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CTAN has a new package: forloop
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

A new package has gone into 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: forloop Author's name: N Setzer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/forloop Summary description: provides forloop command License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The forloop package provides the command forloop for the user. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/forloop . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=forloop (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: coolstr
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint MIchael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: coolstr Author's name: N Setzer Author's email: nsetzer(a)umd.edu Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/coolstr Summary description: Deals with manipulation of strings License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The coolstr package is a subpackage of the cool package that deals with the manipulation of strings. A string is defined as a sequence of characters (not tokens). The package provides the ability to access a specific character of a string, as well as determine if the string contains numeric or INT data. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/coolstr . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=coolstr (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: pst-asr
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '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: pst-asr Author's name: John Frampton Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-asr Summary description: Macros for use by linguists to typeset autosegmental representations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The pst-asr package is based on PSTricks and is intended to be used by linguists to typeset autosegmental representations. It consists of three files: pst-asr.tex, pst-asr.sty, and pst-asr-doc.pdf. It requires the PSTricks package and the XKeyVal package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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CTAN has a new package: variations
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '06

18 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: variations Author's name: Christian Obrecht Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/variations Summary description: A package for typesetting tables showing variations of functions according to French usage. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'variations' package provides macros for typesetting tables showing variations of functions according to French usage. These macros may be used by both LaTeX and plain TeX users. The documentation is in French. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/variations . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=variations (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: screenplay
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '06

16 Sep '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon reach your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Screenplay Author's name: John Pate Author's email: johnny(a)dvc.org.uk Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/screenplay Summary description: LaTeX .cls file to provide formatting as recommended by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm uploading this .cls file in the hope more experienced LaTeX users can improve it. However, it currently produces what I consider useful results. For more information, see http://dvc.org.uk/sacrific.txt/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/screenplay . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=screenplay (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: Stellenbosch thesis and other utilities 5.0
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Stellenbosch thesis and other utilities 5.0 Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/stellenbosch Summary description: Typesetting dissertations, theses and reports of the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The usthesis class/style files are provided to typeset reports, theses and dissertations that conform to the requirements of the Engineering Faculty of the University of Stellenbosch. The class file usthesis.cls is based on the standard LaTeX book class, while usthesis.sty is a style file to be loaded on top of the very powerful memoir class. Both options give identical output, but the benefit of the using memoir is that it has many additional command and environments for formatting and processing of a document. Usthesis is primarily concerned with the formatting of the front matter such as the title page, abstract, etc. and a decent page layout on A4 paper. It also works together with the babel package to provide language options to typeset documents in Afrikaans or in English. Additional packages are provided for bibliographic matter, note title pages, lists of symbols, as well as various graphic files for logos. CHANGES FROM 4.0: a) Add to USthesis docs and to templates: - user defined layouts with memoir or geometry. - parskip package if spacing is required between paragraphs. b) Bugfix in usmeg-n.bst in FUNCTION{remove.spaces} c) Change default BIBand from & to and for usbib.sty with usmeg-a and usmeg-n options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/stellenbosch . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: minitoc version 48
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Jean-Pierre Drucbert writes: > I have uploaded a new version (#48) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . The file is named > > minitoc.zip (5871882 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 #48 > --- updated the bibliography and its formatting; > --- fixed and updated add.bib; > --- correction of the preamble problem in add.bib and all generated > files; > --- added devanagari.mld, hindi.mld, and hindi-modern.mld; > --- added error E0036 if english.mld is not found to set the default > titles; > --- the bibliographic styles plainurl.bst and frplain1.bst are > renamed en-mtc.bst and fr-mtc.bst; > --- renamed all examples files with names beginning with ``mtc-''; > --- add.bib renamed mtc-add.bib; > --- the ``listfiles'' package option is now active by default; > --- added mtc-syn.tex example document file. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > 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). thanks for the upload: i've installed the files as requested. users may examine the package via the catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minitoc.html that has online links to the latest documentation as well as download links. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 7.70 - TeXWord improvements.
by CTAN Announcements 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, BaKoMa submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware > Most noticeable improvements (in short): > > * Smart handling of SPACE in preview/proof window. > * independent key binding for text and math mode. > I.e. Ctrl+F inserts extsf or frac. > * More reasonable saving multi-file documents. > * Save As Template helps to customize template set. > * Go To Line (source context menu) > * Handling TeX generated files as READONLY for edit. > * Added Arabi package to ArabTeX.bkz unit. > Work around for displaying Arabic fonts included. > * Updated PSCyr in Russian.bkz unit. > * Fixed bugs in PS interpreter. > > More details about changes and another bug fixing see at: > > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes7.html > > -------------------- About BaKoMa TeX 7.70 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.70 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - 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 such that you edit > your document immediately in Preview 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/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bakoma (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). 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: refstyle
by CTAN Announcements 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

The package described 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 the package's contributor. Name of contribution: refstyle Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/refstyle Summary description: Advanced formatting of cross references License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The update fixes a problem with xkeyval and adds Norwegian definitions. ------------ The refstyle provides a consistent way of producing references throughout a project. Enough flexibility is provided to make local changes to a single reference. The user can configure his or own setup. It has a direct interface to VARIOREF and namedref's from the NAMEDREF package can easily be incorporated (if needed). For large projects such as a series of books or a multi volume thesis, written as freestanding documents, a facility is provided to interface to the XR package for external document references. The REFSTYLE package is BABEL compliant in that all language definitions are added to the extras<langauge> token list, enabling local and global language changes through the BABEL language changing commands. Afrikaans, Danish, English, German, Norwegian and Swedish definitions are provided --- any other contributions will be appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/refstyle . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: article (sikumuna) layout style for lyx
by CTAN Announcements 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: article (sikumuna) layout style for lyx Author's name: Guy Rutenberg Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/lyx/sikumuna Summary description: an extended lyx layout style based on heb-article for use in Sikumuna License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- an extended lyx layout style based on article-hebrew for use in Sikumuna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/lyx/sikumuna . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: natbib
by CTAN Announcements 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Patrick Daly submitted a bugfix update to the natbib package. Natbib provides a style with author-year and numbered references, as well as much detailed of support for other bibliography use. Provides versions of the standard BibTeX styles that are compatible with natbib - plainnat, unsrtnat, abbrnat. The bibliography styles produced by custom-bib are designed from the start to be compatible with natbib. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/natbib Summary description: General citation and bibliography package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix for compress option when used with hyperref and dvips ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/natbib . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/info/?id=natbib Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: examdesign
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

There have been changes to the package examdesign. Previously, it used a class named exam.cls that conflicted with another of that name for a different package. The author, Jason Alexander, has graciously allowed a change to examdesign.cls. For more information about this package see http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=examdesign Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.2
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '06

07 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. 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 bibliography categories > Added DeclareBibliographyCategory > Added addtocategory > Added category and notcategory filters > Added ibbycategory > Added usage examples for bibliography categories > Added documentation of configuration file > Added documentation of ExecuteBibliographyOptions > Added documentation of AtBeginBibliography > Added AtEveryBibitem > Added AtEveryCite > Added AtEveryCitekey > Added optional argument to printtext > Added ifpage > Added ifpages > Added field titleaddon > Added field booktitleaddon > Added field maintitleaddon > Added field library > Added field part > Added field origlocation > Added field origtitle > Added field origyear > Added field origlanguage > Modified profile of field language > Extended entry type book > Extended entry type inbook > Extended entry type collection > Extended entry type incollection > Extended entry type proceedings > Extended entry type inproceedings > Added entry type alias www > Added compatibility code for the showkeys package > Support arbitrary characters in keyword and notkeyword filters > Support arbitrary characters in keywords field > Ignore spaces after commas in keywords field > Internal rearrangement of all bibliography styles > Fixed various bugs > > 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. i have installed the update on CTAN macros/latex/exptl/biblatex thanks for the upload. the catalogue isn't much changed since v0.1, but users may conveniently access the package via the catalogue page http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html thanks for the upload, philipp -- the more i read about the package, the more impressed i am. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: Corso: Introduzione al mondo di LaTeX
by CTAN Announcements 06 Sep '06

