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CTAN package update: Eplain 3.1
by CTAN Announcements 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

The package described below has been updated on CTAN. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon .................................................................. Name of contribution: Eplain 3.1 My name: Oleg Katsitadze My email: olegkat at gmail.com Summary description: Release 3.1 of Eplain License: Mostly public domain, some contributions GPL CTAN location: macros/eplain Announcement: Eplain is a set of TeX macros that expands on and extends the definitions in plain TeX in a style-neutral fashion. The areas addressed by the Eplain macros include: commutative or arrow-theoretic diagrams; verbatim listings; table of contents; indexing; bibliographies with BibTeX; cross-references; double-, triple-, quadruple-columns; hypertext links (pdfTeX, dvipdfm and HyperTeX are supported); and loading (a few) LaTeX packages under plain TeX. For more info please visit http://www.tug.org/eplain . News for this (3.1) release: General: * Rearranged the distro to comply with TDS. * Distro now includes PDF, HTML and INFO versions of the manual. * Removed etex.tex. LaTeX packages under Eplain: * When reloading LaTeX packages, warn and skip reloading, instead of giving an error. Suggested by Dan Luecking. * The primitive input is now restored after loading LaTeX packages. * Added more LaTeX defs needed by: the `draft' option to graphic{s,x}.sty; warnings from epstopdf.sty when graphics.sty is not loaded. Hyperlinks: * Added the `hypertex' driver, and made it the default driver. * Made footnote hyperlinks off by default. * Added the href macro. Suggested by Dorai Sitaram. * LABEL argument of the hyperlink macros now allow special characters like # and ~ (useful for URLs). Suggested by Dorai Sitaram. * Fixed a hyperlink-related bug in equation macros. * Fixed a bug in the `nolinks' driver. * Added writenumberedtocline macro, which is writenumberedtocentry with permuted parameters. Suggested by Dorai Sitaram. * Hyperlink macros now ignore leading spaces in option lists. * All hyperlink macros now report errors until links are enabled. Cross-references, TOC and indexing: * Added warnings about multiply defined xref labels. Suggested by Tomas Penicka. * Fixed definexref to (once again) ignore following spaces. * Indexing macros now read TERM, SUBTERM and SEE... arguments verbatim, to allow special characters and catcode changes. Suggested by Dorai Sitaram. * Extended the TOC macros: when given an INT for the type of a TOC entry, they write ocentry{NUM}... to the .toc file. Suggested by Dorai Sitaram. Programming defs: * Added ifinteger and isinteger macros. * Added For loop which strips off leading spaces from items. Manual: * Added demo subdir with demo files, and added new chapter `Demo files' to the manual. * Documented ifempty, the extended loop macro, and the new macros. * Many small improvements and additions to the manual. Other: * Added new olastlinelisting listing hook which omits the last (empty) line of the file. _______________________________________________ Ctan mailing list Ctan(a)dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan

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CTAN package update: elsart-bst
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Pepping, Simon (ELS-AMS) <S.Pepping(a)elsevier.com> wrote: > I just uploaded the zip file elsart-bst.zip. It contains four bst files, > to be published in bibliography/bibtex/contrib/elsevier/. These four > files replace the two bst files currently in that directory. Two files > are updates to the current files, two other files are variants to the > numeric style, one sorting alphabetically, the other generating > name,year labels in addition. as requested, i've installed the new version at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/elsevier/ interested users may also browse via the revised catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/elsevier-bib.html thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: uml
by CTAN Announcements 01 Dec '06

01 Dec '06

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded a new package uml.tgz to the uk ctan. > Please put all files in the new directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/uml > > uml.sty is a PSTricks related package for writing UML > (Unified Modelling Language) diagrams in LaTeX. Currently, > it implements a subset of class diagrams, and some extra > constructs as well. > This package cannot be used together with pst-uml. > > The author is Ellef Gjelstad thanks for the upload. i have installed the package as suggested, and updated the catalogue. interested users may browse the package directly at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/uml or via its catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/uml.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: minitoc version 50
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

cambridge's ctan-upload daemon spake thus: > An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20061130-072753/ > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: minitoc version 50 > Author's name: Jean-Pierre F. Drucbert > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/minitoc > Summary description: mini-tables of contents (or LOF/LOT) per chapter, part or section > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Minitoc version #50 > -- Removed old examples of documents: mtc-adds, mtc-amem, > mtc-book, mtc-gaps, mtc-mem1, mtc-subf, and mtc-tsfc. > -- Updated the bibliography. > -- Added the ``tmk'' script and a table describing a TDS structure > for minitoc. > -- Added the file ``minitoc-texmf.zip'' (a ZIP archive of a > TDS-compliant hierarchy of all files of the package) to the > distribution. > -- Added an item about the TDS in the jargon. > -- Updated the INSTALL file and the ``Installation'' chapter. > -- Added the warning message W0094 with the list of the missing > minitoc languages files (.mld and .mlo). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i've installed the package at cambridge; it will make its way to other ctan sites and to mirrors over the next 24 hours. interested users may browse the package via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minitoc.html or on the archive at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAn update: xcolor 2.10
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Uwe Kern submitted an update to the xcolor package. Xcolor provides easy driver-independent access to several kinds of color tints, shades, tones, and mixes of arbitrary colors. It allows a user to select a document-wide target color model and offers complete tools for conversion between eight color models. Additionally, there is a command for alternating row colors plus repeated non-aligned material (like horizontal lines) in tables. Colors can be mixed like color{red!30!green!40!blue}. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006/11/28 v2.10 * New features: - `fixinclude' option prevents dvips from explicitly resetting current color to `black' before actually inserting an .eps file via color{red}includegraphics{foo}. * Changes: - colorbox and fcolorbox made robust; - obsolete package option `pst' removed; - several changes to internal macros. * Bugfixes: - incorrect processing of cmyk-type current color `.'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=xcolor 2.10 (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: textpath
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Stephan Hennig submitted the package textpath to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/textpath License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This MetaPost package provides macros to typeset text along a free path with the help of LaTeX, thereby preserving kerning and allowing for 8-bit input (accented characters). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/textpath . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=textpath (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thansk for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: prerex 3.6
by CTAN Announcements 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

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: prerex Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics/prerex Summary description: Interactive editor for prerequisite charts, macro support. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This implementation of prerex.sty is based on pgf rather than pstricks, allowing use of either latex->dvips or pdflatex. Some minor bugs in the editor have been fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/prerex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=prerex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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No FTP access to dante.ctan.org due to vulnerability
by CTAN Announcements 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

An exploitable programming error in the proftpd software has been announced. Until this is resolved, dante.ctan.org will not offer ftp access. Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: gastex
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

The Cambridge upload daemon spake: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: gastex > Author's name: Paul Gastin > Author's email: ... > Location on CTAN: graphics > Summary description: GasTeX: Graphs and Automata Simplified in TeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > GasTeX is a set of LaTeX macros which allow to draw very easily graphs, > automata, nets, diagrams, etc... under the picture environment of LaTeX. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the package at ctan:graphics/gastex, and made a new entry in the catalogue. thanks for the upload. interested users may browse the package via its new catalogue page http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/gastex.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: auto-pst-pdf
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

The package below has been put in on tug.ctan.org and should soon be on your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: auto-pst-pdf Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/auto-pst-pdf Summary description: Wrapper for pst-pdf (with some psfrag features) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- auto-pst-pdf uses --shell-escape to execute pst-pdf when necessary. This makes it especially easy to integrate into the workflow of an editor with just LaTeX and pdfLaTeX buttons. Wrappers are provided for various psfrag-related features so that Matlab figures via laprint, Mathematica figures via MathPSfrag, and regular psfrag figures can all be input consistently and easily. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/auto-pst-pdf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=auto-pst-pdf (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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-dbicons
by CTAN Announcements 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

Herbert Voss <LaTeX(a)zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > I uploaded pst-dbicons.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please put all files in the _new_ directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-dbicons > > The pst-dbicons package provides some useful macros in the > database area. It focusses on typesetting ER-Diagrams in a > declarative style, i.e., by positioning some nodes and defining > the position of all other nodes relative to them by using the > standard database terminology. > > the author is Wolfgang May thanks for the upload; i have installed it as suggested. users who wish to browse the package may look at the catalogue entry i've created: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-dbicons.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: pst-spectra
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-spectra Author's name: Arnaud Schmittbuhl Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-spectra Summary description: Draw continuum, emission and absorption spectra License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This PSTricks extension, based on a NASA lines database, allows you to draw continuum, emission and absorption spectra. A Total of 16 880 visible lines from 99 elements can be displayed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-spectra . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pst-spectra (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: gu
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: gu Author's name: Stefan Lange Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gu Summary description: Typeset crystallographic group-subgroup-schemes in Bärnighausen formalism License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The aim of the package gu.sty is to simplify typesetting of simple crystallographic group-subgroup-schemes in the Bärnighausen formalism. It defines a new environment stammbaum, wherein all elements of the scheme are defined. Afterwards all necessary dimensions are calculated and the scheme is drawn. Currently two steps of symmetry reduction are supported. Das Paket gu.sty erleichtert das Setzen von einfachen kristallographischen Gruppe-Untergruppe-Schemata im Bärnighausen-Formalismus und/oder Lagenfortführungstabellen. Die einzelnen Elemente und Abstände werden innerhalb einer neuen Umgebung namens stammbaum mittels vorgegebener Kommandos definiert. Anschließend werden alle Abstände automatisch berechnet und der Stammbaum und/oder die Tabellen ausgegeben. Momentan werden maximal zwei Abstiegsschritte unterstützt. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gu . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=gu (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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-ob3d
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-ob3d.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please put all files in the _new_ directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-ob3d > > pst-ob3d is a PSTricks based package for basic three > dimensional objects. Up to now only cubes (which can be > deformed to rectangular parallelipiped ones) and > dies (which are only a special kind of cubes) are defined. i've installed the package at Cambridge, as suggested, and created a catalogue entry. users who wish to browse the package may do so via its (processed) catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-ob3d.html thanks for the upload, Herbert. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: vntex-3.1.1
by CTAN Announcements 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Reinhard Kotucha submitted an update to the vntex package. Location on CTAN: /language/vietnamese/vntex Summary description: Support for typesetting Vietnamese License type: dfsg Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.1.1 fixes a severe bug in t5enc.def. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/vietnamese/vntex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=vntex-3.1.1 (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: savetrees
by CTAN Announcements 21 Nov '06

