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CTAN has a new package: gnuplottex
by CTAN Announcements 03 Apr '06

03 Apr '06

A new package has just been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear 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: gnuplottex Author's name: Lars Kotthoff Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gnuplottex Summary description: Gnuplottex allows you to generate and include gnuplot graphs from within LaTeX. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gnuplottex allows you to include gnuplot graphs in your LaTeX files. Gnuplot is a versatile plotting package. More information can be found at http://www.gnuplot.info/. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gnuplottex . 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: csquotes 3.4
by Robin Fairbairns 02 Apr '06

02 Apr '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. i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue. it's on its way out to the other ctan sites, and to the mirrors, even now. > 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 mostly a documentation update, but there are also some changes > to the code. > > * Stricter validation of user-defined active characters > * Author interface now documented in the manual > * Added documentation of @enablequotes > * Added documentation of @disablequotes > * Added documentation of @verbatimquotes > * Added documentation of @deletequotes > * Added documentation concerning string handling > * Added documentation of interface to internal marks thanks for the update. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: MemoirChapStyles
by CTAN Announcements 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: MemoirChapStyles Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /info/MemoirChapStyles Summary description: Memoir chapter style showcase License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This document showcases besides the six default chapter styles in the memoir class, 17 extra chapter styles. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/MemoirChapStyles . 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 44
by Robin Fairbairns 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Jean-Pierre Drucbert wrote: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: minitoc version 44 > Author's name: Jean-Pierre F. Drucbert > Filename: minitoc.zip > Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc > Summary description: Mini-table of contents by chapter, part or > section. Also LOFs and LOTs. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > corrections of bugs > addition of new language > improved documentation > new hints > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue (which wasn't describing the full facilities of the package). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

The package below has been updated at 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: LaTeXPiX Author's name: Nick van Beurden Location on CTAN: /systems/win32/latexpix Summary description: As is License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The twentyfourth CTAN release (Build 2786) has the following improvements: * Spline drawing improved. Number of spline points reduced from 500 to 200 for speed up. Removed a bug in the previewing of splines and removed memory leakage. * Possibility to draw dots in PGF output mode. * Canvas drawing area is now white to better simulate paper. * Used memory shown in statusbar of build 2670 should not have been there since it creates crashes in Windows 9x/ME. Removed for this build. * Removed invalid image drawing when zooming. * Bounding box was not correct when rotating objects. * Current arrow style is now indicated with text in the style form. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/latexpix . 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: wordlike
by CTAN Announcements 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Juergen Fenn submitted an update to the wordlike package. The package simulates typical word processor layout: narrow page margins, Times/ Helvetica/ Courier fonts, ormalsize and small headings, and sloppy typesetting. It aims at making life easier for those users who are discontent with LaTeX's standard layout settings because they need a layout that resembles the usual wordlike output. The package draws on several discussions in the de.comp.text.tex and comp.text.tex newsgroups that are referred to in the manual. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/wordlike License: LPPL Changes as compared to v1.1: * Broken v1.1 on CTAN replaced by fixed local v1.2a (thanks to Martin Wilhelm Leidig for point out this problem which is my fault, sorry about that...). * Hint to the arial package added. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: showexpl
by CTAN Announcements 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Rolf Niepraschk submitted the new package showexpl to CTAN. This package provides a way to typeset LaTeX source code and the related result in the same document. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/showexpl Summary description: Typesetting LaTeX source code License type: lppl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: xifthen
by CTAN Announcements 25 Mar '06

25 Mar '06

A new package has just been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon be at the mirror that you use. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xifthen Author's name: Josselin Noirel Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xifthen Summary description: Extended ifthen features License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package implements new commands to go within the first argument of ifthenelse to test whether a string is void or not, if a command is defined or equivalent to another. It includes also the possibility to make use of the complex expressions introduced by the package calc, together with the ability of defining new commands to handle complex tests. This package requires the e-TEX features. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xifthen . 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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cambridge somewhat off the air this morning (23 mar 2006)
by Robin Fairbairns 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

for a period this morning, our mail system (incorporating @tex.ac.uk) and probably also web server (incorporating www.tex.ac.uk and hence the uk tex faq) won't be functioning. ftp.tex.ac.uk and rsync.tex.ac.uk ought not to be affected. the disruption should all be over by lunch time Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: abc
by CTAN Announcements 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon appear at the mirror that you prefer. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: abc Author's name: Enrico Gregorio Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/abc Summary description: This package supports abc music notation in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The abc package lets you include lines of music written in the ABC Plus language ( http://abcplus.sourceforge.net ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/abc . 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 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Patrick Daly submitted an update to the natbib package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/natbib/ Summary description: General bibliography citation system License type: lppl 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 &ndash; plainnat, unsrtnat, abbrnat. The bibliography styles produced by custom-bib are designed from the start to be compatible with natbib. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- V7.3: Updated user documentation for natbib; code unchanged from version 7.2 in Jan 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: URW A030 (Arial) fonts and TeX support files
by CTAN Announcements 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Walter Schmidt submitted the new package arial to CTAN. This upload comprises the URW A030 font family (an Arial clone) in Type1 format, accompanied by all required files to use the fonts with LaTeX. The fonts are subject to the Aladdin Free Public License; the TeX support files are distirbuted under LPPL. Location on CTAN: fonts/urw/arial Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: MetaUML
by CTAN Announcements 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

A package has been updated 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: MetaUML Author's name: Ovidiu Gheorghies Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metauml Summary description: MetaPost library for UML textual notation License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaUML has evolved into a usable, human-friendly textual notation for UML, offering now support for class, package, activity, state, and use case diagrams. This release (0.2.3) has many improvements over the previous version released on CTAN (0.1.0) - see the project's webpage for details: http://metauml.sourceforge.net . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metauml . 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: randtext
by CTAN Announcements 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror (this package replaces switcheml, which has move to the obsolete/ tree). Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: randtext Author's name: Charles Duan Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/randtext Summary description: Typeset obfuscated text to foil spam email address harvesters. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package randtext, which supersedes switcheml, provides a single macro andomize{TEXT} that typesets the characters of TEXT in random order, such that the resulting output appears correct, but most automated attempts to read the file will misunderstand it. This function allows one to include an email address on a TeX document and publish it online without fear of email address harvesters or spammers easily picking up the address. For more information, please read the comments at the top of the package file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/randtext . 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: mathdots
by CTAN Announcements 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Please note that it is no longer a single file, and so has been moved to a directory. The changes should soon appear 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: mathdots Author's name: Daniel Luecking Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/matdots/ Summary description: Commands to produce dots in math that respect font size. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Redefines ddots and vdots, and defines iddots. The dots produced by iddots slant opposite to ddots. These commands are designed to change size appropriately in scripts, as well as in response to LaTeX size changing commands. Similar improvements are made to the amsmath (or AmS-TeX) accent commands dddot and ddddot. May be used in plain TeX also. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/matdots/ . 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: BaKoMa TeX -- Patch 1 for V 7.50 - TeXWord fixes.
by CTAN Announcements 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Basil K. Malyshev submitted a patch for V 7.50 of the bakoma package. This patch touches TeXWord only: 1) Fixed problem with automatical attaching some macro packages. 2) Ctrl+M is improved. Now it enters text mode when issued in math mode. To apply the patch for BaKoMa TeX 7.50 only texword.bkz unit is required. 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 7.50 > ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.50 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/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: tabvar
by CTAN Announcements 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Daniel Flipo submitted version 1.0 of the tabvar package. This LaTeX package is meant to ease the typesetting of tables showing variations of functions as they are used in France. The documentation is in French. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tabvar License: LPPL What is new in version 1.0: the minimal width of the C, L, R columns can now be customized via TVmaxcolwidth. --------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by CTAN Announcements 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

