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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class enhancements
by Robin Fairbairns 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memfixes.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use the files in > the memfixes directory as new versions of those in > macros/latex/contrib/memoir. > > New version of the Manual Addendum > > Changes in mempatch v4.4 (2006/01/21): > o Fix for wrapped verbatims > o Fix and extension to verse typesetting > o Extra control over caption titles > o New document division level above Part, namely Book > o Fix for index page, and new control over pages after book and part > headings > o Other minor fixes > > Changes in memhfixc v1.8 (2006/01/21) > o Support for new Book document division These files are add-ons to memoir, a wide ranging class primarily designed to support book production: - the manual addendum is maintained as a separate file between major releases; - mempatch.sty holds fixes to the class itself; - memhfixc.sty smooths interfaces with the hyperref package. I have installed the updates (but the catalogue will have to wait until later today). Thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: ednotes.sty for critical editions
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jan '06

22 Jan '06

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the ednotes package. Ednotes is a macro package for typesetting scholarly critical editions. Provides macros for critical edition typesetting with LaTeX, including support for line numbers and layers of footnotes. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ednotes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New: 1. The ellipsis mechanism for long lemmas works with nested lemmas (or with different kinds of remarks to the same lemma). 2. Hyphenation of lemma word is enabled. 3. The lemma may be part of a heading sent to the table of contents. New commands RobustTestOpt and NewEdnotesCommand deal with user-defined commands with optional arguments for notes whose lemmas appear in headings sent to the table of contents (without the notes). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: The caption package v3.0i
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jan '06

22 Jan '06

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table and cooperates with many other packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release of the caption package 3.0: - otcaption rewritten, should work correctly now - Increased compatibility with the KOMA-Script classes (options parskip and parindent) - Now works correctly inside list-based environments like narrow or wide - Doc: Section about migrating from caption 1.x or caption2 2.x to caption 3.x revised (See changelog for details.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: Winfonts v1.0
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Paul, for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Winfonts v1.0 Author's name: Paul Pichaureau Location on CTAN: /fonts/winfonts Summary description: Support to the Windows core fonts License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provide all the files needed to use the standard Windows fonts in T1 encoding. The fonts supported are: Arial Franklin Gothic Tahoma Comic Sans Georgia Times Courier New Palatino Linotype Verdana And the dingbats fonts Wingding Webdings All these fonts are distributed with Windows XP. This package is especially suited for Miktex v2.4 (or higher) running on Microsoft Windows XP. It should work with other version of Windows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/winfonts . 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: NCCTOOLS
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hef{}feron ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: NCCTOOLS bundle Author's name: Alexander I Rozhenko Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ncctools Summary description: Release 3.5 License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the significant release of the bundle. The bug in the nccthm package that occasionally appears in the previous release was fixed. The addtopackage package introduced in the previous release and its AddToPackage command are renamed to afterpackage and AfterPackage respectively. New names more exactly reflect the meaning of the package. I did it because the package is a new enough and I think it is used rarely yet. In nccfloats package, the syntax of FloatStyle is expanded with optional float-type parameter. Float styles are applied now to the base floating environment also. The generic ewminifloat command is introduced. In nccsect package, SetTOCStyle and ChapterPrefixStyle commands are introduced. They are moved from ncclatex bundle. Section style creation commands ewhangsectionstyle and ewplainsectionstyle are introduced. They essentially improve the possibility of making new section styles such as sections with marginal section numbers, flushed right section headers and many others. The 'centerlast' section style is introduced. The customization of section and caption tag suffices is now allowed with sectiontagsuffix and captiontagsuffix commands. Margins of display sections can be adjusted using the adjustsectionmargins command. Compatibility with xtab package is added. Caption width can now exceed a line width. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ncctools . 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 --- verse
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded verse.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/verse. The distribution is under the LPPL. > > >From the README: > verse provides some aids for typesetting simple verse (poems). > > Changes in version 2.3 (2006/01/14) > o Fixed small hiccup in \>[...] > o Line numbers may now be set at either the left or the (more usual) right. > o Improved method for changing the font used for line numbers i've installed the package and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org upload: MPStoEPS
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

The new package described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: MPStoEPS Author's name: Troy Henderson Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/tools/mpstoeps Summary description: MetaPost -> EPS Converter License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This Perl script converts a MetaPost output file (with file extension .mps) into a self-contained (with all fonts embedded) Encapsulated PostScript file. Although MetaPost graphics are meant to be included in a TeX document, there are reasons to have them stand alone, e.g. debugging the graphics during the development processes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/tools/mpstoeps . 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: GaPFilL
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 H. Möller submitted a new package gapfill to CTAN. GaPFilL (Graphics as PostScript Filtered for LaTeX) is a method for the generation of LaTeX picture environments in a four step way: i) Construction of the desired figure with a drawing program; ii) Export as a PostScript file; iii) Application of a Perl filter program to the PostScript text; iv) Transfer of the resulting code into a LaTeX document. Location on CTAN: /graphics/gapfill Summary description: PERL filter programs for the generation of LaTeX picture environments by parsing PostScript files exported from drawing programs License type: lppl Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: natbib
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jan '06

13 Jan '06

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 Patrick Daly submitted an update to the natbib package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contributed/natbib Summary description: generalized bibliography support 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 - plainnat, unsrtnat, abbrnat. The bibliography styles produced by custom-bib are designed from the start to be compatible with natbib. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to the natbib package, adding option 'compress' complementing 'sort' and 'sort&compress', allowing compression of citations with the hyperref package (previously suppressed), and support with the citeref package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: glossary
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jan '06

12 Jan '06

Nicola Talbot has submitted an update to CTAN: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossary > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Author's email: [...] > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossary > Summary description: Create a glossary > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > *Made it easier to modify the style in which the acronyms are listed. > > *Made it easier to have multiple glossaries with different styles. > > *Minor bug fixes > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: m3D
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 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: m3D Author's name: Anthony Phan Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/m3D Summary description: m3D is another extension of plain metapost for 3 dimensional graphics. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- m3D is just another extension of plain MetaPost for 3 dimensional graphics. It may change in the future and so does not claim to be stable. But one can make already funny things with it. The best documentation is obtained by reading the file m3Dplain. One may get some ideas for designing is own 3D package, or for any other MetaPost task. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/m3D . 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: svninfo
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Achim D. Brucker submitted version 0.5 of the svninfo package. Location on CTAN: /tex/macros/latex/contrib/svninfo/ Summary description: svninfo 0.5 -- A package for accessing svn revision information License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The svninfo package is used to extract the revision and file information provided by the subversion (svn) revision control system and provides commands for accessing them within LaTeX documents. This version adds a new command svnKeyword for defining arbitrary svn keywords (e.g. $Author:$, $Date:$). Further, the support for LaTeX2HTML was removed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: spanish hyphenation patterns
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Javier Bezos submitted updates to the spanish hyphenation patterns, ie. to a) the subtree language/spanish b) the file language/hyphenation/eshyph.tex > This is an update for the Spanish hyphenation patterns > supported by the Spanish TUG CervanTeX: > > - Thanks to a list of about 750000 words and extensive > tests, wrong hyphenations have been reduced dramatically > and the number of patterns has been almost duplicated. > > - Since the Spanish Academy rules of 1999 are very vague, > incomplete and even contradictory, they had to be > completed with some traditional ones. The Academy has > published new rules in November 2005 including many of > the traditional ones employed here and therefore only > minor adjustments have been necessary. > > - Patterns for a few verbal endings are necessary, and > now the voseo forms (used in many countries of Central > and South America) have been included. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: fig2vect-1.1.3
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the fig2vect package. Location on CTAN: /support/fig2vect Summary description: Yet another Fig to vector converter License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The former EPS driver was changed into a PS/EPS driver. It can produce either PS or EPS now. The showpage and setpagedevice operators can only be used when producing PS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: IndicType1 (New CTAN package)
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Karel Piska [P{i}v{s}ka] submitted the new package indic-type1 to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /fonts/ps-type1/indic Summary description: Indic Type 1 fonts for TeX converted from public METAFONT sources License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Type 1 version of public METAFONT fonts (from CTAN) for 10 Indic scripts: Devanagari, Sanskrit, Gurmukhi/Punjabi, Bangla, Tamil, Sinhala, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tibetan. An accurate analytic conversion to outlines using the METAPOST output with subsequent optimization and autohinting with FontForge. The package contains the PFB and MAP files for 122 fonts, the copies of the TFM files have been also included to allow testing the fonts without the original packages. For font tables, proofsheet files and another information see http://www-hep.fzu.cz/~piska/indic.html. Collaboration with the (La)TeX package authors and users is welcome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst-vue3d
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I have uploaded pst-vue3d.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please put the files into the dir > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-vue3d/examples/ > > the tarzip contains two more tex|pdf examples: > - Function on a Simplex > - a surface like Gabriel's Horn i've installed the update, and updated the package's catalogue entry to draw attention to the comprehensive set of examples. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: ConTeXt distribution
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