21 Nov '06

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Tnx, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: savetrees Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/savetrees Summary description: Pack as much text as possible onto each page of a LaTeX document License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of the savetrees package is to pack as much text as possible onto each page of a LaTeX document. Admittedly, this makes the document far less attractive. Nevertheless, savetrees is a simple way to save paper when printing draft copies of a document. It can also be useful when trying to meet a tight page-length requirement for a conference or journal submission. Version 1.2 of savetrees adds code to discourage TeX from permitting paragraphs to end with a lone word. It also sets the top and bottom margins to nonzero values because that was too ugly even for savetrees. Finally, this version of savetrees improves the check for chapter-based document classes, making it more robust. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/savetrees . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=savetrees (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: Technica
by CTAN Announcements 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Regards, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Technica Author's name: Gianfranco Boggio-Togna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/technica Summary description: Typesetting for the Humanities License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A suite of LaTeX packages for typesetting literary texts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/technica . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=technica (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: refman
by CTAN Announcements 19 Nov '06

19 Nov '06

On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 Axel Kielhorn submitted an update to the refman package. It contains document classes (report- and article-style) for writing technical reference manuals. It offers a wide left margin for notes to the reader, like some of the manuals distributed by Adobe. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/refman Summary description: The refman classes implement an layout suitable for reference manuals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update to the refman classes. It contains additional command to pass the pagesize to the DVI-Viewer (DVIPS/GS, PDFTEX, DVIPDFMX) and a new option to reduce the size of the border for online viewing. Documentation in English and German is included. Note to users of the August 2006 beta: The implicit definition of the pagesize in the DVI output has been replaced by an explicit command. Add the pagesize option to pass the page size to the DVI-Viewer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/refman/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=refman (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: xkeyval 2.5f
by CTAN Announcements 19 Nov '06

19 Nov '06

On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Hendri Adriaens submitted an update to the xkeyval package. This package is an extension of the keyval package and offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval License: lppl Announcement Text: --------------------------------------------------------------------- > xkeyval 2.5f: > 2 small bugs have been solved: > XKV@setkeys: Added reset of CurrentOption > XKV@srstate: Added XKV@tkey and XKV@rm to solve bugs --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: utopia
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

The package below has been changed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Karl. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: utopia Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /fonts/utopia Summary description: utopia fonts license clarification License type: dfsg Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am happy to announce that Adobe has graciously clarified the licensing terms of the Utopia font family, making it clear that the fonts can be modified, and such modifications can be redistributed (this was previously ambiguous, unfortunately). Therefore, the Utopia fonts can now be considered free (as in freedom), and will be included on the next TeX Live. I have updated the license terms in the original Utopia afm and pfb files, and the new files are available at http://tug.org/fonts/utopia, and soon from CTAN:fonts/utopia. The actual font information (glyphs, metrics, etc.) is entirely unchanged. For those who are concerned about such things, the precise license terms from Adobe and other legal information is also available at http://tug.org/fonts/utopia. Happy typesetting, Karl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utopia . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=utopia (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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Re: CTAN upload TeXShell32
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Dirk Struve submitted an update to the texshell32 package, a free TeXShell for MS-Windows 95 and NT. It is a new release of the Windows TeXShell WinTeXShell32. It contains an important bug fix. The previous version often saved Unicode files in ANSI format. License: GPL Thanks for the update. This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/texshell32 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=texshell32 (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Updated: marginnote
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Markus Kohm submitted version 1.1 of his marginnote package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/marginnote Summary description: marginnote allows margin note, where marginpar fails License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides the command marginnote that may be used instead of marginpar at almost every place, where marginpar cannot be used, e.g. inside floats, footnotes, frames made with framed package ... New at version 1.1: - Improved horizontal possitioning, when using pdfLaTeX with PDF output. - Improved installation by unpacking. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/marginnote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=marginnote (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: minitoc version 49
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Jean-Pierre Drucbert wrote: > I have uploaded a new version (#49) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . The file is named > > minitoc.zip (5987374 bytes) > > This package should completely replace its previous version in > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ > > > The licence is LPPL. > > This package allows the creation of mini-tables of contents, > lists of figures or lists of tables per part, chapter or > section, with language dependent titles. > > This new version has the following changes or improvements: > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Minitoc version #49 > -- Added point 47 in the FAQ and example file mtc-tlo.tex > (interaction between the minitoc and tocloft packages > about page numbers in the mini-tables). > -- Updated the bibliography. > -- Corrections in the bibliography and the bibliographic styles. > -- Better error messages about undefined preparation and > insertion commands. > -- Added ``+'' and ``-'' as synonyms for ``on'' and ``off'', > respectively. > -- Added a table of some encodings. > -- Suppressed the ``Summary'' entry in the summary, > but added it in the Table of Contents. > -- Added the japanese6.mld and japanese6.mlo files. > -- Added (in the memento) a table of the classes and packages > which are incompatible or need precautions with minitoc. > -- Added a hint about the hangcaption package (it must be loaded > BEFORE minitoc). > -- Completed the list of the standard classes. > -- Added a validation of the language options with the presence > of the .mld and .mlo files. > -- Added notes about the mandatory presence of the english.mld > file. > -- Fixed many typos and made some cosmetic corrections. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > The administravive trivia are in the `catalog' file in the > distribution. > > Note that the documentation is mainly available in PDF form, > -- in english (not perfect): minitoc.pdf > -- in french: fminitoc.pdf > > The INSTALL file (and, better, the ``Installation'' chapter in the > documentation) describes the files of this package (the list > of files is in minitoc.l). i have installed the file and am updating the catalogue. interested users may browse or download the package via the catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minitoc.html thanks, jean-pierre, for the update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.5
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '06