An update to the package listed below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soonn make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeXPiX Author's name: Nick van Beurden Location on CTAN: /systems/win32/latexpix Summary description: as is License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The twentythird CTAN release (Build 2670) has the following improvements: * Major bug solved: tool crashed when not registered. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/latexpix . 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 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Alexander Grahn submitted an update to his movie15 package. This package defines the command includemovie with PDF-1.5 compatibility. Option 'autoplay' causes the media clip to be started right after the page has loaded. This is useful for side by side movie clips to be played back synchronously. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/movie15 Summary description: Multimedia inclusion package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update adds a new option, `3Dcalculate', to movieref. It simplifies the determination of good option settings (`3Droo', `3Dcoo') for inclusion of 3D objects. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Stellenbosch thesis bundle
by CTAN Announcements 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make it 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 thesis bundle 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 varios 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: The Visual LaTeX FAQ
by CTAN Announcements 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and it should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Scott, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: The Visual LaTeX FAQ Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /info/visualFAQ/ Summary description: An example-based interface to the UK TeX FAQ License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Having trouble finding the answer to a LaTeX question? The Visual LaTeX FAQ is an innovative new search interface that presents over a hundred typeset samples of frequently requested document formatting. Simply click on a hyperlinked piece of text and the Visual LaTeX FAQ will send your Web browser to the appropriate page in the UK TeX FAQ. This release attempts to address some of the problems with PDF hyperlinks that users have reported. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//info/visualFAQ/ . 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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[Fwd: tug.ctan.org upload: cooltooltips]
by CTAN Announcements 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

A new package is at 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: cooltooltips Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cooltooltips Summary description: Associate a pop-up window and tooltip with a PDF hyperlink License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The cooltooltips package enables a document to contain hyperlinks that pop up a brief tooltip when the mouse moves over them and also open a small window containing additional text. cooltooltips provides the mechanism used by the Visual LaTeX FAQ to indicate the question that each hyperlink answers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cooltooltips . 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: linearA [CORRECTION]
by CTAN Announcements 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted the new package linearA which contains all the necessry files to replicate texts written in the Linear A script. Location on CTAN: fonts/linearA License: LPPL Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 7.50 - TeXWord improvements.
by CTAN Announcements 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma > MOst noticeable improvements of TeXWord: > > * Ctrl+Up, Ctlr+Down keys move caret out of current TeX > group. > * Shift+Ctrl+Up, Shift+Ctrl+Down keys move caret with > selection, > that enables sequential selecting nested groups.(like > to mouse clicks). > * Ctrl+Enter key inserts a stuff depend on current > context > In itemize, enumerate environments (including short > and running variants) > it inserts `item'. In description environemnt - > `item[label]'. > In thebibliography environemnt - `ibitem[label]'. > In eqnarray, align, flalign, alignat environments - > `. > [In advance, Shift+Tab key inserts alignment point > (`&').] > * Math superscripts (`^{...}') and subscripts > (`_{...}') have > context commands for decompose and cut an object. > * `Insert|RAW TeX Code' (Ins) -- new command. > * Wasy symbols panel has been added. > * Phaistos symbols panel has been added (shown when > font is available) > > 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 7.50 > ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.50 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/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: linearA
by CTAN Announcements 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted the new package linearA which contains all the necessry files to replicate texts written in the Linear A script. Location on CTAN: fonts/archaic/linearA License: LPPL Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: A Classic Thesis Style
by CTAN Announcements 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at the mirror that you like the best. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: A Classic Thesis Style Author's name: André Miede Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis Summary description: A Homage to The Elements of Typographic Style License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Template bundle to make thesis writing easier and to produce beautiful documents in general. (Will probably be converted into a class with proper LaTeX documentation etc. later on.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis . 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: cellspace
by CTAN Announcements 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '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: cellspace Author's name: Josselin Noirel Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cellspace Summary description: Ensuring a minimal spacing of table cells License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- It is well known that high or deep cells tend to touch the hlines of a tabular. This package provides a modifier S acting on usual column types so that to ensure a minimal distance that can be controlled through two parameters cellspacetoplimit and cellspacebottomlimit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cellspace . 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 v0.03p
by CTAN Announcements 12 Mar '06

12 Mar '06

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update of pdftex.def Location on CTAN: graphics/pdftex/pdftex.def Latest changes: 2006/02/23 v0.03n * Compatibility for plain-TeX: file can be loaded multiple times; colorfix is not applied for undefined macros (HO). 2006/02/24 v0.03o * Catcode protections mainly because of babel's shorthands (HO). 2006/03/02 v0.03p * pagecolor support for plain-TeX fixed (HO). ----------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: poemscol 2.44
by CTAN Announcements 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 John Burt submitted an update to the poemscol package. Poemscol is a set of LaTeX macros for typesetting critical editions of poetry. Its features include automatic linenumbering, generation of separate endnotes sections for emendations, textual collations, and explanatory notes, special marking for cases in which page breaks occur during stanza breaks, running headers of the form ``Notes to pp. xx--yy''for the notes sections, index of titles and first lines, and automatic generation of table of contents. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/poemscol Summary description: macros for critical editions of poetry License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed bug which put extra white space after new kinds of endnotes in sections of line numbered prose. Improved handling of conditionals in prose sections numbered by sentence and paragraph. More flexibility in numbering prose sections by sentence and paragraph. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN update: splitindex
by CTAN Announcements 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 Markus Kohm submitted an update to the splitindex package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/splitindex Summary description: Using a unlimited number of indices with almost every LaTeX-class License type: lppl Description: ------------ SplitIndex consists of a LaTeX package, splitidx, and a small program, splitindex (available in perl, TeX, Java, C, binaries for Windows-Cygwin, OpenBSD-i386, Linux-i386). The package may be used to produce one index or several indices. Without using the program the number of indices is limited by the number of TeXs output streams. But using the program you may use even more than 16 indices. At this case, 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 it. Changes at version 0.9: ----------------------- - New option `useindex' makes index and alias for sindex. - New command ` ewprotectedindex' behaves like ` ewindex' but tries to protect the argument of `index' and `sindex' using `@onelevel@sanitize'. - New option `protected' makes all `index' and `sindex' calls use `@onelevel@sanitize' to protect the argument. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN package upgrade: gellmu, version 0.8.2
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