The ConTeXt distribution has been upgraded 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: ConTeXt distribution Location on CTAN: /macros/context/current Summary description: ConTeXt Release 2006.01.09 License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded. As usual, there is an html page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes A short list of the most recently added features: * A completely new context interface: cont-fr (french) * Support modules for GNUplot graphics and Dratex * Mptopdf now supports multiple arguments on the command line. * Additional distribution archives with font metrics (cont-fnt) and third-party modules (cont-ext) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/context/current . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: labelcas
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '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: labelcas Author's name: Ulrich Diez Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/labelcas Summary description: check label-existence and fork properly License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- labelcas - check label-existence and fork properly This LaTeX2e-package provides macros eachlabelcase and lotlabelcase as a means of forking dependent on whether specific referencing-labels exist in the current document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/labelcas . 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: TengwarScript
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. I apologize for the delay; thank you for prompting me. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: TengwarScript Author's name: Ignacio Fernández Galván 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, wich should place the sign nicely with relation to the preceding signs. So, to write the word quetta in Quenya mode one would write: TquesseTacuteTtincoTTdoublerTTthreedots TengwarScribe supports several tengwar fonts which can be found in Type 1 format or easily converted, 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 . _______________________________________________ Ctan mailing list Ctan(a)dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan

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CTAN package update: NCCLATEX
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should be at your favorite mirror soon. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ===================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: NCCLATEX bundle Author's name: Alexander I Rozhenko Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ncclatex Summary description: Release 1.4 License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the major release of the bundle having many improvements. It requires the `ncctools' bundle of release 3.4. Seven new packages are introduced. Other packages and the `ncc' class are revised. The new `nccdefaults' package sets defaults for some packages from the `ncctools' bundle in correspondence with Russian polygraph. It does this without loading of packages to be modified via the AddToPackage hook. The new `ncctheorems' package specifies 8 theorem-like environments in 3 variants that were early specified in the `ncclatex' package. The same AddToPackage technique is used here. So, all these environments will be declared after the `nccthm' package is loaded. The new `nccbiblist' package introduces the biblist environment and redefines the thebibliography environment. The new `ncctitlepage' package redefines the titlepage environment in NCC-style and introduces the titlepage* environment. It also applies auto-restoration of the text area if it was changed inside these environments with the ExpandTextArea command of the `textarea' package from the `ncctools' bundle. The new `ncctitle' package is renamed from the `ncctitle.clo' file. It is made independent on the `ncc' class and can be used together with other classes. This package introduces commands for preparing a book title, abstract, and last page in rules of Russian polygraphy. The new `nccheadings' package contains definition of `headings' and `myheadings' page styles in NCC-style. The new `nccsections' package applies a customization to sectioning technique of the `nccsect' package from the `ncctools' bundle. Six customization options are allowed now with this package: newsecstyle (separate styles for a number and a text in section declaration commands), newtocstyle (separate styles for a number and a text in TOC declaration commands), chapterinline (chapter tag in line with text), chaptersection (the same as previous but no Chapter/Appendix prefix), partinline (part tag in line with text), partsection (the same as previous but no Part prefix). The `ncchdr' and `nccindex' packages are now independent on the `ncc' class. They can be used together with other classes. In the `ncclatex' package, the `minimize' option is introduced. With this option only required packages are loaded when the `ncclatex' package is used. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ncclatex . 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: NCCTOOLS
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: NCCTOOLS bundle Author's name: Alexander I Rozhenko Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ncctools Summary description: Release 3.4 License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the major release of the bundle having many improvements. Three new packages are introduced and the `nccsect' package is essentially improved. The most interest package is the `addtopackage'. It introduces the AddToPackage command applying commands after a specified package is loaded. Using it, you can specify patches, additions, and other staff that will be executed right after the respective package is loaded (or at the point where this command is applied if the respective package is already loaded). The new `topsection' package introduces the opsection command which can be used to prepare headings for standard environments such as the bibliography, table of contents, index etc. It automatically selects the respective sectioning command to prepare a heading and updates headers. This command is compatible with standard LaTeX classes and with ncc-based classes. The new `textarea' package introduces the ExpandTextArea command and related staff. This command expands the text area on headers, footers, or margins by changing page layout parameters. The RestoreTextArea command restores the original page layout parameters. In addition, the StartFromTextArea and StratFromHeaderArea commands are specified here. In the `nccsect' package, the sectionstyle declaration can be now applied to particular section levels. The aftersectionvspace allows change the vertical space skipped after a display section. Section declarations now cover all sectioning commands (in the previous version part command for book-like classes was out of scope of the package). The problem of compatibility with the `hyperref' package is solved. Many hooks are introduced for the customization purpose. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ncctools . 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: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pstricks-add to the uk mirror > > please replace the files with the ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ > > this new version 2.73 has > - renaming the setLNode and setLCNode to > psLNode and psLCNode. > - new macro psLDNode > - add missing fillstyle for psStep > - add StepType Riemann i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: C.D.P. Bundle
by CTAN Announcements 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Gustavo Mezzetti submitted an update to the C.D.P. Bundle Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cdpbundl Summary description: Business letter in the Italian style License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Release of version 0.34, which provides for better interaction with the hyperref package and has some bells and whistles added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: xcolor 2.09
by CTAN Announcements 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Uwe Kern submitted an update to the xcolor package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ Summary description: Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005/12/21 v2.09 * New features: - definecolor and color now accept space-separated color specifications, e.g., color[rgb]{1 .5 0}; - experimental `xcdraw' option extended to `pdftex' and `dvipdfm' drivers. * Changes: - test file xcolor2.tex made compatible with recent changes in `pstricks'; - test file xcolor3.tex extended; - driver test file xcolor4.tex extended to demonstrate the different frame drawing approaches; - more efficient implementation of driver-specific code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: exteps
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Happy holidays, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: exteps Author's name: Palle JÃ¸rgensen Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/exteps/ Summary description: Update of the exteps MetaPost module License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.3 of the exteps module. I have now included all of the features that I (for now) think is sufficient to use the module for all purposes. This release includes a perl script to use when handling large EPS files (Yeah, I know -- some of the idea of this module is lost by this, but it's only for /very large/ EPS files). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/exteps/ . 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: LEd
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

The package below has been updated on CTAN. Thank you for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LEd Author's name: Adam Skórczynski & Sebastian Deorowicz Location on CTAN: /support/LEd Summary description: LEd 0.43 beta License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New features and fixed bugs in this release: - preliminary version of English help file, - toolbar with additional compilation commands: MetaPost, METAFONT, BibTeX, users commands, - French resources (thanks to Olivier Devineau), - scrolling the DVI page to the special position, - definition of users keywords and hints is available, - Ctrl+Space shortcut inserts a tilde now, - configuration of code-completion, - Italian spellchecking dictionary, - fix: double-click problem, - fix: PageDown and PageUp problem, - fix: parsing source files, - fix: code-folding problem, - fix: some small bugs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/LEd . 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: ant 0.7
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Achim Blumensath submitted an update to the ant package. ant is a typesetting system inspired by TeX. It does not aim at complete compatibility with TeX but focuses instead on a flexible, clean, and modular design. Location on CTAN: /systems/ant Summary description: ant is not TeX. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm pleased to announce the release of ant version 0.7. The archive can be found at http://ant.berlios.de ant is a typesetting system inspired by TeX. It does not aim at complete compatibility with TeX but focuses instead on a flexible, clean, and modular design. New in this release are: o improved h&j algorithms (better ligature handling, river detection) o improved OpenType support o improved PDF generator ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package upload: pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the ones in > > /graphics/pstricks/doc > /graphics/pstricks/latex > /graphics/pstricks/generic > > pstricks.tex has its own color handling, which makes > it difficult to support packages like color or the > extended xcolor. These new versions of pstricks.sty > and pstricks.tex fix some known problems. > > The old package pstcol.sty is obsolete and > shouldn't be used anymore. > For more information read the file > /doc/pstnews1-14.pdf thanks for the upload; i've installed all the files on the archive, and updated the catalogue (including a pointer to the new pstnews file). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the ones in > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func > > ..... pst-func.tex > 0.43 2005-12-19 new macro psSi for the integral sin Si(x) > and si(x)=Si(x)-pi/2 > and Ci(x),ci(x) the integral cosin > > ..... pst-func.pro > 0.05 2005-12-19 new subroutine Si and si for the integral sin > new subroutine for the integral cosin > new subroutine factorial (recursive) i've updated the files on the archive, and noted the version number in the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: fouriernc
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should be winging its way to your favorite mirror even now. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: fouriernc Author's name: Michael Zedler Location on CTAN: /fonts/fouriernc Summary description: Add-on to the Fourier package that substitutes NC-Schoolbook for Utopia License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a LaTeX math font setup that substitutes NC-Schoolbook for Utopia in the Fourier package . In order to use it you need to have the Fourier-GUTenberg fonts installed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/fouriernc . 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: showframe 0.1g
by CTAN Announcements 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the eso-pic package, namely version 0.1g of showframe.sty. pacakge Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/eso-pic/ Summary description: Small correction. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Draws visible frames for the text and margin area, and lines for the head and foot to check layout in detail. This new version adds the missing check of @mparswitch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: arXivBib
by CTAN Announcements 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

