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CTAN submission: updates of xkeyval and HA-prosper
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

----- Forwarded messages from Hendri Adriaens ----- I just uploaded an update of the xkeyval package to ftp.dante.de. Since the package is now TeX compatible, please install it in the dir macros/generic/xkeyval (as discussed some time ago). Thanks! Main new features in version 1.4: 1) TeX compatible 2) big extensions to the syntax for defining and setting keys to allow for a wide range of key name structures 3) added pointer syntax to copy key values 4) increased efficiency in xsetkeys 5) improved ProcessOptionsX I just uploaded HA-prosper 4.21 to ftp.dante.de Please install it in the existing dir macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper Changes: 1) added two new styles: Capsules and Ciment 2) updated for xkeyval 1.4 ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the packages as suggested in CTAN:macros/generic/xkeyval and CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper and removed the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: ltabptch.sty, ltabtest.tex
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

----- Forwarded message from Uwe Lück ----- Name of contribution: ltabptch.sty, ltabtest.tex Name and email: Uwe Lück Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ltabptch/ Summary description: [update:] diagnosis motivating longtable patches improved; +demonstrating .tex License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Recall: According to tools/3180/3485, there is more space below than above a longtable. ltabptch.sty fixes this. However, the diagnosis it presented before was not quite correct concerning one reason. This is fixed in the present version. Explanations should appear more clear now, and a through-going discussion of possible effects has been added. The patch code was not affected. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I removed macros/latex/contrib/misc/ltabptch.sty and installed the new files in macros/latex/contrib/ltabptch/ as suggested. I added a short README file (containing just the first few lines of ltabptch.sty). Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: KOMA-Script rev. 2.9s
by Reinhard Zierke 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload(a)nova.dante.de ----- Name of contribution: KOMA-Script Name and email: Markus Kohm <komascript(a)gmx.info> Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script, a versatile LaTeX2e bundle License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the August '04 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka scrpage2 improvement. -------------------------------------------------------- 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 2004/08/11 v2.9s scrbook.cls 2004/08/11 v2.9s scrreprt.cls 2004/08/11 v2.9s scrlttr2.cls 2004/08/11 v2.9s scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) scrtime.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrdate.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrpage2.sty 2004/07/05 v2.2 typearea.sty 2004/08/11 v2.9s scrlfile.sty 2004/08/11 v2.9s scrpage.sty 2001/06/22 v1.3c (obsolete) scraddr.sty 2002/06/02 v1.1b -------------------------------------------------------- What is new in this KOMA-Script release -------------------------------------------------------- This is mostly a scrpage2-improvement release: - pre-set-line-commands, which may be used to colorize the lines at head and foot - part may be used at running head, if the class provides this (the KOMA-Script classes do so) - fix: captions at longtables improved (thanks to Axel Sommerfeldt) Go discover. -------------------------------------------------------- XML file with infromations for The TeX Catalogue: -------------------------------------------------------- See koma-script.xml at the distribution. -------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. As usual, I installed is replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/koma-script. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: exercise
by Jim Hefferon 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should by now have made it to your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: exercise Author's name: Paul Pichaureau Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/exercise Summary description: A package to typeset exercises, problems, etc. and their answers. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package helps to typeset exercises or list of exercises within any document. Exercises, questions, sub-questions are automatically numbered. It is possible to put answers in the same document, and display them immediatly, later in the document or not at all. The layout of exercise is fully customisable. It is then possible to typeset long problems, short exercises, questionnaires, etc. Usage of the babel package is detected, but not fully supported by now (only english and french are implemented). See documentation for more information. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/exercise although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN submission -- hfoldsty virtual font
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders ----- I have uploaded hfoldsty-v1_11.tar to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new version of the hfoldsty virtual font package. Please replace all files in CTAN/fonts/hfoldsty by its contents. Please do not unpack the zip archives. License stays GPL. >From the README: The hfoldsty package provides virtual fonts for using oldstyle (0123456789) figures with the European Computer Modern fonts. It does a similar job as the eco package by Sebastian Kirsch <skirsch(a)t-online.de> but includes a couple of improvements, e.g., better kerning with guillemets, support for character protruding using the pdfcprot package, arbitrary font sizes in conjunction with fix-cm.sty. The new version provides the possiblity to reduce the number of used design sizes and to use arbitrary font sizes as done by the fix-cm package. Some missing fd files have been added, too. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:fonts/hfoldsty/. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: pittetd
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

A new package found its way on CTAN: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of contribution: pittetd Name and email: Federico Garcia Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pittetd Summary description: Class for Electronic Theses and Diss. at Univ. of Pittsburgh License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A class that formats documents for submission as ETD's (Electr. Theses and Diss.) to the University of Pittsburgh. Creates a PDF file with all the required bookmarking (including bookmarks for each table and figure, within the bookmark for the corresponding List, a possibility that hyperref doesn't offer directly), checks for the required `preliminary pages', etc. It could be of use for writers of similar classes at other institutions. More and more universities are adopting some form of ETD every day, so I would expect more and more 'etd' LaTeX classes will come out. This one has some tricks that solve 'generic' needs of the kind. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I installed this as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/pittetd and created a PDF documentation from the pittetd.dtx file. Note that there already is another University of Pittsburgh thesis class in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/pitthesis. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: Voss-mathCol.pdf
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: Voss-mathCol.pdf Name and email: Herbert Voss Suggested location on CTAN: /tex-archive/info/math/voss Summary description: Article from the german dtk of colored math License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Voss-mathCol.pdf is the pdf version of the article Farbige Mathematik (Colored math) in the journal Die TeXnische Komödie of DANTE, the german TeX users group ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this article as suggested in CTAN:info/math/voss/ next to the other articles living there. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: OzTeX 5.2
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Andrew Trevorrow writes: > OzTeX 5.2 is now available at all the main CTAN sites: > > ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex/oztex52.sit > ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex/oztex52.sit > ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex/oztex52.sit > > OzTeX is a stand-alone Mac implementation of TeX, or it can be used as > a front-end to teTeX on OS X. > > I try to keep the above download version as small as possible (the .sit > archive is 13.2MB). OzTeX 5.2 is also available on a CD packed with > extra fonts, macros and TeX-related software, including Gerben Wierda's > teTeX/Ghostscript installer. More details here: > > http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/ozcd.html andrew -- thanks for the contribution. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: t1infos
by Jim Hefferon 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon The author provides this information: ====================================================== Two little programs written in C (using the t1lib) for scanning Type 1 fonts, and doing: a) compute the black area of each glyph, with how much percent of the square containing the glyph is black. b) checking if the extremas (see Adobe Type 1 specifications) of the outline are correct, and tell which one are missing. A postscript dictionary containing three algorithms for automatic kerning (the kerning is computed on the fly instead of being pre-computed by an external software like TeX, groff or lout; very useful for some PostScript hacking); two of them are quite classical ; one is original and is Postscript-optimized. The postscript file contains both a demonstration code and the dictionary itself; thus it can be previewed with gv.

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Re: Update to register package
by Rainer Schöpf 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

Matt Lovell submitted an update of his package register. This package is designed for typesetting the programmable elements in digital hardware, i.e., registers. Such registers typically have many fields and can be quite wide; they are thus a challenge to typeset in a consistent manner. Register is similar in some aspects to the bitfield package by Reuben Thomas. Anyone doing hardware documentation using LaTeX should examine both packages. Register requires a fairly recent version of the float package. This update provides a new boolean which can be used to test against being within the context of a register diagram. The accompanying Perl script and module have also been modified to allow extraction of LaTeX dependencies for Makefiles. Thanks for the upload, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/register For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: the exam document class
by Jim Hefferon 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and will by now be at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the update. Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: The exam document class Author's name: Philip Hirschhorn Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/exam Summary description: A document class that makes it easy for even a LaTeX novice to prepare exams. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is version 2.2 of the exam documentclass, a major extension of version 2.01. Version 2.2 is fully backward compatible with version 2.01. The exam documentclass, together with its documentation file examdoc.tex, attempts to make it easy for even a LaTeX novice to prepare exams. Simple commands are provided to: 1. Create questions, parts of questions, subparts of parts, and subsubparts of subparts, all with optional point values. 2. Create a grading table, indexed either by question number (listing each question and the total possible points for that question) or by page number (listing each page with points and the total possible points for that page). 3. Create headers and footers that are each specified in three parts: One part to be left justified, one part to be centered, and one part to be right justified. 4. Headers and/or footers can be different on the first page of the exam, can be different on the last page of the exam, and can vary depending on whether the page number is odd or even, or on whether the current page continues a question from a previous page, or on whether the last q uestion on the current page continues onto the following page. 5. Multiple line headers and/or footers are allowed, and it's easy to increase the part of the page devoted to headers and/or footers to allow for this. The documentation file examdoc.tex attempts to explain all of the possibilities in a readable way, with many specific examples. - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- The main features of version 2.2 that are new since version 2.01 are: 1. Grading tables can be created automatically, formatted either horizontally or vertically, and indexed by either question number or page number. 2. Point values can be allocated in half points. 3. Headers and footers can know whether the current page continues a question begun on an earlier page (and, if so, the number of that question). 4. Headers and footers can know whether last question on the current page continues onto a later page (and, if so, the number of that question). 5. Point values for question, parts, subparts, or subsubparts can appear either in the text of the question, in the left margin, in the right margin on the first line of the question (or part, etc.), or in the right margin on the last line of the question (or part, etc.). 6. The format of the line containing the question number can be totally reformatted. 7. There are two environments for listing the possible answers to multiple choice questions: One lists the choices as items in a list, and the other lists all the choices in a single paragraph. There is also a command to print an answer line for a short answer question. 8. There is an environment for printing ruled lines to be used for answers. 9. There is a solution environments in which one can type the solution to a problem and have it printed or not printed depending on a single command near the beginning of the file. These environments can (optionally) leave either blank space or ruled lines when solutions are not being printed. 10. All of the labels for questions, parts, subparts, and subsubparts and all of the words used in grading tables can be completely customized, allowing for use in languages other than English. 11. There is a coverpages environment to print one or more cover pages numbered separately from the main pages of the exam. 12. The exam documentclass is compatible with hyperref.sty. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/exam although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN upload notification: sauerj (several small packages)
by Reinhard Zierke 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

