf Dietrich submitted the new package sfmath to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/sfmath/ Summary description: Sans serif maths fonts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sfmath is a simple package for sans serif maths in documents. After including the package, all maths of the current document is displayed with sans serif fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/sfmath/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=sfmath (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: image-gallery
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Rolf Niepraschk submitted the new package image-gallery to CTAN. The LaTeX class `image-gallery' can be used to create an overview of pictures from a digital camera or from other sources. It is possible to adjust the size of the pictures and all the margins. The example file shows the usage. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/image-gallery License type: lppl _______________________________________________ This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/image-gallery . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=image-gallery (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: changes 0.5.1
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Ekkart Kleinod submitted an update to the changes package. This package allows the user to manually markup changes of text, such as additions, deletions, or replacements. Changed text is shown in a different colour; deleted text is crossed out. The package allows free defining of additional authors and their associated colour. It also allows you to define a markup for authors or annotations. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/changes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- removed incompatibilities with utf-8-encoding and package array; coloured list of changes; optional authorname; improved english documentation Version 0.5.1, Bugfix for 0.5; deleted text is striked out again, therefore removing the bug with linebreaks and greyed text ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/changes/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=changes (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: dtk.cls
by CTAN Announcements 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

The material below has been updated on 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: dtk.cls Author's name: Herbert Voß Location on CTAN: /usergrps/dante/dtk/ Summary description: dtk is the document class for the journal of the german speaking TeX Users Group DANTE License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This new version of the dtk document class has some minor changes in all files and a new 07.clo class option file. please delete _all_ files and directories in the directory usergrps/dante/dtk/ and copy the new ones in there ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/usergrps/dante/dtk/ . 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: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like the best. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: autolatex Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: /support/autolatex Summary description: Update for AutoLaTeX: new version 4.0 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add XMI to PDF translators based on xmi2svg and uml2svg tools. Add conflict detection when at least two translators converting the same source figure type are loaded. Now AutoLaTeX asks to the user which translator it should use when it has the choice. Several bugs in Makefile scripts are fixes. For Debian/Ubuntu users: better integration with DebConf use. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/autolatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=autolatex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: Venturis ADF fonts collection
by CTAN Announcements 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

The package below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will soon be at the mirror that you like the best. Thank you again. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Venturis ADF fonts collection Author's name: HARENDAL hirwen Location on CTAN: /fonts/venturisadf Summary description: Serif and sans serif fonts families for publication License type: Debian-compatible Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Serif and sans serif complete fonts families, in postscript type1 and opentype format for publication, from utopia font modified and developed by Arkandis Digital foundry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/venturisadf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=venturisadf (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: BaKoMa TeX 8.11 - JPEG2000 support and bug fixing.
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '07

27 Aug '07

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 at 16:02 +0400, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware BaKoMa TeX 8.11 includes following improvements: > > * Handling JPEG2000 (JPXDecode) in imported PDF files. > * Automatical disabling caching images imported by PSfrag package. > * Enabled caching of graphics included via absolute path. > * Valid key binding of Alt Gr key for german keyboard. > * TeXWord/Proof Window: Enter key has more smart approach. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > < > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 8.10 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 8.10 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical IDE. > They are high compatible, so that you can choose what to use > depend on kind of a document or stage of work under a document. > > About BaKoMa TeX Word. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > > The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts: > > 1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor. > It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed. > It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer. > > 2) It is True LaTeX Editor. > It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure. > It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and > consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related > with import graphics, font support, and document export. > > It supports processors: > (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX. > Other processors such as Omega may be added in future. > > It imports: > EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, > MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY. > It supports fonts: > OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM), > PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF. > It exports: > DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT). > > It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS > compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as: > PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, > PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface > (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.) > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables. > > TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. > TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. > It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up > in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation. > In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents. > So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use > powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work. > > Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as > good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers. > > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at: > < > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html> > > Some snapshots are available at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/snapshots/> > > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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tug.ctan.org upload: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '07