John Forkosh writes: > I've uploaded ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/arxivbib.zip , > which is a new package. > > As per your README.uploads instructions... > + what you've uploaded > arxivbib.zip > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > support/arxivbib > (also, please unzip arxivbib.zip README > and place that README file alongside > arxivbib.zip in the arxivbib directory) > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > GNU GPL > + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > o arXivBib, licensed under the gpl, retrieves > abstract pages from arXiv.org and reformats > them as BibTeX entries. It saves lots of > typing if you have many such references to cite, > but isn't worth the trouble if you only have a few. > o please see > http://www.forkosh.com/arxivbib.html > for a more complete discussion (arxivbib.html > is also included in the arxivbib.zip file) i've installed the new stuff as requested, and updated the catalogue. users may browse the new package at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/arxivbib/ (there's just the README and the .zip file containing the whole package). thanks, john, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: sphyphb
by CTAN Announcements 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: sphyphb Author's name: Rodrigo Medina Location on CTAN: language/spanish/nonstandard/sphyphb Summary description: Experimental Spanish hyphenation patterns License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyphenation patterns for spanish, following RAE 1999. Only phonetic rules are used. It is believed that it gives the right hyphenation of all Spanish words, but extensive test is needed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/spanish/nonstandard/sphyphb/ . 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 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If the same media file is included several times, its file contents will now be embedded only once into the resulting PDF, reducing the size of the latter. Things like EveryShipout{ includemovie[autoplay]{0pt}{0pt}{pagesound.mp3} } can now be done without blowing up the PDF file too much. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace or save all files in the directtories > of CTAN/graphics/pstricks/ > > this is a minor bugfix version: > > pstricks.sty : v0.30 drop support of pstcol.sty > pstricks.tex : v1.13 make the star version of psdot available > > pstcol.sty : v1.20 the replacement for the file > CTAN/macros/latex/required/graphics/pstcol.dtx > it now does only a usepackage[noxcolor]{pstricks} > > pst-text.pro : v1.00 enable writing of 16bit japanese characters i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. users may inspect the files at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks (the files are actually in subdirectories generic, latex and dvips); users may download the whole bundle via: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks.zip (note that the zip file omits the enormous graphics/pstricks/contrib tree). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: hep ... plus package upgrade: hepunits
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Andy Buckley has provided a new package hep: The hep package is a relatively thin wrapper package on a variety of packages useful for typesetting high-energy physics documents. It is aimed at HEP users who just want to write papers without having to worry about which packages to include. hep includes a useful minimal set of packages by default, with more specialist ones being available via package options. he's also provided an update of his package hepunits: Changes include the addition of proper documentation, much improved options handling and a new option to stop the package from polluting the macro namespace for people who are picky about such things. i've installed both the new and the upgraded packages at cambridge, and updated the catalogue for each. view the packages at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hep http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepunits or download from: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hep.zip http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepunits.zip thanks, andy, for the new package. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: BaKoMa TeX 7.44 - TeXWord - handling multi-file documents.
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Basil Malyshev submitted an update to the bakoma package. Location on CTAN: systems/win32/bakoma License: shareware > Most noticeable improvements are: > > * Improved support of multi-file LaTeX documents. > It includes: handling files in subdirectories (include{foo/foo.tex}),<br> > improved caret moving between source files, selection, fixing related bugs, etc. > * 'Window|Show Outline' (new option) > Provides quick way to hide/show document outline window by using > keyboard shortcut (Alt+W O)<br> > * Improved diagnostic in case of loading document which use > document class not available in current latex setup. > > 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 7.44 ------------------ > > BaKoMa TeX 7.44 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 update: fig2vect
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the fig2vect package. Location on CTAN: /support/fig2vect Summary description: Yet another Fig to vector converter, version 1.1.2 License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I was notified that the use of %!PS-Adobe-x.0 EPSF-x.0 is not allowed if the setpagedevice operator is used. So if you use the configuration setting ps setpagedevice = yes the EPS output is simply started using %!PS-Adobe-x.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: stubs
by CTAN Announcements 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to the mirror that you like the best. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: stubs Author's name: Norbert Stuhrmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/stubs Summary description: Creating stubs with contact information (e.g. for sale offers). License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a macro which prints a line of stubs at the bottom of the page, e.g. for contact informations within sale offers. -- version 0.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/stubs . 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 replacements: lucida, lucidabr
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

Karl Berry writes: > The lucida (fonts/metrics/bh/lucida) and > lucidabr (macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/lucidabr) packages have been > updated on CTAN. > > The lucida package contains font metrics for Lucida, but no actual > outlines (such as .pfb files). The outlines must be purchased > separately. The metrics have been updated by Walter Schmidt; see > technical details below. > > The lucidabr package contains basic LaTeX macro support for Lucida under > the NFSS (New Font Selection Scheme). Only documentation has been > updated; the actual LaTeX support is unchanged. lucidabr is now > maintained by TUG, via volunteers Morten Hoegholm and Karl Berry. > > TUG will be making a separate announcement about availability of the > fonts. > > For more information, questions, and bug reports, see information and > mailing list at http://tug.org/lucida. > > -- > > Technical details for the lucida metrics update: > > 2005-09-15 > > Font family hlhj with oldstyle figures added. > Documentation (doc/fonts/lucida/lucida.txt) updated > accordingly. > > 2005-08-24 > > Changed directory layout: > Metrics, VFs and Type1 fonts are no longer spread over > several directories each, and the documentation resides in > <texmf>/doc/fonts /lucida now. Thus, all bottom-level > directories have the name lucida (which works well with > TeX Live, although it is not required by the TDS.) > > The font map files lucidabr.map and lumath.map have been > concatenated to one single file named lucida.map; and > there is only one single map file lucida.ali for VTeX, > too. > > Map files using standard (Karl Berry style) names for > the Type1 font files have been abolished, since both > MikTeX and TeX Live seem to prefer the original file > names. > (Note, however, that all tfm and vf files carry _standard_ > names, because the original names would not be able to > distinguish between LY1, T1 and TS1 encoding.) > > exteuro is now provided in _all_ TS1-encoded fonts; when > there is no such character in the physical Type1 font, it > is faked. > > Improved Polish diacritics and dj in most virtual fonts. > > Revised VFs and metrics of the smallcaps fonts hlhbc8t and > hlhrc8t to fix a minor bug regarding the size of the > hungarumlaut accent. > > Oldstyle figures from the Lucida Calligraphy-Italic fonts > are made available also for the italic shape of the Lucida > Bright family. > > Revised documentation; in particular, the API provided by > the fd files to scale the fonts (DeclareLucidaFontShape) > is now documented. > > The Lucida typeface family was designed by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes. > (R) Lucida is a trademark of Bigelow & Holmes Inc. > registered in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and other > jurisdictions. i have installed the both sets of files at cambridge, and pushed the results out to the other ctans (and hence to mirrors). at the same time, i have deleted the (very) old metrics on ctan at fonts/lucida the new files may be viewed at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/metrics/bh/lucida/ (metrics, etc.) http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/lucidabr/ (macros, etc.) and users may download them from: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/metrics/bh/lucida.zip (metrics, etc.) http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/lucidabr.zip (macros, etc.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: MetaUML
by CTAN Announcements 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

The new package described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== 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: MetaUML: a MetaPost library for typesetting UML diagrams License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaUML is a GNU/GPL MetaPost library for typesetting UML diagrams. It offers (partial) support for UML class diagrams, use case diagrams, state machine diagrams and activity diagrams. Additional information can be found on the project's site: 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 package upgrade: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Herbert Voss wrote (yesterday): > I have uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func > > This new version has > > ..... pst-func.tex > 0.42 2005-12-09 new macro psGaussI for the integral of the Gaussian > curve > use mue as option name instead of xShift (psGauss} > > ..... pst-func.pro > 0.04 2005-12-05 new subroutine Simpson for the integral of Gaussian curve i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload, and sorry about the delay. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: fontch
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