Name of contribution: sauerj (several small packages) Name and email: Jonathan Sauer Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sauerj Summary description: Update for sauerj: optparams (new), parcolumns, processkv, zahl2string License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These are a few LaTeX2e-packages for a variety of tasks: - optparams provides a small macro for creating macros with multiple optional parameters. Current version: 0.9 - parcolumns provides an environment for typesetting text in two or more columns columns in parallel. Requires the processkv-package (below). Current version: 1.0.1 - processkv provides macros for processing of key-value-lists by calling a user-defined macro for each key-value-pair. Requires the keyval-package dated 1999/03/16 or later. Current version: 1.0.1 - zahl2string provides macros for formatting numbers as german words, i.e. `1' gets formatted as `eins'. Current version: 1.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new and updated packages as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/sauerj. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: filecontents
by Jim Hefferon 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: filecontents Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/filecontents Summary description: Improved version of LaTeX2e's filecontents environment License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX2e's filecontents and filecontents* environments enable a LaTeX source file to generate external files as it's run through latex. However, there are two limitations of these environments: They refuse to overwrite existing files; and, they can be used only before the documentclass declaration. The filecontents package removes these limitations, making it possible to overwrite existing files and to use filecontents/filecontents* anywhere. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/filecontents although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN package license clarification: tex_converter
by Jim Hefferon 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

The CTAN package tex_converter license has been set to be an X11 license, and so the package now does not live in nonfree. See http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/tex_converter . Thank you, Jim Hefferon

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CTAN package update: ushyph
by Jim Hefferon 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and teh changes should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ushyph Author's name: Gerard Kuiken Location on CTAN: language/hyphenation Summary description: extended US hyphenation patterns freely available License type: dfsg Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In 1990, Gerard Kuiken published extended patterns for hyphenation of US English (TUGboat 11(1)). Gerard has now graciously agreed to release them under a Debian/FSF free license, hence this update. The patterns themselves are unchanged since 1990, though Gerard may release updates in the future for other incorrect hyphenations which have come to light. The ushyphmax.tex file was previously known as ushyphen.max. Thanks Gerard! Happy hyphenating, Karl Berry (just the release droid) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/hyphenation although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN package upgrade: polynom
by Jim Hefferon 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

A package upgrade has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: polynom Author's name: Carsten Heinz Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/polynom Summary description: Macros for manipulating polynomials License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The polynom package implements macros for manipulating polynomials, for example it can typeset polynomial long divisions and synthetic divisions (Horner's scheme). The main test case and application is the polynomial ring in one variable with rational coefficients. Multivariate polynomials are currently not supported. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/polynom although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: CTAN upload notification: movie15
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 Alexander Grahn submitted a new version of his package `movie15'': > Name of contribution: movie15 > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/movie15 > Summary description: PDF-1.5 compatible multimedia inclusion package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package defines the command 'includemovie' for > inclusion of media files (movies and sound) following > Adobe's PDF-1.5 specification. PDF-1.5 allows for a larger > variety of file types to be included. Moreover, multiple > media clips can be played back at the same time. The > package can be used with LaTeX and pdfLaTeX, the latter > being the preferred method. If LaTeX source is processed > by pdfLaTeX, media file data are incorporated into PDF > output by default, thus producing selfcontained PDF > documents. Several options, e.g., autoplay, autostop, > autoresume and autopause, repeat and volume have been > provided. > > pdfLaTeX support has been added. > ********************************************************************** Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN ahs a new package: FigBib
by Jim Hefferon 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it 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: FigBib Author's name: Jan Poland Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/figbib Summary description: organize figure databases with BibTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FigBib lets you organize your figures in BibTeX databases. Some FigBib features are: - - - Store and manage figures in a BibTeX database - - - Include figures in your LaTeX document with one short command - - - Generate a List of Figures containing more/other information than the figure captions - - - Control with one switch where to output the figures, either as usual float objects or in a separate part at the end of your document FigBib is for LaTeX authors who have to organize many figures. In this case, it may not be convenient to manage all information in a ``low level manner directly in the documents. Instead, it would be desirable to have a database which contains the images, corresponding captions and additional information in a bundled form. Then, a ``high-level command is issued each time a figure needs to be included. FigBib provides such a mechanism. If the user wants to include a figure with the label ``MyFigure:1 as a float object on the top of the page with a width of 5cm, then he writes fbEpsfig{MyFigure:1}{5cm}{t} The corresponding data for the figure, such as caption, name of the eps file etc., is stored in a BibTeX data base. There, the entry could be for example @fig{MyFigure:1, main = {This is the description/caption}, file = {myfigure1} - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/figbib although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: CTAN upload notification: linenox0.sty, linenox1.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 Uwe Lück uploaded to CTAN: > Name of contribution: linenox0.sty, linenox1.sty > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ednotes/ > Summary description: bug fix, opagebreak under lineno.sty > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Former revival of opagebreak at paragraph ends with lineno.sty (which > ednotes.sty calls) worked as if *each* paragraph had been closed by > opagebreak. Here is a fix.---However, we are planning to dissolve > these packages linenox0f..sty in lineno.sty in August anyway, at its > author's, Stephan Boettcher's, offer. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed the two files in macros/latex/contrib/ednotes/ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submision: DictSym font and macro package
by Rainer Schöpf 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the ZIP file dictsym-dist.zip to the /incoming > directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, create a new directory > > fonts/dictsym > > > This is the DictSym Type1 font designed by Georg Verweyen, > accompanied by a number of files to use it with LaTeX on the > Un*x or PC platform. The font provides a number of symbols > commonly used in dictionaries. Thanks for your upload. As requested, I installed the files in fonts/dictsym For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- numprint.sty and nbaseprt.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded numprint-v1_22-v0_10.tar.gz which contains a new version > of numprint and the new package nbaseprt. Please replace the files in > CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/numprint by the contents of the archive. License > is LPPL. > > >From the README: > > numprint.sty: > Print numbers with a separator every three digits and convert numbers > given as 12345.6e789 to 12,345,6cdot 10^{789}. Numbers are printed > in the current mode (text or math) in order to use the correct font. > Many things, including the decimal sign, the thousand separator, as > well as the product sign can be changed by the user, e.g., to reach > 12,345.6 imes 10^{789}. If requested, numprint can round numbers to > a given number of digits. > If an optional argument is given it is printed upright as unit. > Numbers can be rounded to a given number of digits. > The package supports an automatic, language-dependent change of the > number format. > Tabular alignment using the tabular(*), array, tabularx, and longtable > environments (similar to the dcolumn and rccol packages) is supported > using all features of numprint. Additional text can be added before and > after the formatted number. > > If you prefer to use the old version 0.32 you may use numprint032.sty > which will stay fixed. > > nbaseprt.sty: > This package prints INT numbers in different bases (octal, > decimal, hexadecimal, binary) similarly to the numprint package. > But here, the number of digits within one group depends on the > base. > This version of nbaseprt.sty is a BETA VERSION. The main command > baseprint will stay stable but all configuration commands and the output > of baseprint may change in future. Please give me feedback what can be > improved and if the abbreviations for the different number bases are > correct. > > > ChangeLog.numprint: > > 2004/08/08 v1.22 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Use punitcommand to typeset units. > - Produce a warning rather than an error when using extdegree as > unit. > - Enable to use extcelsius, extohm, extmu, extperthousand > in the unit. > - Print sign in a group to avoid additional space for an operator > (for nbaseprt). > - Restrain empty color command to exponent. > > > ChangeLog.nbaseprt: > > 2004/08/08 v0.10 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - New Implementation > > > nbaseprt is a beta version. Please give me feedback what can be improved > and if the input and output is correct. Thanks for your upload. I installed the package in macros/latex/contrib/numprint For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: fontinst upload
by Rainer Schöpf 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Lars Hellström wrote: > I have to ftp.dante.de uploaded an archive fontinst.tar.gz into /incoming. > It contains the new fontinst release (v1.927), and the license is as usual > the LPPL. > > The main differences to the previous version are: > * A bug that prevented running fontinst on eTeX has been fixed. > * The manual has been revised (and is available also as PDF). > > Short quote from the README: > > Fontinst is a program that helps with installing fonts > for (La)TeX. Since it is written entirely in TeX macros, > it is completely portable. > > More precisely, fontinst helps mainly with the number > crunching and shoveling parts of font installation. This > means in practice that it creates a number of files which > give the TeX metrics (and related information) for a font > family that (La)TeX needs to do any typesetting in these > fonts. Fontinst furthermore makes it easy to create fonts > containing glyphs from more than one base font, taking > advantage of e.g. expert font sets. > > Fontinst cannot examine files to see if they contain any > useful information, nor automatically search for files > or work with binary file formats; those tasks must > normally be done manually or with the help of some other > tool, such as the pltotf and vptovf programs. Thanks for the new version, I installed it as fonts/utilities/fontinst For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: FPL Fonts (fwd)
by Rainer Schöpf 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