24 Aug '07

The package below has been installed 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: autolatex Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: /support/autolatex Summary description: Automate the generation of large scale LaTeX projects License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AutoLaTeX is a set of GNU Make and Perl scripts that permits to compile LaTeX projects. AutoLaTeX automates the compilation process by calling (pdf)latex and bibtex as they are required. It supports pdflatex, latex, dvips, epstopdf and bibtex. AutoLaTeX provides a powerfull feature for automatic generation of the figures that are included in the LaTeX project. For several figure sources (xfig, dia, umbrello, png, svg, xmi...) AutoLaTeX is able to generate the appropriate PDF picture. AutoLaTeX also support pstex format generation (from xfig and gnuplot for example). The use of AutoLaTeX on the command line is similar to GNU Make. AutoLaTeX should be called with several targets to run. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/autolatex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=autolatex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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ctan package update: chemstyle
by CTAN admin (Robin Fairbairns) 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

the cambridge upload daemon confides that: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: chemstyle > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemcheme > Summary description: Writing chemistry with style > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.0a: > > * Bug fix for Angew. Chem. style > * Added J. Phys. Chem. style > * Added Org. Lett. style > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/chemstyle.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/chemcheme the package has already started its journey to other systems; it will be at the other ctan sites very soon, at the mirrors over the next 24 hours. the catalogue entry will be updated on the web, overnigh. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan package upgrade: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

the upload daemon at www.tex.ac.uk wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: achemso > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso > Summary description: A BibTeX style for American Chemical Society publications > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.2c: > > * Switch to using overcite alias for cite package as ACS LaTeX system > has VERY old version of cite (and LaTeX) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package as required, and (in a very tiny way) updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso the package will probably be at the other ctan sites by the time the mail server has delivered this message; at the mirrors over the next 24 hours or so. the catalogue will be updated overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: Gnuplottex
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 Lars Kotthoff submitted an update to the gnuplottex package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gnuplottex Summary description: Gnuplottex allows you to generate and include gnuplot graphs directly from LaTeX. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gnuplottex allows you to make gnuplot graphs directly in your LaTeX files. Gnuplot is a versatile plotting package. More information can be found at http://www.gnuplot.info/. This version features improved MikTeX support. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/gnuplottex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=Gnuplottex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: dottex
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 at 11:40 +0200, Lars Kotthoff submitted an update to the dottex package. The dottex package allows you to encapsulate `dot' and 'neato' files in your document (dot and neato are both part of graphviz; dot creates directed graphs, neato undirected graphs). If you have shell-escape enabled, the package will arrange for your files to be processed at LaTeX time; otherwise, the conversion must be done manually as an intermediate process before a second LaTeX run. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dottex Summary description: Create dot/neato graphs directly from LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows you to include dot and neato graphics in your LaTeX files. Dot is part of the graphviz package (http://www.graphviz.org/) and allows you to create directed graphs. Neato is for undirected graphs. This version features improved MikTeX compatibility. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/dottex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dottex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: fmtcount
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

my upload daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fmtcount > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fmtcount > Summary description: Display the value of a LaTeX counter in a variety > of formats > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.3: > > * no longer loads xspace package (was causing extraneous > spaces when the optional argument to ordinalstring etc > was omitted.) > * Made some long commands short. > * Changes licence text in fmtcount.ins to conform with LPPL. i have installed the replacement as suggested, and have updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fmtcount.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fmtcount the catalogue entry will be updated in the next hour or so; the package itself will be at the other ctan sites in a few minutes, and mirrors should be up to date within 24 hours. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan package update: flowfram
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

the cambridge upload daemon mentions: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: flowfram > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/flowfram > Summary description: Create text frames for posters, brochures or magazines > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1.10 : > * fixed license text > * made some long commands short > * updated the documentation to use glossaries package instead of > obsolete glossary package i have installed the new version as requested, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/flowfram.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/flowfram the catalogue entry will be updated in the next hour or so; the package itself will be at the other ctan sites in a few minutes, and mirrors should be up to date within 24 hours. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan package update: doipubmed
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

