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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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metatype1 on ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 12 Jun '04

12 Jun '04

metatype1 is the tool used to build the excellent lm fonts (there's a paper by boguslaw jackowski coming in the proceedings of the 1993 tug conference, which the tugboat team are currently working on). the authors of metatype1 have now agreed that it should appear on ctan, so i have mirrored its home site to fonts/utilities/metatype1. the directory also contains the source of an extended version of knuth's logo font, which serves as an example of the use of metatype1. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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latex companion examples
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Jun '04

11 Jun '04

those of you who've already got a copy of the latex companion, second edition, may have noticed a remark (top of p14) that the examples were going to be on ctan. the arrangement was that i would install them as soon as my copy arrived. my copy took some time in the maws of the publishers' system... ... but arrived today. so, from today, there is indeed a ctan directory info/examples/tlc2, which contains files for running the examples in the book. so, even people without the book (and its accompanying cd) can now use the examples without further ado. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: chktex 1.6.2 upload
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Jun '04

11 Jun '04

Baruch Even writes: > I've uploaded chktex 1.6.2 to ftp.tex.ac.uk incoming directory, it > should replace the current chktex in the archive. The file name is: > chktex-1.6.2.tar.gz > > ChkTeX is currently located in /support/chktex and should probably stay > there. i've installed the new version as suggested; thanks for the upload. i've also, following discussions with baruch, removed the old version 1.5, which we were holding on ctan while baruch took over maintenance. (the old version was at obsolete/support/chktex.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by Jim Hefferon 10 Jun '04

10 Jun '04

A package has been updated at 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: LaTeXPiX Author's name: Nick van Beurden Location on CTAN: systems/win32/latexpix Summary description: License type: pd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The twelfth CTAN release has the following improvements: * Fixed bug in text editor. When pressing backspace during typing of the text LaTeXPiX crashed. * WinEdt tool bar button and main menu addition for LaTeXPiX is now offered. * Fixed bug in the automatic check for updates when starting LaTeXPiX. This can be set off in the preferences menu but even when off an check was always done. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/latexpix 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: HA-prosper update
by Reinhard Zierke 10 Jun '04

10 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from Hendri Adriaens ----- I just uploaded HA-prosper 4.2 to ftp.dante.de. Please install the update in the existing dir macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper Changes: * new styles have been added * improved toc typesetting * extra controls for xitem Notice that the package will be converted into a class in the coming period to provide more features. The class will be called TeXciting. Don't forget to look for the class! ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: acronym-1.12 uploaded
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