William F. Hammond writes: > I've uploaded version 0.8.2 of GELLMU to ftp.tex.ac.uk > > I suggest that it be placed in support/gellmu. > > License: GPL i have installed the upgrade as suggested, and updated the catalogue entry. > This is a maintenance release incorporating a number of relatively > small improvements as well as bug fixes. It supersedes previous > versions although small changes in the XML document type may affect > old documents slightly. > > GELLMU stands for Generalized Extensible LaTeX-Like MarkUp. It > provides a way to write in an XML document type of one's choice using > LaTeX-like source. In addition, for its regular track the package > provides software for reliable translation of its own article XML > document type to ordinary LaTeX, classical HTML (suitable for terminal > window browsers and palmtops), and the modern form of HTML with > support for mathematics (XHTML+MathML). More information may be found > at the website, http://www.albany.edu/~hammond/gellmu > > Changes since the last CTAN posting (which was October 2004), > as noted in the file README: > > --- > > IMPORTANT ISSUE for MathML output > > The newer versions of Perl are somewhat incompatible regarding with > less new versions regarding the UTF-8 content-encoding. This can > create problems with parsing math zones while generating XHTML+MathML > output. One of the aspects of this issue is that the meaning of use > UTF-8 has changed (as advertised by advance warnings). The specific > concern is with splitting a UTF-8 string into the array of its > characters. > > It seems to be the case with Perl 5.6 that use UTF-8 is adequate for > Gellmu's parsing, while with Perl 5.8.1 and later one wants both use > UTF-8 and use encoding. There seems to be no encoding available > by default in 5.6. Consequently, this release of gellmu provides a > dummy library encoding.pm that is intended for use when there is no > separate encoding package installed with Perl 5.6. With the newer > Perl versions simply move the small dummy encoding.pm out of (or to > another name in) the perllib directory in the Gellmu tree. > > CHANGES IN VERSION 0.8.2 (28 Feb 2006) > > 1. Tables and Tabular now have functioning p cells. Only par, > not parb, should be used to introduce a new paragraph in > a tabular p-cell. For a forced linebreak inside a p-cell use > the named form rk rather than \, which may only be used > to begin a new row. > > 2. Horizontal alignment in tables and tabular now function in > HTML, as do horizontal rules (via hline in tabular or trule > in table) and vertical rules (via '|' in table or tabular > argument). Much of the new functionality with tables in HTML > is based on assuming web browsers have CSS2 support. > > 3. Added support for the attribute style of assertion, which > plays the role of heoremstyle in LaTeX. If style is unset, > the assertion is set in italics, while if style has the value > definition, the assertion is set upright. > > 4. Bug. Finally decided to rely on CSS for HTML/XHTML handling > of assertion style. > > 5. Bug. Used the bm package in LaTeX formatting (and CSS in > XHTML+MathML) to correct the appearance of mathbf. > > 6. The elements par and parb are no longer allowed inside emph. > The element par now requires explicit closing in source. > > 7. Use of the elements mbox, regch, and text, is now restricted > to math zones. > > 8. Minor changes will be needed in order for some old documents to be > used with new DTDs. > > 9. Numerous bug fixes. > > > CHANGES IN VERSION 0.8.0.7 (01 Feb 2005) > > 1. Bug/Change. Coding for the element text inside math elements > in mathprep.pl had assumed that text had no sub-elements > (consistent with the content model of MathML's mtext). > The author is debating with himself as to whether this is too > restrictive. Meanwhile that code has been changed. > > 2. Change. Added AMSMath names ltimes, rtimes, and mp to > the article document type. > > 3. Bug/Change. Pushed handling of the element sref out to end > formatters (parallel to handling of ref) so as to use the > .xlb database. > > 4. Change. Added handling in HTML and LaTeX formatters of eqntag. > > 5. Change. Positive labelwidth in LaTeX formatting of menu and Menu. > > > CHANGES IN VERSION 0.8.0.6 (01 Dec 2004) > > 1. Bug fix. The script mathprep.pl was failing to write 'mchld=' > when a container had no actual content, thereby causing htmlgart.pl > to exit with an error message. > > 2. Bug fix. The parameter entity %opline was nonsensically > allowing %fmath content. Its model was tightend and a new version > %mopline using math|tmath instead of %fmath was created for use > with itemlabel and op0. > > 3. Bug fix. The shell script bin/linux/lmkg was revised to prevent > failure with some versions of /bin/sh. > > 4. Change. The HTML dl written by htmlgart.pl for formatting > assertion was revised to have class attribute assertion so > that CSS-controlled margins can be customized. > > 5. Change. The CSS stylesheet webstyle/mxh.css was changed to zero > left and right margins for dl.assertion and to inhibit linebreaking > inside all math containers, inline as well as block. > > 6. Bug fix. Comments were inhibited (for validation) at the top level > of thebibliography. > > 7. Change. Provided a GMT timezone option for the banner datestamp in > HTML output. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: blockdraw_mp
by CTAN Announcements 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

A new package has just been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at the mirror that you like the best. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: blockdraw_mp Author's name: Henrik Tidefelt Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/blockdraw_mp Summary description: MetaPost macros for the creation of block diagrams and bond graphs License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package targets the simple problem of producing block diagrams and bond graphs. In more detail, the provided functionality can be divided into o Standard elements such as labeled blocks and bond graph arrows. o Standardized way for selecting input and output points on blocks. o Means for the construction of carpented paths connecting points. o Standardized label positioning along block connections. o Higher-level macros that specialize and/or combine some of the above. An important example from the group of higher-level macros is the macro that takes two blocks as arguments and generates a path connecting them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/blockdraw_… . 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: icsv
by CTAN Announcements 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: icsv class Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/conferences/icsv/ Summary description: Class for typesetting articles for the ICSV conference License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an ad-hoc class for typesetting articles for the ICSV conference, based on the previously hacked together active-conf by the same author. Hopefully it's useful to someone. Contact me for refinements or if things don't work. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/conferences/icsv/ . 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: pracjourn
by CTAN Announcements 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

The pracjourn package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pracjourn Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pracjourn Summary description: Class for typesetting articles for The PracTeX Journal License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Class for typesetting articles for The PracTeX Journal. Please find more information at <http://www.tug.org/pracjourn>. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/pracjourn . 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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[Fwd: tug.ctan.org upload: pracjourn]
by FTP archive maintainer 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Below is an upload from Will Robertson that I somehow contrived to misplace. He prompted me, and on reading it, I want to consult before I reply. He is perhaps a bit vague, but I think he is proposing m/l/c/journals/pracjourn . I think he is volunteering to find in our holdings other journal classes, and then we can move them. I can think of a number of reasons to resist that (sounds like work; authors and others have links to the present locations on web pages; some packages are multi-usage, etc.). But OTOH he is an enthusiastic fellow who perhaps could be encouraged and someday induced to do some of my work. I'm inclinded to at least install this package under journals/ and caution him, but I thought I should ask wiser heads. Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pracjourn Author's name: Will Robertson Author's email: wspr81(a)gmail.com Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ [journals/] pracjourn Summary description: Class for typesetting articles for The PracTeX Journal License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Class for typesetting articles for The PracTeX Journal. Please find more information at <http://www.tug.org/pracjourn>. To the CTAN maintainers: if you guys like the idea of subdirectories in contrib, I suggest this be placed within journals. Contact me if you do like this idea and want help in finding/moving journal classes into such a newly created directory. (Also see the conferences subdirectory.) I understand long-term stability might be a reason against such a thing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN package update: TengwarScript
by CTAN Announcements 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear 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: TengwarScript Author's name: Ignacio Fernndez Galvn Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tengwarscript Summary description: A package for writing tengwar with LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update text: In version 1.2 I've created ENC files and virtual fonts, so that now the original TTF font files can be used, at least with pdflatex, and characters from alt fonts are available. There are also some changes in the s-hooks, and roman punctation as well as some alternate tengwar shapes. Description text: The TengwarScript package provides a mid-level access to tengwar fonts while still generating good output by default. Each tengwar sign has an individual command, which should place the sign nicely with relation to the preceding signs. So, to write the word quetta in Quenya mode one would write: TquesseTTacuteTtincoTTdoublerTTthreedots TengwarScript supports several free tengwar fonts, including Dan Smith's fonts, Tengwar Parmaite, Tengwar Annatar and others. The full set of supported fonts can be found in the manual and in the sample tengfonts.pdf file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tengwarscript . 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: pict2e v0.2s
by CTAN Announcements 05 Mar '06