the cambridge upload daemon told me (yesterday)@ > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: doipubmed > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/doipubmed > Summary description: Special commands for use in bibliographies > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.01: > > * changed license preamble > * doi now checks for awkward characters > * put href check in AtBeginDocument i've installed the package and updated the catalogue (all this was done yesterday, so should be pretty widely available by now). thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/doipubmed.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/doipubmed Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan package update: trivfloat
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

the cambridge upload daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: trivfloat > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/trivfloat > Summary description: Quick floats for LaTeX > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.3: > > * Improved handling of capitalisation - avoids problems with encodings > * Simplification of internal macros > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue. as usual, the update will make its way quickly to the other ctan sites, and more leisurely to non-core mirrors; the catalogue html will be updated overnight. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/trivfloat.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/trivfloat Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan package update: trivfloat
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

the cambridge upload daemon wrote (or merely emitted?): > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: trivfloat > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/trivfloat > Summary description: Quick floats for LaTeX > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.2: > * Added support for memoir > * Better emulation of standard floats > * Bug fix with capitalisation of auto-text in running headers > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the update as suggested, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the update. the package will propagate pretty quickly to the other ctan nodes, and should make it to all mirrors within 24 hours or so. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/trivfloat.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/trivfloat Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: datetime
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

here's another one, says the cambridge upload daemon: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: datetime > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datetime > Summary description: Change format of oday with commands for current time > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.55: > > * fixed copyright text > * fixed bug preventing multilingual support > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. the package itself will be at the other ctan sites pretty soon, and the mirrors within 24 hours or so. the catalogue entry will be updated shortly. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datetime.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datetime Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN item: literat package
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Vladimir Volovich wrote: > the literat package contains the Lireraturnaya family of fonts > released under non-commercial, but non-free (in the sense of DFSG), > license at the end of 1990s. I wrote TeX support files for these fonts > back then, and this package was included into TeX Live, but a recent > license audit uncovered that they should probably not be distributed > as part of TeX Live, until the license on the font files will be > liberated, because TeX Live follows DFSG as a definition of the free > license. > > Therefore, i upload them to CTAN, to make them more easily available, > and installable by e.g. the getnonfreefonts script. thanks for the upload; i've installed the fonts and made a catalogue entry for them. Interested users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/literaturnaya.html or they may download the package from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/cyrillic/literat/literat-0.2.tar.gz Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: datatool
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

quoth the cambridge upload daemon: > An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20070819-133344/ > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: datatool > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datatool > Summary description: Tools to load and manipulate data > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Added databib package: provides commands to convert a BibTeX database > into a datatool database > > datatool.sty v1.01 : > > * Fixed bug in datatool caused when certain commands occur > in database entries or when the data type is tested. > * Fixed bug in DTLsubstituteall (caused problems when certain > * commands occurred in string) > * Added DTLsplitstring > * Added DTLifSubString and DTLisSubString > * Added DTLifStartsWith and DTLisPrefix > * Added case insensitive string tests > * DTLinitials and DTLstoreinitials now work with ~ and space > * DTLinitials and DTLstoreinitials now use DTLinitialhyphen > * Added dtlcompare (no longer using compare.tex) > * Added DTLgetvalueforkey > * Added DTLgetrowforkey > * Added optional argument to DTLsort > * Fixed bug causing expansion in DTLsort > * Fixed bug in DTLsdforall and DTLvarianceforall > * Removed extraneous spaces in DTLaddall, DTLminall, > DTLmaxall, DTLmeanforall, DTLsdforall and DTLvarianceforall > * Fixed bug in DTLiflastrow > * Fixed bug in DTLremovecurrentrow > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue (this was all done yesterday, so should have propagated rather widely by now). thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datatool.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datatool Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: makedtx
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

the cambridge upload daemon wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: makedtx > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: support/makedtx > Summary description: Perl script to help generate dtx and ins files > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > version 0.94 (2007/08/19) : > > * Default preamble changed to one which conforms with the > LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) > * license switch added i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue (this was all done yesterday, so it will have propagated widely by now). thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/makedtx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/makedtx Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 18 Aug '07