06 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 the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Corso: Introduzione al mondo di LaTeX Author's name: Maurizio W. Himmelmann, Emiliano G. Vavassori, Fabiano Busdraghi Location on CTAN: /info/italian/GuIT/corso_guit Summary description: Materiale per il corso: Introduzione al mondo di LaTeX License type: nocommercial Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Viene qui presentato il materiale realizzato per il corso Introduzione al mondo di LaTeX tenuto dai membri del Gruppo Utilizzatori Italiani di TeX e destinato a chiunque abbia in animo di organizzare un corso ma non trovi il tempo e/o la voglia necessaria per allestire tutto il materiale. Il corso è articolato in quattro lezioni ed è rivolto a discenti senza alcuna conoscenza pregressa di LaTeX e/o linguaggi di programmazione. Esso può essere svolto sia per piattaforme Windows che *nix, essendo stato sperimentato con successo su entrambi i sistemi. Le presentazioni a video sono realizzate sulla base della classe guitbeamer sviluppata da Emiliano Giovanni Vavassori e disponibile su CTAN. [ This material provides everything is necessary to give a LaTeX course. The course is divided into four lessons and it has been written for people without any previous knowledge of LaTeX. It has been successfully tested on Windows and *nix platforms. The class guitbeamer is needed to run the presentations. Documentation available in Italian only.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/italian/GuIT/corso_guit . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: arabicfront
by CTAN Announcements 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, Javier Bezos submitted a new package arabicfront to CTAN. Location: macros/latex/contrib/bezos License: LPPL CTAN package page: http://www.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=arabicfront This package modifies frontmatter and mainmatter to number pages in arabic style starting from the front matter, while preserving the rest of the original definitions. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: pax v0.1
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted a new package pax to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pax/ License: other (lppl/gpl) ----------------------------------------------------------- >From the README: | A. PROJECT PAX | ============== | | If PDF files are included using pdfTeX, PDF annotations | are stripped. This project tries a solution without | altering pdfTeX. A Java program (pax.jar) parses the PDF file that | will later be included. It writes the data of the annotations | in a file that can be read by TeX. Then a LaTeX package (pax.sty) | extends the graphics package. If a PDF file is included, the package | looks for the file with the annotation data, reads them and puts | the annotations in the right place. | | Project status: experimental ----------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: Font packages antt, iwona, kurier
by CTAN Announcements 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted updates to the following packages: antt - http://www.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=antt iwona - http://www.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=iwona kurier - http://www.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=kurier Annoucnement texts: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package: antt Version: 2.08 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/antt/ The current version (2.08) corrected the italic correction in math fonts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package: iwona Version: 0.98 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/iwona/ Iwona is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was created as an alternative version of the Kurier typeface, which was designed in 1975 for a diploma in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Roman Tomaszewski. Kurier was designed for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar periodicals. The Iwona fonts are an alternative version of the Kurier fonts. The difference lies in the absence of ink traps which typify the Kurier font. This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use with TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), and OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 for the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts for LaTeX. The doc/fonts/iwona folder contains examples for plain TeX as well as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. The current version (0.98) contains corrected: -- the italic corrections in math fonts -- exclamdown and questiondown ligatures in tfm files ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package: kurier Version: 0.98 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/kurier/ Kurier is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was designed for a diploma in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Roman Tomaszewski. The result was presented with other Polish typefaces at the ATypI conference in Warsaw in 1975. Kurier was intended for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar periodicals. The design goals included resistance to technological processes destructive to the letter shapes. As a result, amongst others, the typeface distinguishes itself through intra- and extra-letter white spaces as well as ink traps at cross-sections of some elements constituting the characters. This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use with TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), and OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 for the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts for LaTeX. The doc/fonts/kurier folder contains examples for plain TeX as well as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. The current version (0.98) contains corrected: -- the italic corrections in math fonts -- exclamdown and questiondown ligatures in tfm files ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: biblatex 0.1-beta
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is the initial public release of the biblatex package. I > suggest installing the package in macros/latex/contrib/biblatex. > Thank you very much. > > ABOUT (this is also for the catalogue) > > 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. > > Apart from the features unique to biblatex, this package also > incorporates core features of the following packages: babelbib, > bibtopic, bibunits, chapterbib, cite, inlinebib, mlbib, multibib, > natbib, splitbib. There are also some conceptual parallels to the > amsrefs package. The biblatex package supports split bibliographies, > multiple bibliographies within one document, and separate lists of > bibliographic shorthands. Bibliographies may be subdivided into > parts (by chapter, by section, etc.) and/or segmented by topics (by > type, by keyword, etc.). The package is fully localized and can > interface with the babel package. > > RELEASE NOTES > > Please be advised that this package is in beta stage and released > for testing only. The architecture of the package, including its > BibTeX interface and even the entry type and field specifications, > is under scrutiny and still subject to change. There are also > several gaps in this manual. TeX distributors are urged not to > consider this package while it is in beta. The version number will > be stepped up to 1.0 as soon as it is considered suitable for > distribution. whew! by agreement with the author, i've installed this major piece of work in the LaTeX experimental tree, macros/latex/exptl/biblatex explore the package on ctan via the catalogue: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: frenchle (updated to V5,999)
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '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 (V5,999) for > the LaTeX package frenchle, a ready to use package for typesetting > French documents with or without Babel. > > This upgrade (V5,999) provides the correction for a bug during > expansion of message -58- in various circumstancies. i have installed the new version as requested, and updated the catalogue. users may view details of the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/frenchle.html thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-uml
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-uml.tgz to the uk mirror. > > Please delete all files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-uml > > and put the new ones in there. > The author is Maurice Diamantini. > > pst-uml is a latex package written to draw some > UML diagramms using pstricks packages > > This new version uses the extended xkeyval package > for a better key handling and has some more modifications > to the code. The documentation is still only in french. i have installed the new version as requested, and i have updated the catalogue -- see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-uml.html thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: FrenchPro to V5,999
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Bernard Gaulle writes: > Dear CTAN maintainers, > > 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 localization. i-installers are included for all > platforms: Windows, Unix, macOs X, Linux and co. > This is an intermediate update with bugs corrections related to > the jurabib and natbib packages. > The FrenchPro web site is at http://frenchpro6.com/french/ i have installed the new version; it should be at the main ctan sites by now, as well as some of the mirrors. i've also updated the catalogue -- see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/frenchpro.html thanks, bernard, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: escapeTeXt
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '06

27 Aug '06

The program described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: escapeTeXt Author's name: Jim Hefferon Location on CTAN: /support/escapeTeXt Summary description: Make plain text safe for use in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This program massages plain text to make it more likely to safely pass through LaTeX. It can be run from the command line, so you can do drive-by LaTeXing. Where it differs from other such scripts already on CTAN is that its internal routines can also be imported for use by other Python programs, for instance one that makes documents from text gathered on a web form. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/escapeTeXt . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: guia-bibtex
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '06

27 Aug '06

A new package has been added to tug.ctan.org and should soon appear on your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: guia-bibtex Author's name: Joaquin Ataz Lopez Location on CTAN: /info/spanish/guia-bibtex Summary description: Guia casi completa de BibTeX License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An (as-complete-as-possible) manual about the use of bibtex with LaTeX, in spanish. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/spanish/guia-bibtex . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN Update: Oberdiek Packages
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '06

27 Aug '06

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CTAN update: latex-tds 2006/08/26
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '06

27 Aug '06

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to th latex-tds package, containing ready to run zip archives for latex and its required packages. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds/ > Changes: > 2006/08/26 > * Module tds for CTAN:tds/ added. > * Obsolete hyphenation patterns added to babel's source directory > to avoid violation of LPPL. > * Script adjust_checksum added and scripts are put below TDS:scripts. > * TDS:makeindex/base/ renamed to TDS:makeindex/latex/ > * Exception for sample2e.tex and small2e.tex that now go into > TDS:tex/latex/base/. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: csquotes 3.5
by CTAN Announcements 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > 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. > > Thank you very much. i have installed the package and updated the catalogue. thanks for the update. > 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 > > This is just a minor maintenance update. > > * Exchanged definitions of French quotes and quotes* variants > * Internal updates for inputenc.sty 1.1b (2006-05-05) the package may be accessed via its catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/csquotes.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: textpos 1.7
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Norman Gray writes: > Name of contribution: textpos 1.7 > Author's name: Norman Gray > Author's email: norman(a)astro.gla.ac.uk > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/textpos/ (replacing current version) > Summary description: Place text at arbitrary positions on the LaTeX page > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package facilitates placing boxes at absolute positions on the > LaTeX page. There are several reasons why this might be useful, but > the main one (or at least my motivating one) is to help produce a > large-format conference poster. Other applications include placing > material within, say, figures. > > Version 1.7 adds control over the colour of the rules round text blocks, and > makes it possible to switch these rules on and off within the file > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue. see the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/textpos.html for access to the package documentation, and to download. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN announcements are back on comp.text.tex
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Messages on the CTAN announcements list have in the past been automatically fed to the usenet group comp.text.tex. Early in August that went out. We are glad to announce that we are back on ctt with the help of Kaja Christiansen. For comp.text.tex readers: the announcements list is your chance to hear about packages that are newly installed and packages that have received major upgrades, as well as occasional administrative information. To see which ctan-ann messages you have missed since the outage started, visit http://lists.dante.de/pipermail/ctan-ann/2006-August/thread.html . To subscribe to the list or to read the archives, visit http://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann . Sorry about the outage, Jim Hefferon for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: guitbeamer
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

The package described below 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 the package's contributor. Name of contribution: guitbeamer.sty Author's name: Emiliano Giovanni Vavassori Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/GuIT/guitbeamer Summary description: The guitbeamer.sty package provides some commands written to make easier the production of LaTeX lessons License type: nocommercial Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Viene qui presentata l'interfaccia dei comandi della classe guitbeamer, scritta appositamente per rendere più semplice la produzione di diapositive per lezioni di LaTeX tenute da membri del Gruppo Utilizzatori Italiani di TeX. La classe si basa sulla ben più conosciuta classe beamer. [ The guitbeamer.sty package provides some commands written to make easier the production of lessons of LaTeX. The class is based on the well known class beamer. Documentation available in Italian only.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/GuIT/guitbeamer . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: xytree
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xytree Author's name: Koaunghi Un Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xytree Summary description: Tree macros using XY-Pic License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the major update version 1.5 of xytree. The aim of xytree is to draw linguistic syntactic trees with ease and to support hopefully sufficient functionality, that the linguist may need. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xytree . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: wegweiser_dtk.pdf
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