12 Nov '06

Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> wrote: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. > > Thank you very much. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file `RELEASE' for release notes. > > CHANGES > > * Added command usedriver > * Added package option 'pagetracker' > * Added test iffirstonpage > * Added test ifsamepage > * Corrected documentation of ifciteseen > * Added package option 'terseinits' > * Modified default value of package option 'maxnames' > * Renamed package option 'index' to 'indexing' > * Extended package option 'indexing' > * Removed package option 'citeindex' > * Removed package option 'bibindex' > * Added package option 'labelalpha' > * Updated documentation of field 'labelalpha' > * Added package option 'labelctitle' > * Updated documentation of field 'labelctitle' > * Added package option 'labelnumber' > * Updated documentation of field 'labelnumber' > * Added package option 'labelyear' > * Updated documentation of field 'labelyear' > * Added citation style 'authortitle-verb' > * Added citation style 'authortitle-cverb' > * Renamed citation style 'traditional' to 'authortitle-trad' > * Improved citation style 'authortitle-trad' > * Added citation style 'authortitle-strad' > * Improved bibliography style 'authoryear' > * Improved bibliography style 'authortitle' > * Added option 'maxnames' to printbibliography > * Added option 'minnames' to printbibliography > * Added option 'maxnames' to ibbysection > * Added option 'minnames' to ibbysection > * Added option 'maxnames' to ibbysegment > * Added option 'minnames' to ibbysegment > * Added option 'maxnames' to ibbycategory > * Added option 'minnames' to ibbycategory > * Added option 'maxnames' to printshorthands > * Added option 'minnames' to printshorthands > * Renamed 'bibsection' to 'refsection' (conflict with > memoir) > * Renamed 'bibsegment' to 'refsegment' (consistency) > * Extended 'refsection' environment > * Renamed 'bibsection' counter to 'refsection' > * Renamed 'bibsegment' counter to 'refsegment' > * Updated documentation > * Added counter 'citecount' > * Modified default definition of lxauxprefix > * Added command CopyFieldFormat > * Added command CopyIndexFieldFormat > * Added command CopyListFormat > * Added command CopyIndexListFormat > * Added command CopyNameFormat > * Added command CopyIndexNameFormat > * Added command clearfield > * Added command clearlist > * Added command clearname > * Added command estorefield > * Added command estorelist > * Added command estorename > * Renamed command ibhyperlink to ibhyperref > * Added new command ibhyperlink > * Added command ibhypertarget > * Renamed formatting directive 'bibhyperlink' to > 'bibhyperref' > * Added new formatting directive 'bibhyperlink' > * Added formatting directive 'bibhypertarget' > * Added command addlpthinspace > * Added command addhpthinspace > * Added field 'annotator' > * Added field 'commentator' > * Added field 'introduction' > * Added field 'foreword' > * Added field 'afterword' > * Updated documentation of field 'translator' > * Added field 'articleid' > * Added field 'doi' > * Added field 'file' > * Added field alias 'pdf' > * Added field 'indextitle' > * Added field 'indexsorttitle' > * Changed data type of 'language' > * Changed data type of 'origlanguage' > * Updated documentation of entry type 'book' > * Updated documentation of entry type 'collection' > * Updated documentation of entry type 'inbook' > * Updated documentation of entry type 'incollection' > * Extended entry type 'misc' > * Added command UndefineBibliographyExtras > * Added command UndeclareBibliographyExtras > * Added command finalandcomma > * Added localization key 'citedas' > * Renamed localization key 'editby' to 'edited' > * Renamed localization key 'transby' to 'translated' > * Added localization key 'annotated' > * Added localization key 'commented' > * Added localization key 'introduced' > * Added localization key 'foreworded' > * Added localization key 'afterworded' > * Added localization key 'commentary' > * Added localization key 'annotations' > * Added localization key 'introduction' > * Added localization key 'foreword' > * Added localization key 'afterword' > * Added localization key 'doneby' > * Added localization key 'itemby' > * Added localization key 'spanish' > * Added localization key 'latin' > * Added localization key 'greek' > * Modified localization key 'fromenglish' > * Modified localization key 'fromfrench' > * Modified localization key 'fromgerman' > * Added localization key 'fromspanish' > * Added localization key 'fromlatin' > * Added localization key 'fromgreek' > * Updated and expanded documentation (see biblatex.pdf) > * Added support for Spanish (translation by Ignacio > Fernández Galván) > * Various memory-related optimizations in biblatex.bst i have installed the new version, at macros/latex/exptl/biblatex on the cambridge ctan. users who've not yet read the details of this package, may browse it via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html thanks again, philipp, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: adrconv
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '06

12 Nov '06

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 Axel Kielhorn submitted an update to the adrconv package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/adrconv/ Summary description: Manage Address Entries in a BiBTeX Database and Convert them to Printed Directories License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update to the ADRconv package, which allows you to generate adr-files suitable for scrletter. It includes a tex document to print pretty directories in various sizes. (For those people that prefer a printed version of their address book to the one in the mobile phone.) After struggling with the English description, I have to admit that the documentation is German only. ADRconv konvertiert Addressdaten aus einer BibTeX Datenbank in .adr-Dateien, wie sie von scrletter gelesen werden können. Außerdem enthält ADRconv eine TeX-Datei, die die Daten für den Ausdruck formatiert. Diese Version behebt Fehler mit Namen, die mit Umlauten beginnen und verbessert die Formatierung von nicht-Personen-Namen, wie {{Dante~e.,V.}}. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/adrconv/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=adrconv (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: dvipng
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dvipng Author's name: Jan-Åke Larsson Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvipng Summary description: A DVI-to-PNG converter License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Release notes for version 1.9 of the dvipng package: This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. The 1.9 release adds CJK (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) support, more specifically it adds support for the subfonts used in the CJK-latex package. TrueType fonts have been tested somewhat more, and the ttfonts.map file is now used, if present on the system. It also fixes a few bugs, most notably a version problem with Freetype<2.1.8, and a graphics inclusion bug for non-.-paths. Report any bugs you find, see README for instructions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/dviware/dvipng . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=dvipng (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: movie15
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the movie15 package. Movie15 is a multimedia inclusion package for PDF: it provides an interface to embed movies, sounds and 3D objects into PDF documents for use with LaTeX as well as pdfLaTeX. It defines includemovie with PDF-1.5 compatibility. Option 'autoplay' causes the media clip to be started right after the page has loaded. This is useful for side by side movie clips to be played back synchronously. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/movie15/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release adds JavaScript example files for animation and rotation control of embedded U3D objects. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/movie15/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=movie15 (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: csquotes 3.6
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> wrote: > I've uploaded `csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. > > ABOUT > > The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and > display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging > from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of > formal quotations. > > CHANGES > > * Added BlockquoteDisable > * Fix for amsmath/amstext packages > * Fix for endnotes package > * Revised Spanish quote style i've installed the new version as requested, and updated the catalogue; thanks for the upload. users may browse the package via the catalogue web page http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/csquotes.html From: Robin Fairbairns <ctan(a)dante.de>

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CTAN package upgrade: msg V 0.50
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Bernard Gaulle wrote: > The msg package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users who could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is also really > easy to use by class/package writers. > > Please, feel free to try/test it on any existing package/class and > report any pb. No pb reported at that time. > > 2006/11/09 V 0.50 mods: Makefile did'nt worked correctly (wrong files moved) > for TeXLive production. > Wrongly installed msg package, as in TeXLive 2005, > now detected (file msg-msg.tex not found). i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue; users may browse the package via the page http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/msg.html thanks, bernard, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: rsc
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

The package listed below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon get to your favorite mirror. Please note the new directory: it has expanded and moved from biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc/rsc.bst. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: rsc Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rsc Summary description: BibTeX styles for Royal Society of Chemistry journals plus additional chemistry macros License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The rsc package contains two BibTeX style files to the specifications of the Royal Society of Chemistry. These are improved versions of the existing rsc.bst file, which is superseded by the packaged version. The package also includes a small number of chemistry-related macros unavailable in other packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rsc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=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 has a new package: xetex-greek
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted a new package called xetex-greek to CTAN. This package contains Greek hyphenation patterns for use with xetex. The files included in the archive are: - xgrmhyph.tex (for modern polutonic and monotonic Greek), - xgrahyph.tex (for ancient Greek), - xgrcodes.tex (category, upper/lowercase codes for all Greek letters). The hyphenation patterns are just the standard hyphenation patterns by D. Philippou adapted for use with xetex (only the catcodes, etc., files are my completely original contribution). Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/hyphenation/greek License: LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/hyphenation/greek . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=xetex-greek (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: staves
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted a new package called staves to CTAN. It contains all the necessary tools to typeset the ``magical'' Icelandic staves plus the runic letters used in Iceland. Location on CTAN: language/staves License: LPPL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/staves . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=staves (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: The Mexican Dialect of Spanish
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

>From my upload daemon: > Name of contribution: The Mexican Dialect of Spanish > Author's name: Luis Rivera > Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/language/mexican > Summary description: a subset of the spanish language, for use in mexican typography > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Mexican dialect implements a tiny subset of the Spanish language > for use in Mexican typography: only spanish hyphenation and a few > shorthands are defined, and the style preserves all the standard LaTeX > layout; significant variations are the omission of the ~n shorthand, > and the preference for the decimal point. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package and made a catalogue entry for it. potential users may browse the package via the catalogue: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mexican.html thanks, luis, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN packages: pst-fill, -text, -coil, -eps, -grad
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Herbert Voss writes: > The PSTricks based packages > pst-grad: colored Gradients (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-grad.html) > pst-text: text and characters placed on a different path (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-text.html) > pst-coil: coils and zigzags as lines or node connections (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-coil.html) > pst-eps : export of pspicture environments (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-eps.html) > pst-fill: filling and tiling of areas and characters (see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-fill.html) > > are now in their own directories > CTAN://graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-... > > All packages use the extended keyval package pst-xkey > and have now their own documentation. potential users may browse the packages via the links interpolated above. as always, thanks, Herbert for your continued contributions. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: mkpattern
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

A new package 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: mkpattern Author's name: Javier A. Múgica de Rivera Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation/utils/mkpattern/ Summary description: TeX program for the generation of hyphenation patterns License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mkpattern is a general purpose program for the generation of hyphenation patterns, with definition of letter sets and template-like constructions. It also provides an easy way to handle different input and output encodings. Used for the creation of the Galician patterns. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation/utils/mkpattern/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=mkpattern (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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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[Fwd: tug.ctan.org upload: Free Math Font Survey for Vietnamese]
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

The package described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should by now 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: Free Math Font Survey for Vietnamese Author's name: Th�i Ph� Kh�nh H�a Location on CTAN: /info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/vn Summary description: Vietnamese version of the Free Math Font Survey License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a Vietnamese translation of the Free Math Font Survey by Stephen Hartke. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=free-math-font-sur… (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: isodoc 0.1
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