> I have uploaded acronym-1.12 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/acronym-1.12. i've installed it in macros/latex/contrib/acronym > If you think it is appropriate, announce it please. might as well... it's another significant improvement, after all > Recent Changes: > --------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.12 (June 2004): Make acronyms robust and compatible > with pdf bookmarks. > -- Danie Els <dnjels(a)sun.ac.za> > > Version 1.11 (June 2004): Make hyperlinks work inside optional > item text by replaceing hypertarget with raisedhypertarget > -- Martin Salois <Martin.Salois(a)drdc-rddc.gc.ca> > > Version 1.10 (May 2004): Fix for the bug of a cs{}cs{} following an > acronym. Add footnote optional out for cmd{acs}. Fix for list of acronyms > in front matter and addition of cmd{acroextra} command. > -- Danie Els <dnjels(a)sun.ac.za> ... thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: [CTAN upload] ppr-prv class update (v0.13)
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Mathieu Goutelle wrote: > I have uploaded an update of the ppr-prv class in /incoming/ppr-prv.tgz > on dante.ctan.org. Please replace all files in > macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv by the ones in the archive. > > This class is used with LaTeX presentations using the prosper class. > ppr-prv stands for Prosper Preview. The aim of this class is to > produce a printable version of the slides written with Prosper, with > two slides per page. > > Changes since previous version are: > * Compatibility with HA-prosper 4.2 (xitem particularly) ; > * Some bug fixes in starred version of overlay macros. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 6.50: Omega & Math Fonts generation.
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004, Basil Malyshev wrote: > I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory > update for BaKoMa TeX 6.50 (issued 5-Jun-2004) > > Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. > > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 6.50 > are related with using Windows fonts. > > Font Setup Wizard (`Options}Install OpenType, TrueType, ...' menu) > have two new features: > > 1) Generating Omega Font Metrics (OFM) for unicoded OpenType/TrueType fonts. > In advance, set of TFM files is generated - one file for every slot, > that allows access to all characters from Standard TeX. > > 2) Generating fonts in OT1 and OML font encodings, > to use in math formulas. > > More information about changes is at: > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> > > Bye. > Basil K. Malyshev > 6-Jun-2004 > > PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. > > --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 6.50 ---------------------- > > CONTENTS > * Highlights > * Graphical Capabilities > * Fonts > * User Interface > * PDF Generation Features > * HTML Generation features > * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 6.50 > > For more information about BaKoMa TeX see > <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> > > BaKoMa TeX is a complete TeX system for Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95 > > HIGHLIGHTS > > * BaKoMa TeX is PostScript enabled TeX system. > * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region > of the file being edited. > (like to Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). > ** Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. > ** Generates *SVG* (PSTricks, Prosper + animation features). > ** Generates HTML (TeX4HT, DVI2HTML), also supports Hevea and TTH. > * Supports using PostScript Type 1 fonts (including MM) *WITHOUT ATM*. > However, using ATM for font rendering is optionally available. > * Complete distribution includes about *1500* TeX Fonts (including EC/TC, LH) > in ATM Compatible PostScript Type 1 font format. > * Font Setup Wizard installs OpenType/TrueType/Postscript fonts in one click > * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. > * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. > * Supports hyperlink text broken across lines and pages. > * Easy to install and use. > * Much less expensive than other analogues. > > GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES > > BaKoMa TeX includes an interpreter for *PostScript Level 2* > (with most of Level 3 features), which is tested for compatibility > with output from popular software such as: MetaPost, Adobe Illustrator 10, > Adobe Streamline 4.0, Mathematica 4, MatLab, CorelDraw 10, CorelXARA, > HIGZ, PageDraw, FrameMaker, ImageMagick, etc. > > All DVI back-ends support the same special interface compatible > with well known Rokicki's DVIPS, including processing PostScript > embedded into DVI files (PSTricks, PSfrag, XyPic, etc.). > > The system includes Graphics Import Filters for the following formats: > EPS, PDF, HPGL, DXY, FIG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF. > > FONTS > > BaKoMa TeX supports the following font formats: > * OpenType (both TTF and OTF are supported), > * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), > * PostScript Type 3, > * TrueType, > * TeX PK/VF. > > The system includes about *1500* typefaces in PostScript Type 1 > and Type 3 font format including the following fonts: > * CM (including LaTeX and Logo fonts + vf for T1 with CX > * AMS Fonts (Euler, Math Symbols), > * EC/TC, > * LH (T2A), > * Concrete (Math, ECC), > * Malvern, > * CMCyr + vf for T2A/LCY > * Scripting fonts, CMPica, Punk. > Math Fonts: > * Stmaryrd, Wasy, Rsfs, YHMath, BlackBoard (bbm, doublestroke). > Diagram drawing fonts: > * Lams, Astro Symbols (cmastro, astrosym, moonphase), > * Barcodes (barcodes, wlean, wlc*), Logical (loggates, milstd), > * timing, MusiXTeX, Chess/CChess, Go, Backgammon, Dingbats/NiceFrame. etc. > > Any font type can be used for any output device/format. > This feature is supported by automatic font conversion > between font formats when needed. > This feature enables the rendering of Type 1 fonts *without ATM*. > On the other hand, it enables the use of TrueType/OpenType fonts > for generating PostScript printed even on PostScript Level 1 printers. > > In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use most of free Type 1 fonts > available on CTAN and Trutype fonts coming with MS Windows systems. > > Font Setup Wizard lets you to install most of commercial (and free) > OpenType, TrueType, and Postscript Type 1 fonts in almost one click. > > OpenType/Type1 fonts (OTF) are supported also under Windows 9x and NT 4.0 > even without ATM. > > USER INTERFACE > > * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. > It reformats (and preview) selected part of document on the fly, > when you edit it. This feature accelerates tuning paragraphs, > mathematics, pictures, etc. > * Flexible window docking lets you optimize splitting your screen > for using Dynamical Preview efficiently. > * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, > * Quick navigation via document structure, > * DVI Forward/Reverse search (format independent), > * Powerful support for different input encodings, > * Project support, > * Graphics import assistant, > * Assitance for multi-file documents: > context sensitive openning of included text and graphics files, > * Searching for TeX errors using the TeX log file, > * Searching for help for TeX commands in entire document collection, > * Syntax highlighting is configurable for catcodes and command dictionaries, > * Customizable GUI Bars and menus for inserting Math Symbols and other commands, > * Automatic creation of a BB-file for non-PostScript graphics. > * Spell Checker: On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, > correction proposals, handling accents and babel shortcuts. > configurable for handling (La)TeX commands. > * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. > * Syntax Completion is context sensitive and flexible. > * Support for Multi-User systems. > > OUTPUT DEVICES/FORMATS > > * View on Windows Display. > * Print on any printer supported by a MS Windows driver. > * PostScript (really scalable), > * PDF, > * SVG (animation effects are supported), > * HTML. > > Important feature of BaKoMa TeX is consistent graphics and font support > for all types of output. This means that all font formats mentioned > may be used for every type of output. This also means that all graphical > capabilities mentioned are supported for every type of output. > > PDF GENERATION FEATURES > > * Handling in-line PostScript in DVI files (PSTricks). > * Creating PDF files which share fonts. > Suitable for preparing CD-ROM based document libraries. > * Embedding fonts in CFF requires 2--3 times less space then other font forms. > * Embedding ToUnicode CMAPs to support search and copy-paste > of cyrillic and other international characters. > * Handling HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. > > HTML GENERATION FEATURES > > BaKoMa TeX 5 supports several ways for conversion of (La)TeX > documents into HTML files. > * `TeX|Generate HTML ...' text editor menu command lets you launch > `TeX4HT' convertor with numerous options. > * `File|Generate HTML ...' DVI viewer menu command lets you convert > pages of a DVI file into PNG files wrapped into navigation HTML > pages. This approach is useful for documents with complex graphics, > such as slides. > > In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use `HEVEA' and/or `TTH' convertors. > Launching of these convertors is available via extra TABS of > `TeX|Generate HTML ...' editor command. > > Including graphics is well integreated with BaKoMa TeX graphical engine. > In this reason, you can insert everithing supported by BaKoMa TeX > into generated HTML pages. > > SVG GENERATION FEATURES > > BaKoMa TeX 5.50 introduces generation of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) > from a DVI files. Ability to add animation to the SVG output, > makes it the best for producing high quality presentations. > > Sample of animated presentation is available at: > ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/samples/index.html > > Key Features: > SVG output is compatible with another output formats > (PDF, PS, HTML, View, and Print) so, that the same graphical > formats, font formats, and other features are supported. > In details: > * All TeX Formats (LaTeX 2e, LaTeX 2.09, AmSTeX, Plain TeX) are supported. > * TeX extensions (e-TeX and Omega) are supported. > * ALL LaTeX packages (including PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics, draftcopy, etc.) > are supported. > * Graphical formats: EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, FIG, > BMP, WMF, EMF, HPGL, and DXY are supported. > * More generally, Any imported or embedded Postscript is supported. > * Hyperref is supported, including outline and links. For Acrobatmenu > most general commands (such as NextPage or PrevPage) are supported. > * Popular presentation packages: Prosper, PDFScreen, PDFSlide, Seminar, etc. > are supported. > *** The existing presentations can be enhanced by adding animation. > * All Font Types: OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, Postscript Type1 > (including MM), Postscript Type 3, and TeX PK are supported. > > Details about adding animation to generated SVG files are explained at: > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/svgwrite.html> > > *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 6.50 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 6.40 *** > > Font Setup Wizard (`Options}Install OpenType, TrueType, ...' menu) > have two new features: > > 1) Generating Omega Font Metrics (OFM) for unicoded OpenType/TrueType fonts. > In advance, set of TFM files is generated - one file for every slot, > that allows access to all characters from Standard TeX. > > 2) Generating fonts in OT1 and OML font encodings, > to use in math formulas. > > For more information see > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> > > ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- Thanks for the update, it was installed in nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: acronym-1.11 uploaded
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