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: fontch Author's name: Rodrigo Medina Location on CTAN: /macros/plain/contrib/fontch/ Summary description: Macros for changing fonts and sizes in plain TeX. T1 support License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The fontch macros allow to change font size and family in any place of a plain TeX document. Sizes of 8, 10, 12, 14, 20 and 24 points are available. A sans serif family (sf) is defined in addition to the families already defined in plain TeX. Optional support for Latin Modern T1 and TS1 fonts is given. There are macros for non-latin1 letters and for most TS1 symbols. Math mode always uses CM fonts. A command for producing doubled-spaced documents is also provided. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/fontch/ . 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: microtype
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org (after a delay caused by me) and will soon appear at the mirror you like the best. Thank you for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== 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 1.9a: -------------------------- * Defer setup until the end of the preamble; consequently, no need to change font defaults before loading microtype, or to put it the other way round, microtype may now be loaded at any time * Inside the preamble, microtypesetup accepts all package options * Protrusion settings for T5 encoded Charter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 package update: Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX and pdfLaTeX
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX and pdfLaTeX Author's name: Keith Reckdahl Author's email: epslatex(a)yahoo.com Location on CTAN: /info/epslatex/english/ Summary description: Documentation on using graphics in LaTeX Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A (much needed) update to Keith Reckdahl's Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX and pdfLaTeX has been uploaded to CTAN. The new version (Version 3.0) has been updated for pdfLaTeX, and the latest versions of the caption and subfigure packages. The document describes EPS and other graphics formats, graphics software, the commands needed to import graphics, alignment of imported graphics, many topics related to Figure environments (including customizing captions, creating side-by-side figures and subfigures). Emails with bug reports, suggestions, etc should be sent to epslatex at yahoo dot com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/epslatex/english/ . 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: powerdot v1.3
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Hendri Adriaens submitted an update to the powerdot package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/powerdot/distrib License: LPPL Powerdot is a presentation class for LaTeX that allows for the quick and easy development of professional presentations. It comes with many tools that enhance presentations and aid the presenter. Examples are automatic overlays, personal notes and a handout mode. To view a presentation, DVI, PS or PDF output can be used. A powerful template system is available to easily develop new styles. A LyX layout file is provided. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > powerdot v1.3: > > We added a lot of new styles and features to the class. Some of the > most prominent new features are: > > 1) palettes: change the color setup of a style easily. Almost all > styles have been equiped with several different palettes so you can > change the presentation according to your mood of the day without > changing the overall design. And if you don't like the predefined > palettes, you can easily define one yourself in the preamble of your > presentation and use that. > > 2) slide processing methods: we have added two slide processing > methods that make it a lot easier to include verbatim material (like > listings) on slides. > > 3) clock: you can have a running digital clock on slides so that you > can easily keep track of time during the presentation. > > 4) random dots: this is a feature that can be used to make every > presentation a little bit different. It places random dots, circles or > squares or other shapes on slides. Colors from the color palettes will > be used to color the dots and a lot of parameters can be adjusted > according to your wishes: the maximum size of the dots, the area to > use for the dots, the brightness, etcetera. > > Below is a full list of changes: > > Added horatio, paintings, klope, jefka and pazik styles > Added clock feature > Added examples and example file > Added logo feature > Added optional argument to maketitle > Added palettes feature > Added palettes to default, fyma and sailor styles > Added possibility to create horizontal table of contents > Added randomdots feature > Added two slide processing methods to do verbatim on slides easily > Cleaned up options > Improved figure and table handling > Revised docs > Solved some small bugs > Updated all styles > Updated LYX example and information _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update --- fonttable
by CTAN Announcements 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded fonttable.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/fonttable. > > >From the README: > The fonttable package enables you to print tables (full and partial) of > the characters in a font, and/or some example text. > > Changes in version 1.0a (2005/12/06) > o Fixed bug preventing multiple unnumbered tables. i have installed the new version as requested, and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. users may browse the new version of the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fonttable/ or download it from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fonttable.zip Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: csquotes 3.2
by CTAN Announcements 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've placed `csquotes.tar.gz' in the incoming directory of the CTAN UK > node. This is a maintenance update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. > Please purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the > upload as usual. > > CHANGES > > * Added quote style for Spanish > * Fixed bug in hyperref interface i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue. users may browse the package at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ or download from: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes.zip thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package --- fonttable
by CTAN Announcements 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded fonttable.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please put this into > macros/latex/contrib/fonttable or where you consider suitable. The > distiribution is under the LPPL. > > > >From the README > The fonttable package enables you to print tables (full and partial) of > the characters in a font, and/or some example text. > > (As far as I am aware all the other font table printers are interactive > stand-alone TeX documents. This is a package so it can be used in any LaTeX > document.) i've installed the new package, and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload: it's really pretty surprising that of all the myriad font-table programs, there has (as far as i can tell) never been one designed to use as a package, until now. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New/revised CTAN packages --- B1 encoding and Artificial Uncial script
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded b1encoding.tar.gz and auncial.tar.gz to UK incoming. > These are under the LPPL. > > I leave it up to your judgement where they might go on CTAN. see below. > The auncial file contains a PostScript Type1 font of the Artificial > Uncial bookhand, plus supporting packages. (MetaFont code is buried inside > but unused). The Type1 was generated from original MetaFont sources extended > to cover 253 characters. > > Because the bookhands (used between the 1st and 16th centuries for > manuscripts) typically have a somewhat different character set to modern > fonts I created a new encoding for them which I have called B1 (for > Bookhands, and mainly similar to the regular T1 encoding). The encoding > files are in b1encoding.tar.gz. > > There is an existing (short) MetaFont version of Artificial Uncial on > CTAN in fonts/bookhands/auncial. > > The Type1 version and the B1 encoding are new endeavours --- they work > on my system but I don't know about anyone else being able to use them. I > think that it would be a reasonable idea to keep the present > bookhands/auncial and put the new stuff somewhere else (under the bookhands > directory?) so that others can try the fonts before coming to any final > decisions. Particularly, is the B1 encoding a good way to go? after some discussion, i understand that while the new version of auncial is intended as a replacement for the existing one, Peter would rather it stood on its own while potential users evaluate it. i have also discussed the proposed B1 encoding within the latex project, and we have agreed that there's no point in opposing it (its structure fits the stated requirements for latex-compatible encodings). i have therefore installed b1encoding for review at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/b1encoding/ and for download from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/b1encoding.zip and the new auncial font set for review at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/auncial-new/ and for download from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/auncial-new.zip we do of course anticipate that fonts/auncial-new will ultimately take the place of fonts/bookhands/auncial i have created a catalogue entry for b1encoding, and and entry for auncial-new is still in preparation. thanks, peter, for the uploads. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: nddiss
by CTAN Announcements 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

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: nddiss Author's name: Sameer Vijay Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/nddiss Summary description: University of Notre Dame's Dissertation format class file License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This class file conforms to the requirements of the Graduate school of the University of Notre Dame, for using with LaTeX to be used for formatting the theses and dissertations. This release is version 3.0 dated 2005.07.27. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nddiss . 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: flacards
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

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: flacards Author's name: Norbert Stuhrmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/flacards Summary description: Class for flashcards License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Class for typesetting flashcards. It will produce several user-defined cards per page with front- and backside. You can put associated pieces of information on each side like vocabularies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/flacards . 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: har2nat
by CTAN Announcements 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Bas Straathof writes: > Name of contribution: har2nat > Author's name: Bas Straathof > Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib > Summary description: Redefines harvard citation commands for use > with natbib package. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This small package allows a LaTeX document containing the citation > commands provided by the Harvard package (Peter Williams and > Thorsten Schnier) to be compiled using the natbib package (Patrick > W. Daly). Migration from harvard to natbib thus can be achieved > simply by replacing > > usepackage{harvard} > > with > > usepackage{natbib} > usepackage{har2nat} > > ---IMPORTANT--- > har2nat must not be loaded before the natbib package as it redefines > the natbib commands cite and citeyear. All other natbib commands > remain unchanged and can be used alongside the Harvard commands. i have installed the package and created a new catalogue entry. thanks for the upload. users may view the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/har2nat/ or download it as a whole from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/har2nat.zip Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: substr package
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Harald Harders submitted an update to the substr package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/substr License: LPPL >From the README: This package provides commands to deal with substrings in strings: Determine if a string contains a substring, count appearances of a substring in a string. ChangeLog: 2005/11/29 v1.1 Harald Harders - Add IfBeforeSubStringEmpty and IfBehindSubStringEmpty. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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UK TeX FAQ, v3.15 installed
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