A new package isodoc by Wybo Dekker has been installed on CTAN and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/isodoc License: lppl Description: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The isodoc class can be used for the preparation of letters, invoices, and, in the future, similar documents. Documents are set up with options, thus making the class easily adaptable to user's wishes and extensible for other document types. Victor Eijkhout's NTG brief class, which implements the NEN1026 standard, was the starting point. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/isodoc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=isodoc (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: glhyph
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to the mirror that you like best. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: glhyph Author's name: Javier A. Múgica de Rivera Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation Summary description: Major upgrade for glhyph.tex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Major upgrade of the hyphenation patterns for Galician. They now follow a scheme similar to the spanish ones. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=glhyph (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: jeopardy
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and those updates should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: jeopardy Author's name: Robert Marik Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/jeopardy/ Summary description: Build a jeopardy game in LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The jeopardy package allows to build a jeopardy game with pdfLaTeX. It is based on the jj_game class and exerquiz package, written by D. P. Story. The author of the game can use multichoice questions or fill-in questions. The answer for fill-in questions is either a mathematical formula or text string (see the documentation of exerquiz and RespBoxMath and RespBoxTxt commands to learn more about the capabilities). JavaScripts are written to record the score. If the score is greater than a given value, a hidden string is shown. The user should use the style with some screen presentation package, such as web or pdfscreen. For the new version of jeopardy package, a new option picture has been added. This option allows to build game where the user (student) answers questions and uncovers (after a correct answer) parts of hidden picture. The new option is demonstrated in game1a.pdf, game2a.pdf and game4.pdf files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jeopardy/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=jeopardy (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Ctan mailing list Ctan(a)dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan

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tug.ctan.org upload: prerex-3.2
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

The package here has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be updated at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: prerex-3.2 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics/prerex Summary description: Interactive editor for prerequisite charts, macro support, patch for PDF viewer. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release includes a new feature: a patch to the source files of kpdf to enable tooltip display and clipboard selection of coordinates of course boxes and background points. These capabilities can be used during chart editing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/prerex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=prerex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: euenc
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

A new package has been put up on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thank you for the contribution, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: euenc Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/euenc Summary description: Unicode font encoding definitions for XeTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Font encoding definition(s) for unicode fonts loaded by LaTeX in XeTeX. At present, consists only of the EU1 encoding, which fontspec uses for unicode fonts with no macro-level processing required for accents, and no restriction on glyphs provided by a font. Includes font definition files for the Latin Modern OpenType fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/euenc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=euenc (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: kvsetkeys v1.1
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to his kvsetkeys package. This package provides kvsetkeys, a variant of package keyval's setkeys. It allows to specify a handler that deals with unknown options. Active commas and equal signs may be used (e.g. see babel's shorthands) and only one level of curly braces are removed from the values. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL Changes: * kvsetkeys v1.1 * Interface for handler definition fixed. * Example added. * oberdiek-tds.zip updated. _______________________________________________________________ This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=kvsetkeys (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: protocol
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Thomas Leineweber submitted an update to the protocol package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/protocol Summary description: A class for typesetting minutes (only german) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version supercedes the old version of protocol and has the following new features: - uses koma-script class as main class - correct decision for the next meeting - additional environment Absent for absent persons ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/protocol . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=protocol (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: otfinst
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: otfinst Author's name: John Owens Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/otfinst Summary description: Tool for installing OpenType fonts for use in TeX/LaTeX systems License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- otfinst takes a list of OpenType font files as input, uses Eddie Kohler's otftotfm to install them into a TeX/LaTeX system, and builds and installs the necessary font description and style files. otfinst was formerly known as otftex_install and is written in Python. It has similar capabilities to Marc Penninga's fontools. http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~jowens/code/otfinst/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/otfinst . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=otfinst (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: Synapsen
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

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: Synapsen. A hypertextual card index Author's name: Markus Krajewski Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/Synapsen Summary description: Reference management software, bibliography gui tool or card index for bibtex License type: shareware Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Synapsen is a hypertextual card index or reference organizer, esp. designed for BibTeX. The Software is written in JAVA, and therefore it runs on all major operating systems (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix). For further information, manual, screen shots etc. see http://www.verzetteln.de/synapsen/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/Synapsen . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=synapsen (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: bibhtml 1.3
by CTAN Announcements 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

Via the upload script, Norman Gray writes: ctan-upload(a)tex.ac.uk wrote: > Name of contribution: bibhtml 1.3 > Author's name: Norman Gray > Author's email: norman(a)astro.gla.ac.uk > Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/bibhtml/ (replacing current version) > Summary description: Generate HTML bibliographies using BibTeX > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Allow mild configuration of generated link targets > Some documentation improvements > Update default e-print URL > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i've installed the revision of the package, and updated the catalogue. users who want to inspect the new version may browse via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/bibhtml.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org upload: bibtopicprefix
by CTAN Announcements 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

A new package 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: bibtopicprefix Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/bibtopicprefix Summary description: Provides a way to prefix references from bibliographies produced by the bibtopic package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a way to prefix references from bibliographies produced by the bibtopic package with fixed strings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibtopicprefix . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=bibtopicprefix (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: disser
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

A new package has been put on tug.ctan.org and should soon get to your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: disser Author's name: Stanislav Kruchinin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/disser Summary description: A document class and set of templates for typesetting dissertations in Russian. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a document class and set of templates for typesetting dissertations in Russian. One of it's primary advantages is a simplicity of format specification for titlepage, headers and elements of automatically generated lists (table of contents, list of figures, etc). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/disser . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=disser (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: dvdcoll
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the dvdcoll package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/dvdcoll Summary description: A class for typesetting DVD archives License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Having lost the overview of my DVD archives, I simply could not remember if I already recorded the documentary running on TV that day. I chose to recreate the index using LaTeX: the design aim was a hyperlinked and fully searchable PDF-document listing my DVDs with all titles, contents, lengths and so on. Further requirements were support for seasons of tv series and a list with all faulty or missing programs for rerecording. The dvdcoll class supports all these requirements. dvdcoll.cls follows the structure <number><title><length>. As a result, the class is not limited to DVDs ÿÿ you can of course typeset archives of CD-ROMs, Audio-CDs and so on. Supported languages at the moment: English, French, German. Some help is needed for other languages! ;-) License: LPPL new in v0.6a: - Bugfix: solving indent problems after commands within environment Dvd (endlinechar=-1) - replacement for broken dcexample.pdf on CTAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dvdcoll . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvdcoll (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: simplewick
by CTAN Announcements 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: simplewick Author's name: Jindrich Kolorenc Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/simplewick Summary description: Drawing Wick contractions above and bellow expressions in math mode. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Drawing Wick contractions above and bellow expressions in math mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/simplewick . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=simplewick (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: word-to-latex
by CTAN Announcements 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

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: word-to-latex Author's name: Michal Kebrt Location on CTAN: /tools/word-to-latex Summary description: Convert documents written in Microsoft Word into LaTeX and XML format License type: nosource Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Word-to-LaTeX (Word-to-XML; two names for the same program :-)) is a program for converting documents written in Microsoft Word into LaTeX and XML format (additional formats can be easily added through the configuration). Word-to-LaTeX runs only on Windows with Microsoft Word installed. This is the first public release of Word-to-LaTeX (Word-to-XML) convertor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/tools/word-to-latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=word-to-latex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: recipecard
by CTAN Announcements 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: recipecard Author's name: Ben Reish Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/recipecard Summary description: Typesets recipes into note card sized boxes. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The recipecard class typesets recipes into note card sized boxes that can then be cut out and pasted to note cards. The recipe then looks elegant and fits in the box of recipes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/recipecard . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=recipecard (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: PGF and TikZ version 1.10
by CTAN Announcements 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Till Tantau submitted version 1.10 of his PGF/TikZ package. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf License: Mixed LPPL/GPL/FDL PGF is a macro package for creating graphics. It is platform- and format-independent and works together with the most important TeX backend drivers, including pdftex and dvips. It comes with a user-friedly syntax layer called TikZ. Its usage is similar to pstricks and the standard picture environment. Unlike pstricks, it can produce either PostScript or PDF output, and works with plain (pdf-)TeX, (pdf-)LaTeX, and ConTeXt. Till writes: > > I consider this version stable and recommend upgrading to all users. > > Changes since version 1.09: > > - Renamed pgf@sys@pdf@mark to pgfsyspdfmark. > - Fixed the ConTeXt support so that it is usable (which is wasn't). > Best regards, _______________________________________________ This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pgf (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Susy
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

The package below has been installed 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: Susy Author's name: Emmanuel Turlay Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/susy Summary description: Commands to write supersymmetry related documents easily License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Commands to write supersymmetry related documents easily. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/susy . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=susy (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: gellmu, version 0.8.3
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Oct '06