Tobi Oetiker writes: > I have uploaded acronym-1.11 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/acronym-1.11. installed as macros/latex/contrib/acronym; thanks for the upload. > If you think it is appropriate, announce it please. i think so, given that the error that this version fixes first appeared on a public list, rather than in mail between user and maintainer. > Recent Changes: > --------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.11 (June 2004): Make hyperlinks work inside optional > item text by replaceing hypertarget with raisedhypertarget > -- Martin Salois <Martin.Salois(a)drdc-rddc.gc.ca> > > Version 1.10 (May 2004): Fix for the bug of a cs{}cs{} following an > acronym. Add footnote optional out for cmd{acs}. Fix for list of acronyms > in front matter and addition of cmd{acroextra} command. > -- Danie Els <dnjels(a)sun.ac.za> > > Version 1.9 (October 2003): Fix hyperref processing to work regardles > of calling order. 'printused' now prints every acronym used not only > the ones called through ac. > -- Danie Els <dnjels(a)sun.ac.za> and Tobi Oetiker > > Version 1.8 (October 2003): When the hyperref package is loaded before the > acronym package, all acronyms will become a hyperlink to their own > definition. > -- Martin Salois <Martin.Salois(a)drdc-rddc.gc.ca> > > Version 1.7 (September 2003): Added acresetall for resetting the 'used'-tag > of ac. With the new option 'printonlyused', the acronym-list will consist of > the used acronyms only and not of all defined acronyms; Optional in a special > deflist - environment. > -- Sebastian Max <smx(a)comnets.rwth-aachen.de> > ... > ------------------------------------------------- > > -- > Hello World > _______________________________________________ > Ctan mailing list > Ctan(a)dante.de > https://sun.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan

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Re: upload
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

Herbert Voss writes: > in the incoming dir is a new version > of Voss-Mathmode.pdf (only small changes) and an > article about the gauss.sty (from dtk) and (note, this file is in German) > a README for some informations. > > please install the files in the dir > info/math/voss i've installed the files, but i took the liberty of renaming gauss.pdf as Voss-gauss.pdf, to avoid confusion with the package itself. so the directory now contains: README Voss-gauss.pdf Voss-Mathmode.pdf thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Upload
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Jun '04

06 Jun '04

Herbert Voss writes: > I am just uploading Mathmode.pdf to > ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming > I don't know which is the best place to save this > file, maybe ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/math/ > > Mathmode.pdf is a documentation of the math mode > of standard LaTeX and the amsmath package. > It also shows some examples of the most popular > math related packages. i have installed the file (after discussion with herbert) in info/math/voss/Voss-Mathmode.pdf i've been acquainted with this file for some time; it is an excellent resource. i'm pleased to have it on ctan -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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

04 Jun '04

A new package has been installed at 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: orderrefs Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: support/orderrefs Summary description: Reorder bibliography in LaTeX document by order of citation License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When the bibliography in a LaTeX document is made by hand, without use of BibTeX, it is frequently necessary to reorder the items in the bibliography according to their order of citation. Orderrefs is a little program that automates this reordering. It is a portable perl script that should run on any computer with a working perl installation. - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/orderrefs 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: csquotes 2.0
by Reinhard Zierke 04 Jun '04

04 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. The package status does not change (LPPL 1.3, author-maintained). 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 lockquote * Added foreignblockquote * Added hyphenblockquote * Added setblockthreshold * Added setblockenvironment * Extended DeclareQuoteStyle * Added initialization hook for quote styles * Added support for middle quote marks * Added support for kerning between quote marks * Added package option and style variants for French * Added package option and style variant for Italian * Added style variant for English * Added basic support for Omega * Revised and improved error recovery * Added 'strict' option _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/csquotes Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: europecv
by Jim Hefferon 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should appear at your favorite mirror soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: europecv Author's name: Nicola Vitacolonna Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/europecv Summary description: Unofficial class for European curricula vitae License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This class is an unofficial LaTeX implementation of the standard model for curricula vitae as recommended by the European Commission. Although primarily intended for users in the European Union, the class is flexible enough to be used for any kind of curriculum vitae. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/europecv 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: dvipng
by Jim Hefferon 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror very soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: dvipng Author's name: Jan-Åke Larsson Location on CTAN: dviware/dvipng Summary description: A fast DVI to PNG converter License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Release notes for version 1.1 of the dvipng package: This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. This release adds t1lib support, which is good when installing with teTeX. A man page is also now included. Finally color special support has been fixed, and a few build issues. dvipng has gained its own project on SourceForge, so starting from now, that project will be the main distribution point. It has been tested to a fair degree. Note the disclaimer in the COPYING file. Report any bugs you find, see README for instructions. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/dviware/dvipng 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: fc fonts version 1.4
by Reinhard Zierke 01 Jun '04