The following message is sent on behalf of Walter Schmidt: =================================== schnipp ================================== > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The FPL Fonts provide a set of SC/OsF fonts for URW Palladio L which > > are compatible with respect to metrics with the Palatino SC/OsF fonts > > from Adobe. LaTeX support is provided by Walter Schmidt's improved > > Palatino metrics. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These metrics and VFs will be integrated into the next version 9.2 of PSNFSS. A pre-release can be downloaded via <http://home.vr-web.de/was/psnfss.html> Feedback is welcome :-) Walter ================================ schnapp =====================================

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CTAN upload notification: sauerj (several small packages)
by Reinhard Zierke 08 Aug '04

08 Aug '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload(a)nova.dante.de ----- Name of contribution: SauerJ Name and email: Jonathan Sauer <jonathan.sauer(a)gmx.de> Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sauerj Summary description: Three packages for LaTeX2e: parcolumns, processkv and zahl2string License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Three LaTeX2e packages I wrote recently: - parcolumns provides an environment for typesetting text in two or more columns columns in parallel. - processkv provides macros for processing of key-value-lists by calling a user-defined macro for each key-value-pair. - zahl2string provides macros for formatting numbers as german words, i.e. `1' gets formatted as `eins'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed these packages as suggested in CTAN:tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sauerj/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: leaflet 1.0
by Reinhard Zierke 08 Aug '04

08 Aug '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: leaflet 1.0 Name and email: Rolf Niepraschk <Rolf.Niepraschk(a)ptb.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/leaflet Summary description: Create small handouts (flyers) License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A document class to create small hand-outs (flyers) that fit on a single sheet of paper which is then folded twice. Pages are rearranged by LaTeX so that they print correctly on a single sheet -- no external script is necessary. (Works with PostScript and PDF.) This is a complete reimplementation with permission of the original author Juergen Schlegelmilch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this as suggested replacing Juergen Schlegelmilch's original version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: TeX Converter
by Jim Hefferon 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: TeX Converter Author's name: Steve Mayer Location on CTAN: nonfree/support/tex_converter Summary description: Windows front-end to various LaTeX to HTML converters License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TeX Converter is a Windows front-end to 4 programs that convert TeX to HTML - HeVeA, TtH, TeX4ht and LaTeX2HTML. These programs run in DOS and require complicated command lines. The purpose of TeX Converter is to make these programs easy to run. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/support/tex_converter although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN has a new package: ebib
by Jim Hefferon 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ebib Author's name: Joost Kremers Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/utils/ebib Summary description: Ebib is a BibTeX database manager for GNU Emacs License type: bsd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ebib is a BibTeX database manager that runs in GNU Emacs. With Ebib, you can create and manage a BibTeX database within Emacs, without having to edit the raw .bib-file. It supports @string and @preamble definitions, multi-line field values, searching, and integration with Emacs' (La)TeX mode. Ebib's homepage is located at <http://ebib.sourceforge.net>. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/ebib although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: CTAN submission -- contour.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded contour-v2_00.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new > version of contour.sty. Please replace the files in > CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/contour by its contents. License stays LPPL. > > >From the README: > > This package generates a colored contour around a given text in order > to enable printing text over a background without the need of a > color box around the text. > > ChangeLog: > > 2004/08/03 v2.00 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de), > Morten Høgholm (moho01ab(a)student.cbs.dk) > - Allow arbitrary numbers of copies and automatic determination of > this number. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/contour For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: FPL Fonts
by Rainer Schöpf 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 Ralf Stubner submitted a new package to CTAN: > Name of contribution: FPL Fonts > Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/fpl/ > Summary description: SC and OsF fonts for URW Palladio L > License type: gpl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The FPL Fonts provide a set of SC/OsF fonts for URW Palladio L which > are compatible with respect to metrics with the Palatino SC/OsF fonts > from Adobe. LaTeX support is provided by Walter Schmidt's improved > Palatino metrics. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed it in fonts/fpl For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: eqparbox
by Rainer Schöpf 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 Scott Pakin submitted an update to his eqparbox package: > Name of contribution: eqparbox > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/eqparbox/ > Summary description: Create equal-widthed parboxes > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > LaTeX users sometimes need to ensure that two or more > blocks of text occupy the same amount of horizontal > space on the page. To that end, the eqparbox package > defines a new command, eqparbox, which works just like > parbox, except that instead of specifying a width, one > specifies a tag. All eqparboxes with the same tag -- > regardless of where they are in the document -- will > stretch to fit the widest eqparbox with that tag. This > simple, equal-width mechanism can be used for a variety > of alignment purposes, as is evidenced by the examples > in eqparbox's documentation. > > Version 2.0 makes better use of TeX's memory, allows > numbers and symbols to appear in tags, preserves fonts > across \ boundaries, and eliminates some incorrect > global prefixes. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed the new version. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- makebox.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded makebox-v0_1.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new > package makebox. Please copy the contents of the archive to > CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/makebox. License is LPPL. > The archive contains an xml file for the archive, the Makefile contains > the target texlive: for preparation of TeXLive. > > >From the README: > > Define a makebox* command that does the same as a makebox command > while the width is given by a sample text instead of an explicit length > measure. Thanks for your pakcage, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/makebox For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- numprint.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

On Sun, 1 Aug 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded numprint-v1_21.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace the > old version in CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/numprint/. License stays LPPL. > > >From the README: > > Print numbers with a separator every three digits and convert numbers > given as 12345.6e789 to 12,345,6cdot 10^{789}. Numbers are printed > in the current mode (text or math) in order to use the correct font. > Many things, including the decimal sign, the thousand separator, as > well as the product sign can be changed by the user, e.g., to reach > 12,345.6 imes 10^{789}. If requested, numprint can round numbers to > a given number of digits. > If an optional argument is given it is printed upright as unit. > Numbers can be rounded to a given number of digits. > The package supports an automatic, language-dependent change of the > number format. > Tabular alignment using the tabular(*), array, tabularx, and longtable > environments (similar to the dcolumn and rccol packages) is supported > using all features of numprint. Additional text can be added before and > after the formatted number. > > > Changes in this version: > > - Now, the language Portuguese is supported. > - Numbers can be padding by an arbitrary character on their left side to > a given number of digits. > - Plain exponential numbers (e.g., umprint{e5} => 10^5) may now contain > signs (e.g., umprint{+-e5} => pm 10^5) Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- numprint.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded numprint-v1_20.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace the > old version in CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/numprint/. License stays LPPL. > > >From the README: > > Print numbers with a separator every three digits and convert numbers > given as 12345.6e789 to 12,345,6cdot 10^{789}. Numbers are printed > in the current mode (text or math) in order to use the correct font. > Many things, including the decimal sign, the thousand separator, as > well as the product sign can be changed by the user, e.g., to reach > 12,345.6 imes 10^{789}. If requested, numprint can round numbers to > a given number of digits. > If an optional argument is given it is printed upright as unit. > Numbers can be rounded to a given number of digits. > The package supports an automatic, language-dependent change of the > number format. > Tabular alignment using the tabular(*), array, tabularx, and longtable > environments (similar to the dcolumn and rccol packages) is supported > using all features of numprint. Additional text can be added before and > after the formatted number. > > > Two things are new in this version: > > - Numbers can be padding by an arbitrary character on their left side to > a given number of digits. > - Plain exponential numbers (e.g., umprint{e5} => 10^5) may now contain > signs (e.g., umprint{+-e5} => pm 10^5) Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/numprint For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: ldiff
by Rainer Schöpf 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 Dekel Tsur submitted to CTAN: Name of contribution: ldiff Suggested location on CTAN: support/ldiff Summary description: A script for marking the differences between two LaTeX files License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ldiff (LaTeX diff) script takes two LaTeX (or LyX) files as input and generate a Postscript file that contains the changes between the two files: Text that appears in both files is shown in black, text that appears only in the first file is shown in red and is crossed out, and text that appears only in the second file is shown in blue. Note that in some cases, Ldiff will not give correct results. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: Ednotes
by Rainer Schöpf 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the package ednotes. Ednotes is a macro package for typesetting scholarly critical editions. It provides macros for critical edition typesetting with LaTeX, including support for line numbers and layers of footnotes. Description of the update: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (i) mfparptc.sty bug fix. (ii) new mfparxsp.sty describes spacing bug of most para-footnote macros and supplies an interim remedy. (iii) draft of TUGboat article provides usage instructions as well as comparisons with similar packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: cam.ctan.org upload: glossary
by Robin Fairbairns 30 Jul '04