I've just installed a new version of the UK TeX FAQ as an interactive entity on the web: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq and as sources on CTAN: http://www.tex.ac.uk/help/uk-tex-faq/ There are now 396 questions answered in the FAQ, but the total number available is mostly limited by my spare time and energy. Those with an urge to submit suggestions for questions (preferably with answers) are urged to do so. Those who find something in the FAQ plain wrong (or merely confusing) are equally urged to do so. Details of such submissions (including an Email address) are to be found in http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=newans (which includes an email address in one of its URLs). Details of changes made are appended below. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team ============================================================================== Changes in version 3.15 These are changes from 3.14, as at the first submission of the new version to the web. New answers: Label brkinline: line breaking in in-line maths Label errparnum: illegal parameter number error Label etex: describe e-TeX as a thing in its own right Label fllost: LaTeX floats lost error Label formbiblabel: jiffy on formatting numeric labels in bibliography Label gethelp: basic getting help answer Label ltxhash: defining latex commands within other commands Label maillists*: the other (La)TeX mailing lists Label srchpdf: searching PDF files with non-ASCII characters Label tutorials*: replaces tutorial, with a bunch of links to other answers: man-tex: introductory manuals for Plain TeX man-latex: introductory manuals for LaTeX tutbitslatex: tutorials covering small areas of (mostly) latex ref-doc: reference documents typo-style: typographic style Label varwidcol: variable-width columns in tabulars (using varwidth.sty) Answers removed: Label maillists: replaced by gethelp and maillists* Label NTS: the project is no longer (visibly) active, and e-TeX has entered the mainstream; see above about e-TeX Label tutorials: replaced by tutorials* and its dependents Revised answers: Label [several]: replace references to label NTS Label atsigns: rewrite for new companion, use example from there Label bold-extras: mention luximono font Label breaklinks: cover toc/lof/lot issues, describe where there's no hope Label eplain: revised with input from new maintainer Label fancyhdr: editorial work Label noans: statement of what happens to questions to new faq mail address Label nohyph: correct definition of hyph (!) Label overfull: clarify emergencystretch, discuss microtype package Label psfchoice: reinstate Lucida with pointer to upcoming sale site Label seccntfmt: mention @ commands Label slidecls: mention powerdot Label TeXsystems: mention TeXlive Mac distribution Label type1T1: editorial work Presentation: A serious problem with question cross-references in the PDF version has been mended. The tutorials section has been split into more manageable (and hopefully useful chunks (see above). The address for proposals for FAQ improvement has changed; the steady stream of requests for help, to the old address, from people who hadn't even read the FAQ, became too much for me. I have removed my name and address everywhere it appears in the FAQ; this follows the strong perception that I am widely despised on the texhax list, and is done in the hope that these people won't be put off using the FAQ as a result. Coming up: I have a far more efficient CGI engine for serving answers to the web: its output still needs tuning and more testing is needed before release. I am investigating mechanisms whereby I can point to the CTAN catalogue from FAQ answers. I feel I can write fuller descriptions of individual packages in the catalogue than I can in the FAQ; moreover, the catalogue has links to on-line documentation, which has always been a problem for FAQ readers.

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

The package described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeXPiX Author's name: N.J.H.M. van Beurden Location on CTAN: systems/win32/latexpix Summary description: As is License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The CTAN 20 version of LaTeXPiX is available. Changes are: * When opening or merging files when canvas is zoomed in, the drawing was incorrectly loaded. Bug reported by Robert Rutten. * When no objects are selected, dragging the when holding the left mouse button enables selecting of multiple objects. Idea came from Robert Rutten. * Added more information and exception handling when the Windows registry cannot be read/written. Thanks to Keith Mellinger for testing. * Renamed Generate Registration Request Number to Register and changed register procedure to name and key only (no registry file will be sent anymore). * Stripped ebb.exe from the style installer. * Version 1.1 of latexpix.sty now in the style installer (changed legal information). * Object resizing with fixed aspect ratio went had a bug. * Undo data now created when moving or resizing objects. Also the program could crash when an object is selected and undone. * Browsing through object shortcut key moved from CTRL+5 to CTRL+TAB. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: xcolor 2.08
by CTAN Announcements 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 Uwe Kern submitted an update to the xcolor package. This package pProvides easy driver-independent access to several kinds of color tints, shades, tones, and mixes of arbitrary colors. It allows a user to select a document-wide target color model and offers complete tools for conversion between eight color models. Additionally, there is a command for alternating row colors plus repeated non-aligned material (like horizontal lines) in tables. Colors can be mixed like color{red!30!green!40!blue}. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005/11/25 v2.08 * New features: - more flexibility for fcolorbox arguments, e.g., fcolorbox[gray]{0.5}[wave]{580}{test}; - oxframe returns a frame of given dimensions; - new implementation of f(rame)box and fcolorbox as an extension of bug report latex/3655 to reduce pixel positioning errors in output devices; - `kernelfbox' option for those who prefer the previous f(rame)box approach; - experimental `xcdraw' option uses PostScript commands to draw frames and color boxes in case of `dvips'. * Bugfixes: - insufficient expression type detection within colorlet; - wrong calculation in the unit interval reduction for negative integers (affecting color series and extended color expressions). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-3dplot.tgz to the uk mirror. > > please replace all files with the existing ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst3d-plot/ > > pst-3dplot is a PSTricks related package for 3d objects, > data and mathematical functions. > > this new version has: > > pst-3dplot.pro -------- > 0.21 2005-10-10 add PS-code for 3D sphere > > > pst-3dplot.tex -------- > 1.71 2005-11-27 - latest xcolor needs ...={[cmyk]{.3,.4,.1,0}} > - fix a bug with Dx > - new macro for pstThreeDSphere which needs no > package pst-vue3d > - fixes a bug with pst@tempa thanks for that. i've installed the new files and pushed them out to the other ctan sites. i've also updated the catalogue. users may browse the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot (the doc/ subdirectory has also been updated). users may download the whole package from: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. > > this new version 2.72 > - fixes a bug in psgraph > - has a new macro for drawing a step function for the lower > and upper sums of mathematical functions i have installed the new version and pushed it to the other ctan nodes; i've also updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. archive users may review the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add or download it from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add.zip Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: KOMA-Script
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, the KOMA-Script team submitted an update to the koma-script package. Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script, a versatile LaTeX2e bundle License type: other Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the November '05 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle. -------------------------------------------------------- What is KOMA-Script -------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to the standard LaTeX2e classes. KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities in order to provide the user an almost complete working environment. -------------------------------------------------------- Versions of classes and packages at this release: -------------------------------------------------------- scrartcl.cls 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrbook.cls 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrreprt.cls 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrlttr2.cls 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) scrtime.sty 2005/02/07 v1.1n scrdate.sty 2005/02/07 v1.1n scrpage2.sty 2005/08/31 v2.2b typearea.sty 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrlfile.sty 2005/08/23 v2.9u scrpage.sty 2001/06/22 v1.3c (obsolete) scraddr.sty 2002/06/02 v1.1b -------------------------------------------------------- What is new in this KOMA-Script release -------------------------------------------------------- Bugfixes: - scrpage2: options ilines and olines fixed at oneside - classes: addmargin and addmargin* fixed - typearea: good linewidth calculation for very large fonts improved - scrlttr2: immidiate language activiation with ngerman-package fixed - scrbook, scrreprt, scrartcl: caption fixed New: - scrlttr2: fistfootvpos default changed with version=last - scrlttr2, scrtime: support for finnish - scrlttr2: support for italian improved Manuals: - The german manual scrguide.pdf was optimized for screen. NOTE: This pdf was not made from the scrguide-sources at subdirectory scrguide. This will be changed some day. -------------------------------------------------------- Distributors note: -------------------------------------------------------- Removing any of the files of the distribution made by the KOMA-Script maintainers prevents the users from using the provided makefile mentioned at the installation documentation: INSTALL.TXT or INSTALLD.TXT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: xkeyval v2.5e and pst-xkey 1.6
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Hendri Adriaens submitted an update to the xkeyval and pst-xkey packages. The xkeyval package is an extension of the keyval package and offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys. The pst-xkey package is an adaptation of the techniques of xkeyval to the needs of the family of packages associated with pstricks, so that those packages can safely, and with relative ease, use key-value syntax in their commands. Changes: 1) updated docs 2) added ignorespaces to psset Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval License: LPPL Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update --- memoir class updates
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

Peter Wilson writes: > > I have uploaded files mempatch.sty and memmanadd.pdf to UK incoming. > > Please use these to replace the ones currently in > > macros/latex/contrib/memoir. > > > > Changes in mempatch v4.2 (2005/11/22) > > o minor bug and typo fixes > > o methods for inserting code when inputting files i've installed the two files, refreshed the archive copies and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. users may browse the new versions at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ and download the entire package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.zip Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: flowfram
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

Nicola Talbot writes, via the upload daemon: > Name of contribution: flowfram > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/flowfram > Summary description: Create text frames for posters, brochures or magazines > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frames can now be rotated. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the revised package as requested, and upgraded the catalogue entry. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: The AcroTeX eDucation Bundle
by CTAN Announcements 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