05 Mar '06

On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the pict2e package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pict2e Summary description: Improved picture commands License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version corrects the wrong PSTricks-like arrows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN update: poemscol 2.41
by CTAN Announcements 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 John Burt submitted an update to the poescol package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/poemscol Summary description: Macros for critical editions of poetry License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Poemscol 2.41 fixes a bug introduced in poemscol 2.4 which gave wrong line numbers in notes sections for newly defined kinds of endnotes for sections of line numbered prose. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN has a new package: LingTrees
by CTAN Announcements 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it 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: LingTrees Author's name: Avery D Andrews Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/LingTrees Summary description: Linguistics trees preprocessor and macros License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LingTrees is a package for formatting linguistics trees, consisting of a preprocessor convering an indented list format into LaTeX macros, and some macros for doing the layout and line drawing. The latter can be done either by tree-dvips or PStricks (with more functionality for the latter). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/LingTrees . 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: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it 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: moderncv Author's name: Xavier Danaux Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/moderncv Summary description: modern curriculum vitae documentclass License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Moderncv provides a documentclass for typesetting modern curriculum vitaes, both in a classic and in a casual style. It is fairly customizable, allowing you to define your own style by changing the colors, the fonts, .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv . 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: eskdx
by CTAN Announcements 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: eskdx Author's name: Konstantin Korikov Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/eskdx Summary description: A collection of LaTeX classes and packages to typeset documents in accordance with russian standards for designers License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskdx is a collection of LaTeX classes and packages to typeset textual and graphical documents in accordance with russian (and probably post USSR) standards for designers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eskdx . 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: LaTeXPiX
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

The packge described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and by now should have made it to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ================================================================================ The twentyfirst CTAN release (Build 2640) has the following improvements: * New registration procedure implemented. Registration request number is now less flexible and formatting of harddisk and reinstalling Windows should have no effect on the number. The old registration keys still work but will be phased out in half a year. Registered users will have to re-register with the newly generation request number. * Setup program renamed from lpixbeta.exe to lpxsetup.exe. Also the update file has changed from lpixbeta.updateinfo to lpxsetup.updateinfo. * Solved a lot of zooming issues but please mind that the zooming functionality still isn't finished and not adviced to use ! * When editing a single plain text object this was seen as a multiselect edit of the text. * Unitlength specification can now be done in more types of units (i.e. mm, cm, in, pc, pt). Improvement suggestion made by Edward Fondis. * In PGF mode the spline drawing possibility was offered whilst this in not possible. * Carriage return not processed during Plain Framebox and Plain Text. * LaTeXPiX log file viewing moved to main menu group view. * Long single lines in the text editor were causing invalid line breaks. Now long single lines are possible. * Bezier thickness not taken into account in EEPIC mode preview. The ebezier.sty package (v4) can handle Bezier thickness and was also updated in the Style Menu. * Adobe Acrobat 7 document did not close during regeneration of the preview PDF. * After editing objects were not redrawn. * Colour preview panel added. * Added text fields to quick menu. * Quick edit added for plain line, rectangle, square, circle, dot, vector, Bezier curve. * Coordinates displayed when clicking the mouse in edit mode. * Number of free objects to draw before having to register increased from 10 to 25. * Improved logging messages. * Automatically clears preview directory when exiting the program. * Toolbar menu now also allows editing of colour, lines, shade et cetera. When an object is selected it is edited. When no object is selected the settings are applied globally (for new object to create). See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/latexpix . 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: mentis class
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Georg Verweyen submitted an update to the mentis package. This LaTeX class loads scrbook and provides changes necessary for publishing at Mentis publishers in Paderborn, Germany. It is not an official Mentis class, merely one developed by an author in close co-operation with Mentis. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mentis Summary description: A LaTeX class to typeset books for a german publisher specialised in humanities: mentis-Verlag Paderborn License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New in v 1.5: Added some finetuning concerning the use of the microtype-package. Changed the definition of page and marginsize to conform with geometry. Removed some hardwired (while not needed) Packages. Better documentation with a small example header. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Package update: wordlike v1.1
by CTAN Announcements 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Juergen Fenn submitted an update to the wordlike package. The package simulates typical word processor layout: narrow page margins, Times/ Helvetica/ Courier fonts, ormalsize and small headings, and sloppy typesetting. The package aims at making life easier for those users who are discontent with LaTeX's standard layout settings because they need a layout that resembles the usual wordlike output. The package draws on several discussions in the de.comp.text.tex and comp.text.tex newsgroups that are referred to in the manual. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/wordlike License: LPPL Changes as compared to v1.0: * Section headings now resemble more to MS Word's normal.dot settings by default. If you prefer a more reserved approach you may call option basic which supplies normalsize bold headers. * New itle, author, date commands. * Fixes to the manual. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: poemscol 2.4
by CTAN Announcements 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, John Burt submitted an update to the poemscol package. Poemscol is a set of LaTeX macros for typesetting critical editions of poetry. Its features include automatic linenumbering, generation of separate endnotes sections for emendations, textual collations, and explanatory notes, special marking for cases in which page breaks occur during stanza breaks, running headers of the form ``Notes to pp. xx--yy''for the notes sections, index of titles and first lines, and automatic generation of table of contents. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/poemscol License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Poemscol 2.4 enables users to define new species of endnotes in sections of line numbered prose and in sections of prose numbered by paragraph and sentence. Poemscol's handling of prose is now on a par with its handling of verse. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN oackage update: csquotes 3.3 (final)
by CTAN Announcements 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've uploaded `csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the CTAN > 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. Note that the split into two `stable' and `testing' > subdirectories ends with this release. -- Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and > display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging > from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of > formal quotations. > > CHANGES > > * Added support for UTF-8 encoded active quotes > * Modified active quotes, category codes 7, 8 no longer valid > * Modified delimiters, category codes 3, 4, 7, 8 no longer valid > * Active quotes may now be defined in the document body > * Renamed RestoreQuotes to EnableQuotes > * Added DeleteQuotes > * Added VerbatimQuotes > * Added ExecuteQuoteOptions > * Added value `once' to package option `babel' > * Added new style variant for French > * Improved nesting control of active block quotes > * Made active block quotes robust > > CHANGES FROM RC1 > > * Quite a few internal modifications and rollbacks > * No user-visible changes > * Updated implementation notes at end of csquotes.sty > * Updated configuration file csquotes.cfg > * Updated manual and tutorial i've installed this final version, overwriting the old stable and testing subdirectories; i'm just checking-in a catalogue update. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: A Visual LaTeX FAQ
by CTAN Announcements 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Scott, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: A Visual LaTeX FAQ Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /info/visualFAQ Summary description: A visual interface to the UK TeX FAQ License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Having trouble finding the answer to a LaTeX question? The Visual LaTeX FAQ is an innovative new search interface that presents over a hundred typeset samples of frequently requested document formatting. Simply click on a hyperlinked piece of text and the Visual LaTeX FAQ will send your Web browser to the appropriate page in the UK TeX FAQ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/visualFAQ . 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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New CTAN package: coverpage
by CTAN Announcements 26 Feb '06

26 Feb '06

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 Matthias Mühlich submitted the package coverpage to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/coverpage Summary description: automatic cover page creation for scientific papers (with BibTeX data and copyright notice) License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package coverpage was created to supplement scientific papers with a cover page containing bibliographical information, a copyright notice, and/or some logos of the author's institution. The cover page is created (almost) automatically; this is done by parsing BibTeX information corresponding to the main document and reading a configuration file in which the author can set information like the affiliation he or she is associated with. The cover page consists of header, body and footer; all three are macros which can be redefined using enewcommand, thus allowing easy customization of the package. Additionally, it should be stressed that the cover page layout is totally independent of the main document and its page layout (which is not the easiest thing to achieve in LaTeX). This package requires four other packages (keyval, url, textcomp, and verbatim), but all of them are standard packages and should be part of every LaTeX installation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: TeXshade v1.13
by CTAN Announcements 26 Feb '06