24 Oct '06

William F Hammond wrote: > I've uploaded version 0.8.3 (23 Oct 06) of the GELLMU tarball to > ftp.tex.ac.uk. > > GELLMU stands for Generalized Extensible LaTeX-Like MarkUp. > > The package includes software for an XML document type (which may be > written in LaTeX-like markup) that emulates much of LaTeX article > while admitting robust translation to XHTML+MathML. > > I suggest that it be placed in support/gellmu. > > License: GPL > > This supersedes version 0.8.2.3 (25 May 06). > > It contains an important change for generating XHTML+MathML content > that has been made necessary by a mid-September (2006) revision in > Firefox and other Mozilla browsers. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > CHANGES IN GELLMU, VERSION 0.8.3 (23 Oct 2006) > > IMPORTANT change necessitated by change in Firefox and other Mozilla > browsers: > > This update is mandatory for those who wish their XHTML+MathML outputs > to function properly in Mozilla. Because of a mid-September 2006 > change in Mozilla with the handling of equations and arrays of > equations, previously generated XHTML+MathML outputs will need to be > rebuilt. > > This release also has reduced use of XML namespace switching in the > XHTML+MathML outputs for the sake of greater compatibilty with > browsers that do not recognize it. > > The XML side door: > > The largest change in this update release concerns Regular GELLMU > (the didactic production system described in the GELLMU Manual). The > standard translation pipeline leading from LaTeX-like source through > SGML and XML document types to (1) LaTeX source (hence DVI and PDF > outputs), (2) classical HTML output with pseudo-TeX math, and (3) > XHTML with MathML output has been modified to capture along the way a > variant of the XML document type that is reusable as XML source. > Subsequent pipeline processing proceeds from that point with end > results equivalent to those in earlier releases. > > The new variant of the XML document type may be regarded as a > full-featured author level XML document type. It is usable and > modifiable by authors who choose to write XML syntax rather than the > LaTeX-like equivalent. > > The new author level variant of the XML document type is a suitable > target for translation from other XML document types, and therefore, > could provide an alternative way to format other document types for > PDF, HTML, and XHTML+MathML. > > Beyond that document instances under the new author level variant of > the XML document type should usually be stand-alone instances that > are suitable for semi-formatted viewing through the web with CSS > styling. They cannot be fully formatted because, for example, > numbering has not been inserted, and cross-references have not been > resolved. > > A consequence of having the XML side door is that the automatically > formatted LaTeX files will tend to have very long lines. > > Driver Scripts: > > For the regular GELLMU main track use the driver script mmkg to > build from regular GELLMU source. One should use the new driver > script mmkgfromx to build from XML source under the document type > defined in the DTD file xml/axgellmu.dtd. (This DTD file lives > under the UTF-8 text encoding though presently only one little-used > element name is non-ASCII, and that name admits Latin-1 representation.) > > Windows XP Support: > > In the case of a recently acquired (August 2006) ``notebook'' > class computer with ``Windows XP, Home Edition'', it was found after > (1) installing Cygwin, (2) then installing Cygwin packages for GNU Emacs, > Perl, Tcsh, TeX and LaTeX, OpenSP/OpenJade, and Expat (for the important > and basic xmlwf utility), and (3) making sure that all of the > appropriate executables are in one's command path (within Cygwin), > that the GELLMU tarball drops easily into /usr/local/gellmu (Cygwin > filesystem hierarchy), and the Linux driver scripts may be used. i have indeed placed the new version in support/gellmu; thanks for the upload. users who want to view the package, or to download it, may do so via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/gellmu.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: pinlabel.sty
by CTAN Announcements 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

Colin Rourke, of Mathematical Sciences Publishers, has provided a new package. the catalogue entry says: Pinlabel is a labelling package for attaching perfectly formatted TeX labels to figures and diagrams in both eps and pdf formats. It is suitable both for labelling a new diagram and for relabelling an existing diagram. and the package may be found on CTAN in directory macros/latex/contrib/pinlabel users may browse the new package's directory, and read its documentation, via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pinlabel.html thanks to colin and msp for the upload -- Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: JustFontIt TeX Edition v1.0
by CTAN Announcements 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

A new package 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: JustFontIt TeX Edition v1.0 Author's name: Alexei Kostin Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/JustFontItTE Summary description: Font utility to generate TeX metric files License type: other Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JustFontIt TeX Edition for Win32 is a tool for TeX users. It is intended to help installing fonts in Type1 Binary (PFB), Type1 ASCII (PFA), TrueType and OpenType/CFF to use with TeX. Major features of JustFontIt TeX Edition: 1. Functionality of pltotf, tftopl, vftovp, vptovf tools, initially developed by Prof. D. E. Knuth. 2. Direct production of TFM and PL TeX metric files from various sources (PFA, PFB, TTF, OTF, AFM, PFM). Reencoding. 3. Support for response files and recursive directory search. 4. Evident command-line interface. 5. High performance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/JustFontItTE . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=justfontitte (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: uebungsblatt
by CTAN Announcements 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

A new package 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: uebungsblatt Author's name: Igor Akkerman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/uebungsblatt Summary description: LaTeX-Klasse zur Erstellung von Übungsblättern License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX-Klasse zur Erstellung von Übungsblättern Features: * schnelles Setzen von Übungsblättern oder deren Bearbeitungen * einfache, benutzerfreundliche Kommandos * elegante Seitenformatierung * vollautomatische Nummerierung der Aufgaben und Teilaufgaben * Nummer des Übungsblatts wird automatisch aus dem Dateinamen bestimmt * statische Informationen zur Lehrveranstaltung und den Autoren müssen nur an einer Stelle angegeben werden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/uebungsblatt . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=uebungsblatt (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: AkkTeX
by CTAN Announcements 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make it to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: AkkTeX Author's name: Igor Akkerman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/akktex Summary description: Collection of new document classes and packages, especially making easier the creation of math documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * new document classes for technical documents, thesis works, manuscripts and lecture notes * many math packages providing a tremendous nuber of macros for mathematical texts * layout providing a non-empty parskip with extended length corrections and new section definition commands * easy label creation for counters * german language tools and predefined abbreviations ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/akktex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=akktex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: FrenchPro to V5,9992
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Bernard Gaulle writes: Bernard Gaulle <frenchprobg(a)free.fr> wrote: > I just upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk the archive frenchPRO.tar.gz which > is the updated version V5,999 of FrenchPro. This is all the material > to replace the nonfree language/french/frenchpro. > FrenchPro is distributed as shareware with all source files ; it > is designed for typesetting professional French documents and can > work alone as a LaTeX package as well as an option of Babel or MLP. > This distribution is using the keyboard package along with the msg > package for localisation. i-installers are included for all > platforms: Windows, Unix, macOs X, Linux and co. > > The FrenchPro web site is at http://frenchpro6.com/french/ > > Mods in this update (V5,9992): > - FrenchPro is now localised in German. > - unix installation lock (messages 21 & 22) removed. > - changes for MiKTeX V2.5 > - better use with Babel > - change for the msg V 0.40 package call. > - documentation change > > Thanks. thanks for the upload. i have installed the files to replace the older version, and updated the catalogue. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Pacakge Update: CJK 4.7.0 released
by CTAN Announcements 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Werner LEMBERG submitted the new version 4.7.0 of the cjk package. Location on CTAN: /language/chinese/CJK License: gpl Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf _______________________________________________ This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/chinese/CJK/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cjk (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ CJK 4.7.0 ========= CJK 4.7.0 is available from ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/language/chinese/CJK and other CTAN hosts and its mirrors. Following the CTAN rules, the source files of CJK are unpacked. Additionally, the archive CJK-4.7.0-doc.tar.gz is available, providing some CJK documentation and example files in various output formats. Current development snapshots (updated twice a day) are available as http://cjk.ffii.org/cjk-current.tar.gz Bug reports should go to cjk-bug(a)ffii.org. CJK is a macro package for LaTeX, providing simultaneous support for various Asian scripts in many encodings (including Unicode): Chinese (both traditional and simplified) Japanese Korean Thai A special add-on feature is an interface to the Emacs editor (cjk-enc.el) which gives simultaneous, easy-to-use support to a bunch of other scripts in addition to the above: Cyrillic Greek Latin-based scripts Russian Vietnamese See below for the relevant snippet from the history file. Enjoy! Werner ====================================================================== Version 4.7.0: 17-Oct-2006 new: A new encoding `HK' (C05) is available for Hong Kong's HKSCS-2004, used in combination with Big 5. `UTF8' encoding now supports full Unicode (up to U+10FFFF). Subfont planes for ranges greater than U+FFFF consist of four hexadecimal digits (for example `foo025E' which covers U+25E00-U+25EFF). The Unicode command (and CJKchar) has been extended to accept Unicode values greater than U+FFFF. CJKutf8.sty: Support Unicode encoded bookmarks if the hyperref package is used. Automatically generate ToUnicode cmaps for pdftex (tested with pdftex version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2; it currently doesn't work with virtual fonts). Caption files in UTF-8 encoding have been added; the files are identical to the encoding-specific versions. ja Japanese ko-Hang Korean using Hangul ko-Hang2 another version using Hangul ko-Hani Korean using Hanja zh-Hans Chinese simplified zh-Hant Chinese traditional errors: UTF-8 input character 0x80 was handled only partially. pinyin.sty: The package didn't preserve `ding' which is defined in pifont.sty, causing problems with older versions of the hyperref package and its `hpdftex' driver option. CJK.sty: Make it work with font definition files (like the ones from the fourier package) which expect that the loading-settings are called only once. The use of caption files within the `scrartcl' class made chapter a defined command (instead of reporting an error). With the koma-script classes, all CJK caption files except for Korean produced bad looking TOC entries for part.