30 Jul '04

Nicola Talbot writes (through the magic of the upload daemon): > Name of contribution: glossary > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossary > Summary description: Create a glossary > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package glossary.sty is provided to assist generating a glossary > with makeindex. It has a certain amount of flexibility allowing the > user to customize the format of the glossary and define new > glossary-style objects so that you can have more than one type of > glossary in your document. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can have a look at the package at > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossary/ > although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror > of CTAN that is near to you; see > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/README.mirrors thanks for the upload; installed as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: acronym-1.13 uploaded
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Jul '04

29 Jul '04

Tobias Oetiker writes: > I have uploaded acronym-1.13 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/acronym-1.13. > > If you think it is appropriate, announce it please. i renamed readme to README for the benefit of the web server, but otherwise i've installed exactly what you uploaded in macros/latex/contrib/acronym thanks for the upload. i think the changes are enough to justify advertisement to the world at large: > Recent Changes: > --------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.13 (July 2004): deflist renamed to AC@deflist to > avoid unnecessary nameing conflict. > -- Peter May <peter.may(a)philips.com> > > Version 1.13 (July 2004): printonlyused was not working anymore > -- Tobi Oetiker <oetiker(a)ee.ethz.ch> > > Version 1.13 (July 2004): if the footnote option was on, footnotes were > printed for ALL acronyms ALL the time, this looked rather odd if the same > acronym was used more than once on the same page. Changed it so that > footnote printing follows the same rules as normal acronym printing (only > print footnote first time). One might think about changeing this, so that > either footnotes get printed 'once' per page. Or that the footnote marks are > issued once per acronym and page, so that all instances of the same acronym > on a page get the same footnote mark. Feel free to contribute patches. > -- Tobi Oetiker <oetiker(a)ee.ethz.ch> > > Version 1.12 (June 2004): Make acronyms robust and compatible > with pdf bookmarks. > -- Danie Els <dnjels(a)sun.ac.za> Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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cam.ctan.org, {ftp,rsync,www}.tex.ac.uk down sun 1 aug
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Jul '04

29 Jul '04

the central cambridge university switches, etc., will all be down from about 08:00 to 17:00 next sunday 2004-08-01. the university will keep needing more central facilities and the entire backup power supply is to be replaced. as a result, all the cambridge ctan services will be inaccessible for that period. (we don't take power from the centre, so at least our machines ought to survive the down-time.) my apologies for the inconvenience; among other things, it will allow even more under-used bandwidth to the cambridge ctan. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Upload
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Jul '04

29 Jul '04

Herbert Voss writes: > I am just uploading pst-3dplot.tgz to the UK mirror. > Please delete _all_ files in the directory > > graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/ > > and put the new ones in there. i've installed the new files as requested. > The 1.35 version of pst-3dplot, a PSTricks related package > contains several bugfixes (spurious blanks) and provides > now ticklines and labels for the 3D-axes. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: bmeps-1.0.9
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Jul '04

29 Jul '04

Dirk Krause uploaded a new version of his bmeps package. > Name of contribution: bmeps-1.0.9 > Suggested location on CTAN: /support/bmeps > Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS > License type: lgpl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update minimizes interferences between the image produced > by bmeps and the enclosing document by: (1) suppressing the > showpage operator unless required explicitely (option -o), > (2) undefining the /pstr and /inputf dictionary entries > after usage and (3) using a separate dictionary which is > removed at the end of file (Option -u). Garbage collection via > 1 vmreclaim can be forced using the -r option. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version has been installed in support/bmeps For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: TeXPower bundle version 0.1b
by Rainer Schöpf 27 Jul '04

27 Jul '04

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 Hans Fredrik Nordhaug submitted an update to the texpower package to CTAN: > Name of contribution: TeXPower bundle version 0.1b > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/texpower > Summary description: Creating dynamic online presentations with LaTeX > License type: gpl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The TeXPower bundle consists of the TeXPower package, the powersem > class and the tpslifonts package. The main author is Stephan Lehmke. > > Changes in texpower.sty since v0.0.9d: > > - Removed font stuff (now resides in tpslifonts.sty). > - Fixed display errors with some packages like pdfscreen related to shipout > - Color management extended a little to integrate better with LaTeX. > - Made step-like commands give better error messages when outside stepwise. > - Moved source to dtx-format. This made the examples/demos much easier to read. > > Other changes in texpower bundle since v0.0.9d: > > - powersem.cls and tpslifonts.sty now in dtx format. (No other changes.) > - tpslifonts documentation moved out of manual.tex and into tpslifonts.dtx > - manual updated, only minor changes. > - tplists.sty. New (experimental) addon package for texpower which provides easy > dynamic lists. Currently there are stepped, flipped and dimmed versions of > itemize and enumerate (and corresponding lists from the eqlist and paralist > package). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your upload, I installed the new version in macros/latex/contrib/texpower The old version in macros/latex/exptl/texpower I replaced with a symlink to the new version. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: CVsty
by Rainer Schöpf 27 Jul '04

27 Jul '04

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 Marcou Gilles and Antonio Pereira submiited a new package to CTAN: > Name of contribution: CVsty > Summary description: Yet another sty for easy CV pagination > License type: pd > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package contains a proposition for making CV presentation more > easy. The sty file define new space for the page, and allows new > control of the presentation. A tex file give an example of CV. Yet, a > CV reflects your personality. We encourage you to edit that sty and > modify it as you prefer and to play with pagination of your CV as much > as possible. > > Have Fun! > > G. Marcou, A. Pereira > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your submission. I installed your package as macros/latex/contrib/cvsty (macros/latex/contrib/cv already being there ) For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: latexdiff
by Rainer Schöpf 27 Jul '04

27 Jul '04

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 Frederik Tilmann submitted a new package to CTAN: > Name of contribution: latexdiff > Suggested location on CTAN: support > Summary description: latexdiff - determine and mark up significant differences between latex files > License type: gpl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > latexdiff is a script-based system for visual mark up and revision of > significant differences between two latex files. > > latexdiff is a PERL script, which compares two latex files and marks > up significant differences between them. Various options are > available for visual markup using standard latex packages such as > color.sty. Changes not directly affecting visible text, for example > in formatting commands, are still marked in the latex source. > > A rudimentary revision facilility is provided by another PERL script, > latexrevise, which accepts or rejects all changes. Manual > editing of the difference file can be used to override this default > behaviour and accept or reject selected changes only. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed your package in support/latexdiff For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: cam.ctan.org upload: probsoln
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Jul '04

24 Jul '04

> An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20040724-182436/ > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: probsoln > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/probsoln > Summary description: generate problem sheets and their solution sheets > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package probsoln.sty is designed for lecturers who have to > generate new problem sheets for their students on a regular basis > (e.g. yearly) by randomly selecting a specified number of problems > defined in another file. This means that you can easily generate a > new problem sheet that is different from the previous year, thus > alieviating the temptation of students to seek out the previous > year's students and checking out their answers. The solutions to the > problems can be defined along with the problem, making it easy to > generate the solution sheet from the same source code. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can have a look at the package at > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/probsoln > although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror > of CTAN that is near to you; see > http://http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/README.mirrors thanks for the upload. i've now installed it as i've indicated. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN: ttb changes
by Jim Hefferon 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

The package that I installed yesterday as info/biblio/ttb has been put in info/bibtex/tamethebeast . You can look at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/bibtex/tamethebeast Note in particular that the .pdf now works. (Who knew that saving a .pdf from acrobat by printing to a file would cause it to come out as PostScript document text conforming at level 3.0?) Thank you to the folks who noticed the error, Jim Hefferon