26 Feb '06

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Eric Beitz submitted an update ot the texshade package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/texshade/ Summary description: Update of the DNA and protein sequence alignment LaTeX package TeXshade License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a major update of the DNA and protein sequence alignment LaTeX package TeXshade. Now, sequence logos can be displayed. Further, a novel way to identify and visualize relevant, subfamily-specific sequence deviations has been implemented, i.e. subfamily logos. Numerous improvements have been made, e.g. limitations in the maximal number of sequences per alignment have been overcome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: lsc
by CTAN Announcements 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '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 ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: lsc Author's name: Bernd Westphal Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/lsc Summary description: Typesetting Live Sequence Charts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is similar to the 'msc' package in that it provides macros for typesetting a variant of sequence diagrams, in this case the Live Sequence Charts of Damm and Harel. It supports the full LSC language of the original LSC paper, the Klose-extensions for formal verification and some of the Harel-extensions for the Play-In/Play-Out approach (cf. the manual). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/lsc . 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: CMLL
by CTAN Announcements 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

A new package has just been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: CMLL Author's name: Emmanuel Beffara Location on CTAN: /fonts/cmll Summary description: Linear logic symbols for Computer Modern License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a very small font set that contain some symbols useful in linear logic and that I didn't find elsewhere. Variants are included for use with Computer Modern serif and sans-serif and with the AMS Euler series. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/cmll . 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: ctable 1.7
by CTAN Announcements 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. - ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or right aligned table and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. - replaces ctable-1.6b.tar.gz - major changes (relative to v1.6b): option captionskip to influence whitespace between caption and table option rotate is now obsolete, use the option sideways instead. The latter rotates tables: - by 90 degrees anticlockwise in onesided documents, - with their head to the fold in twosided documents. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ctable License: LPPL Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: csquotes rc1
by CTAN Announcements 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've placed `csquotes.tar.gz' in the incoming directory of the CTAN UK > node. This should go into macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/testing. > Please overwrite the old files and announce the upload as usual. > Note that this update only affects the 'testing' subdirectory. The > 'stable' subdirectory remains unchanged. - Thank you very much. > > About csquotes > > 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 in beta1: > > * Added support for UTF-8 encoded active quotes > * Modified active quotes, catcode 7 no longer allowed > * Modified delimiters, catcode 3, 4, and 7 no longer allowed > * Added value `once' to package option `babel' > > Changes in beta2: > > * Modified active quotes, catcode 8 no longer allowed > * Modified delimiters, catcode 8 no longer allowed > * Active quotes may now be defined in the document body > * Renamed RestoreQuotes to EnableQuotes > * Added DeleteQuotes > * Added ExecuteQuoteOptions > * Added new style variant for French > * Improved nesting control for active block quotes > * Ensure that delimiters are robust if they are active > > Changes in rc1: > > * Internal modifications and fixes, but no user-visible changes > * Restored and updated implementation notes at end of csquotes.sty i've installed the update, and am committing the updated catalogue entry. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: prerex
by CTAN Announcements 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: prerex-1.0 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics/prerex Summary description: macros and interactive editor for prerequisite charts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package consists of prerex.sty, a LaTeX style for producing charts of course nodes linked by arrows representing pre- and co-requisites, and prerex, an interactive program for creating and editing chart descriptions. This implementation of prerex.sty is built on pstricks; prerex is written in C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/prerex . 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: BaKoMa TeX 7.46 - TeXWord improvements.
by CTAN Announcements 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma Most noticeable improvements are: * Added panel for inserting `Martin Vogel Symbols'. * TeXWord launches BibTeX according to definition in TEXMF.INI file (like to centaur). * Insert/Index Entry (index) -- improved handling of selected text broken across lines. * Converting `figure' environment to 'floatingfigure' (floatflt.sty) or `wrapfigure' (wrapfig.sty). * Improved handling Type42 fonts in imported PDF files. 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 7.46 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.46 supports two coexisting IDE: > 1) BaKoMa TeX Word - True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor. > 2) Text Editor + DVI Viewer - Clasical 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 DVI Viewer. > 2) It is True LaTeX Editor. > It edits LaTeX source text without any import/export procedure. > It means that you can load and edit any LaTeX 2e document. > > BaKoMa TeX Word is built on top of BaKoMa TeX graphic engine and > consequently it inherits all features of BaKoMa TeX related > with import graphics, font support, and document export. > > It supports processors: > (1) Standard TeX and (2) e-TeX. > Other processors such as Omega may be added in future. > > It imports: > EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, > MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF, FIG, HPGL, and DXY. > It supports fonts: > OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, PostScript Type1 (including MM), > PostScript Type 3, and TeX PK/VF. > It exports: > DVI, PDF, SVG, PS, PNG (with HTML wrapper), and HTML (TeX4HT). > > It includes built-in PostScript interpreter accessible via DVIPS > compatible special interface that supports such macro packages as: > Prosper, PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics (psfig), draftcopy, etc. > > Most important application of BaKoMa TeX Word is > final step corrections of LaTeX papers before publishing. > > Editing Prosper's slides in WYSIWYG interface > is another impressive feature of `BaKoMa TeX Word'. > > More information about `BaKoMa TeX Word' is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/texword.html> > > Some snapshots are available at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/snapshots/> > > Root of BaKoMa TeX distributions is at: > <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission - Mem
by CTAN Announcements 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Javier Bezos submitted an update to the mem package, which contains the experimental code he's writing for Lamed (ie, LaTeX + Aleph). This is still a pre-alpha release, which is being developed as open source on SourceForge: http://mem-latex.sourceforge.net He writes: This release is still a somewhat unorganized set of files and it fixes many small bugs, as I think it's preferable to stabilize the current code before ever tackling new features. In addition: - The OCP switching mechanism has been written from scratch (and now you can trace how processes are built). Now uppercase/lowercase works too, and yo can mix, say unaccented uppercase for French and accented uppercase for Spanish. - verbatim begins to work. The problem was in the char primitive, but I've found a workaround. Unfortunately, when trying to fix char Aleph has introduced new bugs which were not present in eOmega (no workaround yet). - New examples and a few minor additions and bug fixes (eg, and d were messed up). License is LPPL. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/exptl/mem/ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package bugfix --- sudokubundle
by CTAN Announcements 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded sudokubundle.tar.gz.2 to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/sudokubundle. > > There is a minor change to the example puzzle in the manual which makes > it soluble, but no changes to any of the packages. installed, and catalogue updated to reflect new minor version number. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload: wordlike
by CTAN Announcements 19 Feb '06

19 Feb '06

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Juergen Fenn submitted the new package wordlike to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/wordlike Licence: LPPL The package consists of these files: * wordlike.ins * wordlike.dtx * README with some hints to installing the package Wordlike.sty is a simple package that may be used to simulate word processor layout: * Narrow page margins (2,5 cm) * Times/ Helvetica/ Courier fonts * ormalsize + small headings, and * sloppy typesetting (sic!) throughout are provided. The package aims at making life easier for those users who are discontent with LaTeX's standard layout settings because they need a layout that resembles the usual wordlike output. The package draws on several discussions in the de.comp.text.tex and comp.text.tex newsgroups that are referred to in the manual. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: exceltex
by CTAN Announcements 18 Feb '06