01 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: fc fonts version 1.4 Name and email: Jörg Knappen <joerg.knappen(a)uni-mainz.de> Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/jknappen/fc Summary description: Update of the fc fonts License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I have uploaded an update for the fc fonts. The update contains some fixes to the METAFONT sources of the fc fonts and improved LaTeX2e support files. The documentation is updated appropriately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:fonts/jknappen/fc/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: OFS - Olsak's Font System
by Reinhard Zierke 01 Jun '04

01 Jun '04

> Name of contribution: OFS - Olsak's Font System > Name and email: Petr Olsak <petr(a)olsak.net> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/generic/ofs > Summary description: plainTeX +LaTeX macro for managing large font collections > License type: other > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > OFS (Olsak's Font System) is plainTeX and LaTeX macro for managing large font collections. It is used by Czech/Slovak users many years. > > Main features: > > * Long names of fonts to metric file name mapping. User > can specify only exact long names in your document. > * Support for many font encodings. > * Printing of catalogues of fonts, test samples of > font families. > * Interactive macro showfonts shows all font families > you have instaled via OFS > * User interface is the same for plainTeX and for LaTeX, > but implementation differs: LaTeX variant of OFS uses > NFSS, but plain variant implements its own font managing > (may be better than NFSS). > * Support for math fonts including TX fonts. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you very much for the upload. I installed the package in CTAN:macros/generic/ofs. The package has an individually worded license which I'd like to sort under the license type 'other'. I believe it to be free enough to have it put in the 'official' CTAN tree instead of the 'CTAN:/nonfree' directory tree. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: clefval
by Jim Hefferon 27 May '04

27 May '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and will 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: clefval Author's name: Yvon Henel Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/clefval Summary description: clefval.sty provides two macros TheKey and TheValue to define then use pairs of key/value and gives a semblance of hash. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- clefval.sty provides two macros TheKey and TheValue to define then use pairs of key/value and gives a semblance of hash. Syntax: TheKey{key}{value} to define the value associated to the key, does not produce text; TheValue}{key} to insert the value linked to the key. Both arguments of TheKey are `moving' as LaTeX{} defines it and we have sometimes to protect them. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/clefval 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 _______________________________________________ Ctan mailing list Ctan(a)dante.de https://sun.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan ------- End of forwarded message -------

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CTAN upload notification: guia-atx.pdf
by Reinhard Zierke 27 May '04

27 May '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: guia-atx.pdf Name and email: Joaquín Ataz López <jal(a)um.es> Suggested location on CTAN: info/spanish Summary description: How use Emacs-AucTeX to write LaTex documents (in Spanish) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This document explains in Spanish how to use GNU Emacs and its extensions (Auc-TeX, RefTeX and BibTeX) to write LaTeX source documents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this document in the new directory CTAN:info/spanish/guia-atx. I added a README file explaining the purpose of the document as I and probably a lot of other persons would not be able to guess its contents from the file name. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: updated acryonym package
by Robin Fairbairns 27 May '04

27 May '04

Tobias Oetiker writes: > it seems uploads at ftp.tex.ac.uk do not work presently ... so here > is my update via email .... > > Danie Els has fixed some issues in the acronym package ... > > Version 1.10 (May 2004): Fix for the bug of a cs{}cs{} following an > acronym. Add footnote optional out for cmd{acs}. Fix for list of acronyms > in front matter and addition of cmd{acroextra} command. > -- Danie Els thanks for the submission. i'm sorry you had problems with uploading: the problem isn't (that i'm aware of) manifesting itself for other users, and i would welcome any reports of problems (dates and times of any problems observed will help my log-file gardening...) anyway, i've installed the file as requested, replacing macros/latex/contrib/acronym Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team Mail ctan-uk(a)tex.ac.uk for evidence of ftp.tex.ac.uk/cam.ctan.org problems -- thanks, everyone.