18 Aug '07

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote: > Please replace all files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ > > > pst-3dplot is a PSTricks related package for drawing > 3-D objects, math functions and data files in > parallel projection. > > This update has some bug fixes and new objects > > pst-3dplot.pro -------- > 0.23 2007-08-18 - add coorType 0,1,2 code for convertTo2D > - add code IIIDCylinder and cylindrical coordinates > - add code for psBox and psCylinder > > pst-3dplot.tex -------- > 1.75 2007-08-18 - add optional argument coorType for different > types of coordinates, > eg y-z orthogonal and x variable by Alpha > - add psCylinder and psBox with inside/outside view > - fix bug with the subticks option i've installed the package as requested, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-3dplot.html or visit the package's own directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ the catalogue entry will be updated overnight, but the package itself should quickly make its way to the other ctan sites (though rather more slowly to other mirrors). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: oberdiek bundle -- grffile v1.5, inputenx v1.3
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 at 08:45 +0200, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek License: LPPL * grffile v1.5 * Bug fix in encoding support. * inputenx v1.3 * Fix for U+0135: j --> j Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: elsevier (the elsart classes)
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

Pepping, Simon (ELS-AMS) wrote: > [...] > > The uploaded files in replace the files of the same name in the > directory macros/latex/contrib/elsevier/. > > This upload contains the following changes: > > Updated: elsart.cls, elsart1p.cls, elsart3p.cls, elsart5p.cls, README > > New: CHANGES > > This upload constitutes a bug fix for the elsart class files, which are > now at version 2.20. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. users may view he package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/elsevier.html or they may browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/elsevier the catalogue entry on the web (not much changed) won't be updated until some time tonight; the package itself will get to the other ctan sites pretty quickly, but won't reach mirror sites in general for 24 hours or more. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 8.10 - Caching imported graphics and slide backgrounds.
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 at 15:26 +0400, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma Announcement text: ______________________________________________________________________________ > General improvement in BaKoMa TeX 8.10 is caching > included graphics and slide background (PowerDot package). > This feature improves editing/browsing documents with many included figures. > This feature is supported in TeXWord and DVI Viewer. > > Caching is enabled by default. > > Caching imported graphics and slide background > may be enabled/disabled independently by new options of <b>View</b> menu: > > * 'Use Imported Graphics Cache' - new option. > This feature enables caching graphics imported by includegraphics. > It is nice choose instead of disabling imported images or draft option. > * 'Use Slide Background Cache (PowerDot)' - new option. > This feature enables caching slide background drawn by presentation > packages. > Currently, this feature has effect only for PowerDot package. > * 'Imported Graphics Appearance' - renamed 'Figures/Bounding Boxes'. > It was renamed to be more consistent with new options. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > < > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html > > > > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 8.10 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 8.10 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical IDE. > They are high compatible, so that you can choose what to use > depend on kind of a document or stage of work under a document. > > About BaKoMa TeX Word. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > > The word `True' is used to highlight two following facts: > > 1) It is True WYSIWYG Editor. > It means that display shows precisely the same what will be printed. > It looks such that you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer. > > 2) It is True LaTeX Editor. > It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure. > It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and > consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related > with import graphics, font support, and document export. > > It supports processors: > (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX. > Other processors such as Omega may be added in future. > > It imports: > EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, > MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY. > It supports fonts: > OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM), > PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF. > It exports: > DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT). > > It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS > compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as: > PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, > PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing slides in WYSIWYG interface > (with such packages as PowerDot, Prosper, Beamer, etc.) > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > TeXWord dramatically simplifies editing complex formulas and tables. > > TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. > TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. > It uses only standard LaTeX packages, so that documents made up > in TeXWord may be compiled in any LaTeX setup without any adaptation. > In other side, TeXWord can handle arbitrary LaTeX documents. > So, that your coleagues may even don't know that you use > powerful WYSIWYG tool to edit your part of common work. > > Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as > good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers. > > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at: > < > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html> > > Some snapshots are available at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/snapshots/> > > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: xfor
by CTAN Announcements 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