D. P. Story writes (via tug.ctan.org's upload page): > Name of contribution: The AcroTeX eDucation Bundle > Author's name: D. P. Story > Author's email: dpstory(a)uakron.edu, dpstory(a)acrotex.net > Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/acrotex/ > Summary description: AcroTeX eDucation Bundle Update > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The AeB is a collection of LaTeX packages and demo files that can be > used to create online tutorials and quizzes in PDF. > > Home page of AcroTeX is http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/webeq.html > > and in the future it will be > > http://www.acrotex.net after some discussion with prof. story, i've placed the new version in a new macros/latex/contrib/acrotex directory -- the old location, macros/latex/contrib/webeq is to be retired. the files are already present at cam.ctan.org, and will soon be available at the other ctan sites. the revised catalogue entry is going to take me a while yet. we are, as always, grateful for the upload. to browse the new version, go to http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/acrotex/ to download the complete package http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/acrotex.zip Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: Ibycus-Babel interface, version 3.0
by CTAN Announcements 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Walter Schmidt submitted an update to the Ibycus-Babel interface package. Location on CTAN: fonts/greek/package-babel/ibycus-babel/ License: lppl > This is version 3.0 of the Ibycus-Babel interface, a set of files > to enable the use of Ibycus-encoded Greek fonts with Babel. > > What's new in version 3.0 ? > > * Alternative typefaces with Ibycus encoding are supported > now, beside the original Ibycus fonts by P. MacKay. > This affects primarily the future TeX adaption of the > MinionPro fonts. > > * The hyphenation patterns (file ibyhyph.tex) were corrected > to fix a bug regarding the use of lunate sigmas. > > * The macro code includes a workaround for babel/3796. > > * The installation instructions (file install.txt) have been > merged into the file README. (Please delete the existing > install.txt from CTAN.) Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: polytable 0.8.2
by CTAN Announcements 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Andres Loeh submitted an update to the polytable package. This package implements a variant of tabular-like environments where columns can be given a name and entries can flexibly be placed between arbitrary columns. Complex alignment-based layouts, for example for program code, are possible. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/polytable Summary description: tabular-like environments with named columns License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version 0.8.2 replaces the old one. It implements a more concise user interface and fixes some bugs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: movie15
by CTAN Announcements 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the movie15 package. This package defines includemovie with PDF-1.5 compatibility. Option 'autoplay' causes the media clip to be started right after the page has loaded. This is useful for side by side movie clips to be played back synchronously. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/movie15/ Summary description: multimedia inclusion package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a maintenance release with minor changes to implementation and documentation. Option `playerid' has been added to the inclusion macro. It forces a particular player plugin to be used instead of the default one. This can be useful in cases, where the default player is buggy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: LaTeX support for Adobe MinionPro
by CTAN Announcements 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Achim Blumensath submitted a new package minionpro to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /fonts/MinionPro Summary description: LaTeX support for Adobe MinionPro License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides support for the MinionPro font from Adobe. We provide a wide range of encodings and variants, including greek, cyrillic, four figure versions, and math alphabets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package updated --- memhfixc.sty (memoir/hyperref fixes)
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memhfixc.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memhfixc.sty. > > The memhfixc attempts to make the hyperref package work with the memoir > class. > > Changes in version 1.7 (2005/11/15) > o (Hopefully) Resolved hyperref destination problem with continued captions > o (Hopefully) Resolved hyperref destination problem with side captions thanks for the upload; i've installed it and pushed it to the other archives. the new version may be viewed at/downloaded from http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memhfixc.sty thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: PGF and TikZ version 1.01
by CTAN Announcements 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Till Tantau submitted an update to the pgf package. PGF is a macro package for creating graphics directly in TeX and LaTeX. Its usage is similar to pstricks and the standard picture environment. Unlike pstricks, it produces both PostScript and PDF output and works together with latex, dvips, pdftex, and pdflatex. PGF is used extensively with beamer for production of presentations. This version is a bugfix version. Version 1.01 of pgf/TikZ: - Added textures support. - Added text opacity option. - Fixed bug in pgfbasesnakes.code.tex causing lot's of 'missing = in nullfont' message in log file. - Fixed bug that made plain tex mode unusable. - Fixed missing pgfsys-vtex.def in FILES. - Fixed wrong box placements in compatibility mode. - Fixed SVG support to create legal xml. - Moved documentation to doc/generic/pgf. Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: mentis v1.4
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Georg Verweyen submitted an update to the mentis package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mentis/ Summary description: Update for the mentis-class that will basically reduce silly warnings. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor update for mentis.cls -- a class for publishing at mentis, Paderborn Germany and maybe a blueprint for a humanities book class. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: fig2vect 1.1.1
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the fig2vect package. The fig2vect program converts figures from jFig, XFig and WinFig to MetaPost, EPS, PDF, TeX and SVG. Location on CTAN: /support/fig2vect Summary description: Yet another Fig to vector converter License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix: Previous versions of fig2vect cut the wrong end of an arc if only one arrowhead was attached to the arc. This is fixed now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: exteps
by CTAN Announcements 14 Nov '05

14 Nov '05

The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the update, Jim ==================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: exteps Author's name: Palle JÃ¸rgensen Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/exteps/ Summary description: Update -- including adding advanced clipping of the EPS picture License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.2 of the exteps module for MetaPost. exteps is a module for inclusion of external EPS figures into MetaPost figures. It is written solely in MetaPost, and whence does not require any post processing of the MetaPost output. Changes: I have eliminated the 'showpage' issue, and I have added the possibility advanced clipping of the EPS picture. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/exteps/ . 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: xcolor 2.07
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '05

13 Nov '05

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 Uwe Kern submitted an update of the xcolor package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ Summary description: Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005/11/12 v2.07 * New features: - color model `Hsb' allows to specify hue in degrees; - color model `tHsb' (`tuned Hsb') for user-defined hue configuration on color wheels; - easy generation of color harmonies derived from `Hsb' or `tHsb' color wheels, e.g., color{red>wheel,1,12} yields an `analogous' color to `red' on a 12-spoke wheel; - additional 317 predefined color names according to rgb.txt, which is part of Unix/X11 distributions; - `svgnames' option extended by 4 colors taken from rgb.txt; - enhanced syntax for immediate conversion, e.g., definecolor{foo}{rgb:gray}{0.3} or color[rgb:wave]{478}; - @ifundefinedcolor and @ifundefinedmodel commands; * Changes: - enhanced documentation; - several changes to internal macros. * Bugfixes: - wrong calculation of color series components in some cases of negative step parameters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: babelbib bundle
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '05

13 Nov '05

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Harald Harders submitted an update of the babelbib bundle. License: LPPL Location on CTAN: CTAN/biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib >From the README: This package enables to generate multilingual bibliographies in cooperation with babel. Two approaches are possible: Each citation may be written in another language, or the whole bibliography can be typeset in a language chosen by the user. The current version supports Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. In addition, the package supports commands to change the typography of the bibliographies. Many of the standard and extended bibliography styles are available. ChangeLog: 2005/11/13 1.20 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - Add Greek language. - Change method to write urldate to enable to write it in brackets. - Bugfix in names writing of abbreviated styles. - Ensure to write URL's in latin font. - Numerals for French and Spanish. - Add the fields ANNOTE and ANNOTELANGUAGE to all bibTeX styles and introduce the command txannotation which prints the annotations on request. - Add the package options isbn, noisbn, issn, noissn, varlanguage, nolanguagenames, annote, and noannote. - Add new font jtitle for titles of journal articles. - Fix a bug with additional spaces after names. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN bundle update --- archaic fonts (several)
by CTAN Announcements 13 Nov '05

13 Nov '05

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded archaic.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use the contents > to replace the equivalent files in /fonts/archaic (and asamples.pdf > replacing asamples.ps). There are no technical changes but a *.map file has > been provided covering all my archaic fonts. > > I have also uploaded the following .tar.gz files: > hieroglf, > protosem, > phoenician, > greek4cbc, > greek6cbc, > etruscan, > runic, > nabatean, and > oands. > Theses should replace the corresponding subdirectores under fonts/archaic. > The revisions to the bundles are essentially new *.pfb and *.afm files with > FontNames matching the *.map files. The FontName for font Font now follows > the scheme Archaic-Font. i've installed the lot (whew!), and am updating the catalogue for every font in the entire bundle (since they used to refer to archaic/asample.ps...) thanks for the uploads. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: acronym-1.25 uploaded
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '05

12 Nov '05

Tobias Oetiker writes: > I have uploaded acronym-1.25 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/acronym-1.25. > > As usual, this is a minor update. Only announce it if it strikes you as important. following a few recent messages on comp.text.tex, perhaps now is a good moment to get a summary of recent changes into the open. > Recent Changes: > --------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.25 (November 2005) properly handle acronyms in pdfbookmarks > -- Heiko Oberdiek <oberdiek there uni-freiburg.de> > > Version 1.24 (October 2005) ac* commands are now not fragile anymore ... > -- José Emilio Vila Forcén jose.vila there cui.unige.ch > > Version 1.23 (October 2005) fixed typo in nolist option. added > comment about fragility of ac commands. > -- Tobias Oetiker (oetiker with ee.ethz.ch) > > Version 1.22 (October 2005) added starred versions of ac(p), acf(p), acs(p), > acl(p), acfi, acsu & aclu > -- Stefan Pinnow (Mo-Gul here gmx.net) > > Version 1.21 (September 2005): fixed the acused command again ... broke it > in 1.20 (this time I amended the docs, so that the intention becomes clear). > Set acronyms as used in the first run, not only in the second one. > -- Tobi Oetiker oetiker there ee.ethz.ch > > added new option nolist to suppress printing the acronym list all together > -- José Emilio Vila Forcén jose.vila there cui.unige.ch > ... > ------------------------------------------------- i've installed the files and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-geo (mostly documentation)
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '05