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CTAN has a new package: engrec
by Jim Hefferon 26 May '04

26 May '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror real soon now. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: engrec Author's name: Yvon Henel Author's email: Yvon.Henel(a)wanadoo.fr Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/engrec Summary description: Two macros engrec and EnGrec to enumerate, for example some lists, with lower case or upper case greek letters. They have the syntax of alph and friends. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Two macros engrec and EnGrec to enumerate, for example some lists, with lower case or upper case greek letters. They have the syntax of alph and friends. Provides macros for capital greek letters which have the shape of a latin character such as Alpha (macro Alpha) and so on. Provides macros omicron and upomicron to give sloped and upright shape of omicron. There are options to chose between the shape of the lowercase greek letters for which two variants are classicaly provided. With option upgreek, upgreek.sty is loaded and the lowercase letters are shown upright. Option slgreek, default, is the opposite. There are options upright and sloped (default) designed mainly to be used with fourier.sty. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/engrec 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: cm-lgc
by Jim Hefferon 26 May '04

26 May '04

This package has been updated on CTAN. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ========================================================== Announcement text provided by the package author: The cm-lgc font package contains a set of Type 1 fonts, converted from the METAFONT sources, which covers 3 European alphabets (LGC stands for Latin, Greek, Cyrillic) and the corresponding TeX font encodings. It also includes Unicode virtual fonts which may be used with Omega/Lambda. Unlike other Type 1 font packages based on original METAFONT files, CM-LGC doesn't tend to cover all the fonts available in the METAFONT format. In particular, each font family and shape is represented with a single file which is used in all point sizes. This allows to keep the whole package compact but still enough powerful and sufficient for regular work. Another goal of the CM-LGC font package is to provide a set of 8-bit fonts suitable for use outside of TeX. That's why all the PFB files it includes contain meaningful PostScript names (e.g. CMRoman Bold Italic) and have standard encoding vectors (e. g. AdobeStandard for Latin fonts), while virtual fonts are used to combine glyphs present in those PFB files into TeX-specific codepages. The latest package release (v. 0.3) contains some important improvements and bug fixes, which hopefully make the whole package really stable. This version also includes INF files, so that installing the fonts under MS Windows becomes really easy. =============================================================== You can visit the package (so it doesn't get lonely) at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-lgc

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Re: New ConTeXt math modules
by Robin Fairbairns 25 May '04

25 May '04

Giuseppe Bilotta writes: > + what you've uploaded : ctx-math.zip > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to : UK (ftp.tex.ac.uk) > > + where you want the files to go : > the two files contained in the .zip file should > be unpacked to > tex-archive/macros/context/contrib/maths > replacing the previous files. > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software: > GNU GPL licence > > + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > > The .zip archive contains two ConTeXt modules (t-nath.tex > and t-amsl.tex) that complement the math features in > ConTeXt. t-amsl provides some environments and commands that > most (AMS-)LaTeX users expect. t-nath provides for ConTeXt > the same functionality as provided by the Nath package for > LaTeX. > > This new upload add a startbigcases ... stopbigcases pair > for cases construct where displayed math is supposed to be > used. thanks for the upload: i've installed the new files, and kicked the other ctan sites to copy them. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: KOMA-Script
by Reinhard Zierke 24 May '04

24 May '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: KOMA-Script Name and email: Markus Kohm <markus.kohm(a)gmx.de> 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 May '04 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka fix me again. -------------------------------------------------------- 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 2004/04/26 v2.9q scrbook.cls 2004/04/26 v2.9q scrreprt.cls 2004/04/26 v2.9q scrlttr2.cls 2004/04/26 v2.9q 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 2004/04/26 v2.9q scrlfile.sty 2004/04/26 v2.9q 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 only a bug-fix-release: - some fixes at the manuals - deffootnote generates more compatible macros - parfillskip unlimited is 0pt plus 1fil (was fill) - dictum uses a local group before changing to aggeddictum - addmargin does not longer change labelsep - scrpage2: thickness of footbelow line fixed - typearea: warning at twocolumn mode - scrlttr2: closing with empty argument allowed Go discover. -------------------------------------------------------- I installed this new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/koma-script Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: CurVe
by Jim Hefferon 23 May '04