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CTAN has a new package: functan
by Jim Hefferon 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your mirror of choice. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: functan Author's name: Antoine Lejay Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/functan Summary description: macros for functional analysis and PDE theory License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of this package is to provide a convenient and coherent way to deal with name of functional spaces (mainly Sobolev spaces) in functional analysis and PDE theory. It also provides a set of macros for dealing with norms, scalar products and convergence with some object oriented flavor (it gives the possibility to override the standard behavior of norms, ...). - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/functan although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN has a new package: ttb
by Jim Hefferon 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: splitbib Author's name: Markey Nicolas Location on CTAN: info/biblio/ttb/ Summary description: A manual about bibliographies and especially BibTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An (as-complete-as-possible) manual about bibliographies in LaTeX, and thus mainly about BibTeX. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/biblio/ttb/ although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN has a new package: Bibex
by Jim Hefferon 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon (maybe even now) 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: Bibex Author's name: Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc Location on CTAN: support/bibex Summary description: Bibex automates the extraction of bibliographic references from BibTeX databases License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bibex, BibTeX Extractor, is a 100%-pure Java program that automates the extraction of bibliographic references from BibTeX databases using regular expressions. Using Bibex user interface, it is possible to define, to save, and to perform BibTeX references extraction tasks easily and automatically. Bibex is very useful when using bibtopic or similar packages! - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/bibex although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: CTAN upload notification: maketable
by Rainer Schöpf 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on CTAN: > Name of contribution: maketable > Name and email: Gunther Maier > Summary description: convert Word or Excel tables to TeX tabular structures > License type: dfsg > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > MAKETABLE helps in converting tables in Word, Excel, etc. to a tabular > structure for TeX. Copy your table in Word, Excel, etc. and paste it > into a data grid in MAKETABLE. Click a button to convert the data grid > to the tabular structure, then copy and paste it into your TeX editor. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed it in support/maketable For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: bmeps-1.0.8
by Rainer Schöpf 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 an update to the bmeps package was submitted. > Name of contribution: bmeps-1.0.8 > Name and email: Dirk Krause > Suggested location on CTAN: /support/bmeps > Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS > License type: lgpl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > bmeps is a converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS. > This update fixes two bugs: (1) a memory leak in the > pnmeps module, the memory allocated for the PNM image > was not freed and (2) uninitialized pointers to colormaps > in the jpgeps module. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it in support/bmeps For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: algorithms
by Jim Hefferon 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: algorithms Author's name: Peter Williams Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/algorithms Summary description: Macros for describing algorithms and a float to encapsulate them License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides two environments, algorithmic and algorithm, which are designed to be used together but may be used separately. The algorithmic environment provides an environment for describing algorithms and the algorithm environment provides a float wrapper for algorithms (implemented using algorithmic or some other method at the author's option). The reason that two environments are provided is to allow the author maximum flexibility. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/algorithms although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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tug.ctan.org upload: latexrender
by Jim Hefferon 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LatexRender Author's name: Steve Mayer Location on CTAN: support/latexrender Summary description: Use LaTeX in PHP programs License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LatexRender is a set of scripts that allows one to call LaTeX from PHP programs; in particular, this allows users to enter LaTeX commands in a forum and, on posting, have it replaced by a suitable gif or png. LatexRender requires LaTeX and ImageMagick to be installed. The open source PHP code was originally designed for use with phpBB, but it can be adapted for use with other PHP programs. Details and Example Installations are given at http://www.mayer.dial.pipex.com/tex.htm#latexrender - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexrender although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN upload -- enumitem 1.0 and esindex 1.1
by Reinhard Zierke 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from Javier Bezos ----- I've uploaded to the DANTE server the files esindex.sty esindex.tex README (zipped as bezos.zip) which should be replace the files currectly under /macros/latex/contrib/bezos =============================================================== With esindex you can write, say, esindex{cañón} and the entry will be correctly alphabetized. This release of esindex works with accented characters in any encoding, or so I hope, and without babel. =============================================================== I've uploaded to the DANTE server the 4 files enumitem.sty enumitem.tex enumitem.pdf README (zipped as enumitem.zip) which should be placed under the new directory /macros/latex/contrib/enumitem Note this package is not placed under contrib/bezos any more. =============================================================== Enumitem is package to customize the three basic lists (enumerate, itemize and description) by means of a set of parameters. It provides most of the flexibility you may want to design your own lists: - fancy labels and fancy refs, - leftmargin, labelsep and labelwidth automatically set, - changes applied globally or only in one of the three types or even in a single list (including topsep) by means of a sort of inheritance, - several description styles (which fix some bad spacing, too), - starting value and resuming the counter, - trivlists properly formatted, - control on page breaking =============================================================== ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you very much for the upload. I installed the files as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/bezos/ and CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/enumitem/. The latter package moved from the common directory macros/latex/contrib/bezos to a place of its own. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: mimeTeX
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Jul '04

18 Jul '04

John Forkosh writes: > As per your README.uploads instructions... > + what you've uploaded > mimetex.zip > to replace support/mimetex/mimetex.zip > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > support/mimetex > Please replace both existing files (mimetex.zip and README) > in support/mimetex, and please unzip mimetex.zip README > and then place this separate copy of README alongside > mimetex.zip in the support/mimetex directory > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > GNU GPL > + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > Various new features and fixes, including mathbb font, > nested arrays (e.g., for block diagonal matrices), etc. > ---------------------------------------------------- > From the original submission... > MimeTeX facilitates easily embedding LaTeX math in html pages. > It parses a LaTeX math expression and immediately emits a gif > (or xbitmap) image of it, rather than the usual TeX dvi. > And mimeTeX is an entirely separate little program that's > very easy to install -- it's just one cgi that you put in your > site's cgi-bin/ directory, with no other dependencies. And it's > equally easy to use -- just place an html <img> tag in your > document wherever you want to see the corresponding LaTeX > expression. For example, > <img src=../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=int_{-infty}^xe^{-t^2}dt > border=0 align=absmiddle> > immediately generates the corresponding image on-the-fly, > and displays it wherever you put that <img> tag, without > needing intermediate dvi-to-gif conversion, and without > creating separate gif files for each converted expression. > See > http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html > for many examples demonstrating mimeTeX's features and usage. now installed; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: The caption package 3.0c
by Rainer Schöpf 18 Jul '04

18 Jul '04

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Axel Sommerfeldt wrote: > Name of contribution: The caption package 3.0c > Uploaded to: ftp.dante.de/incoming/caption.zip > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/caption > (Please delete all the old files in this directory) > 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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Changes: > > - Bugfix: otcaption* did not work if the caption package was loaded *after* > the rotating package. > - Bugfix: sideways-captions did not work at all if the caption package was > loaded *after* the sidecap package. > (NOTE: info/examples/LaTeX_Companion_2ed/6-5-15.ltx did not compile with v3.0b!) > - Bugfix: Old documents using the caption package and the captcont package > should compile fine now. > (NOTE: New documents should use ContinuedFloat instead of captcont) > - Improvement: Minimal adaption for use with the memoir document class Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: splitbib
by Jim Hefferon 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should soon appear at your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: splitbib Author's name: Nicolas Markey Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/splitbib Summary description: Split and reorder your bibliography License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows you to split a bibliography into several categories and subcategories. It does not depend on BibTeX, and any bibliography may be split and reordered. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/splitbib although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN upload notification: movie15
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: movie15 Name and email: Alexander Grahn Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex2e/contrib/ Summary description: PDF-1.5 compatible multimedia inclusion License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Options added: autopause,autostop,autoresume (for page open/close events). Implementation of autoplay slightly changed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/movie15 Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: FeatPost
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: FeatPost Name and email: L. Nobre G. Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/metapost/macros/featpost Summary description: FeatPost is an extension of the MetaPost language, works in three dimensions and has several features to facilitate the production of physics schemes. License type: GNU Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Producing large numbers of pictures for animations to be shown at TUG2004 revealed some bugs in some macros. Only ashes of bugs remain in tropicalglobe and smoothtorus. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:graphics/metapost/macros/featpost Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: struktex
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 12:05:58PM +0200, ctan-upload wrote: > Name of contribution: struktex > Name and email: Jobst Hoffmann > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/struktex > Summary description: a package to generate Nassi Shneidermann structure charts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Even in the age of OOP one must develop algorithms. Nassi Shneidermann structure charts are a well known tool to describe an algorithm in a graphical way. This packages presents some macros for generating those structure charts in a LaTeX document > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installd the new package in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/struktex/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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version 3.12 of uk faq on ctan and web
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

i have just released version 3.12 of the faq; this is only a little more than a month later than i had originally intended. as usual the (limping) dynamic faq is available from http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq, while sources, .pdf and other formats, and a static html version of the faq are available from ctan help/uk-tex-faq the change file for this version is appended Robin Fairbairns For the FAQ and CTAN teams ======================================================================== CHANGES-3.12 Changes in version 3.12 Acquiring the software Replace three finding things answers with a single Finding (La)TeX files, which covers the ground of the old questions, but with a more nearly up-to-date emphasis. This area needs more attention; hints on regular expressions from the old set is no more -- which probably doesn't matter (much) since almost no-one uses quote site index any longer. Systems, etc. Expunge mention of the (defunct) 4allTeX CD-ROM under editors and shells (it had long since gone from CD-ROM answer). Mention the MikTeX CD from the CD-ROM answer. Tidied the answer about systems for macintoshes Mathematics: Clarification of answer label mathsize (following c.t.t. thread) Document structure (and similar places): Corrected stupid error in the example in Q-alreadydef Installing (La)TeX files: Whole section moved up to before Fonts in the FAQ (rationalisation) Macros: further explanation in Q-protect New or revised packages (or just ones never before mentioned): MimeTeX mentioned (along with TechExplorer) in label mathml europecv mentioned in label cv highlight reference upgraded (because I now understand it better) chapterfolder mentioned in label docotherdir Presentation: Web version now copes with tables (in a pretty simplistic way) New answers: subsection{Common errors}: label zerochap: Why is my section numbering 0.1...? subsection{Common misunderstandings}: label tocloftwrong: Numbers too large in table of contents, etc. (providing a link from the problem to the solution in answer label tocloft) subsection{Creating bibliographies}: label buildbib: Creating a BibTeX bibliography file subsection{Creating citations}: label usebibtex: 'Normal' use of BibTeX from LaTeX label compactbib: Reducing spacing in the bibliography label bibtocorder: Table of contents rearranges 'unsrt' ordering subsection{Generic macros and techniques} label ifpdf: Am I using PDFTeX? section{The joy of TeX errors}: label altabcr: Alignment tab changed to cr label manymathalph: Too many math alphabets label normalszmiss: ormalsize not defined label missbegdoc: Missing egin{document} label divzero: Graphics division by zero section{Current TeX-related projects}: label extex: outline description of the ExTeX project label xetex: outline description of the XeTeX project subsection{Hyphenation}: label hyphexcept: use of, and pitfalls of, hyphenation exceptions subsection{Page layout}: label outszwrng: the infamous stupid acrobat reader answer subsection{LaTeX programming}: label ltxabbrv: latex abbreviations and (some of) their meanings subsection{Alternative document classes}: label slidecls: a set of hints on presentations