12 Nov '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-geoDOC.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please > > - replace the files > Changes > pst-map2d.tex > with the ones in /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo > - delete doc/doc.tgz > - put all documentation files of doc/* in there > > There are only small fixes to the layout in the > documentations. They are now unzipped. i've installed the package, and am in the process of rewriting the catalogue entry. thanks for the upload: we always prefer to have documentation visible, like this (even if it does mean lots of catalogue work!). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: svninfo
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '05

12 Nov '05

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 Achim Brucker submitted an update of the svninfo package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/svninfo/ Summary description: A LaTeX package for accessing svn keywords License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The svninfo package is used to extract the revision and file information provided by the subversion (svn) revision control system and provides commands for accessign them within LaTeX documents. Also support files for the latex2html converter is provided. Note, that this is an adaption of the rcsinfo package for rcs. So, if you know rcsinfo, you will also be familar with svninfo. This version fixes a problem with '_' in file names and adds support for several new package options: draft, final, eso-foot, and scrpage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: pst-geo
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-geo.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with the existing ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo note: this upload does not affect the data, doc or examples directories. > pst-geo is a bundle of PSTricks related packages for > various cartographic projections of the terrestrial > sphere. The projections can be of Mercator, Lambert, > cylindrical etc). > > this new versions now use pst-xkey, the extended > key value interface. i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: pst-calendar
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded the new package pst-calendar.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please put all files into the new dir > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-calendar > > pst-calendar is a PSTricks based package for calculating > and plotting calendars in the range 2000-2099. The output > can be in a plain format or as a 3D-dodecaeder for a whole > year with a month on every side. > http://PSTricks.tug.org/November.pdf > > The authors are Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss i have installed the new package and updated the catalogue. access the package via http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-calendar/ or download it via http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-calendar.zip thanks, herbert, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: pst-osci
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-osci.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace all files with existing ones in > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-osci/ > > this new version 2.82 uses pst-xkey, the extended > key value interface. > > pst-osci is a PSTricks package to draw easily > oscilloscope screen shots. Three channels can be used > to represent the most common signals (damped or not): > namely sinusoidal, rectangular, triangular, dog's tooth > (left and right oriented). The third channel allows > you to add, to subtract or to multiply the two other > signals. Lissajous diagrams (XY-mode) > can also be obtained. > > the authors are Manuel Luque and Christoph Jorssen i have installed the new version of the package, and updated the catalogue to record information about the new documentation. thanks for the upload. new version urls http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-osci/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-osci.zip Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Experimental CTAN Tree: commercial/
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

The CTAN team has, over the years, had requests to hold sample packages from, or limited-use versions of, commercial products. Because these may be of interest to our visitors, we have decided to try providing such a facility. We will be creating a new tree commercial/ in the near future. Commercial suppliers of TeX-related material will be welcome to make submissions for such a tree via our usual upload mechanism. We expect to eventually migrate all of the shareware that we hold to this tree, as time permits. We are aware of potential pitfalls arising from this expansion, so we wish to note two cautions. (1) We cannot operate as a sales site. In particular, we are unable under any circumstances to take money for this service. (2) All Internet users are aware of the explosion of programs that steal from users, whether by stealing personal information, or credit card numbers, or passwords, or by stealing the user's system resources. One reservation that we have is that a commercial/ tree would carry with it a greater potential for us to inadvertently add to this explosion. Therefore, we retain the right to reject any materials that we judge to be malware, or to remove it from the archive when it is reported to us. Malware includes software containing viruses or trojans. It also includes spyware, i.e., software components that transmit personal or system information without knowledge or approval of the user. Judgement as to what software falls into this category will be at the sole discretion of the CTAN team. Jim Hefferon for the CTAN team comments to: ctan (at) dante.de

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CTAN update: babelbib
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, Harald Harders submitted an update to the babelbib package. License: LPPL Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib > >From the README: > > This package enables to generate multilingual bibliographies in > cooperation with babel. Two approaches are possible: Each citation > may be written in another language, or the whole bibliography can > be typeset in a language chosen by the user. The current version > supports Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, > German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. > In addition, the package supports commands to change the typography > of the bibliographies. > Many of the standard and extended bibliography styles are available. > > > ChangeLog: > > 2005/11/05 1.17 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Change the language in alpha-numerical bib items. > - Handle numerical edition numbers. > > 2005/10/31 1.16 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Allow to alter space between two abbreviated forenames. > > The change of the language in alpha-numerical bib items (babalpha) will > enable the use of non-latin alphabets in bibliographies (greek, cyrillic) > when they will be available. > > Numerical edition numbers are only handled by German 3. Auflage and > English 3rd edition right now. Please give me advice for other languages > how to translate edition = 3 to an ordinal number. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New class on CTAN: hepthesis
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

Andy Buckley writes (by the medium of the cambridge upload script): > Name of contribution: hepthesis > Author's name: Andy Buckley > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/hepthesis > Summary description: LaTeX class for typesetting masters and PhD theses > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > hepthesis is a LaTeX class for typesetting large academic reports, > in particular PhD theses. It was originally developed for > typesetting the author's high-energy physics PhD thesis and includes > some features specifically tailored to such an application. In > particular, hepthesis offers: > > * Attractive semantic environments for various rubrik sections; > * Extensive options for draft production, screen viewing and binding-ready output; > * Helpful extensions of existing environments, including equation and tabular; > * Support for quotations at the start of the thesis and each chapter; > * And more :) > > This is the first public release of hepthesis after approximately > two years of development and recent user testing. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload: i've installed it, and updated the catalogue. copies should be at the other two ctan sites within a few hours, and at mirror sites somewhat later. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: The caption package v3.0h
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Abstract: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table and cooperates with many other packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is mainly a bugfix release of the caption package 3.0, so for example using it together with the french(le) package or endnotes package should not result in errors anymore. Furthermore the code documentation is finally complete now. Additionally the compatibility to the caption2 package was increased, so migrating simply means replacing caption2 by caption in most cases. (See changelog for details.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: lineno v4.41 and ednotes
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Uwe Lück submitted updates to the lineno and ednotes packages. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/lineno /macros/latex/contrib/ednotes Summary description: update (bug fix) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Loadable after amsmath.sty. 2. Undid some nonsensical change of documentation. 3. Better vertical spacing when a math display or a list meets a heading; or when a paragraph ends together with a column. (This had been announced 2005/10/28 vor lineno.sty v4.4, yet I failed to upload the latter. v4.4 was attached at least to some e-mails from me.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: lineno.sty v4.4 (revised announcement; supporting ednotes.sty for criticial editions)
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Uwe Lück submitted a revised announcement for lineno. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Better vertical spacing when a math display or a list meets a heading; or when a paragraph ends together with a column. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: LM fonts 0.99.3
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '05

02 Nov '05

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the lm fonts package. > Package: Latin Modern fonts > Authors: JNSteam > License: GUST Font Source License > Location on CTAN: fonts/lm > > The Latin Modern family of fonts is based on the Computer Modern fonts > in the PostScript Type 1 format, released into public domain by the > American Mathematical Society. The fonts, as compared to the CM family, > contain a lot of additional characters, mainly accented ones, but not only. > The current distribution contains: > Latin Modern fonts in the PostScript Type 1 and OpenType formats, > source files for MetaType1 plus all requisites for using the fonts with > TeX/pdfTeX; there is one set of PostScript fonts and five sets of TeX Font > Metric files, corresponding to: > -- EC (Cork) encoding (ec-*.tfm), > -- QX encoding (qx-*.tfm), > -- TeX'n'ANSI aka LY1 encoding (texnansi-*.tfm), > -- T5 (Vietnamese) encoding (t5-*.tfm), > -- Text Companion for EC fonts aka TS1 (ts1-*.tfm). > LaTeX *.sty and *.fd files were also added plus a few test files. > > Most important recent changes: > We fixed some annoying bugs (e.g., improper positioning of some accents > in our lovely ;-) lmtlc10 and discrepancies between widths of oldstyle > and normal digits in several fonts) and added a ``dense'' or Euro Letter > encoding on Hans' demand. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: Updates to custom-bib collection
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '05

02 Nov '05

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Patrick Daly submitted an update to the custom-bib collection. Custom-bib is a package generating customized BibTeX bibliography styles from a generic file using docstrip. Includes support for the Harvard style. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/custom-bib Summary description: Customizing bibtex style files License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Some additions to the merlin.mbs (making version 4.14) and some corrections to the dansk.mbs language file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: MnSymbol 1.3
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '05

02 Nov '05

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Achim Blumensath submitted an update to the mnsymbol package. Location on CTAN: fonts/mnSymbol Summary description: math symbol font for MinionPro License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MnSymbol is a symbol font designed to be used in conjunction with Adobe MinionPro. This is the first stable release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: pdf-trans 2.2
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '05