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CTAN has a new package: magyar.ldf 1.5
by CTAN Announcements 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

The material described below has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: New Hungarian Babel language definition (magyar.ldf 1.5) Author's name: Péter Szabó Location on CTAN: /language/hungarian/babel Summary description: New Hungarian Babel language definition (magyar.ldf 1.5) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An update to magyar.ldf (version 1.5) has been available since 2004 from http://www.math.bme.hu/latex/ . Although the update has been sent to the Babel authors in 2004, Babel still contains the old, buggy, incompatible version (1.4, ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/babel/magyar.dtx ), which not only fails to implement many typographic features required by the Hungarian language, it also conflicts with many other packages and classes, such as amsart.cls, graphics.sty and hyperref.sty. Hungarian LaTeX users are generally happy with the new version 1.5, and most can be solved by asking the user to upgrade from 1.4 to 1.5. See more nfo about Hungarian typography in LaTeX in our TUG 2004 article (get it from http://www.inf.bme.hu/~pts/ , search for TUG 2004). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hungarian/babel . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=magyar (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: authoraftertitle
by CTAN Announcements 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

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: authoraftertitle Author's name: Matthias Bilger Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/misc/authoraftertitle.sty Summary description: Make the Title, Author and Date available after the maketitle command License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Make the Title, Author and Date available after the maketitle command ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=authoraftertitle (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: dps
by CTAN Announcements 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

The package shown 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: dps Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dps Summary description: dps -- Das Puzzle Spiel -- is used to create a matching game with hidden message License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Das Puzzle Spiel is a LaTeX package (dps package) for creating a puzzle, a message actually, and a series of questions and answers. The document consumer matches the questions with the answers. With each match, another letter appears in the puzzle. Upon completion of all questions, the message hidden in the puzzle is revealed. The puzzle is primarily designed for the screen, but you can optionally create the game for paper. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=dps (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: Songbook v4.2
by CTAN Announcements 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you again for the update. Jim Hefferon ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Songbook v4.2 Author's name: Christopher Rath Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/songbook Summary description: LaTeX style to print songbooks with chords, without chords, and transparencies, all from a single input file. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added ability to produce an index by song artist (composer) and changed license from any version of LGPL to version 2.1 only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/songbook . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=songbook (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: aurical
by CTAN Announcements 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 Christian Gollwitzer submitted version 1.4 of the aurical package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/aurical Summary description: Set of three calligraphic fonts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of Aurical to version 1.4. It features boldface and slanted typefaces for all three fonts and an input convention consistent with fraktur.sty from Matthias Mühlich. Below is the README: Aurical v1.4 (2006/10/12) ========================= Aurical is a package that provides three calligraphic fonts for use with LaTeX in T1/Cork encoding and PostScript Type1 format. The fonts are: * Auriocus Kalligraphicus * Lukas Svatba * Jana Skrivana Each font features oldstyle digits and (machine-generated) boldface and slanted versions. Lukas Svatba is provided in a variant with a long s with the same input convention as used by fraktur.sty from Matthias Mühlich. This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License. See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.lppl.html for the details of that license. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/aurical . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=aurical (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package Update: BaKoMa TeX 7.72 - TeXWord improvements.
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware Most noticeable improvements (in short): * Way to resume of hanging TeX engine. Blinking button will be appeared at right bottom corner of TeXWord window when TeX is running more then a second without progressive reading. * Fixed crash of TeXWord at displaying incomplte math formulas in long paragraphs. * BkSp removes selected text like to Del. * Ctrl+Del removes word forward (when no selection) * Ctrl+BkSp removes word backward. * warning of upgrade expiration. * /space character is added to cmcyr10 and cmcyr12 fonts to enable using them in Postscript. More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html > PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists. -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 7.72 ------------------ BaKoMa TeX 7.72 supports two coexisting IDE: 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - Visual (True WYSIWYG) LaTeX Editor. 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Classical IDE. 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 as if you edit your document immediately in DVI Viewer window. 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'. Beginner users of LaTeX may consider TeXWord as good start point for learning LaTeX together with writing papers. TeXWord is transparent for cooperation. TeXWord don't use additional macro packages. So that documents made with 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. 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 distribution 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 Update: PGF and TikZ version 1.09
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Till Tantau submitted an update to the PGF/TikZ package. PGF is a macro package for creating graphics. It is platform- and format-independent and works together with the most important TeX backend drivers, including pdftex and dvips. It comes with a user-friedly syntax layer called TikZ. Its usage is similar to pstricks and the standard picture environment. Unlike pstricks, it can produce either PostScript or PDF output, and works with plain (pdf-)TeX, (pdf-)LaTeX, and ConTeXt. Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf License: Dual (GPL/LPPL, FDL/LPPL, resp.) Announcment text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ After one year without a new versions of pgf/TikZ, I finally managed to ready a new version. I recommend updating to this version to all reasonably experienced users. After user feedback on this version, I intend to remove any remaining serious compatibility bugs (in theory, there should not be any) and to create a very stable version 1.10 within the next few weeks. Changes in version 1.09 of pgf/TikZ compared to the previous version 1.01: - Added usepgflibrary and usetikzlibrary to simplify adding new libraries. - Added native ConTeXt support in the form of module wrappers. - Added patterns. - Added crosses snake. - Added to and edge path operations. - Added to path library. In particular, this gives decent curved paths. - Added tikz automata library. - Added tikz er diagram library. - Added tikz Petri net library. - Added tikz mindmap library. - Added access to nodes in other pictures (!). - Added extended baseline setting. - Added functionality to add new coordinate systems. - Added polar xy coordinate system. - Added diamond shape (!). - Added plot mark phase, repeat and indices. - Added text height and text depth options. - Added label and pin options. - Added automatic node placement (!). - Added pgfsys-dvi.def for pure dvi mode. Supports only black and white drawing (proof on concept, only) - Cleared up license chaos. - Reorganized library documentation. - Removed pgflibraryautomata, use pgflibrarytikzautomata instead. - Fixed tree level option bug. - Fixed missing options for coordinates. - Fixed bug in TikZ parabola code. - Fixed bug in TikZ snake cycle code. - Fixed bug with empty list in pgffor - Fixed bug in code for insertion of dvips header specials. - Fixed bug in shading code (wrong bigpoint correction). - Fixed bug #1472666. - Fixed bug #1473255. - Fixed bug #1526175. - Fixed bug #1542512. - Fixed bug in TikZ transformation code for nested pictures. - Fixed patch #1443606. - Fixed path #1526178. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package Update: ctable 1.8
by CTAN Announcements 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Wybo Dekker submitted the new version 1.8 of his ctable package. ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or right aligned table and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ctable License: LPPL major changes (relative to v1.7): option mincapwidth added, useful for very narrow tables. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: bussproofs
by Robin Fairbairns 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Sam Buss has modified the licence statement in his bussproofs.sty package (to lppl) and we now have the package on ctan (macros/latex/contrib/bussproofs). it will be at the major ctan sites, in its final form, in the near future. the package allows the construction of proof trees in the style of the sequent calculus and many other proof systems. users may browse the package via its catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/bussproofs.html thanks, sam, for your help in making a readily-distributable ctan package. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tatsuta's proof macros
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

these macros have been moved from ctan directory macros/latex/contrib/proof to directory macros/latex/contrib/lkproof there are several reasons why this is desirable; from ctan's point of view, it reduces the number of confusing name clashes. i have taken the opportunity of updating the package, from the author's web site in japan, to the current version 3.1. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: xq 0.3
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Stephan Weinhold submitted an update to his xq fonts package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/xq Summary description: writing about xiangqi License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xq is for writing about xiangqi or chinese chess. You can write down games or parts of games and show diagrams with special positions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: dvdcoll 0.6
by CTAN Announcements 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Josef Kleber submitted an update to his dvdcoll package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dvdcoll Summary description: A class for typesetting DVD archives License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Having lost the overview of my DVD archives, I simply could not remember if I already recorded the documentary running on TV that day. I chose to recreate the index using LaTeX: the design aim was a hyperlinked and fully searchable PDF-document listing my DVDs with all titles, contents, lengths and so on. Further requirements were support for seasons of tv series and a list with all faulty or missing programs for rerecording. The dvdcoll class supports all these requirements. dvdcoll.cls follows the structure <number><title><length>. As a result, the class is not limited to DVDs ÿÿ you can of course typeset archives of CD-ROMs, Audio-CDs and so on. Supported languages at the moment: English, French, German. Some help is needed for other languages! ;-) License: LPPL new in v0.6: - support for seasons, e.g. J.A.G. 2.1 / 02x15 Hemlock - description of contents via pdf annotations - pdf annotations in the margin for extra infos - some new commands and other minor changes - support for language french (french, frenchb, francois, acadian, canadien) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Omega for Bengali
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

A new package has been put up on tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Omega for Bengali Author's name: Lakshmi K. Raut Location on CTAN: /macros/omega/latex/contrib/bengali-omega Summary description: bengali-omega using Velthuis transliteration scheme and Unicode Text in utf-8 format License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bengali-Omega version 1.0 is a Omega Typesetting package for Bengali language. You can use either the Velthuis transliteration scheme or directly Unicode Bengali Text in your Tex document ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/omega/latex/contrib/bengali-omega . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=bengali-omega (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: Making Friends with LaTeX (Version 2.00)
by CTAN Announcements 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Rohit Vishal Kumar submitted an update to his mfwl package. Location on CTAN: /info/MFwL Summary description: MFwL is a small presentation which helps introduce LaTeX to Newbies License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Making Friends with LaTeX (MFwL) started out as a small presentation, which i used to introduce my students to LaTeX. However, with the release of Ver 1.00 in Jauary 2006, I received a lot of feedback on the presentation and I therefore decided to extend it. The second version, made using the powerdot package, has been extended and currently this presentation stands at 64 slides; more than double from its first version. The objective of MFwL is to introduce new comers to LaTeX and make them aware of various aspects of working with LaTeX. This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later version. (Source Code Included) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: mathmode
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