ctan-upload(a)tex.ac.uk wrote: > Name of contribution: xfor > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xfor > Summary description: A reimplimentation of LaTeX for-loop macro > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.02: added look ahead facility to check the next value before > finishing the current iteration. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thank you for the upload. i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xfor.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xfor the catalogue entry (not much changed) won't be updated until some time tonight; the package itself will get to the other ctan sites pretty quickly, but won't reach mirror sites in general for 24 hours or more. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan package update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

the cambridge upload daemon wrote: > ====================================================================== > > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.04: > > added glstextformat to change the way the glossary entry link text > appears in the document. thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. the files themselves will propagate to the other ctan sites fairly quickly, while the catalogue entry may take rather longer. > 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 Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: makedtx
by CTAN Announcements 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

the Cambridge upload daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: makedtx > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: support/makedtx > Summary description: Perl script to help generate dtx and ins files > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 0.93b: > > added following switches > > -comment <expr> - surround file matching Perl expression <expr> with iffalse fi pair so that it is not included in the documentation. > > -codetitle <text> - Set the title for the documented code section > > -version - print version number and exit > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. the files themselves will propagate to the other ctan sites fairly quickly, while the catalogue entry may take rather longer. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/makedtx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/makedtx Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: ctable - easily typeset centered tables
by CTAN Announcements 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

At Monday, 13 August 2007, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ctable Summary description: Easily typeset centered tables License type: LPPL Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or right aligned tables and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. - major changes (relative to v1.9): - Footnote markers in the text now stay superscript with nosuper. - Documentation: added many examples for the options. - Corrected some unwanted white space in captions. - Caption package included to correct booktabs errors in caption position. As a consequence: - *Captionskip option redefined*: 0pt value now corresponds to LaTeX defaults ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=ctable (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN has a new package: chemstyle
by CTAN Announcements 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

A new package has been installed 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: Writing chemistry with style License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- chemstyle is intended as a successor to the LaTeX package provided by the rsc bundle. The chemstyle package provides an extensible system for formatting chemistry documents according to the conventions of a number of leading journals. It also provides some handy chemistry-related macros. chemstyle is a much enhanced package compared to rsc, and users of the later are strongly encouraged to migrate to chemstyle. All of the additional macros in the rsc LaTeX package are present in chemstyle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=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 has a new package: upmethodology
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

The CTAN node at tug.ctan.org has installed the package below and it should soon propogate to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: upmethodology Author's name: Stéphane GALLAND Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/upmethodology Summary description: LaTeX style for writing specification such as for UP-based methodologies License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- upmethodology is a LaTeX style which permits to create Unified Process methodology (UP or RUP) based documents. The style provides document versioning, document history, document authors, document validators, specification description, task management, and several helping macros. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/upmethodology . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=upmethodology (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: titlesec 2.7
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

The package below 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: titlesec 2.7 Author's name: Javier Bezos Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/titlesec Summary description: Customize section titles License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - itlepagestyle assigns a page style to a sectioning command (mainly part and chapter}. - With the package option explicit the title is not implicit at the end of the title format but it should be given explicitly (with a macro parameter). - leftmargin has now an 'after' argument to add stuff at he beginning of the paragraph. - The patch mechanism has been removed (titlesec.new and titletoc.new no longer exist). (Some other changes have been left for a later release.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/titlesec . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=titlesec (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: mathexam
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '07