18 Feb '06

A new package has just been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: exceltex Author's name: Hans-Peter Doerr Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/exceltex Summary description: accessing Excel files from LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Exceltex is a small LaTeX package combined with a helper program written in Perl, which makes it easy to include tabulars and cells from Excel files in LaTeX documents. Exceltex' intention is it to provide a do it once and forget solution for accessing data from spreadsheet files. You don't need to sync data in LaTeX with the Spreadsheet anymore (or even copy each cell by hand - uhhhh), except that you have to press the save button of your spreadsheet application before running exceltex :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/exceltex . 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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Re: CTAN submission --- sudoku bundle
by Robin Fairbairns 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded sudokubundle.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please add the > contents to CTAN (I suggest a directory macros/latex/contrib/sudokubundle as > there is already a macros/latex/contrib/sudoku). The distribution is under > the LPPL. > > From the README > The sudoku bundle provides the printsudoku, solvesudoku and createsudoku > coordinated set of packages for typesetting, solving and creating Sudoku > puzzles. Over 50 puzzles are also supplied. > > Changes: > > printsudoku.sty v1.0 (2006/02/16) > o First public release > > solvesudoku.sty v1.0 (2006/02/16) > o First public release > > createsudoku.sty v1.0 (2006/02/16) > o First public release > > somesudoku.tex (2006/02/16) > o First public release > > NOTE > I will be away for most of the next 3 months and will be unlikely to > answer any emails concerning any of my packages or classes. Ask all > questions on the comp.text.tex newsgroup. i've installed the package and am just now checking in a catalogue entry. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: csquotes beta 2
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've placed `csquotes.tar.gz' in the incoming directory of the CTAN UK > node. This should go into macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/testing. > Please overwrite the old files and announce the upload as usual. > Note that this update only affects the 'testing' subdirectory. The > 'stable' subdirectory remains unchanged. from the catalogue: 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 in beta 1: > > * Added support for UTF-8 encoded active quotes > * Modified active quotes, catcode 7 no longer allowed > * Modified delimiters, catcode 3, 4, and 7 no longer allowed > * Added value `once' to package option `babel' > > Changes in beta 2: > > * Modified active quotes, catcode 8 no longer allowed > * Modified delimiters, catcode 8 no longer allowed > * Active quotes may now be defined in the document body > * Renamed RestoreQuotes to EnableQuotes > * Added DeleteQuotes > * Added ExecuteQuoteOptions > * Added new style variant for French > * Improved nesting control for active block quotes > * Ensure that delimiters are robust if they are active i've installed the new material, and am committing a catalogue update as i write. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: xytree
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '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: xytree Author's name: Koaunghi Un Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xytree Summary description: tree drawing package using Xy-pic License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The aim of xytree.sty is to draw linguistic syntactic trees with ease and to support hopefully sufficient functionalities, 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 package update: pdftex 1.30.6
by CTAN Announcements 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '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: pdftex 1.30.6 Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /systems/pdftex Summary description: bugfix: updated xpdf to 3.01pl2 License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The pdfTeX team is happy to announce the release of a new stable version: =========================================================================== pdfTeX 1.30.6 =========================================================================== This is the announcement of pdfTeX 1.30.6, an extended version of TeX that can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX typesetting with the help of PDF. =========================================================================== Main changes of pdfTeX 1.30.6 =========================================================================== - bugfix: updated xpdf to 3.01pl2 For complete release notes see http://www.pdftex.org/NEWS =========================================================================== Legal notice / license =========================================================================== pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2006 Han The Thanh, <thanh(a)pdftex.org> pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. For a complete README (with a full discussion of the license) please look at http://www.pdftex.org/README =========================================================================== The files / installation =========================================================================== You should first try to get a new version of pdfTeX through your distribution. If you want to compile it yourself, have a look at http://www.pdftex.org -- there you can find links to the pdfTeX sources on CTAN. And some useful documentation. =========================================================================== Mailing lists / web pages: =========================================================================== Mailing list: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex Related web pages: http://www.pdftex.org http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex/ http://www.tug.org/tex-live/ http://www.tug.org/tetex/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes http://www.dante.de/ http://tug.org/ http://www.pragma-ade.com/ Have fun! Martin Schröder (martin(a)pdftex.org) for the pdfTeX team, February 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//systems/pdftex . 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: Galician-hyphenation
by CTAN Announcements 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

New material has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Galician-hyphenation Author's name: Javier Múgica de Rivera Location on CTAN: /language/hyphenation/glhyph.tex Summary description: Hyphenation patterns for Galician License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First hyphenation file for Galician. I expect to improve it soon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation/glhyph.tex . 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: visualtex
by CTAN Announcements 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== 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: Visual TeX text editor License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Visual TeX is a free text editor that maintains most useful editing features as in MultiEdit и WinEdit. By default Visual TeX is oriented on MiKTeX system ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 package update --- mempatch (memoir class enhancements)
by CTAN Announcements 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty.v45 to UK incoming. Please use this > as a replacement for the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty > > Changes in v4.5 (2006/02/10) > o A DisemulatePackage macro to annihilate a previous EmulatedPackage > o Commands to switch trimming marks off and on > o Usual minor fixes thanks for the upload: i've installed it and updated the catalogue. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: probsoln
by CTAN Announcements 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

> The Cambridge upload daemon reported: > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: probsoln > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/probsoln/ > Summary description: generates problem sheets and their solution sheets > License type: lppl from the catalogue: The package probsoln.sty is designed for lecturers who have to generate new problem sheets for their students on a regular basis (e.g. yearly) by randomly selecting a specified number of problems defined in another file. > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > New to Version 2.01: > > *Provided means to customise the way in which randomly > selected problems are displayed. > > *Added doforrandN command (like @for but for a random subset of > the specified list.) > > *Added andom command which stores a random number in the given > range in the specified counter. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- telprint v1.6
by CTAN Announcements 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted a package called telprint to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/telprint.sty License: LPPL 1.3 Heiko writes: > telprint is a package for formatting German phone numbers. > Current version is 1.6 and is the first version that > goes to CTAN. Some previous versions were published > in de.comp.text.tex or TEX-D-L. > Unhappily most documentation is in German and remember > that this was written in my early TeX days. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: malayalam-omega
by CTAN Announcements 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Omega for Malayalam Author's name: Alex A.J. Location on CTAN: /macros/omega/latex/contrib/malayalam-omega Summary description: A package for typesetting Malayalam using Omega License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package enables typesetting in the Indian language Malayalam using Omega. UTF-8 source files are supported by this package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/omega/latex/contrib/malayalam-omega . 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: csquotes beta release
by CTAN Announcements 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've placed `csquotes.tar.gz' in the incoming directory of the CTAN UK > node. This release should go into macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. > Please purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the > upload as usual. from the catalogue: 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. The facilities include commands, environments, and user-definable `smart quotes' which dynamically adjust to their context. Quotation marks are switched automatically if quotations are nested and they can be adjusted to the current language if the babel package is available. There are additional facilities designed to cope with the more specific demands of academic writing, especially in the humanities and the social sciences. All quote styles as well as the optional active quotes are freely configurable. > Note that there are two subdirectories in the archive, stable and > testing. The stable version is essentially the one already on CTAN, > the testing directory contains a beta version for public testing. > Please keep the directory structure intact. This split is only > temporary. > > Thank you very much. > > Changes in the beta version: > > * Added support for UTF-8 encoded active quotes > * Modified active quotes, catcode 7 no longer allowed > * Modified delimiters, catcode 3, 4, and 7 no longer allowed > * Added value `once' to package option `babel' i have installed the package, and perfunctorily updated the catalogue to mention the beta release. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package --- sarabian archaic script bundle
by CTAN Announcements 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