Herbert Voss has submitted a new version of his maths typesetting tutorial; this update includes a rearrangement of the package on ctan. herbert writes: > This new version 2.20 has: > > - new subdirectory for the images of the > document source > - added a subsection for package cool > - a new section Tuning math typesetting > - as usual, small changes to the source i have installed the new version at cambridge, for transmission to other ctan sites and mirrors. users may browse the package via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html thanks for the update; Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cool 1.3
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '06

08 Oct '06

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, N Setzer submitted an update to his cool package (COntent-Oriented LaTeX). The package gives LaTeX the power to retain mathematical meaning of its expressions in addition to the typsetting instructions; essentially separating style from the content of the math. One advantage of keeping mathematical meaning is that conversion of LaTeX documents to other executable formats (such as Content MathML or Mathematica ode) is greatly simplified. The package requires the coolstr, coollist, and forloop packages. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cool Summary description: COntent-Oriented LaTeX License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to the cool package that adds the ability to alter the DifferentialD in both the Integral and derivative, adds the ability to alter the symbol of some of the fundamental constants, adds the ability to alter the symbol of the IdentityMatrix, and adjusted the parentheses by adding mathopen{} before the left tag (to improve spacing). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cool (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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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Cambridge CTAN Node down until 1500 local (1400 GMT)
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '06

08 Oct '06

Due to a scheduled network outage. the Cambridge main CTAN node {ftp,www,rsync}.tex.ac.uk is not reachable until 1400 GMT (according to schedule). For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: frenchle (updated to V5,9991)
by CTAN Announcements 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I've upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk the file frenchle.tar.gz which is a replacement > for language/french/frenchle. This is the new version (V5,9991) for > the LaTeX package frenchle, a ready to use package for typesetting > French documents with or without Babel. i've installed the new version; thank you for the upload. > This upgrade (V5,9991) provides a new file babel.fr which is a > little package designed to load Babel and accept the global option > french for other French options not distributed with Babel, like > frenchle. This is to restore the facility lengthy allowed by Babel > but stopped at the end of 2003. > Documentation has been updated; French guillemets usage now documented. users who would like to browse the package may do so via its updated catalogue page at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/frenchle.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: msg V 0.40
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

i have installed the latest version of msg. Bernard Gaulle writes: > The msg package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users who could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is also really > easy to use by class/package writers. > > Please, feel free to try/test it on any existing package/class and > report any pb. No pb reported at that time. > > V 0.40 mods: no options are declared and processed when the msg > package is called internally (from another package) > or from the kernel. > Added a Makefile to prepare for TeXLive. > Added a CHANGES file thanks for the upload. the package is on its way out across the aether. meanwhile, interested users may browse it in cambridge, via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/msg.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: Herbert Voss's mathmode
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Herbert Voss writes: > Mathmode.pdf is a comprehensive review of mathematics in (La)TeX. > This new version 2.19 has the following changes: > > - some more infos for the fleqn class option > - small fixes to the array environment > - added an example for gathered (ams) and > for boxed rows and columns of arrays > - indice in upright font shape > - extended index > - a lot of modifications to the source code i have installed the new version at cambridge, and pushed it out to the rest of the world. users may browse the new version via its catalogue page: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html thanks, herbert, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Version 3.16b of the UK FAQ
by Robin Fairbairns 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

i have just installed the end september release of the uk faq, here in cambridge (it'll be making its way out to the rest of the world any minute now). i have also updated the web version at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq details of the new release are attached. i must apologise for missing the end august release: ill health got in the way (there had been little added that month, anyway, and something had to give in my disrupted work schedules). Robin Fairbairns ===================================================================== Changes in version 3.16b This file incorporates the (small number of) changes from version 3.16 that previously appeared in file CHANGES-3.16a; the earlier changes are marked with an asterisk. New answer: Label optionclash: clashing package options error in LaTeX Revised answers: Label ECfonts: reword discussion of mathematics and EC fonts (i.e., emphasise that there's no direct relation) *Label filename: extend macro definitions, hopefully expanding the usefulness and usability of the answer Label hyperdupdest: other sources of the error than repeated pages Label minitoc: corrected error in q-minitoc code, tidy comments Label minxampl: include the word minimal, since it's a common search term Label music: mention Lilypond as a source of TeX-compatible music Label poster: mention Nicola Talbot's experimental flowfram layout package Label texinfo: rewritten in parts, following a reader comment Label texsystems: miktex installation has changed with v2.5 Label tutbitslatex: added pointers to TUG-maintained material on fonts Label virtualfonts: re-thought through Bugfixes: *Label cmdstar: part of the example code was just wrong *Label enumerate: unclarity in text caused by a typo *Bug in introduction=yes HTML code corrected Label atsigns: mark-up error caused curious HTML output (editorial improvement too) Future releases: Despite missing the nominal end August 2006 delivery (through an unfortunate combination of events), I'm aiming to maintain the stream of (approximately) monthly bugfix releases. There are no current plans for a major release, though work on the new web-based version continues. Robin Fairbairns 2006-10-02

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.4
by CTAN Announcements 01 Oct '06

01 Oct '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue. users may browse the package via the catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html that page outlines the package: The biblatex package is a complete reimplementation of the bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX in conjunction with BibTeX. It redesigns the way in which LaTeX interacts with BibTeX at a fairly fundamental level. > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file `RELEASE' for release notes. > > CHANGES > > * Added package option `bibtex8' > * Added package option `sortlos' > * Made `pageref' field local to `bibsection' environment > * Renamed field `labeltitle' to `labelctitle' > * Added new field `labeltitle' > * Added new field `sortkey' > * Removed iffieldtrue > * Renamed counter `namepenalty' to `highnamepenalty' > * Added counter `lownamepenalty' > * Added command addlowpenspace > * Added command addhighpenspace > * Added command addabbrvspace > * Added command adddotspace > * Added command addslash > * Added documentation of oligature > * Updated and expanded documentation > (see the changelog in biblatex.pdf for pointers) > * Various minor improvements throughout > * Fixed some bugs thank you for the upload, as always... Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: foekfont
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '06

30 Sep '06

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: foekfont Author's name: Palle Jørgensen Location on CTAN: /fonts/foekfont Summary description: FoekFont is the title font of the Mads Føk magazine License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The FoekFont bundle provides access to the FoekFont; title font of the Mads Foek magazine. LaTeX support is provided too. The FoekFont files a created by Palle Jorgensen. The website of tne Mads Foek magazine is http://www.madsfoek.dk/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/foekfont . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=foekfont (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: xq
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make it to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the contribution, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xq Author's name: Stephan Weinhold Location on CTAN: /fonts/xq Summary description: writing about xiangqi License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xq is for writing about xiangqi or chinese chess. You can write down games or parts of games and show diagrams with special positions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/xq . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=xq (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: nih
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: nih Author's name: Bruce Donald Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/nih Summary description: class for NIH grant applications License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nih.cls provides a class for grant applications to NIH, the National Institutes of Health, a US government agency. The example-* files provide a template for using nih.cls and submitting the biographical sketches the NIH wants. They (potentially) use denselists.sty, which just reduces list spacing; this is not part of the class proper. For more information, please see the author's web sites at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/brd/NIH/tips and http://www.cs.duke.edu/brd. All of these files are freely redistributable, the main .cls under the LPPL and the example files without restriction. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nih . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=nih (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: aliascnt 1.2, zref 1.3
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted updates to the packages aliascnt and zref Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ Changes: * aliascnt v1.2: Fix of severe bug. * zref v1.3: Typo fixes and English cleanup provided by Per Starback. * oberdiek-tds.zip updated. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Fonetika Dania
by CTAN Announcements 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

A new package has been put in at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Fonetika Dania Author's name: Palle Jørgensen Location on CTAN: /fonts/fonetika Summary description: Fonts and LaTeX files for the danish Dania phonetic system License type: other Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fonetika Dania is a font bundle with a serif font and a sans serif font for the danish phonetic system Dania. Both fonts exist in regular and bold. The fonts come with LaTeX support. The fonts are based on URW Palladio and Iwona Condesed. The fonts are created using FontForge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/fonetika . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=fonetika (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: Mathmode
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded mathmode.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the ones in > /info/math/voss/mathmode/ > > Mathmode.tex is a comprehensive review of mathematics > typesetting in (La)TeX. > > This new version 2.18 has > - fixes typos and small bugs. > - an example for the gathered environment > - a (very) short description of the mathtools package. i have installed the files as requested, and updated the catalogue. users may browse the package via the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: LaTeX and BibTeX support for economics journals
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Please note the change of maintainer for this package. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: LaTeX and BibTeX support for economics journals Author's name: Arne Henningsen Author's email: ahenningsen(a)agric-econ.uni-kiel.de Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/economic/ Summary description: BibTeX styles, LaTeX classes, and LaTeX styles for economics journals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BibTeX styles and LaTeX classes for the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE) and the European Review of Agricultural Economics (ERAE) have been added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/economic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=economic (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: splines
by CTAN Announcements 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