A new package has been uploaded to 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 the package's contributor. Name of contribution: weigweiser_dtk.pdf Author's name: Christian Faulhammer Location on CTAN: /info/digests/dtk/book_reviews/weigweiser_dtk.pdf Summary description: Book review LaTeX-Wegweiser by Christian Detig (in German) License type: unknown Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Review, published in Die TeXnische Komdie by Dante, of the book LaTeX-Wegweiser written by Christine Detig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/digests/dtk/book_reviews/ . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: struktex
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

On Son, 20 Aug 2006 Jobst Hoffmann submitted an update to the struktex package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/struktex Summary description: Draw Nassi-Schneidermann charts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Draw Nassi-Schneidermann charts Even in the age of OOP one must develop algorithms. Nassi-Shneiderman structure charts are a well known tool to describe an algorithm in a graphical way. This package StrukTeX presents some macros for generating those structure charts in a LaTeX document. The package provides the most important elements of a structured box chart, including processing blocks, loops, mapping conventions for alternatives, etc. Diagrams are drawn using the picture environment (using pict2e for preference). The author is Jobst Hoffmann. See also pict2e. If one is working with (X)emacs and AUCTeX the drawing process is supported by structex.el, a style file which knows the syntax of most of the commands from the StrukTeX package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update [Correction]: MiKTeX+Ghostscript+GSview+USB-drive-HOWTO
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the file info/MiKTeX+Ghostscript+GSview+USB-drive-HOWTO.txt on CTAN. This HOWTO provides instructions for setting up a portable installation of MiKTeX (>=2.5), Ghostscript and GSview on external storage devices, such as USB sticks or mapped network drives, for use with MS Windows (2000, 2003, XP, ...) computers. License: gpl **Corrected** Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update accounts for the changes that came along with the new MiKTeX-2.5 release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: dante-book-reviews
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006, Juergen Fenn submitted an update to the CTAN directory digests/dtk/book_reviews which contains book reviews that appeared in the periodical of DANTE, the german speaking TeX users group. He writes: > It contains my recent book review of the second German edition of the > LaTeX Companion, Der LaTeX-Begleiter, by Frank Mittelbach, Michel > Goossens et.al., 2005, published last week in DTK 3/2006. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: dyntree
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: dyntree Author's name: Nicholas Setzer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dyntree Summary description: Easily Construct Dynkin Tree Diagrams License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The dyntree package is intended for users needing to typeset a Dykin Tree Diagram---a group theoretical construct consisting of cartan coefficients in boxes connected by a series of lines. Such a diagram is a tool for working out the states and their weights in terms of the fundamental weights and the simple roots. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dyntree . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN update: natbib
by CTAN Announcements 19 Aug '06

19 Aug '06

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 Patrick Daly submitted an update to the natbib package. Natbib Provides a style with author-year and numbered references, as well as much detailed of support for other bibliography use. Provides versions of the standard BibTeX styles that are compatible with natbib - plainnat, unsrtnat, abbrnat. The bibliography styles produced by custom-bib are designed from the start to be compatible with natbib. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/natbib Summary description: Minor bug fix in natbib package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 7.4, with a very small change to allow the nonamebreak option to work with numerical citations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN update: MiKTeX+Ghostscript+GSview+USB-drive-HOWTO
by CTAN Announcements 19 Aug '06

19 Aug '06

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the file info/MiKTeX+Ghostscript+GSview+USB-drive-HOWTO.txt on CTAN. This HOWTO provides instructions for setting up a portable installation of MiKTeX (>=2.5), Ghostscript and GSview on external storage devices, such as USB sticks or mapped network drives, for use with MS Windows (2000, 2003, XP, ...) computers. License: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update accounts for the changes that came along with the new MiKTeX-2.5 release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: Ebib
by CTAN Announcements 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Ebib Author's name: Joost Kremers Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/ebib Summary description: A BibTeX database manager for Emacs License type: bsd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a major update of the Ebib package. Ebib is a BibTeX database manager that runs in Emacs. The two major improvements of the current version are that it now runs in XEmacs as well, and that one can open multiple .bib-files simultaneously. For more information, see <http://ebib.sf.net>. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/ebib . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: Stellenbosch 4.0
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Stellenbosch 4.0 Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/stellenbosch Summary description: Typesetting dissertations, theses and reports of the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The usthesis class/style files are provided to typeset reports, theses and dissertations that conform to the requirements of the Engineering Faculty of the University of Stellenbosch. The class file usthesis.cls is based on the standard LaTeX book class, while usthesis.sty is a style file to be loaded on top of the very powerful memoir class. Both options give identical output, but the benefit of the using memoir is that it has many additional command and environments for formatting and processing of a document. Usthesis is primarily concerned with the formatting of the front matter such as the title page, abstract, etc. and a decent page layout on A4 paper. It also works together with the babel package to provide language options to typeset documents in Afrikaans or in English. Additional packages are provided for bibliographic matter, note title pages, lists of symbols, as well as various graphic files for logos. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/stellenbosch . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: elsevier (elsart classes)
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

The elsevier classes have been updated: the directory macros/latex/contrib/elsevier now contains .cls files and documentation only. Simon Pepping (of Elsevier) writes: > Today I uploaded the file elsart.zip to the UK CTAN node, in the incoming > directory. > > The content of this zip file is meant to replace the content of the > directory macros/latex/contrib/elsevier/. > > This upload contains the following changes: > > Updated: elsart.cls. > > New: elsart1p.cls, elsart3p.cls, elsart5p.cls. > > Removed: elsart.sty, elsart12.sty. These are outdated. > > Rewritten: instructions-harv.pdf, instructions-harv.tex, > instructions-num.pdf, instructions-num.tex. These replace model-harv.pdf, > model-harv.tex, model-num.pdf, model-num.tex. > > Removed: instraut.*. These instructions are outdated. > > Modified: template-harv.tex, template-num.tex. thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version (and deleted all the old files), and updated the ctan catalogue. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: syntrace
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

The new package given below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: syntrace Author's name: Mathieu Boretti Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/syntrace Summary description: Label for trace in syntaxic tree License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package add support for for trace in tree created using synttree package. It provide two commands ( raceLabel et raceReference) to set and use trace. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contryb/syntrace . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: coollist
by CTAN Announcements 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

A new package now lives on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: coollist Author's name: nsetzer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/coollist Summary description: manipulation of lists License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- manipulation of lists ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/coollist . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: munich.bst
by CTAN Announcements 14 Aug '06

14 Aug '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you again. Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: munich.bst Author's name: Martin Brixner Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/munich Summary description: Alternative name (year) Bibtex style useful for German or continental European authors License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors that are looking for an alternative to the Harvard or the Oxford Bibtex styles might find the Munich style (munich.bst) interesting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/munich . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pdftex.def v0.03t
by CTAN Announcements 14 Aug '06

14 Aug '06

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the pdftex.def file. This file provides device-specific definitions for colour and graphics support when running pdf(La)TeX. Location on CTAN: graphics/pdftex/pdftex.def License: lppl Latest changes: % 2006/08/14 v0.03t % * Extensions added: .jpeg, .JPG, .JPEG, .PNG, .PDF % No variants for .tif, because TIFF support is no longer available. % No need for uppercase variant of .msp. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: latex-tds
by CTAN Announcements 14 Aug '06

14 Aug '06

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted the new package latex-tds. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds/ > PS: Excerpt from readme.txt: > > B. PROJECT LATEX-TDS > ==================== > > How it has started > ------------------ > The project started as I wanted to install the new LaTeX release 2005/12/01 > that was announced at 2006/04/27. However the files aren't packed in > TDS format, ready for unpacking in the destination directory. And > the documentation files were not yet generated or the provided > PDF files are lacking of basic features such as bookmarks or link support. > Thus this project has started. I thought it could be finished during > the afternoon at the day of the announcement ... > > Goals of the project > -------------------- > * From the sources a TDS compliant tree is constructed and populated. > The zipped result is distributed. > * All the documentation is generated from the sources. The PDF files > are user friendly and provide navigational support with bookmarks > and links. > * The PDF files are post-processed to reduce the file size. > > Scope > ----- > I don't have the time to assemble a TeX distribution with > thousands of packages. Therefore I restricted me to the > LaTeX base distribution and the required bundles. > In the following I will use the term `module' for a package bundle. > > Module list > ----------- > * base CTAN:macros/latex/base.zip > * tools CTAN:macros/latex/required/tools.zip > * cyrillic CTAN:macros/latex/required/cyrillic.zip > * amslatex CTAN:macros/latex/required/amslatex.zip > ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/amslatex.zip > ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/amsrefs.zip > * psnfss CTAN:macros/latex/required/psnfss.zip > * babel CTAN:macros/latex/required/babel.zip > > Author > ------ > Heiko Oberdiek <oberdiek at uni-freiburg.de> Thanks for the upload. I apologize for the delay in installing. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: pdfpages v0.4a
by CTAN Announcements 14 Aug '06