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CTAN has a new package: pst-infixplot
by Jim Hefferon 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it will make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pst-infixplot Author's name: Jean-Côme Charpentier / Christophe Jorssen Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-infixplot Summary description: Using pstricks plotting capacities with infix expressions rather than RPN License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Plotting functions with pst-plot is very powerful but sometimes difficult to learn since the syntax of psplot and parametricplot requires some PostScript knowledge. What infix-RPN and pst-infixplot styles intend to do is to simplify the usage of pst-plot for the beginner, providing macro commands that convert natural mathematical expressions to PostScript syntax. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-infixplot although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN has a new package: assignment
by Jim Hefferon 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will soon make its way throught the system to your favorite mirror. Thanks again for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: assignment Author's name: Madhusudan Singh Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/assignment Summary description: A class file for typesetting homework and lab assignments License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A LaTeX class file for typesetting homework and lab assignments. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/assignment although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: CTAN submission: csquotes 2.2
by Rainer Schöpf 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to DANTE incoming. This is an update for > macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Please purge the old files, install the new > ones, and announce the upload as usual. > > Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The csquotes package: > * provides markup for inline quotations > * supports both control sequences and active characters > * toggles between inner and outer quotation marks for nested quotes > * interfaces with babel and adapts quotation marks as required > * features fully configurable quote styles and active characters > > CHANGES > > * Extended DeclareQuoteStyle > * Added initialization hook for inner quotes > * Added support for middle inner quote marks > * Rearranged French quote styles, removing two variants > * Added new style variant for French > * Fixed bug that caused stacking of reset hook for footnotes > * Fixed bug that prevented hyphenation in certain places > * Fixed kerning issue specific to EC fonts Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: underbracket
by Jim Hefferon 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org. It should make its way to your favorite mirror real soon now. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: underbracket Author's name: Bernd Feucht Location on CTAN: macros/musixtex/taupin/add-ons/underbracket Summary description: Draw brackets to underline (song) text License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package underbracket.sty draws brackets to underline text (especially, but not exclusively, syllables of song text). It may be combined with musixtex/musixlyr, within the argument of the setlyrics command or outside the music score. The file underbracket.sty provides several macros to define brackets which may e.g. start/end centered below syllables. Three length variables are provided to allow a fine adjustment of the bracket parameters. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/musixtex/taupin/add-ons/underbracket although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN has a new package: MetaPlot
by Jim Hefferon 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon end up at your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: MetaPlot Author's name: Brooks Moses Location on CTAN: graphics/metaplot Summary description: Plot-manipulation macros for use in Metapost. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaPlot is a set of Metapost macros for manipulating pre-generated plots (and similar objects), and formatting them for inclusion in a Metapost figure. The intent is that the plots can be generated by some outside program, in an abstract manner that does not require making decisions about on-page sizing and layout, and then they can be imported into MetaPlot and arranged using the full capabilities of Metapost. Metaplot also includes a very flexible set of macros for generating plot axes, which may be useful in other contexts as well. Presently, MetaPlot is in something of a pre-release beta state; it is quite functional, but the syntax of the commands are still potentially in flux. Bug reports and other suggestions would be most welcome! - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metaplot although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN package update: SIstyle
by Jim Hefferon 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and it should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you again for the upload, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: SIstyle Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/SIstyle Summary description: Package to typeset SI units, numbers and angles License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The SIstyle package typeset SI units, numbers and angles according to the ISO requirements. Care is taken with font setup and requirements. Help with the definition of more locales will be grately appreciated. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/SIstyle although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN has a new package: courier-scaled
by Jim Hefferon 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should appear at your favorite mirror soon. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: courier-scaled Author's name: Herbert Schulz Location on CTAN: fonts/ps-fonts/courier-scaled Summary description: Provides a Scaled Courier Font similar to the helvet package License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package sets the default typewriter font to courier with a possible scale factor; like the helvet package for Helvetica and sans serif. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive//fonts/ps-fonts/courier-scaled/ although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN upload notification: movie15
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: movie15 Name and email: Alexander Grahn Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/movie15 Summary description: multimedia inclusion package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *This is an update to the previously uploaded package 'moviez' with documentation added in PDF format. New package name 'movie15' has been chosen to reflect PDF-1.5 compatibility. *Option 'autoplay' added to 'includemovie' command. It causes media clip to be started right after page has loaded. Useful for side by side movie clips to be played back synchronously. *Dependency on recent versions of ghostscript removed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new package as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/movie15 Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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revision of tugboat macros for latex
by Robin Fairbairns 12 Jul '04

12 Jul '04

I've installed a revision of the tugboat macros in macros/latex/contrib/tugboat The macros should be used by anyone who wishes to submit a paper to tugboat, or to a tug conference. The installation contains revised documentation to go with the new release. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN and TUGboat teams

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CTAN upload notification: ltxindex
by Reinhard Zierke 12 Jul '04

12 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: ltxindex Name and email: J.L.Rivera Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ltxindex Summary description: A LaTeX package to typeset indices with GNU's Texindex License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ltxindex is a macro package that allows the user to make indices with GNU's Texindex program instead of makeindex. It provides the indexing commands available in Texinfo by default. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for your upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ltxindex/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Version 2.21 of beamer and version 0.62 of pgf
by Reinhard Zierke 09 Jul '04

09 Jul '04

Till Tantau wrote: > I have put version 2.21 of beamer on > fpt://ftp.dante.de/incoming/latex-beamer-2.21.tar.gz. > > I have put version 0.62 of pgf on > fpt://ftp.dante.de/incoming/pgf-0.62.tar.gz. > > These versions work together (and require) xcolor 2.00. Also, there are some > minor bugfixes in pgf. Thanks for the upload. I installed both packages on CTAN replacing the previous versions in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer/ and CTAN:graphics/pgf Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: SmileTeX
by Jim Hefferon 08 Jul '04

08 Jul '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: SmileTeX Author's name: Christian Schüler Location on CTAN: nonfree/support/smiletex Summary description: creates LaTeX documents and more from simple texts License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SmileTeX is a small compiler for win32 systems, which takes simple text files and creates LaTeX documents and furthermore PDF, DVI and HTML documents from them. It automatically calls all tools necessary to include nearly all types of images and Excel tables, it recognizes equations, hyperlinks, sections, lists, special characters, references, long comments, table of contents, colors, etc. Additionally, it comes with a WinEdt highlighting scheme and menus. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/support/smiletex although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN package update: newlfm
by Jim Hefferon 06 Jul '04

06 Jul '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: newlfm Author's name: Paul Thompson Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/newlfm Summary description: Produces letters, faxes and memos License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 8.0 of newlfm is announced. Several improvements have been included in this version. * Letterhead and non-letterhead pages can now have quite different dimensions. * Multiple signatures are now supported. * The manual has been rewritten to attempt to make the program clearer. Several minor fixes have also been included. * A number of dimensions have been fixed to actually work. * Labels now work a little better. Users of newlfm are urged to upgrade to Version 8.0. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/newlfm although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN submission: epmtfe.zip (EPM TeX Front End 4.2)
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- I have uploaded the archive file epmtfe.zip to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack the uploaded ZIP file in the CTAN directory: systems/os2/epmtfe (Please, do not unpack the enclosed archives.) This is version 4.2 of the EPM TeX Front End, a module for the OS/2 Enhanced Editor EPM. It turns the EPM into an integrated TeX environment, providing (La)TeXing, previewing and executing of auxiliary programs from the editor menu. Two flavors of the TeX Front End are provided: * classic: for use with any TeX system, including emTeX and VTeX/2 * VTeX: for use with VTeX/2 _only_, making the use of this system particularly convenient Each variant is available with English or German user interface. Changes over the previous version 4.0 are listed in the file NEWS. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:systems/os2/epmtfe Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: xcolor 2.00 (addendum)
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