A new package has been installed on the tug branch of CTAN and should soon migrate to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: splines Author's name: Daniel Luecking Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/splines/ Summary description: Metapost/metafont macros for drawing cubic spline interpolants. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A small package of macros for creating cubic spline interpolants in Metapost or metafont. Given a list of points they can produce a closed or a relaxed spline joining them. Given a list of function values y_j at x_j, it can produce the graph of a cubic spline interpolating function y=f(x), which is either periodic or relaxed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/splines/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=splines (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: cool
by CTAN Announcements 25 Sep '06

25 Sep '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cool Author's name: N Setzer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cool Summary description: COntent Oriented LaTeX License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is designed to give LaTeX the power to retain mathematical meaning of its expressions in addition to the typsetting instructions. One advantage of keeping mathematical meaning is that conversion of LaTeX documents to other executable formats (such as Content MathML or Mathematica code) is greatly simplified. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cool . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=cool (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: biblatex 0.3
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '06

24 Sep '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. i've installed the files as requested; i will update the catalogue just as soon as i find the catalogue server has returned to the land of the living :-( meanwhile, users may browse the package by way of the old catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html thanks for the update, Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team > ABOUT > > The biblatex package is a complete reimplementation of the > bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX in conjunction with > BibTeX. It redesigns the way in which LaTeX interacts with BibTeX at > a fairly fundamental level. With biblatex, BibTeX is only used to > sort the bibliography and to generate labels. Instead of being > implemented in BibTeX's style files, the formatting of the > bibliography is entirely controlled by TeX macros. Good working > knowledge in LaTeX should be sufficient to design new bibliography > and citation styles. There is no need to learn BibTeX's postfix > stack language. Just like the bibliography styles, all citation > commands may be freely (re)defined. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file `RELEASE' for release notes. > > CHANGES > > * Renamed citation style `authortitle' to `authortitle-terse' > * Renamed citation style `authortitle-comp' to `authortitle-cterse' > * Renamed citation style `authortitle-verb' to `authortitle' > * Added new citation style `authortitle-comp' > * Citation style `traditional' now supports `loc. cit.' > * Added package option `date' > * Added package option `urldate' > * Introduced new data type: literal lists > * Renamed citename to citeauthor > * Renamed citelist to citename > * Added new citelist command > * Renamed printlist to printnames > * Added new printlist command > * Renamed indexlist to indexnames > * Added new indexlist command > * Renamed DeclareListFormat to DeclareNameFormat > * Added new DeclareListFormat command > * Renamed DeclareListAlias to DeclareNameAlias > * Added new DeclareListAlias command > * Renamed DeclareIndexListFormat to DeclareIndexNameFormat > * Added new DeclareIndexListFormat command > * Renamed DeclareIndexListAlias to DeclareIndexNameAlias > * Added new DeclareIndexListAlias command > * Renamed iblist to hename > * Added new helist command > * Renamed ibfield to hefield > * Renamed savelist to savename > * Added new savelist command > * Renamed savelistcs to savenamecs > * Added new savelistcs command > * Renamed iflistundef to ifnameundef > * Added new iflistundef test > * Renamed iflistsequal to ifnamesequal > * Added new iflistsequal test > * Renamed iflistequals to ifnameequals > * Added new iflistequals test > * Renamed iflistequalcs to ifnameequalcs > * Added new iflistequalcs test > * Renamed iflistequalstr to ifnameequalstr > * Added new iflistequalstr test > * Renamed ifcurrentlist to ifcurrentname > * Added new ifcurrentlist test > * Entry type alias `conference' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `mastersthesis' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `phdthesis' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `techreport' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `www' now resolved by BibTeX > * Added new custom fields `lista' through `listf' > * Changed data type of `location' > * Changed data type of `origlocation' > * Changed data type of `publisher' > * Changed data type of `institution' > * Changed data type of `organization' > * Modified values of `gender' field for `jurabib' compatibility > * Modified and extended `idem...' keys for `jurabib' compatibility > * Improved addtocategory > * Removed formatting command mkshorthand > * Added field formatting directive `shorthandwidth' > * Added documentation of shorthandwidth > * Removed formatting command mklabelnumber > * Added field formatting directive `labelnumberwidth' > * Added documentation of labelnumberwidth > * Removed formatting command mklabelalpha > * Added field formatting directive `labelalphawidth' > * Added documentation of labelalphawidth > * Renamed ibitem to hebibitem > * Renamed lositem to helositem > * Modified AtBeginBibliography > * Added AtBeginShorthands > * Added AtEveryLositem > * Extended `showkeys' compatibility to list of shorthands > * Added compatibility code for the `hyperref' package > * Added package option `hyperref' > * Added package option `backref' > * Added special field `pageref' > * Added command ifhyperref > * Added command ibhyperlink > * Added field formatting directive `bibhyperlink' > * Renamed ifandothers to ifmorenames > * Added new ifandothers test > * Removed field `moreauthor' > * Removed field `morebookauthor' > * Removed field `moreeditor' > * Removed field `morelabelname' > * Removed field `moretranslator' > * Removed field `morenamea' > * Removed field `morenameb' > * Removed field `morenamec' > * Updated documentation at various places > (see the changelog in biblatex.pdf for pointers) > * Expanded documentation > (see the changelog in biblatex.pdf for pointers) > * Modified internal BibTeX interface > * Fixed some typos in the manual > * Fixed some bugs

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CTAN package update: pst-asr
by CTAN Announcements 24 Sep '06

24 Sep '06

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon get to your favorite mirror. Thanks you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-asr Author's name: John Frampton Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib Summary description: addtions to pst-asr package (and bug fix) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Source files for pst-asr-doc are provided. A new LaTex file pst-asr-examples.tex (along with the pdf file it produces) is provided. This file requires only the pstricks, pst-xkeyval, and pst-asr packages and has minimal formatting so that users should be able to LaTex it with little difficulty. It is provided to facilitate user experimentation. A bug in pst-asr is fixed, so that asr constructions work correctly if | directly follows asr in an enviroment in which it is not an active character. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-asr . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=pst-asr (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: ocr-latex
by CTAN Announcements 23 Sep '06

23 Sep '06

The package below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ocr-latex Author's name: Palle Jørgensen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ocr-latex Summary description: LaTeX support for the fonts in the ocr-a and ocr-b bundles License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The ocr LaTeX package provides support for the fonts in the ocr-a and ocr-b bundles which are part of most TeX distributions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ocr-latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=ocr-latex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 23 Sep '06

23 Sep '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add > > version 2.79 has the following changes: > - make ! not active (for french language and SpecialCoor) > - added macro psforeach (experimental) > - added transpalpha option for tranparency colors > - rename the family name to pstricksadd (pst-xkey), > allows using the internal macros of xkeyval > - allow ! for the y Length in psgraph > fix bug with undefined psk@barwidth (missing psset} > - use of abs(dx) to get labels for negative pst@dx > - fix bug in trigLabels i have installed the new version; thanks for the upload. pstricks-add is a collection of patches and minor extensions to the base set of pstricks packages. for further details, and to explore the package, users may visit the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html which has been updated for the new version. thanks, herbert, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: opcit
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

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: opcit Author's name: Federico Garcia Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/opcit Summary description: Version 2 of opcit License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a fully reworked and completed release of opcit, the package for footnote-style bibliography. The package keeps track of what works have already been cited, so that a further citation produces Idem or op. cit. (both of which are customizable, both globally and locally). New features include a complete bst file; corrections or improvements suggested by users of the first version; cross references between entries and between footnotes; and more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/opcit . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=opcit (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: trlshort
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon appear on your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: trlshort Author's name: Bekir Karaoglu Location on CTAN: /info/lshort/turkish Summary description: Turkish translation of The not so short introduction to LaTeX2e of Tobias Oetiker License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkish translation of The not so short introduction to LaTeX2e of Tobias Oetiker. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/turkish . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=trlshort (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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 upload: purifyeps
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: purifyeps Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/purifyeps Summary description: Convert an ordinary Encapsulated PostScript file into one that works with both LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- While pdfLaTeX has a number of nice features, its primary shortcoming relative to standard LaTeX+dvips is that it is unable to read ordinary Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files, the most common graphics format in the LaTeX world. purifyeps converts EPS files into a purified form that can be read by *both* LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX. The trick is that the standard LaTeX2e graphics packages can parse MetaPost-produced EPS directly. Hence, purifyeps need only convert an arbitrary EPS file into the same stylized format that MetaPost outputs. This release updates the documentation according to some corrections sent to me by Heiko Oberdiek. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/purifyeps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=purifyeps (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: mafr
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

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: mafr Author's name: Christian Obrecht Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mafr Summary description: The 'mafr' package provides settings and macros for typesetting mathematics with LaTeX in compliance with French usage. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'mafr' package provides settings and macros for typesetting mathematics with LaTeX in compliance with French usage. It comes with two document classes, 'fiche' and 'cours', useful to create short high school documents such as tests or lessons. The documentation is in French. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mafr . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=mafr (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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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