02 Nov '05

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted version 2.2 of the pdf-trans package. Pdf-trans is a set of macros for various transformations of TeX boxes (based on plain and pdfeTeX primitives). It was initially inspired by trans.tex, remade to work with pdfTeX. Author: Pawe{l} Jackowski License: Public Domain Location on CTAN: macros/generic/pdf-trans/ News: Version 2.2 was reworked and added: - boxtrans vs cboxtrans switches - oxext* stuff; yet another scaling approach. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: pst-pdf
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded the new package pst-pdf.tgz to the uk mirror. > > % The package pst-pdf simplifies the use of graphics from > % PSTricks and other PS code in PDF documents. As in building a > % bibliography with BibTeX additional external programmes are being > % invoked. In this case they are used to create a PDF file > % PDFcontainer that will contain all this graphics material. In the > % final PDF document this contents will be inserted instead of the > % original PS code. > > > the files should go into > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-pdf/ > > the authors are > Rolf Niepraschk and Hubert Gäßlein i've installed the package and updated the catalogue; the package will propagate to other ctan sites fairly soon, the catalogue changes take rather longer. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload: lshort-vietnamese
by CTAN Announcements 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, Reinhard Kotucha submitted a Vietnamese translation of lshort, the not so short introduction to Latex to CTAN. Description: The not so Short Introduction to LaTeX, Vietnamese edition. Original Author: T.Oetiker, H.Partl, E.Schlegl, I.Hyna Translator: Nguyen Tan Khoa License of the translation: LPPL, version 1.3 or newer, according to http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: microtype
by CTAN Announcements 28 Oct '05

28 Oct '05

A package 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: 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 1.9 ======================= * Support for context-sensitive setup; different settings may be applied to different parts of the document (e.g. depending on the language); new command microtypecontext to change the configuration context; new key `context' for the configuration commands * New command DisableLigatures to disable ligatures of a font or set of fonts; this is especially useful for T1 encoded typewriter fonts (requires pdfTeX version 1.30 or later) * New key `font' to add single fonts to the font sets * New key `preset' to set all characters to the specified value before loading the lists * Support for the Polish OT4 encoding (protrusion, expansion, inheritance) * Support for the Vietnamese T5 encoding (protrusion, expansion, inheritance) * `unit=relative' renamed to `unit=character' * `DVIoutput' will work with TeXLive 2004 A preview of the next version is also included, which supports the new experimental extensions of pdfTeX: adjustment of interword spacing (glue) and the possibility to specify additional character kerning. The former may improve the appearance of the text even more, the latter allows for instance to insert small spaces before certain characters (e. g., for typesetting in the French tradition) without having to use active characters; also, letterspacing can be implemented in a robust way (albeit prohibiting hyphenation -- this may change in the future!). Currently, these extensions are only available through patches from http://pdftex.sarovar.org/. To generate the extended version of the `microtype' package and its documentation, simply remove the comments before `etatrueâ€™ near the beginning of microtype.ins and microtype.dtx. Changes in version 2.0-beta ============================ * Support for the new experimental extensions of pdfTeX: adjustment of interword spacing (glue), and additional kerning (requires pdfTeX 1.30.3 plus patches); new commands SetExtraSpacing and SetExtraKerning; new options `spacing', `kerning' * New option `babel' to activate automatic adjustment to the `babel' package * New commands extls and lsstyle for letterspacing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 package update: LaTeXPiX
by CTAN Announcements 28 Oct '05

28 Oct '05

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the material, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeXPiX Author's name: N.J.H.M. van Beurden Location on CTAN: /As is Summary description: As is License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The nineteenth CTAN release has the following improvements: * Zoom functionality started (use + and - keys). Selecting, moving, resizing and drawing objects in zoomed position is possible. * Open/close polygon/spline worked also on other objects, causing strange behaviour. * Offset of horizontal and vertical scrollbars caused wrong preview markers when moving splines. * Logfile automatically saved on exit or exception when logging is put on in the preferences menu. * Program hanged when text form is closed by pressing the close window icon on the form. * Added quick editing for ovals. * Strange resize boxes appearing, bug reported by Robert Rutten. * Line number visible on viewer for script and converted files. * Changed coordinates (via edit coordinates) were not shown and screen was not refreshed. Bug reported by Steven Harrod. * Opening preview log file had some bugs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: lineno.sty v4.4 (revising submissions; supporting ednotes.sty for criticial editions)
by CTAN Announcements 28 Oct '05

28 Oct '05

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Uwe Lück submitted updates to the lineno and ednotes packages. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/lineno/ and /macro/latex/contrib/ednotes Summary description: Update: more natural spacing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Better vertical spacing when a math display or a list meats an equatation; or when a paragraph ends together with a column. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: References v4.2
by CTAN Announcements 28 Oct '05

28 Oct '05

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Volker Kiefel submitted a new version of the references package. Location on CTAN: support/references License: gpl Summary: REFERENCES is bibliographic software for authors of scientific manuscripts and for management of bibliographic data of ARTICLES IN JOURNALS, of BOOKS, of CHAPTERS IN BOOKS and other document types including notes and electronic documents. REFERENCES supports LaTeX including BibTeX. Bibliographic records in MEDLINE format are easily imported. Retrieval of references is possible by keywords, authors' or editors' names, date of publication, title of article, book title, journal name and other data fields. Lists of references can be compiled in any bibliographic style required by the publishers of scientific journals. At present, REFERENCES is provided with a text based console interface compiled for win32-systems, an external text editor is required for editing data. New in References version 4.2: New field IDNR (``identification numbers'') will contain DOI, url and other identification numbers as the PubMed identification numbers. These numbers can be addressed by bibliographic/macro format definitions and they can be searched from search commands. Width of the field for the journal code has been enlarged from 4 to 10 characters. Changes in the structure of the table for format definitions: field width changed from 14 to 24 characters AWK-scripts for text manipulation (accessible through the [edit-main-p] option) are debugged and rewritten so that the output file name can be selected. Scripts are now more `portable', they do no longer depend upon gawk, but may now also be used with awk (Kernighan) or mawk. Kernighan's awk is now included instead of gawk. The function for selection of files by the user now asks for initial characters. New command [edit-main-h] calls PDF viewer with the References documentation (refsdok.pdf). Change in user interface: if the variable OPEN_EDITOR_YN is set to `1' (default) in the configuration file, References prompts the user to open a previously created/changed text file with the message: open editor with ``name-of-text-file''? [y/n] This makes the References user interface more comfortable. You may turn off this behaviour by setting `OPEN_EDITOR_YN=0' in refs.cfg, then References will work like v4.1j and earlier. -- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: fig2vect 1.1.0 - Yet another Fig to vector converter
by CTAN Announcements 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Dirk Krause submitted an update to his fig2vect package. The fig2vect program converts figures from jFig, XFig and WinFig to MetaPost, EPS, PDF, TeX and SVG. Program highlights: - Designed for use with LaTeX/pdfLaTeX. Handling of special text is left up to LaTeX, for non-special text you can choose whether or not to use LaTeX. For text handled by LaTeX you have three choices: - Use the fonts exactly as specified in the Fig file. - Convert to use fonts in the same features (serif/sans-serif/monospaced, normal/bold, upright/italic). This allows to use the same font families in the graphics as in the document where the graphics is included. - Write no font selection commands (text contains commands itself if necessary). - X-splines are approximated by a sequence of Bezier spline segments. - Fill patterns are drawn by vector graphics operations. - Image width and height are found by inspecting graphics elements (except texts), the paper format name is not used here. Location on CTAN: /support/fig2vect Summary description: Conversion program from *.fig to *.mp, *.eps, *.pdf, *.svg and *.tex License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changed behaviour: Running with default settings the program now produces best quality instead of smallest output files. When upgrading from 1.0.x and below you should create a new fig2vect.cfg file based on fig2vect.cfg.sample. Bugfix: In earlier versions there were compilation errors when zlib or libbz2 were not found. This is fixed now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package upgrade: pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Herbert Voss writes: > I have uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please repcae all files with the ones in > > Changes -> /graphics/pstricks/generic/ > pstricks.tex -> /graphics/pstricks/generic/ > pstricks.sty -> /graphics/pstricks/latex/ > pstricks.pro -> /graphics/pstricks/dvips/ > > pstnews* -> /graphics/pstricks/doc/ i've installed the files and updated the catalogue. > this new update (1.12) has > > > pstricks.sty -------- > - a new option plain for only input{pstricks} > - drop support for scalebox check, it is now renamed > in pstricks.tex (hv) > - option DIA to prevent a clash with scalebox (hv) > > > pstricks.tex -------- > - spurious blank for multirput > - shift only for an absolute length > - add the missing arrows ]-[)-( > - rename otateleft | right | down to > psrotateleft | right | down to be consistant to the > other PSTricks macro names > - new fillstyle options > - move the code for arcs of an ellipse into pstricks.pro > - fix bug with multips (spurious blank) (hv) > - allow empty optional arrow argument psline[..]{}(2,2) > - redefined psarc@iv for negative loops of ccircle > - introduce new options shift and showgrid for the > main pspicture environment > - rename scalebox and scaleboxto to > psscalebox(to) to be consistant to the > other PSTricks macro names > > ---- pstricks.pro > - move the code for arcs of an ellipse from the main pstricks.tex into > this pro > - added new fillstyles thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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