09 Aug '07

A new package has been put 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: mathexam Author's name: Jan Hlavacek Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: LaTeX package for typesetting exams License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package can help you typeset exams (mostly in mathematics and related disciplines where students are required to show their calculations followed by one or more short answers). It provides commands for inclusion of space for calculations, as well as commands for automatic creation of ``answer spaces''. In addition, the package will automatically create page headers and footers, and will let you include instructions and space for students to put their name. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mathexam . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=mathexam (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: dtxgallery
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

A new package has been installed on 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: dtxgallery Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /info/dtxgallery Summary description: A small collection of minimal DTX examples License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This work is a collection of files that demonstrate simple things that are possible with the flexible and under-appreciated docstrip file format. It is intended as a companion to Scott Pakin's excellent and influential dtxtut example of producing LaTeX packages in this way. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/dtxgallery . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=dtxgallery (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: TpX 1.4
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

The package below has been updated on 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: TpX 1.4 Author's name: Alexander Tsyplakov Location on CTAN: /graphics/tpx/ Summary description: TpX, LaTeX-freindly drawing tool, v.1.4 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TpX 1.4 is on CTAN TpX is a lightweight, easy-to-use graphical editor for Windows platform for creation of drawings and inclusion them into LaTeX files in publication-ready form. It can also be used as a stand-alone editor for vector graphics. The output is a file (with extension .TpX) containing the drawing as LaTeX code or as an includegraphics link to an external file created by the program. User can choose between several output formats. TpX saves its own data in TeX file comments so that the drawing could be loaded into TpX and edited again. This internal TpX format is based on XML and could be understood and edited easily. TpX can import EMF/WMF pictures created by other Windows applications, including many applications producing scientific graphs. It also can import simple SVG pictures. In most cases the result is nice, though sometimes imported picture needs some manual editing. So TpX can be used as a EMF-to-any and SVG-to-any converter. Homepage: http://tpx.sourceforge.net/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/tpx/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=tpx (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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new CTAN package: LJM
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

On Wednesday, 1 August 2007, Jörg Sommer submitted a new package to CTAN: JLM -- Jörg's LaTeX Mode - an advanced LaTeX mode for Jed It should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: /support/jed/jlm Summary description: A LaTeX mode for the JED editor License type: GPL Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JLM is an advanced LaTeX mode for Jed <http://www.jedsoft.org> Its aim is to help the user by taking over annoying and stupid things they need to be done, like add a usepackage when you add a command or environment from this package or put dollar signs around mathematical commands and move the cursor to an appropriate point. JLM does not think for you. If you want a tabular, but insert an itemize, JLM doesn't prevent this. So, you should be familiar with LaTeX and know what environments and commands are and where to place them in a document -- JLM helps writing them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/jed/jlm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=jlm (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN has a new package: turnstile
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '07

03 Aug '07

A new package has been put up on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: turnstile Author's name: Arthur Buchsbaum and Francisco Reinaldo Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/turnstile Summary description: The turnstile is a sign used a lot by logicians for denoting a consequence relation, related to a given logic, between a collection of formulas and a formula. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- turnstile is a style based on article.cls to be used for typesetting articles. Among other uses, the turnstile sign is used by logicians for denoting a consequence relation, related to a given logic, between a collection of formulas and a formula. Many logicians have complaint the lack of a LaTeX routine for issuing turnstile signs, in any of the forms it could arise. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/turnstile . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=turnstile (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: Pedigree-perl, version 0.3
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

This package and its companion 'pst-pdgr' have been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Pedigree-perl, version 0.3 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pedigree/pedigree-perl/ Summary description: Generate TeX pedigree charts from CSV files. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This program generates TeX commands to typeset pedigrees - either TeX fragments of full LaTeX files. It has support for multilanguage pedigrees (at the present moment English and Russian languages are supported). New features in version 0.3: * Added support for twins, infertility, abortions * Added support for multiple probands * Added (limited) support for consanguinic unions * Automatic scaling and rotation of large charts * Added support for additional node information on the chart * INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: requires pst-pdgr v0.3 or later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pedigree/pedigree… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pedigree-perl (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: pdftex 1.40.5
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