Uwe Kern asked me to add the list of changes to the xcolor 2.0 accouncement of a few minutes ago. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004/07/04 v2.00 * New features: - extended functionality for color expressions: mix colors like a painter; - support for color blending: specify color mix expressions that are being blended with every displayed color; - xglobal command for selective control of globality for color definitions, blends, and masks; - multiple step operations (e.g. color{foo!!+++}) and access to individual members (e.g. color{foo!![7]}) in color series; - providecolor command to define only non-existent colors; - definecolorset and providecolorset commands to facilitate the construction of color sets with common underlying color model; - additional 147 predefined color names according to SVG 1.1 specification; - `xpdfborder' key for setting the width of hyperlink borders in a more driver-independent way if `dvips' is used. * Changes: - `color' package now completely integrated within `xcolor'; - `override', `usenames', `nodvipsnames' options and xdefinecolor command no longer needed; - `dvips' and `dvipsnames' options now independent of each other; - racingcolors's behaviour changed to make it more versatile and reduce log file size in standard cases; - divide's syntax made more flexible (divide by numbers and/or dimensions); - code restructured, some internal commands renamed; - documentation rearranged and enhanced. * Bugfixes: - definecolor{foo}{named}{bar} did not work (error introduced in v1.11); - more robust behaviour of conditionals within `pstricks' key-values. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: xcolor 2.00
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

----- Forwarded message from Uwe Kern ----- Name of contribution: xcolor 2.00 Name and email: Uwe Kern <xcolor(a)ukern.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ Summary description: Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- `xcolor' provides easy driver-independent access to several kinds of colors, tints, shades, tones, and mixes of arbitrary colors by means of color expressions like color{red!50!green!20!blue}. It allows to select a document-wide target color model and offers tools for automatic color schemes, conversion between nine color models, alternating table row colors, color blending and masking, and color separation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload; I installed the new version of this package as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org/www/ctan.org out
by Jim Hefferon 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

The tug.ctan.org machine is back up, thanks to help from the IT staff here at St Michael's College. We had some strong lightening last night, which fried the power supply, and they kindly replaced it. Sorry about the downtime. Jim Hefferon

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CTAN catalogue search
by Robin Fairbairns 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

I've got an old copy of Jim Hefferon's excellent catalogue search from www.ctan.org; it's been off the air for a bit, but is now available again at http://www.tex.ac.uk/CTANfind.html Does what you need, I think, though it's undoubtedly less pretty than Jim's current thing (which is on a machine that's currently not working...). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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(no subject)
by Rainer Schöpf 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

After a bad storm, the US main CTAN node alan.smcvt.edu is out of service. In particular, the web interface at www.ctan.org cannot be reached. We apologize for the interruption. We will post an announcement when the machine is operational again. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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tug.ctan.org/www.ctan.org out
by Robin Fairbairns 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Jim Hefferon's just reported that the machine has been fried by a storm. He doesn't know how long it will take to get things back on the air again. In the mean time, there's still cam.ctan.org/dante.ctan.org (for ftp) and www.tex.ac.uk and www.dante.de for web access. I fear that www.tex.ac.uk's CTAN search is currently broken, and dante doesn't have one :-( Report problems to ctan(a)dante.de, please. I'll try and get the CTAN search here going again this evening (I had intended to sneak a copy off Jim :-( ) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: m-bib
by Jim Hefferon 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should be spreading to other sites even as you read this. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: m-bib Author's name: Taco Hoekwater Location on CTAN: macros/context/contrib/bib Summary description: ConTeXt bibliography module License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the ConTeXt bibliography module. There is nothing really new in this release, just a (re)packaging for CTAN. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/context/contrib/bib although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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New release of the free TeX System VTeX/Free
by Reinhard Zierke 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from Walter Schmidt ----- ============================================================ VTeX/Free 8.44/8.46 for OS/2 and Linux ============================================================ A new release of the free TeX System VTeX/Free for OS/2 and Linux (x86) is available from ftp://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex and will soon propagate to the other CTAN nodes. About VTeX/Free ---------------- VTeX/Free is a TeX distribution, which is built around the VTeX program. VTeX is an implementation of the TeX typesetting engine, including the eTeX extensions. VTeX can generate PDF or PostScript output immediately from the TeX source file. The distribution includes Plain TeX, a LaTeX system with many additional packages and fonts, and the Bibtex and Makeindex programs. VTeX is developed by MicroPress Inc. In contrast to traditional TeX systems, no intermediate DVI files need to be generated, no DVI driver programs are required, and there is no need to take care of their sometimes fussy setup. The common PostScript and PDF viewers Ghostscript and Adobe Reader (Acrobat) are to be used for (pre)viewing and printing. Output from VTeX is immediately suitable for public distribution, e.g., over the www, since PDF and PostScript are standardized document formats. Actually, VTeX/Free is a port of MicroPress' commercial TeX system VTeX for the Windows platform, see <http://www.micropress-inc.com>. However, the free distribution does not include the GUI and certain tools of VTeX/Win, and it does not support HTML and SVG generation. VTeX/Free comes in two variants: * VTeX/2 is for the OS/2 operating system * VTeX/Lnx is for Linux (on the x86 platform only) VTeX has a built-in Postcript interpreter and supports * inclusion of PostScript images, * inclusion of PDF images, * inclusion of bitmap images (PNG, JPG, TIFF and others), * inline PostScript programming. Thus, packages such as PStricks, PSfrag and draftcopy can be used with VTeX. and are part of the distribution. The hyperref features are supported in both PDF and PostScript mode. PDF encryption is available without external tools. Beside the standard Computer Modern fonts, VTeX/Free includes lots of other free Type1 fonts and the macro packages to use them: * European Computer Modern (EC/TC fonts) * URW's clones of the 35 PostScript base fonts * Pazo Math fonts * the AMS math fonts (Symbols, Euler, Fraktur and others) * various special math fonts: RSFS, WASY, St-Mary-Road, Doublestroke, esint, esvect * the Ibycus 4 system and its Greek typefaces * the ArabTeX system with Arab and Hebrew typefaces * the CJHebrew package with Hebrew typefaces * TIPA (phonetic) typefaces * BrushScriptX-Italic * various symbol fonts: MarVoSym, Cheq, Context navigation symbols, MF-Logo What is new in the currect release? ----------------------------------- * v8.44 of the VTeX compiler for OS/2, v8.46 on Linux * latest LaTeX * additional fonts: Fourier, CJHebrew, esint * ... and more, see the file <ftp://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/NEWS> NB: The previous distribution site ftp.uni-erlangen.de is NO LONGER IN USE. Please, do not attempt to download VTeX/Free from this site any longer! ----- End forwarded message ----- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package name change: stanpage to stdpage
by Jim Hefferon 28 Jun '04

28 Jun '04

Please note that the stanpage package has been renamed stdpage. Jim Hefferon

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CTAN submission -- pdfcrop v1.5
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from Heiko Oberdiek ----- I have uploaded `pdfcrop.zip' in the /incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. It replaces the files in CTAN:support/pdfcrop/ License remains LPPL 1.2 Current version is 1.5, changes: 2002/11/23 v1.3: Use of File::Spec module's devnull call. 2002/11/29 v1.4: Option --papersize added. 2004/06/24 v1.5: Clear map file entries so that pdfTeX does not touch the fonts. _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version pdfcrop 1.2 in CTAN:support/pdfcrop/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: mentis
by Jim Hefferon 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: mentis Author's name: Georg Michael Verweyen Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mentis Summary description: Provides adjustments for publishing at mentis publishers in Paderborn, Germany. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This LaTeX class provides adjustments for publishing at mentis publishers in Paderborn, Germany. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mentis although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN has a new package: stanpage
by Jim Hefferon 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: stanpage Author's name: Georg Michael Verweyen Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/stanpage Summary description: Produces standard pages with n lines, at most m characters each. For instance the German Normseite: 60 lines of 30 characters each. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For translations, proofreading, journal contributions etc. standard pages are used. Those standard pages consist of a fixed number of lines and characters per line. This package produces pages with n lines of at most m characters each. For instance the German Normseite: 60 lines of 30 characters each. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/stanpage although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: Upload
by Robin Fairbairns 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