14 Aug '06

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006, Andreas Matthias submitted an update to the pdfpages package. This package simplifies the insertion of external multi-page PDF documents into LaTeX documents. Pages can be freely selected and similar to psnup it is possible to put several logical pages onto each sheet of paper. Furthermore a lot of hypertext features like hyperlinks and article threads are provided. This package supports pdfTeX (pdflatex) and VTeX. With VTeX it is even possible to use this package to insert PostScript files, in addition to PDF files. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages License: LPPL Announcement text: Changes: -------- Since packages like pst-pdf must produce DVI output at the first run, it is no longer acceptable that pdfpages stops execution when running in DVI mode. Of course pdfpages cannot insert PDF documents in DVI mode but it will just insert empty pages. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: sugconf
by CTAN Announcements 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

A new package has just been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: sugconf Author's name: Ronald J. Fehd Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/conferences/sugconf Summary description: SAS(R) user group conference proceedings document class License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This class may be used to typeset articles (output: Adobe v5 .pdf) to be published in the proceedings of SAS(R) User group conferences and workshops. The layout produced by the 'sugconf' class is based on the description contained in SUGI paper guidelines, published by SAS Institute: (2006) http://support.sas.com/usergroups/sugi/sugi31/package/WritersGuidelines.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/conferences/sugconf . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: seqsplit
by CTAN Announcements 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

A new package has been put in place at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: seqsplit Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/seqsplit Summary description: Splitting Long Sequences of Letters (DNA, RNA, Proteins, Etc.), v0.1 License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes one needs to typeset long sentences of letters, which should not have spaces between them (like letters in words), but could be split between lines at any point, often without a hyphenation character. This problem was formulated at the PracticalTeX-2006 conference by Klaus Hoeppner. In the general discussion several solutions were suggested. This package implements the one belonging to, I believe, Peter Flynn. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/seqsplit . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: Paper CD Case
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 Tobias Dussa submitted the new package papercdcase to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/papercdcase Summary description: Origami-style folding paper CD case License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- papercdcase implements a LaTeX style file to produce origami-style folding paper CD cases. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN package update: dvipsconfig
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Volker Kuhlmann has provided a new version of his dvipsconfig package. > This is a set of PostScript header files which can be used to > control the printer, like simplex/duplex printing, or the printing, > like screen frequencies of images, or the addition of a grid > underlay. These header files can be inserted with dvips -P into > PostScript files generated by dvips, or with the addpsctrl script > into existing PostScript files. > > New in this version is an upgraded addpsctrl script, and the mmgrid > and a4grid grid underlays (grids are printed underneath the normal > page content). mmgrid has its origin in the bottom left corner, > a4grid in the top left corner. Grids are useful for checking page > layout designs or printing for correctness. thanks for the upload; i've replaced the existing dvipsconfig on ctan, and am updating the catalogue. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: Mathmode.pdf
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded mathmode.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace the files with the existing > ones in /info/math/voss/mathmode/ i've installed the updates as requested, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. The mathmode bundle provides a comprehensive review of maths in latex. > Recent changes from this year are: > > 2.15 2006-08-03 some typos, adding the missing > index and bibliography > 2.14 2006-04-23 http://www.yandy.com is obsolete > 2.13 2006-05-29 typos and adding a font demo section > 2.12 2006-05-17 typos and changes to the bib file > 2.11 2006-03-12 fix bug with iggm Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: minitoc package upgrade to version 47
by Robin Fairbairns 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Jean-Pierre Drucbert writes: > I have uploaded a new version (#47) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . The file is named > > minitoc.zip (5416619 bytes) > > This package should completely replace its previous version in > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ i've installed the update as requested, and modified the catalogue repository entry. thanks for the upload. further details of the package and its upgrade: > 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 #47 > --- Corrections in the documentation and the bibliography. > --- Update the bibliography. > --- Added arabi.mld and farsi3.mld (from the Arabi system by > Youssef Jabri). > --- Fixed l@xsection. > --- Fixed some spacings in mini-tables. > --- Added a kernafter... vertical kern between each minitable and > its bottom rule and added point~45 of the FAQ about that. > --- Fixed a bug in romanian2.mld and romanian3.mld. > --- Shortened the result of some example documents by using the > `report' class in place of the `book' class (using one side > printing). > _______________________________________________________________________ > > 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). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: KOMA-Script
by CTAN Announcements 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Markus Kohm submitted a new release of the koma-script package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script is a versatil LaTeX2e bundle License type: lppl Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to the standard LaTeX2e classes. KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities in order to provide the user an almost complete working environment. After 4 years of development the release of the LaTeX bundle KOMA-Script 2.95b is available now. KOMA-Script 2.95 was tested for month and should be as stable as KOMA-Script 2.9u was. Nevertheless KOMA-Script 2.95 is a new implementation of the features of KOMA-Script 2.9u. Most important changes at KOMA-Script 2.95b: - ifthispageodd fixed. This fix also fixes inner/outer margin bug of captionbeside and addmargin. - Line breaks at some messages improved to avoid overfull message lines. - Font variable `sectioning' renamed to `disposition'. `sectioning' still may be used as an alias of the new name. Most important changes at KOMA-Script 2.95a: - addmargin does not longer damage list depth - switching off option tocleft or listleft does not longer result in an error - vertical alignment of caption fixed Most important changes at KOMA-Script 2.95: - new source base - bugfix at scrlttr2: foldmarks does not depend on type area - bugfix at scrbook: option oneside activates aggedbottom - english manual (scrguien): describes same features like german manual - manuals: optimized to be used on screen (either portrait screen or on 19 landscape screens together with an editor window) - manuals: html index of all commands, options, environments etc. available (see scrguide.html or scrguien.html) - Simple installation by unpacking koma-script-texmf.zip at any TEXMF root directory (see INSTALLD.txt or INSTALL.txt). NOTE: This feature depends on the distribution. Distributions made by the author (see <URL:http://developer.berlios.de/project/filelist.php?group_id=4307>) have this feature. - license: LPPL 1.3b (see lppl-de.txt or lppl.txt) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: kvoptions v2.2
by CTAN Announcements 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted a new package called kvoptions to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek License: lppl Abstract: This package is intended for package authors who want to use options in key value format for their package options. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update -- hyperref v6.75a
by CTAN Announcements 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

Heiko Oberdiek writes: > I have uploaded the new hyperref version to the tug server: > ftp://ftp.tug.org/pub/tex/hyperref/ > AFAIK this will be automatically mirrored to > CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/hyperref/ i have forced the mirror to run, and pushed the result out to other ctan sites. (otherwise, the update would not have happened until some time in the small hours of tomorrow morning.) hyperref, as almost everybody probably knows, is the package of choice for constructing hyper-references within latex documents; changes in this latest version are listed below. thanks, Heiko, for this new version of your very important package. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team > Most important changes regarding installation: > * hyperref-tds.zip contains the files in a TDS tree. > * Additional dependencies: > CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/refcount.pdf > CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/kvoptions.pdf > > >From ChangeLog: > > 2006-08-01 6.75a Heiko Oberdiek > * 6.75a > * hyperref-tds.zip provided with files sorted in a TDS tree. > * New option defaults: > * plainpages=false > * pdfpagelabels=true > * Package kvoptions defines ProcessOptionsWithKV under > the name ProcessKeyvalOptions. It replaces > hyperref's macro ProcessOptionsWithKV. > * Some code for extracting reference information is put > into package refcount that is now loaded by nameref > and hyperref. > * setbookmarksdepth: The depth of the outline entries > can now set separatly from counter tocdepth, > see README. > * New option: pdfescapeform, see README. > * hyper@normalise for action attribute in forms. > * ProcessOptionsWithKV: letCurrentOption@empty added. > * bordercolor options now support package xcolor (>=1.11). > * color options also support the optional argument (color > model) of color. > * New option pdfborderstyle that allows the setting of the > border style dictionary. (Be aware that the support of this > feature by PDF viewers is limited.) > Example: underlined links can be obtained by > pdfborderstyle={/S/U} > * Direct low level bookmark support for usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} > and uftf8x of package ucs. Byte sequences until three > bytes are supported and e-TeX is required. > (No support for surrogates). > * Fix in addcontentsline, if option verbose is set. > * Better bookmark support for FrenchPro package > by use of if@mid@expandable (Bernard Gaulle <gaulle(a)idris.fr>). > * Options pdfcreationdate and pdfmoddate added. > * README: Section Limitations added with Broken Link Support. > * Default driver setting: added missed code of corresponding > options (Thanks for Arnaud Giersch <arnauld.giersch at free.fr>). > * penalty10000 added in Hy@raisedlink to cancel the > effect of smash in preventing hyphenation, e.g. a footnote > after a word. > * @classoptionslist can be elax (see psnfss/3773). > * ew@ifnextchar also disabled for bookmarks and > constructs such as letif...if{true,false} are catched, > see latex/3662. > * Bug fix: The case part without number by counter secnumdepth > was forgotten for the bookmarks (thanks to Rachel Elizabeth Dillon). > * Bug fix: vpageref defines undefined references with > empty anchor name that breaks autoref. > * Fix: Wrong message about setting of draft fixed, > if option final is used. > * Pdfmark driver: better removal of pdfmark stuff, > especially generated by forms, if the postscript > application does not define pdfmark, e.g. because the > output is not pdf (gs >= 8.0). > * New version numbering scheme of pdfTeX >= 1.30. > * Fix for hyper@normalise, if & is used inside href > in tabular environments. > * Fix: Setting pdfproducer in usepackage's option part > did'nt have an effect, because it was overwritten by > the default setting. > * Fix: pageanchor=false disabled @hyperfixhead and thus > many other features unrelated to pageanchor itself. > (Thanks to Hendri Adriaens for report and analysis.) > Now pageanchor can be changed during the document, too. > * Protection of strings that are written as PS/PDF strings. > * Hook Hy@setouterhbox for package setouterhbox. > * Option plainpages: hepage is run through pdfstringdef. > Helps in the case of spanish roman numbers. > * Deprecate warning for option 'dvipdf'. > * ding replaced by its code for dropping the dependency on > package pifont and a compatibility problem with package > pinyin (Werner Lemberg). > * hyper@normalise: \ is escape for (href, ...). > * Bug fix (debian 351260) in float support by Braun Gabor. > * Fix: Write register for bookmarks is only allocated if needed. > * Empty Unicode strings without Unicode header bytes. > * Fix for pdfmark+unicode+pdfpagelabels. > * Bug fix for empty destination names of pdfmark based drivers. > * Documentation: option hyperfootnotes added. > * French texts (HyLang@french) provided by Marc-Antoine Parent. > * README: compatibility entries for packages ellipsis, verse. > * hyper@normalize: support of active dollar. > * puenc.def: some fixes, reported by Ralf Stubner. > * Makefile no longer provided. > * nameref 2.24: Patch for ifthen moved from hyperref to nameref. > * nameref 2.24: Definitions of filedate and fileversion removed. > * nameref 2.23: Support for captions added. > * nameref 2.22: > Fix: @safe@activestrue limited to label name. > * backref 1.25: New feature ifbackrefparscan/ackrefprint > * backref 1.25: Definitions of filedate and fileversion removed. > * backref 1.24: [#1] --> [{#1}] > * Documentation: README.pdf and ChangeLog.pdf added.