Peter Wilson writes: > I have very belatedly uploaded sarabian.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please > install this under /fonts/archaic. The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > The sarabian bundle provides PostScript Type 1 fonts for the South Arabian > script which was in use for about 1000 years from roughly 600BC. The > original glyphs were the work of Alan Stanier. This is one of a series of > ancient scripts. > > Changes in version 1.1 (2005/11/12) > o Font supplied as Type1 instead of MetaFont. i've installed the package, and a catalogue entry is under way. thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: active-conf
by CTAN Announcements 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: active-conf Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/conferences/active-conf/ Summary description: Class for typesetting ACTIVE conference papers License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- active-conf is a class for typesetting papers for the Active conference on noise and vibration control. Initially intended for the 2006 conference in Adelaide, Australia. It is based on article with more flexible front-matter, and can be customised for future years with a header file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/conferences/active-con… . 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 upload: TOPtesi
by CTAN Announcements 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Claudio Beccari submitted a new package called toptesi to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/toptesi Summary description: Bundle of files for typsetting theses in Italy and in other countries; facilities are provided in such a way as to typset the thesis in any language supported by LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bundle contains everything is needed for typesetting a bachelor, master or PhD thesis in Italian or in any other language supported by LaTeX; the infix strings may be selected and specified at will by means of a configuration file, so as to customize the layout of the front page to the requirements of a specific university; thanks to its language management, the bundle is suited for multilanguage theses that are becoming more and more frequent thanks to the double degree programs of the European Comunity Socrates programs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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LaTeX (2005/12/01) Release Beta Test
by CTAN Announcements 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

On behalf of the LaTeX Team I'd like to announce the public beta test of the new LaTeX release (officially dated 2005/12/01). Location on CTAN: macros/latex/beta-test This directory contains four zip files: latex2e.zip tools.zip graphics.zip cyrillic.zip Documentation and installation instructions are included in the latex2e.zip archive. Problems should be reported via the normal LaTeX bug reporting mechanism at http://www.latex-project.org/bugs-upload.html Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-3dplot.tgz to the uk mirror. > > Please replace all files with the ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ > > this new version has an updated documentation and > > pst-3dplot.pro -------- > 0.22 2006-01-11 add code for left-handed coor (experimental) > > pst-3dplot.tex -------- > 1.72 2006-02-07 - allow negative direction for the 3D ellipse > - add code for left-handed coor (experimental > and not documented) pst-3dplot is a package using PSTricks to draw a large variety of graphs and plots, including 3D maths functions. Data can be read from external data files, making this package a generic tool for graphing within TeX/LaTeX, without the need for external tools. I've installed the update as requested, and updated the catalogue. Thanks for the upoad. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: RATeX
by CTAN Announcements 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 Friedrich Vosberg submitted a new package called ratex to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/rtklage Summary description: A package for German lawyers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RATeX is an aborning bundle of packages and classes provided for German lawyers. Now in the early beginning it only contains rtklage.cls, a class to make lawsuits. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN package update --- phoenician font bundle
by CTAN Announcements 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Peter Wilson writes: > Dear CTAN/Robin, > > I have uploaded archaic.tar.gz and phoenician.tar.gz to UK incoming. > > archaic.tar.gz contains some replacements for the sample files in > fonts/archaic. A new version of the phoenician bundle is in > phoenician.tar.gz. Please use this to replace the current > fonts/archaic/phoenician. > > >From the README: > The phoenician bundle provides PostScript Type1 fonts for the semitic > script in use from about 1600 BC, which formed the basis for all the world's > alphabets. This is one of a series for archaic scripts. > > Changes in version 2.2 (2006/02/05) > o Changes to the glyphs for aleph, lamed, and yod. i've installed the updates, and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: marginnote
by CTAN Announcements 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Markus Kohm submitted an update to the marginnote package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/marginnote Summary description: marginnote allows margin note, where marginpar fails License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides the command marginnote that may be used instead of marginpar at almost every place, where marginpar cannot be used, e.g. inside floats, footnotes, frames made with framed package ... ---------------------------------------------------------- Changes at version 1.0a: - Some fixes at the documentation. - marginfont is defined using providecommand ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: png2pdf-1.0.11
by CTAN Announcements 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the png2pdf package, a PNG to PDF converter. Location on CTAN: /support/png2pdf License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix in the Makefile. Corrections were applied to a cp command. It must copy files only, but should not abort the make process when finding subdirectories. So the command was changed from cp ... to -cp .... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: microtype
by CTAN Announcements 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

The package listed below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make their way to your favorite mirror. Thank you; have a nice weekend, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: microtype Author's name: R Schlicht Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/microtype Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================== Changes in version 1.9c: ------------------------ * protrusion settings for URW Garamond (ugm) * add example for context sensitive setup to the documentation * fix two minor bugs (one of them introduced in 1.9b) Changes in version 1.9b: ------------------------ * fix for possible incompatibility with the listings package * add samples of micro-typographic extensions to the documentation * beta: register extls and lsstyle commands with soul's scanner ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype . 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 upload: marginnote
by CTAN Announcements 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Markus Kohm submitted the new package marginnote to CTAN. This package provides the command marginnote that may be used instead of marginpar at almost every place, where marginpar cannot be used, e.g. inside floats, footnotes, frames made with the framed package ... Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/marginnote Summary description: marginnote allows margin note, where marginpar fails License type: lppl Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: The umlaute package v2.1
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted The umlaute package v2.1 to CTAN. This is some kind of pre-historic `inputenc' package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/umlaute/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This about-10-years-overdue update reduces the `umlaute' package to a simple loader of the `inputenc' package. (And gives an `obsolete' warning.) But the input encoding definition files `atari.def' (for ATARI ST(E)/TT/Falcon(TM)) and `roman8' (for HP-UX(TM)) are still usefull since they are missing in the LaTeX2e `inputenc' package distribution. (These 2 files have been cleaned up from the crap inside and have been adapted to the current `inputenc' package.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN update: LM Fonts for BaKoMa TeX
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma/fonts He writes: > lmodern.bkz module installs > OpenType forms of Latin Modern fonts > under BaKoMa TeX with proper configuration. > Note: PFB/AFM font files are not included > because BaKoMa TeX can use OpenType fonts > for all types of output (PDF, SVG, PS, View, Print). Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: mab2bib
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 Henning Hraban Ramm submitted a new package mab2bib to CTAN. Name of contribution: mab2bib Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/mab2bib Summary description: converter tools: MAB to BibTeX and UTF-8 to LaTeX ASCII License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Simple Python scripts to convert MAB bibliography files into BibTeX and UTF-8 encoded text files into ASCII with LaTeX codes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN upload: DIN-Brief GUI
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 Wolf-Dieter Busch submitted a new package dinbrief-gui to CTAN. Name of contribution: DIN-Brief Location on CTAN: /support/dinbrief-gui License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Graphical user interface for the TeX package dinbrief. Available as Windows executable, as Tcl/Tk script, and as Tclkit. It's small, fast, and for just writing letters, it's better-featured than any word processor! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN package update and changes to: epsf
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