Herbert Voss writes: > I just uploaded pst-grad.tgz to the uk mirror. > Please replace the following files. > > > VERSION /graphics/pstricks/ > pst-grad.pro /graphics/pstricks/dvips/ > pst-grad.tex /graphics/pstricks/generic/ > > > This new version has the option CircleGradient to > build also circled gradients. It is the code which was > published some time ago in the pstricks mailing list. i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: pst-math
by Jim Hefferon 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror real soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pst-math Author's name: Christophe Jorssen Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math Summary description: Enhancement of postscript math operators to use with pstricks License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Postscript lacks a lot of basic operators such as tan, acos, asin, cosh, sinh, tanh, acosh, asinh, atanh, exp (with e base). Also, cos and sin give result in degrees. pst-math provides all those operators in a header file pst-math.pro with wrappers pst-math.sty and pst-math.tex. In addition, sinc, gauss, gammaln and bessel are implemented (only partially for the latter). pst-math is designed essentially to work with pst-plot but can be used in whatever PS code (such as pstricks SpecialCoor !, useful to put labels). This work is in progress! PS is limited to single precision so complex operators like gammaln can give erroneous results. Any help on implementing double precision math in PS would be highly appreciated :-) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN upload notification: Tapir font
by Reinhard Zierke 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Tapir Name and email: mitek <mitek(a)email.cz> Suggested location on CTAN: fonts Summary description: A simple geometrical font License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Tapir' is a simple geometrical font mostly created from line and circular segments with constant thickness. The character set contains all characters in the range 0-127 and also accented characters used in Czech language. For a rendered example of the font see the file tapir.pdf. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed this font in CTAN:fonts/tapir. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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v1.1 of TeX Directory Structure document
by Reinhard Zierke 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from Karl Berry <karl(a)freefriends.org> ----- After a lengthy review process, I've released version 1.1 of the TeX Directory Structure (TDS) document. HTML: http://tug.org/tds/ PDF: http://tug.org/tds/tds.pdf DVI: http://tug.org/tds/tds.dvi sources and all output: ftp://tug.org/tex/tds/ It should propagate to CTAN (in the top-level tds directory) shortly. Here is the summary of the non-editorial changes: * Inputs for TeX extensions included under `tex', instead of in their own top-level directories. * New top-level directory `scripts'. * New subdirectories `lig', `opentype', `truetype', and `type3' under `fonts'. * `enc', `lig', and `map' all use `SYNTAX/PACKAGE' subdirectories. * `pfm' files specified to go under `type1', and `inf' files under `afm'. There is more information and rationale for each of these changes cross-referenced in the document. Happy TeX structuring, Karl Berry (on behalf of the TDS working group) ----- End forwarded message ----- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: MnSymbol
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from Achim Blumensath ----- Name of contribution: MnSymbol Name and email: Achim Blumensath <blume(a)i7.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/MnSymbol Summary description: math symbol font for Adobe MinionPro License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MnSymbol is a math symbol font designed for use in conjunction with Adobe MinionPro. It includes most symbols from cmsy, cmex, and the AMS symbol fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed is at suggested in CTAN:fonts/MnSymbol Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- NEdit LaTeX Extensions update
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from Joerg Fischer ----- I have uploaded an update for the NEdit LaTeX Extensions at ftp.dante.de to /support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions/. The new version is 0.8a. License is GPL. This version is triggered by a bug report. Using large bib files containing @String can lock NEdit (sorry for this). For all changes see the Changelog. Please remove all of the files in the NEdit LaTeX Extensions folder and add the submitted files to this folder. Text for announcement: The NEdit LaTeX-Mode is a package or set of macros, i.e. small programs, written in the NEdit macro or scripting language. It will turn NEdit, the Nirvana text editor, into an advanced LaTeX editor. Version 0.8a fixes some problems. If you have downloaded version 0.8, it will be enough to come to http://nedit.gmxhome.de/latexmode.html and download only the changed files (instead of the whole package). ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions. However, I renamed the file Readme to README allowing it to be automagically displayed by some web browsers. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: Autoconf for LaTeX
by Jim Hefferon 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

The package described below has been update on tug.ctan.org and should shortly make its way to your favorite mirror. Please note in particular the change of location from tools to support; I put the prior version in the wrong place. I appreciate the correction. Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Autoconf for LaTeX Author's name: Boretti Mathieu Location on CTAN: /support/autoconf Summary description: Autoconf macros to test for the presence of LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New release of Autoconf for LaTeX. Autoconf for LaTeX is a set of M4 macro for autoconf that can check if LaTeX is installed or if some features work. This new release add autoconf macro to test much more program and to find a location where to install new package and class (path to the texmf folder) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/autoconf although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN package update: Algorithm2e
by Jim Hefferon 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror soon. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Algorithm2e Author's name: Christophe Fiorio Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/algorithm2e Summary description: Floating algorithm environment with algorithmic keywords (re)definition feature License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 3.3 is a major revision which makes the package independent from float.sty and solves all known conflicts with other packages (with color package for example!). Moreoever all know bugs have been removed and also some new features added as the long awaiting auto-numbering lines option. Algorithm2e is an environment for writing algorithms. An algorithm is defined as a floating object like figures. It provides macros that allow you to create different sorts of key words, thus a set of predefined keyword is given. You can also change the typography of the keywords. The environment allows you to have vertical lines delimiting block of instructions. It defines also different sort of algorithms such as Procedure or Function allowing name of this functions to be reused in common text or other algorithms. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/algorithm2e although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN has a new package: spain
by Jim Hefferon 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror quite soon. Thank you for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: spain Author's name: José Ra Portillo Fernández Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/spain Summary description: Bibliography style for Spain License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- spain.bst and spain.dbj files for bibliography. It follows the traditional bibliographic style in Spain, as shown in the Diccionario de ortografía técnica of J. Martínez de Sousa (1999) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/spain although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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Re: CTAN upload -- cmap package update
by Robin Fairbairns 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Vladimir Volovich writes: > I've uploaded the file cmap.sty to the incoming directory of > ftp.tex.ac.uk > > Please put this file to CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/cmap/cmap.sty > replacing the old file. > > License remains LPPL. > > This update allows to use the cmap package with Werner Lemberg's CJK > package, and the change was sent to me by Werner Lemberg. > > The cmap package is intended to make the PDF files generated by > pdflatex searchable and copyable in acrobat reader and other > compliant PDF viewers. Just include the usepackage{cmap} at the > beginning of your preamble, and it will pre-load the needed CMap > translations for the fonts used in the document. It works for Type 1 > fonts, and also for Type 3 fonts with recent versions of pdftex. The > main limitation currently is inability to work with virtual fonts, and > this is because of limitation of pdftex, and may be resolved in a > future versions of pdftex. i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- csquotes 2.1
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from Philipp Lehman ----- I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to DANTE incoming. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Please purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as usual. Thank you very much. ABOUT The csquotes package: * provides markup for inline quotations * supports both control sequences and active characters * toggles between inner and outer quotation marks for nested quotes * interfaces with babel and adapts quotation marks as required * features fully configurable quote styles and active characters CHANGES * Added internal environment quoteblock * Disable active quotes in verb and verbatim * Disable active quotes in index and glossary * Reset language in footnotes within quotations * Added package option and style variants for Norwegian * Rearranged quote styles and aliases * Removed uncertain quote styles and aliases ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: KOMA-Script
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: KOMA-Script Name and email: Markus Kohm <komascript(a)gmx.info> Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script, a versatile LaTeX2e bundle License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the June '04 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka nothing is perfect unless you define it to be. -------------------------------------------------------- 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 2004/06/11 v2.9r scrbook.cls 2004/06/11 v2.9r scrreprt.cls 2004/06/11 v2.9r scrlttr2.cls 2004/06/11 v2.9r scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) scrtime.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrdate.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrpage2.sty 2004/02/07 v2.1c typearea.sty 2004/06/11 v2.9r scrlfile.sty 2004/06/11 v2.9r scrpage.sty 2001/06/22 v1.3c (obsolete) scraddr.sty 2002/06/02 v1.1b -------------------------------------------------------- What is new in this KOMA-Script release -------------------------------------------------------- One change in functionality of scrlttr2: - providelanguage, ewlanguage and enewlanguage for the language defined at languagename (this is the name of the current language using a package like babel) are immediate. And some bug fixed: - parfillskip was 1em plus 1fil instead of 0pt plus 1fil serveral times - warning messages at scrlttr2 fixed (class name was scrlttr) - Footnotes at one line captions fixed -------------------------------------------------------- XML file with infromations for The TeX Catalogue: -------------------------------------------------------- See koma-script.xml at the distribution. -------------------------------------------------------- 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. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: mhchem bundle
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 Martin Hensel submitted the new package: > Name of contribution: mhchem bundle > Name and email: Martin Hensel <mhchem(a)MartinHensel.de> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mhchem > Summary description: for typesetting chemical formulae, chemical equations and Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Currently, the mhchem bundle consists of two packages: mhchem and rsphrase. > > The mhchem package provides two commands: one for typesetting chemical > molecular formulae and one for typesetting chemical equations with > these formulae. > > The rsphrase package contains the text of all official Risk and Safety > (R and S) Phrases that are used to label chemicals. At the time being, > these phrases are available in Englisch and German (current spelling). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the submission, I installed the bundle in macros/latex/contrib/mhchem For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions 0.8
by Reinhard Zierke 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from Joerg Fischer ----- I have uploaded an update for the NEdit LaTeX Extensions at ftp.dante.de to /support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions/. I renamed the support package to simply (NEdit) LaTeX-Mode. The new version is 0.8. License is GPL. Please remove all of the files in the NEdit LaTeX Extensions folder and add the submitted files to this folder. Text for announcement: The NEdit LaTeX-Mode is a package or set of macros, i.e. small programs, written in the NEdit macro or scripting language. It will turn NEdit, the Nirvana text editor, into an advanced LaTeX editor. NEdit version 5.4 or later is required. The home page of the LaTeX-Mode is http://nedit.gmxhome.de/latexmode.html ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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