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CTAN change: vpe
by CTAN Announcements 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Heiko Oberdiek asked to move the files on the package vpe into its own directory on CTAN. New CTAN location: macros/latex/contrib/vpe Summary description: Source specials for PDF output License: lppl For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update -- refcount v3.0
by CTAN Announcements 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to his refcount package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ Summary description: Counter operations with label references License: lppl Changes: [2006/06/20 v3.0] * Support for xpackage{hyperref} and xpackage{nameref} improved. * Support for xpackage{titleref} and xpackage{babel}'s shorthands added. * New: cs{refused}, cs{getrefbykeydefault} Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: xyling
by CTAN Announcements 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Ralf Vogel submitted a new package called xyling to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xyling Summary description: Macros to draw syntactic trees and similar graphical objects used in linguistics literature, based on xypic. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The macros in this package model the construction of linguistic tree structures as a genuinely graphical problem: they contain two types of objects, BRANCHES and NODE LABELS, and these are positioned relative to a GRID. It is essential that each of these three elements is constructed independent of the other two, and hence they can be modified without unwanted side effects.The macros are based on the xypic package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: pdftex.def v0.03s
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the pdftex.def file. Location on CTAN: graphics/pdftex/pdftex.def License: lppl Latest changes: % 2006/07/16 v0.03s % * LPPL 1.3c. % * A little usage. % * Test for MessageBreak changed (comp.text.tex, % message id: <44baca88$0$10529$9b4e6d93(a)newsread4.arcor-online.net>). Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: SplitIndex
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jul '06

30 Jul '06

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006, Markus Kohm submitted an update to the splitindex package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/splitindex Summary description: Unlimited number of indexes. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SplitIndex consists of a LaTeX package, splitidx, and a small program, splitindex. The package may be used to produce one index or several indexes. Without splitindex (for example, using the index package), the number of indexes is limited by the number of TeX's output streams. But using the program you may use even more than 16 indexes: splitidx outputs only a single file jobname.idx and the program splits that file into several raw index files and calls your favorite index processor for each of the files. ----------------------------------------------------------- Main changes at this release: - index{...|format} handling was broken, if hyperref has been used ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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Re: CTAN has a new package: arabi
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '06

28 Jul '06

On Wednesday, Jim Hefferon announced the release of a new package, arabi: > Name of contribution: arabi > Author's name: Youssef JABRI > Location on CTAN: /language/arabic/arabi > Summary description: A package toa add support of Arabic and Farsi to > (La)-TeX, compliant with BABEL > License type: lppl at the time, we (the CTAN team) were concerned about the licences of the available fonts to go with the package. fortunately, the author has been able to set our minds at ease about the fonts' licences, and i have therefore installed new subdirectories: language/arabic/arabi/fonts/type1/{arabeyes,farsiweb} of the package's basic language/arabic/arabi directory. once again, we are grateful to Youssef Jabri for his contributions (and for his patience with a very cautious ctan team!). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: microtype
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '06

28 Jul '06

R Schlicht has uploaded a new version (1.9e) of his microtype package (which provides a LaTeX interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX). he writes: > Changes in version 1.9e: > ======================== > > * New key `inputenc' for the configuration commands > to specify an input encoding that should apply to > these lists (independent of the document's input > encoding) > * Compatibility with the `combine' class > > Protrusion: > * Settings for Euler Roman font > * Settings for Euler Fraktur and Script fonts completed > * Fix: missing comma in mt-mvs.cfg > * Adapt to marvosym's changed encoding (OT1 -> U) i've installed the new version and triggered the mirrors; i've also updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: minipage-marginpar
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '06

28 Jul '06

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Paul Ebermann submitted the new package minipage-marginpar to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/minipage-marginpar Summary description: new LaTeX package mpgmpar - minipages with marginals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows marginpar-commands inside of minipages and other boxes. (It takes another approach than marginnote by Markus Kohm: it saves all marginpar-commands and typesets them outside (=after) the box.) The package defines an environment minipagewithmarginpars (to be used like minipage) - and the internal commands may be used by other packages to define similar environments or commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: The lhfonts package 3.5f
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Olga Lapko submitted an update to the lh fonts package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/cyrillic/lh Summary description: CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of LaTeX standard encodings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of LaTeX standard encodings. The LH fonts address the problem of the wide variety of alphabets that are written with Cyrillic-style characters. The fonts are the original basis of the set of T2* and X2 encodings that are now used when LaTeX users need to write in Cyrillic languages. LH offers the latex/lhfonts bundle of packages for standard LaTeX Cyrillic and traditional encodings. The fonts are available in Adobe Type 1 format, in the CM-Super family of fonts. See also cyrillic t2 ccfonts cmbright concrete ecc. The authors are Andrey Khodulev, Olga Lapko, Alexander Berdnikov and Vladimir Volovich. ----- Changes: Corrected mistakes in LaTeX installation files. I'm very sorry for my mistakes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: arabi
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you again for your upload, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: arabi Author's name: Youssef JABRI Location on CTAN: /language/arabic/arabi Summary description: A package toa add support of Arabic and Farsi to (La)-TeX, compliant with BABEL License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Arabi package provides the Arabic script support for TeX without the need of any external pre-processor. The Bi-directional capability supposes that the user has a TEX engine that knows the four primitives eginR, endR, eginL and endL. That is the case of the TeX--XeT and e-TEX engines. Arabi is fully compliant with the BABEL system. This adds one of the last major multilingual typesetting capabilities not yet supported by BABEL. It comes with about 30 GNU Arabic and 10 GNU Farsi good quality fonts and may also use the Arabic fonts of other com- mercial manufacturers. A limited support is already provided to use some widely used Arabic and Farsi fonts that come with such systems. The package is distributed under the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL), and has the LPPL maintenance status Author-maintained. It can be used freely (including commercially) to produce beautiful texts that mix Arabic, Farsi and Latin (or other type) characters. You can simply type the text you want in 8-bit what you see is what you get text in many input encodings (actually, CP 1256, ISO 8859-6 and Unicode UTF-8 are supported) It can also typeset classical Arabic poetry, and has a limited, but almost good, capability of vocalizing. It is LaTeX2e and BABEL compliant! It has even an experimental module of transliteration! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/arabic/arabi . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the movie15 package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/movie15/ Summary description: multimedia inclusion package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update of movie15 comes with support of overlays produced with the presentation making packages Beamer and Powerdot. See example: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/movie15/doc/overlay-ex… ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: glossary
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Nicola Talbot has uploaded a new version of the glossary package: The package supports generation of a glossary with makeindex. It has a certain amount of flexibility allowing the user to customize the format of the glossary and define new glossary-style objects so that you can have more than one type of glossary in your document. > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2.4: > > Fixed problems caused by @sanitize (storeglosentry is now robust). > > Extended package option number to be used with any counter (not > just page or section). > > Added number key to setglossarystyle. > > Removed some redundant code. > > Fixed problems caused with hyperlinks when using a mixture of > counters for individual entries. > > Added extra hyper<xx> page formats. > > Added hook to provide a sub header when using a tabular style glossary. > > Added means of specifying a column header for page list column. > > Added facility to insert text between groups. > > Fixed bug in documentation when omitting OnlyDescription > > *** Note that if you update to version 2.4, it *** > *** is advisable to delete your .gls etc files *** > *** before recompiling. *** i've installed the new version on top of the existing one at ctan macros/latex/contrib/glossary, and i've updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: The floatrow package 0.1j
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Olga Lapko submitted an update to the floatrow package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/floatrow Summary description: Modifying the layout of floats. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The floatrow package provides many ways to customize layouts of floating environments and has code cooperation with caption 3.x package. Package offers possibilities to put floats side by side, to put caption beside float. The floatrow settings could be expanded to the floats created by packages rotating, wrapfig, subfig (in the case of rows of subfloats), and longtable. Changes: Correction followed correction in caption3x of ProcessOptionsWithKV macro. Also added date request for caption package [with changed ProcessOptionsWithKV]. Added penalty mechanism for [H]-floats like in the lists. Added the package listpen which tries to manage list penalties in the same way as allowdisplaybreaks macro (amsmath package). The elowcaptionskip=captionskip for longtable environment. Added temporary sample-testing-[temporary]-package with loading of caption for last page in longtable. Corrections in documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Removal of lilypond from CTAN
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