The update below has been installed 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: pdftex 1.40.5 Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /systems/pdftex Summary description: A new version of pdftex License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- he pdfTeX team is happy to announce the release of a new stable version: =========================================================================== pdfTeX 1.40.5 =========================================================================== This is the announcement of pdfTeX 1.40.5, 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 1.40.5 =========================================================================== - Bugfixes: - calling 'pdftex %' would crash (830) - fflush the recorder file - pdfTeX uses xpdf 3.02pl1 For complete release notes see http://www.pdftex.org/NEWS =========================================================================== Legal notice / license =========================================================================== pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2007 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.tug.org/tetex/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes http://www.dante.de/ http://tug.org/ http://www.pragma-ade.com/ Have fun! Martin Schröder (martin(a)pdftex.org) for the pdfTeX team, July 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/pdftex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pdftex 1.40.5 (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: bib2ml
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jul '07

25 Jul '07

A new package has been installed on 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: bib2ml Author's name: Stephane GALLAND Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/bib2ml Summary description: BibTeX to HTML/SQL/XML translator License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bib2ML is a Perl script that permits to generate HTML, XML or SQL files from a set of BibTeX databases. Several features of the HTML translator: - lists by authors, year... - publication categories, abstract, notes, associated PDF files... - Javadoc-like look for the generated pages ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/bib2ml . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=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: doi
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

The package below 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: doi Author's name: Maarten Sneep Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/doi Summary description: Create correct hyperlinks for DOI numbers. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can hyperlink DOI numbers to dx.doi.org. However, some publishers have elected to use nasty characters in their DOI numbering scheme (‘<’, ‘>’, ‘_’ and ‘;’ have all been spotted). This will either upset (La)TeX, or your PDF reader. This package contains a single user-level command doi{}, which takes a DOI number, and creates a correct hyperlink from it. This is an update to the doi package. The underscore was missing from the list of characters that could mess things up. Michael Orlov sent in a patch to fix this (thanks!). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/doi . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=doi (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New CTAN package: datatool
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

my ctan-upload daemon wrote (or whatever it is that daemons do): > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: datatool > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datatool > Summary description: Tools to load and manipulate data > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > datatool.sty: > > Databases can be created using LaTeX commands or loaded > from external ASCII files, such as comma or tab separated > variable files. > > Databases can be sorted numerically or alphabetically > (descending or ascending.) > > Repetitive operations can be performed on each row of > data in a database (such as mail merging.) Conditions > can be imposed to exclude rows. > > Commands are provided to determine if an argument is > an INT, a real number, currency or a string. > (Scientific notation is currently not supported.) > > Locale dependent number settings are supported > (such as a comma as a decimal character and full stop as > a number group character.) > > Commands are provided to convert between locale dependent > numbers/currency and the standard decimal format required > by the fp package enabling fixed point arithmetic to be > performed on elements of the database. > > Strings can be tested to determine if they are all upper > or all lower case. > > Names can be converted to initials. > > datapie.sty: > > A database defined by datatool.sty can be converted into a > pie chart. > > Segments can be separated from the rest of the chart to make > them stand out. > > Colour/grey scale options. > > Predefined segment colours can be changed. > > Hooks provided to annotate chart. > > dataplot.sty: > > A database defined by datatool.sty may be plotted as a 2D > scatter or line plot > > Settings provided to govern the appearance of the chart. > (e.g. show/hide axes, legend, grid, major/minor tick marks.) > > Hooks provided to add extra information to the plot > > databar.sty: > > A database defined by datatool.sty can be converted into a > bar chart. > > Colour/grey scale options. > > Predefined bar colours can be changed. > > Horizontal or vertical formats provided. > > Hooks provided to annotate chart. > > *The datatool bundle replaces the csvtools bundle which is now obsolete.* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the package as suggested, and updated the catalogue (both the repository and the web version). thanks for the upload. i have also moved the csvtools bundle to the obsolete/ tree. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datatool.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datatool Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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