The well-known epsf macros have been updated on tug.ctan.org, and these changes should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Please note the change of location. The material has moved from the single file /macros/plain/contrib/misc/epsf.tex to the directory /macros/generic/epsf , where it has been expended to include multiple files. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: epsf Author's name: Nelson Beebe Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/epsf Summary description: update of epsf.tex License type: pd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update to epsf.tex fixes a bug when epsfbox is used in the LaTeX {center} environment. General information: The epsf.tex and epsf.sty (identical) files provide for low-level typesetting of Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files, with optional suppression of the figure contents (for faster display and printing during document development), optional figure framing, and optional figure labeling. LaTeX users are cautioned that the graphicx package documented in the LaTeX Graphics Companion and LaTeX Companion (2nd ed.) books provides a much more powerful and general facility, and allows easy switching between pdf(la)tex and (la)tex without document modification. Plain TeX and AmSTeX users, however, may find epsf.tex useful. The original location for these macros is http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/epsf/. They are maintained by Nelson Beebe. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/epsf . 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: ticket
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Thomas Emmel submitted an update to the ticket package. This package provides an easy to handle interface to produce visiting cards, labels for your files, stickers, pins and other stuff for your office, conferences etc. All you need is a definition of your ticket included in a ticket definition file and the two commands icketdefault and icket. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ticket/ License type: lppl Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: europecv
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

A package update for the package described below is now in place at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: europecv Author's name: Nicola Vitacolonna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/europecv Summary description: Unofficial class for European curricula vitae License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW FEATURES: * The default input encoding used by 'europecv' is now UTF-8, but the choice can be overriden by the user (the mechanism for managing input encodings has been changed, biased towards a less efficient, but more flexible solution. Now, any input encoding can be used with any language, e.g. Greek users are not forced to use UTF-8 anymore. Moreover, the europecv directory is not cluttered with many .def files for the same language anymore) * The class now depends on the 'ucs' and 'inputenc' packages, no matter what input encoding the user selects (this is because the .def files are UTF-8 files) * A class option 'booktabs' has been added, to typeset the spoken language table according to the 'booktabs' package rules * Added a command ecvlastlanguage that works with the booktabs option * A command ecvspace has been added, to tune the position of the personal picture MINOR CHANGES * The personal picture now is typeset when ecvpersonalinfo is issued, not at the beginning of the europecv environment * Optimized eps figures. * Lots of cosmetic changes in the code and in the output * Expanded documentation. BUG FIXES * A bug that caused compilation to abort when 'notitle' was used with languages other than English has been solved (thanks to Massimo Coppola) This version is still a BETA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/europecv . 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: gentabtex
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

A new package has just been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: gentabtex Author's name: Manuel Gutierrez Algaba Location on CTAN: /support/gentabtex Summary description: Python backend easening the creation of tables License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- High layer tables rendering engine written in python. Programmatically you define the data into cells, getting a balanced table, that is, the ratio (space occupied/number of characters) in every column is the same for every column. It helps in tables with marks, checkout tables. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/gentabtex . 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: emerald
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: emerald Author's name: M. Cesar Rodriguez Location on CTAN: /fonts/emerald Summary description: Support for free emerald city fontwerks fonts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- emerald is a package which gives support for some free ECF (emerald city fontwerks, http://www.speakeasy.org/~ecf/) fonts in LaTeX. These fonts are mainly display and/or handwritten fonts. The distribution includes the Type1 fonts, all required files for using them within LaTeX and font map files for dvips and pdfTeX. File emerald.pdf shows all these fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/emerald . 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 upload: dehyphtex.tex
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 werner Lemberg submitted an update to the dehyphtex.tex file, containing hyphenation exceptions for traditional German hyphenation patterns. Location on CTAN: language/hyphenation/dehyphtex.tex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I've updated the hyphenation exception file for traditional German hyphenation patterns. There are now 3766 entries (compared to 1137 in the previous version). This file now has an LPPL copyright message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN has a new package: MFwL
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '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 ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: MFwL Author's name: Rohit Vishal Kumar Location on CTAN: /info/MFwL Summary description: Making Friends With LaTeX (Ver 1) License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Making Friends with LaTeX (MFwL) is a small presentation which i use to introduce LaTeX to students. The objective of MFwL is to introduce new comers to LaTeX and make them aware of various aspects of working with LaTeX. It covers: (i) LaTeX Advocacy (ii) LateX Document Structure (iii) Paragraph Mode and Math Mode (iv) Structuring the document (v) Creating Tables, Graphics (in very short) (vi) BibTeX (vii) Recommendations for a LaTeX system (viii) References for further reading. It's objective is not to make a person expert in using LaTeX but to get the person interested in LaTeX by making him understand the LaTeX way of working. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/MFwL . 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: dirtree
by FTP archive maintainer 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: dirtree Author's name: Jean-CÃ´me Charpentier Location on CTAN: /macro/generic/dirtree Summary description: display directory trees License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The dirtree package provides a macro to typeset directory trees like in windows explorator. dirtree works under LaTeX or Plain TeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//macro/generic/dirtree . 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 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

On Tue, 24 Jan 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The movieref macro can now be used for referencing embedded 3D objects as well as movies and sounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: mhchem bundle v3.01
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 Martin Hensel submitted version 3.01 of the mhchem bundle. Currently, the mhchem bundle consists of two packages: mhchem and rsphrase. The mhchem package provides two commands: one for typesetting chemical molecular formulae and one for typesetting chemical equations with these formulae. The rsphrase package contains the text of all official Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases that are used to label chemicals. At the time being, these phrases are available in Danish, English, French, German (current spelling), and Spanish. 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix update 2006-01-24 v3.01 mhchem bugfix: leftside ^{cmath{x}} now works properly bugfix: cmath uses standard math font (not chemical one) even in superscripts and subscripts bugfix: improved backward compatibility for version=1 rsphrase bugfix: you don't need have all hyphenations patterns installed any more bugfix: a typo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: punk-latex
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

A new package has been put onto tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: punk Author's name: Palle JÃ¸rgensen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/punk-latex Summary description: LaTeX support for the punk fonts License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is some support for using the punk fonts with LaTeX. Punk fonts are found on many tex distributions; including TeX Live 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/punk-latex . 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: pandora-latex
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pandora-latex Author's name: Palle JÃ¸rgensen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pandora-latex Summary description: pandora fonts in LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Some LaTeX support for the pandora fonts. The pandora fonts are part of many tex distributions, and it is part of the TeX Live 2005 distributiuon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pandora-latex . 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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tug.ctan.org upload: duerer-latex
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

The package described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: duerer-latex Author's name: Palle JÃ¸rgensen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/duerer-latex Summary description: LaTeX support for the duerer fonts License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- duerer fonts can be found in many TeX distributions; it is included in TeX Live 2005. This is some macros for using them with LaTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/duerer-latex . 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: apa
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

The package described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: apa.cls Author's name: Athanassios Protopapas Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/apa/ Summary description: American Psychological Association format License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update (version 1.3.2) for apa.cls, with accompanying configuration files, documentation, and examples. Changes from the previous version include multilanguage support through babel, five and six author-affiliation support, better vector support and a few minor improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/apa/ . 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: europecv
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: europecv Author's name: Nicola Vitacolonna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/europecv Summary description: Unofficial class for European curricula vitae License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This class is an unofficial LaTeX implementation of the standard model for curricula vitae (the Europass CV ) as recommended by the European Commission. Nonetheless, the class is flexible enough to be used for any kind of cv. This is a BETA version: I expect people pointing out mistakes, providing CV templates, suggest other encodings, and help me finish translating the following languages: Catalan, Maltese, Romanian. WHAT'S NEW * Added localizations for Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian. All the offical languages of the EU are now supported (plus Catalan). * Improved existing localizations. * Added option 'totpages' for printing the total number of pages, conforming to the standard model. * Added option 'utf8' to select UTF-8 Unicode input encoding (available for all languages) * Added option 'koi8-r' to select Cyrillic encoding (Bulgarian) * Item marks of itemize environment redefined to agree with the standard model (thanks to Roman Bertle) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/europecv . 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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