For some time, CTAN has been holding an obsolete copy of the music package lilypond. After consulting the lilypond development team, I have now removed the old package. Potential users (inlcuding me ;-) should consult http://www.lilypond.org/web/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: The lhfonts package 3.5e
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006, Olga Lapko submitted an update to the lh fonts package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/cyrillic/lh Summary description: CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of LaTeX standard encodings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CyrTUG Cyrillic alphabet fonts (LH) with support of LaTeX standard encodings. The LH fonts address the problem of the wide variety of alphabets that are written with Cyrillic-style characters. The fonts are the original basis of the set of T2* and X2 encodings that are now used when LaTeX users need to write in Cyrillic languages. LH offers the latex/lhfonts bundle of packages for standard LaTeX Cyrillic and traditional encodings. The fonts are available in Adobe Type 1 format, in the CM-Super family of fonts. See also cyrillic t2 ccfonts cmbright concrete ecc. The authors are Andrey Khodulev, Olga Lapko, Alexander Berdnikov and Vladimir Volovich. ----- Changes: Minor changes in documentation. Deleted overlapping with cyrillic bundle of font definitions files. Added file nfssfox - extension of testfont/nfssfont files with eXtension of able command (xtable: adds decimal codes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: pst-pdf v1.1n
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006, Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the pst-pdf package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf *NOTE* changed from: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-pdf Summary description: A LaTeX package to integrate PostScript code into a PDF output. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: o ofiles added for the LaTeX run. o Added missing files to process the example. o Merge english and german version of the documentation. o Improved script `ps4pdf'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded a new version of pst-barcode.tgz to > the uk mirror. > > please replace all files with the existing ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ > > The pst-barcode package allows printing of barcodes. > Possible barcodes are: > EAN-13 -- EAN-8 -- UPC-A -- UPC-E -- EAN-5 -- EAN-2 -- > ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 -- Code-39 -- Code-128 and UCC/EAN-128 -- > Rationalized Codabar -- Interleaved 2 of 5 and ITF-14 -- > Code 2 of 5 -- Postnet -- Royal Mail -- > Kix (Customer index) - Dutch Mail -- Australian postal service -- > onecode -- Symbol -- MSI -- Plessey -- Reduced Space Symbology (RSS) -- > rss14 -- rsslimited -- rssexpanded i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload > this new version has the following changes: > ----- pst-barcode.tex > 0.04 2006-07-23 - printing the code from the current point and > no more from the origin > 0.03 2005-07-26 - Changes to the documentation and the syntax > of psbarcode (hv) > 0.02 2005-07-26 - first version (hv) > > > ----- pst-barcode.sty > 0.02 2006-07-23 message for pst-barcode.pro loading > 0.01 2005-07-26 first version (hv) > > > ----- pst-barcode.pro > 2006-03-04 - An encoder for the Reduced Space Symbology > RSS Expanded was added. > - The incorrect definition of the USPS FIM-B symbol > was fixed. > - An encoder for the Reduced Space Symbology RSS Limited > was added. > The efficiency of RSS-14 was improved. > - An encoder for the new OneCode symbology used by the US > Postal Service was added. > - The FIM symbols now render according to their > specification. > - The Postnet, Royal Mail, AusPost and KIX encoders > were amended > so that the metrics of their default symbols confirms > strongly to their respective specifications. > - The encoders now pass an array containing the widths of the > bar space succession to the renderer allowing for sub-point > horizontal precision. > - The default border positions for EAN and UPC symbols were > amended to properly enclose the human readable text. > - The colour support code was fixed to prevent overwriting of > the current colour when values are left unspecified. > - The logic to guard whitespace in EAN symbols was migrated > from the encoders to the renderer. > - The whitespace guard symbols are now drawn directly making > them > independant of any font. > - The inter-guard bar height of EANs and UPCs was amended. > - The renderer was amended to support the passing of encoder > specific arguments. > - The options barcolor, textcolor, bordercolor, > showbackground > and backgroundcolor were added to the renderer. > - A flaw in the derivation of the top border height was > fixed. > - add support for the new ISBN-13 > - printing the code from the current point > - The performance of the renderer was improved by avoiding > unnecessary calls of setfont > - The auspost encoder was extended to support the customer > information field. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: chessboard
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: chessboard Author's name: Ulrike Fischer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chessboard Summary description: A package to print chessboards License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: No ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES I rearranged and rewrote the keys and commands for the pgf-pictures. Now all styles and marks can be used in the foreground and in the background. I added definitions for partial borders. I extended the trim and clip commands. xifthen is now required. ATTENTION Upgrading to this version can change the look of existing document. Notably two things can give problems: The value of the padding key now affects much more objects (marks) in the pgf pictures. So it could be necessary to reset the padding. And the applycolor has changed its behaviour. It will now also affect the foreground picture. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chessboard . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN package update: pst-optic
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-optic to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the existing ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optic pst-optic is a pstricks-based bundle for drawing geometric optics diagrams. > Changes for this version: > > ---- pst-optic.tex > 0.95 2006-07-20 - fix spurious blanks > - use def instead of edef > for the keyval definitions > - some improvements to the code i've installed the update, and am updating the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: minitoc version 46
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Jean-Pierre Drucbert writes: > I have uploaded a new version (#46) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . > > 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 #46 > -- Added a comment about the thailatex package. > -- Generation of some example files with minitoc.dtx/minitoc.ins: > 2c.tex, add.tex, addsec.tex, app-mem.tex, apx.tex, bo.tex, > ch0.tex, cri.tex, fo1.tex, fo2.tex, gaps.tex, hia.tex, hide1.tex, > hide2.tex, hir.tex, hop.tex, livre.tex, mem.tex, mem1.tex, > mini-art.tex, minitoc-ex.tex, mu.tex, scr.tex, second.tex, > subf.tex, tbi.tex, tlc.tex, tsfc.tex, and the resulting .pdf files. > Note that the code of theses example files is documented. > -- Added a chapter ``Examples of documents''. > -- Used the lipsum package in some of the examples of documents. > -- Corrections about the depth of minilofs, minilots and siblings. > -- Corrections in french2.mld. > -- Updated the jargon chapter and the bibliography. > -- In the history, the not released versions are now flagged by > extbf{ extreferencemark} in place of ensuremath{star} > (for released versions). > -- The ``About this document'' section becomes a starred first chapter. > It is VERY STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to read this short chapter. > -- Corrections in add.tex and addsec.tex for the index. > -- Added the xmk script to typeset the examples into PDF documents. > -- Updated the scripts to treat the examples. > -- Do not forget jobname.mtc1 in the list of files. > -- In the scripts, the backup directory (OLD) is now /tmp/USERNAME/OLD. > -- In the scripts, the repartition directories (CL[0-9]) are now > /tmp/USERNAME/CL[0-9]. > ======================================================================= > > The admistrative 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've installed the new version as requested, and pushed it out the the other ctan sites; i've also updated the tex catalogue entry. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: Finomaton
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, Markus Triska submitted an update to the Finomaton package. Finomaton allows users to comfortably draw and typeset finite state machines (automata). The resulting graphs can be exported to plain MetaPost and subsequently be included in TeX and LaTeX documents for excellent typesetting quality. Contrary to many other packages, the mouse can be used to interactively move objects around. States are magnetic to facilitate connection, and any TeX command can be embedded in the labels of states and lines. Location on CTAN: /graphics/finomaton Summary description: Comfortably draw and typeset finite state machines License type: GPL Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add spread functions, more keyboard shortcuts and rudimentary support for directed graphs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN package update: ConTeXt
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

The package described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ConTeXt Author's name: Taco Hoekwater Location on CTAN: /macros/context/current Summary description: ConTeXt 2006.07.14 release License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now. The current release has version 2006.07.14 A very short list of changes is given below. As usual, there is an html page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes New features since 2006.05.11: * The use of sometxt in MetaPost figures (instead of extext) can (sometimes) remove the need for indirect texexec runs, resulting in a massive speed improvement for heavy documents. * Table splitting is reimplemented and improved * Initial support for the new TeXGyre font families * A new release of the bib module, with better support for interaction and per-chapter bibliographies * Some small extensions to framed * The database module now supports ASCII (non-TeX) files with CSV quoting * setupformulae accepts a conversion parameter now * More built in math support (matrices etc.) * A prerelease of the koeieletters font * A new module for R integration * Itemizations can be randomized (for multiple-choice courseware) * Support for typesetting OpenMath (via MathML) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/context/current . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: bigfoot and perpage
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, David Kastrup submitted the bigfoot package to CTAN. This will-publicized bundle is now available from CTAN for the first time. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot Summary description: bigfoot bundle for typesetting footnotes License type: GPL Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the bigfoot bundle for critical typesetting, consisting of the packages bigfoot, perpage and suffix. The package aims to provide a one-stop solution to requirements for footnotes. It offers: -- Multiple footnote apparatus superior to that of manyfoot; -- Footnotes can be formatted in separate paragraphs, or be run into a single paragraph (this choice may be selected per footnote series); -- Things you might have expected (like verb-like material in footnotes, and colour selections over page breaks) now work. perpage supersedes perpage.sty in macros/latex/contrib/misc, the latter was removed to avoid confusion. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN update: visualtex
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '06

14 Jul '06

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Alex Romanenko submitted an update to the visualtex package. Visual-TeX is a TeX-oriented text editor which uses Neil Hodgson's Scintilla editing component as source code editor, and a TeX lexer by the package author. The editor has several valuable TeX-specific features, including forward search capability from YAP. Location on CTAN: /systems/win32/visualtex Summary description: A TeX-oriented visual editor for Windows platforms License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- final version 3.0 I suppose that in nearest time it will remains without changes. Editor macro are editable now. Simple macro script compiler is added. Small bugs are fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN update: nag
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 Martin Wiebusch submitted an update to the talk package. The talk document class allows you to create slides for screen presentations or printing on transparencies. It also allows you to print personal notes for your talk. You can create overlays and display structure information (current section / subsection, table of contents) on your slides. The main feature that distinguishes talk from other presentation classes like beamer or prosper is that it allows the user to define an arbitrary number of slide styles and switch between these styles from slide to slide. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/talk Summary description: A LaTeX class for presentations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - bug concerning the papersize in screen mode when compiled under pdflatex was fixed - itle and author commands now support short versions as optional arguments The last version had a major bug in it that made the package useless when you are compiling with pdflatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Joachim Schrod

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CTAN package update: SIstyle 2.1
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Danie Els provokes the system to mail me with: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: SIstyle 2.1 > Author's name: Danie Els > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/SIstyle > Summary description: Package to typeset SI units, numbers and angles > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The SIstyle package typeset SI units, numbers and angles according > to the ISO requirements. Care is taken with font setup and > requirements. > > Whats new?: Additional user configuration commands to work with > fonts such as arev. > > Help with the definition of more locales will be grately appreciated. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package as requested, and am just now checking-in an update to the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package at CTAN: qtree
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

I wake up to mail saying: > Name of contribution: qtree > Author's name: Alexis Dimitriadis > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/qtree > Summary description: A LaTeX package for drawing tree structures > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Qtree is a LaTeX package for drawing tree diagrams, and is > especially suitable for linguistics use. It allows trees to be > specified in a simple bracket notation, automatically calculates > branch sizes, and supports both DVI/PostScript and PDF output. > > This is Qtree version 3.1, 10 July 2006. Qtree is distributed under > the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I've installed the package as suggested, and am making an entry in the catalogue; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: ednotes for scholarly critical editions
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Uwe Lück submitted an update to the ednotes package. Ednotes is a macro package for typesetting scholarly critical editions. Provides macros for critical edition typesetting with LaTeX, including support for line numbers and layers of footnotes. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ednotes Summary description: Customizing footnote rules; overlapping moving lemmas License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Customizing (different) footnote rules -- as invented by Christian Tapp and Alex Rozhenko, implemented in manyfoot v1.5 -- is now supported by ednotes at last. To learn more on this new feature, please search ednotes.sty for `Customizing *footnote rules*'. One application for this is demonstrated in file varnrule.tex . 2. Overlapping lemmas work as I had desired for a long time -- especially in moving arguments (e.g. section titles). Moreover, my recent work on this had introduced another bug -- that is fixed only now. Macros IfLemmaTag and IfTypesetting become public in case you need something more special/general concerning overlapping lemmas and/or moving arguments than what has been provided so far. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: nag
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '06

08 Jul '06

On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 Ulrich M. Schwarz submitted an update to the nag package. This package provides routines to warn the user about the use of outdated and superseded commands, classes and packages. As an example, it provides an extension that detects many of the ``sins'' described in l2tabu. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/nag Summary description: Detecting obsolete commands and packages License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in version 0.5: * new option orthodox finds even more reasons to bother the user: commands used as environments and vice versa. * fixed bug in package detection. * hopefully fixed scoping bug, yet again. * changed configuration file names to free up extension. * shuffled documentation to include the configuration files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: l2picfaq
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like best. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: l2picfaq Author's name: Dominik Bischoff Location on CTAN: /info/l2picfaq/german/ Summary description: LaTeX Bilder How-To (Häufigste Fragen und Antworten) License type: other Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- English: Collection of questions about LaTeX and pictures. The idea was, that every problem could be solved by giving a solution in form of some sample-code. Deutsch: Sammlung der häufigsten Fragen über Bilder, die im Zusammenhang mit LaTeX auftauchen. Die Idee dahinter: Jedes Problem kann gelöst werden, indem ein kurzer Beispielcode angegeben wird. Veröffentlicht unter der GNU free documentation license. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2picfaq/german/ . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: visualtex
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: visualtex Author's name: Alex Romanenko Location on CTAN: systems/win32/visualtex Summary description: major upgrade (isspell functions added) License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Spell check functions are completely rewritten. Now there it is available to use ISSPELL/ASPELL/MYSPELL dictionaries together with simple word lists (like winedit dictionaries) with simple management. Automatic spell check is available. In addition if is possible to change manually cherecter set for automatic spelling (i.e. latin, non-latin or all letters). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/visualtex . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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 packages upgraded: FrenchPro and Frenchle V5,998
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I just upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk the archive frenchpro.tar.gz which > is the updated version V5,998 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 localization. i-installers are included for all > platforms: Windows, Unix, macOs X, Linux and co. > This is an intermediate update with major changes, specially in the > FrenchPro shell to access to kpsewhich, for TeXshop too and bug correction > when using label in math mode or in equation environment. > The FrenchPro web site is at http://frenchpro6.com/french/ the new version of the frenchle package has merely cosmetic changes. i've installed the new versions of the two packages on ctan at: language/french/frenchle (licence lppl) nonfree/language/french/frenchpro (licence shareware) i've also updated their respective catalogue entries, in the repository. thanks for the uploads. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: draftwatermark
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: draftwatermark Author's name: Sergio Callegari Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/draftwatermark Summary description: Put a gray textual watermark on document pages License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The draftwatermark package extends LaTeX providing a means to add a textual, light gray watermark on every page or on the first page of a document. Typical usage may consist in writing words such as DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL across document pages. The package may remind in some sense draftcopy by Dr. Juergen Vollmer, but its implementation is much lighter (as the reduced code footprint shows) and does not rely on postscript specials, making the package fully compatible with pdfLaTeX. The package depends on package everypage by the same author. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/draftwatermark . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: flippdf
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

A new package has bee installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: flippdf Author's name: Sergio Callegari Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/flippdf Summary description: Horizontal flipping of pages with pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The flippdf package extends LaTeX making it possible to typeset a mirrored version of the document. This is sometimes required by publishers who want camera-ready documents to be printable on transparent films, so that one reads the pages correctly by looking through the film (i.e., with the unprinted side of the film towards his eyes. This package requires everypage by the same author and works with pdfLaTeX only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/flippdf . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: everypage
by Jim Hefferon 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: everypage Author's name: Sergio Callegari Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/everypage Summary description: Provides hooks to be run on every page of a document License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The everypage package extends LaTeX providing hooks to perform actions on every page or on the current page. Specifically, actions are performed after the page is composed, but before it is shipped, so they can be used to prepare the output page in tasks like putting watermarks in the background, setting the next page layout, etc. The package reminds in some sense bobhook.sty by Karsten Tinnefeld, but it differs in the way hooks are implemented, as detailed in the everypage documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/everypage . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: bezos packages
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jul '06

01 Jul '06

The material described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: CTAN update - bezos packages Author's name: Javier Bezos Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/bezos Summary description: Miscellaneous packages by Javier Bezos License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This directory contains several small packages by Javier Bezos: esindex, accents, tensind, dotlessi and checkend. What's new: - Updated contact address - Critical bug in esindex fixed: missing accents in multilevel entries. - Bug in accents fixed: misplaced accents with operators. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bezos . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: starfont
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '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 St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: starfont Author's name: Matthew Skala Location on CTAN: /fonts/ps-type1/starfont Summary description: Support for the StarFont Sans astrological font License type: pd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- StarFont Sans is a popular font of astrological symbols designed by Anthony I.P. Owen; this package provides macro support for using it with LaTeX. The font itself must be obtained separately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/starfont . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: the UK TeX FAQ
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

I am pleased to announce version 3.16 of the UK TeX FAQ; it has been installed at the Cambridge node, and should be somewhere near you really soon. The FAQ is LaTeX-oriented, but has a fair amount aimed to help and interest Plain TeX users. Users of other macro packages may not find it terribly helpful (but then, Context users always have contextgarden...). I append the changes file below. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team Changes in version 3.16 These are changes from 3.15a, which incorporated a couple of minor corrections made on the day 3.15 was uploaded New answers: Label chngmargonfly: changing the document's margins on the fly Label doc-wiki: catalogue of known tex-related WIKIs Label fonts-pln: sophisticated font selection macros in Plain TeX Label gutter: the problem with two-sided document margins Label marginmanual: setting up the document's margins by hand Label marginpkgs: packages for setting up the document's margins Label matchbrak: matching [] in optional arguments, etc. Label newfont: why shouldn't I use ewfont in LaTeX? Label poster: summary of the inadequate state of support for posters Label repeatgrf: repeated graphics in documents Label whatbst: choosing a BibTeX style Label whatpdftex: PDFTeX has entered the mainstream (actually, it did some time ago, but I've now recognised that in the FAQ) Answers removed: Label pdftex: I think pdftex is no longer research -- see label whatpdftex Revised answers: Label ant: correct home page reference Label changemargin: rehashed as intro and list of links to (new) instruction answers marginpkgs, marginmanual and chngmargonfly Label complist: mention multenum package Label cv: europecv has improved, and there's a new class moderncv Label dvipsgraphics: extend discussion of bitmap graphics in dvips Label drawing: correct URL for pstricks site Label findfiles: remove mention of the (long dead) quote site index, add the catalogue bytopic.html Label fmtconv: troff-to-latex no longer available Label newfunction: mention operatorname command Label labundef: mention labelcas package Label labelfig: mention iTe editor, correct URL on pstricks page Label man-tex: correct URL for Andy Roberts' page Label man-latex: add Chris Harrison's web manual Label rotating: mention rotfloat package Label seccntformat: correction of suggested code Label secthead: remove 2.09 font commands from simple example Label struttab: mention new cellspace package Label texsystems: mention w32tex (from japan) -- capable of being a minimal system Label tutbitslatex: correct URL for the pTeX description, add link to Smith's LaTeX for logicians Label usepictex: correct stuff about mathspic package Label verbwithin: make clear problems apply to verbatim environment, too Label xetex: simplify the answer (the details are all on the web site, anyway), and mention the new linux port Presentation: LaTeX ``...'' quotes in the source used to be converted to the ascii double-quote character in the HTML; this is changed to use the HTML entities for typographic quotes (similarly for single quotes and apostrophes). A minor change to html generation has been made, inserting paragraph elements after block quotes: this makes CSS-controlled display more regular (a CSS sheet is used in the code generated for the new CGI engine -- see below). Building the FAQ now requires e-TeX (or rather [pdf-]e-LaTeX); this should not be a problem unless your TeX distribution is a bit aged. Future releases: This release is wildly overdue (even making allowance for my extended illness). If I can find the time to do so, I intend in future to release anything that's available, around the end of each month. Full releases, with batches of new questions, may still be long delayed, but I hope not. Coming up (still): I have a far more efficient CGI engine for serving answers to the web; those of a strong constitution may view the experimental testbed at: URL http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html-gamma It is missing a search engine, various links and topping and tailing of answers; it uses Cambridge University's default CSS sheet in a non-standard way; and, crucially it lacks **SUPPORT**. I welcome suggestions for improving the way I do things, but I can't claim it will always work. Mechanisms whereby I can point to the CTAN catalogue from FAQ answers remains as a background task; I suggested several ways (last time) in which such links would be valuable.

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CTAN update: antt, iwona, kurier fonts
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted updates for the font packages antt (v2.06) iwona (v0.97) kurier (v0.97) All are located in CTAN'S fonts directory tree. See below for more information. Thanks for the upload. ------ Package: antt Version: 2.06 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/antt/ In the current version (2.06) some new glyphs were added: Breveinverted, Hbar.small, Ubreveinvertedlow, Ubreveinvertedlow.small, breveinverted, breveinvertedlow, dotlessi.small, dotlessj.small, ubreveinvertedlow. Also encoding files were corrected. ------ Package: iwona Version: 0.97 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/iwona/ Iwona is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was created as an alternative version of the Kurier typeface, which was designed in 1975 for a diploma in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Roman Tomaszewski. Kurier was designed for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar periodicals. The Iwona fonts are an alternative version of the Kurier fonts. The difference lies in the absence of ink traps which typify the Kurier font. This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use with TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), and OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 for the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts for LaTeX. The doc/fonts/iwona folder contains examples for plain TeX as well as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. In the current version (0.97) some new glyphs were added: Breveinverted, Hbar.small, Ubreveinvertedlow, Ubreveinvertedlow.small, breveinverted, breveinvertedlow, dotlessi.small, dotlessj.small, ubreveinvertedlow. Also encoding files were corrected. ------ Package: kurier Version: 0.97 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/kurier/ Kurier is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was designed for a diploma in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Roman Tomaszewski. The result was presented with other Polish typefaces at the ATypI conference in Warsaw in 1975. Kurier was intended for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar periodicals. The design goals included resistance to technological processes destructive to the letter shapes. As a result, amongst others, the typeface distinguishes itself through intra- and extra-letter white spaces as well as ink traps at cross-sections of some elements constituting the characters. This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use with TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), and OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 for the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts for LaTeX. The doc/fonts/kurier folder contains examples for plain TeX as well as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. In the current version (0.97) some new glyphs were added: Breveinverted, Hbar.small, Ubreveinvertedlow, Ubreveinvertedlow.small, breveinverted, breveinvertedlow, dotlessi.small, dotlessj.small, ubreveinvertedlow. Also encoding files were corrected. ---------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: The makecell package 0.1c
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Olga Lapko submitted an update to the makecell package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/makecell Summary description: Tabular column heads and multilined cells License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package offers a command, based on one-column tabular environment, which allows to support a common layout for tabular column heads in whole document. Another offered command is for creation of multilined tabular cells. There are also: 1) a macro, which changes vertical spaces around all cells in tabular (like in tabls package) but based on macros of array package; 2) macros for multirow cells/heads, which use macro from multirow package. ----- Changes: Added macros for skipping and numbering of similar cell rows. Corrections in documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: TeXshade v1.15
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Eric Beitz submitted an update to the texshade package. TeXshade is an alignment shading software completely written in TeX/LaTeX which can process multiple sequence alignments in the .MSF and the .ALN file format. It provides in addition to common shading algorithms special shading modes featuring functional aspects, e.g. charge or hydropathy, and a plenitude of commands for handling shading colors, text styles, labels, legends and even allows the user to define completely new sha- ding modes. TeXshade combines highest flexibility and the habitual TeX output quality--with reasonable time expenditure. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/texshade/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TeXshade sequence and subfamily logos do not need pstricks anymore. Bug fixes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: mhchem bundle v3.03
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Martin Hensel submitted an update to the mhchem bundle for typesetting chemical formulae, chemical equations and Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/ Summary description: for typesetting chemical formulae, chemical equations and Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- most significant change: - option to render reaction arrows using the pgf package further changes: - H2_{(aq)} now adds a small space before the (aq) - bugfix: line height of formulae with <-> was too large ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: ednotes package for scholarly critical editions
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Uwe Lück submitted and update to the ednotes package for scholarly critical editions. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ednotes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES for ednotes.sty v1.23b 2006/01/26: 1. Remarks in documentation: how not to suppress hyphenation of first word in a lemma tag. (I prefer explaining customization to changing the default -- which some users may prefer.) 2. Package option `edmacpara' adapted to nccfoots v1.2 -- this requires updating mfparptc.sty as well. 3. Occasionally LPPL v1.3a -> v1.3c . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: PerlTeX
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

This package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you Scott. Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: PerlTeX Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. PerlTeX v1.3 adds code to work around a limitation of the Perl sandbox (i.e., that certain constructs fail even when perltex is run with the --nosafe option) and introduces a perldo macro that enables the execution of Perl code outside of any subroutine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: acronym-1.26
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

Tobias Oetiker writes: > I have uploaded acronym-1.26 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/acronym-1.26. > > As usual, this is a minor update. Only announce it if it strikes you as important. > > Recent Changes: > --------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.26 (June 2006) supress lone item when nolist is in effect > -- Immo Köster <Immo.Koester there rwth-aachen.de> > > Version 1.25 (November 2005) properly handle acronyms in pdfbookmarks > -- Heiko Oberdiek <oberdiek there uni-freiburg.de> > [...] i've installed the replacement package and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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