23 May '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and by now has made its way to a mirror near you. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: CurVe Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/curve Summary description: A Curriculum Vitae class for LaTeX2e License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce release 1.7 of CurVe. New in this release: ** Support for key horizontal alignment ** aggedleft and aggedright can now be used within individual entries ** Fix typo in Danish version of continuedname CurVe is a class package that hopefully will make your life easier when you want to write your CV. It provides you with a set of commands to create rubrics, entries in these rubrics etc. CurVe will then properly format your CV for you (possibly splitting it onto multiple pages, repeating the titles etc), which is usually the most painful part of CV writing. Another nice feature of CurVe is its ability to manage different CV flavors simultaneously. It is in fact often the case that you want to maintain slightly divergent versions of your CV at the same time, in order to emphasize on different aspects of your background. CurVe also comes with support for AUC-TeX. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/curve 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 machine for cambridge ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 22 May '04

22 May '04

cambridge has a new ctan machine; it's now been up and working on the addresses cam.ctan.org, ftp.tex.ac.uk (ftp protocol) and rsync.tex.ac.uk (rsync protocol) for well over 24 hours. even the most dilatory name server should get you to the new machine, now. this is the third machine that has served ctan since it came to cambridge, and it's not come a moment too soon -- the old machine was providing rather poor performance. the machine is a dual 2.6ghz xeon with 2gbyte of memory and lots of disc. we believe it will support applications at an acceptable level for some time. the machine was purchased with a grant from the uk tex users' group, and the ctan team is also grateful to the university of cambridge computer laboratory for continuing to provide a friendly home to ctan. the observant will have noticed that i did not mention www.tex.ac.uk, above. that is still being hosted by the laboratory's main web server. there are (ahem) structural difficulties with moving the web service, and we decided to go live with what we could, as soon as i could make at least something work reliably, Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: pstricks update and contributed packages
by Reinhard Zierke 18 May '04

18 May '04

I installed an update for CTAN:graphics/pstricks and the two contributed packages graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add and graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo by Herbert Voss. According to a personal e-mail from Herbert, he has been approved by Timothy van Zandt as current pstricks maintainer. Name of contribution: pstricks Name and email: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)perce.de> Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/generic Summary description: PSTricks - TeX and PostScript License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the pstricks.tex 97-patch 15 It has the new macros psellipticarc psellipticarcn psellipticwedge and the options eofill (similiar to PostScript) and the modfied dash option. please install the files into the following directories README -> graphics/pstricks/README pstricks.pro -> graphics/pstricks/dvips pst-all.sty -> graphics/pstricks/latex pstricks.sty -> graphics/pstricks/latex pst-news97-15.tex -> graphics/pstricks/doc pst-news97-15.pdf -> graphics/pstricks/doc pstricks.tex -> graphics/pstricks/generic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of contribution: pstricks-add Name and email: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)perce.de> Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add Summary description: Additional macros License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - This version has one new option for drawing coordinate axis -> ticklines (see doc)) - All the stuff, which went into pstricks - patch 15 is now no more available in this package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of contribution: pst-geo Name and email: Manuel Luque, Giuseppe Matarazzo, Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)perce.de> Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/pst-geo Summary description: Geographical Projections License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - new database of cities - some more improvements ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- The caption package 3.0b
by Reinhard Zierke 18 May '04

18 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Axel Sommerfeldt ----- Name of contribution: The caption package 3.0b Uploaded to: ftp.dante.de/incoming/caption 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: - Improvement: captionsetup within a SCfigure/SCtable is now working - New: captionsetup[SCfigure/SCtable/longtable/supertabular]{...} - parindent and hangindent have defaults now (parindent and 0pt) to avoid conflicts with global options - New: Support of the listings package (1.2), that means captionsetup[lstlisting]{...} is working now - Improved non-ragged2e support: Only typeout a warning if RaggedRight is actually used - New option listof=<boolean> (for use with the sidecap package) - New subsection in the documentation about incompatible packages - Some minor bugfixes - LPPL 1.3 (author-maintained) ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/caption Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: egameps
by Jim Hefferon 15 May '04

15 May '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should have by now made its way to your favorite local mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: egameps Author's name: Martin J. Osborne Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/egameps Summary description: LaTeX style for typesetting extensive games, using PSTricks macros License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The style is intended to have enough features to draw any extensive game with relative ease. (An older version, which uses the LaTeX picture environment rather than the PSTricks macros (and consequently has many fewer features), is available on my website.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/egameps 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: csquotes 1.7
by Reinhard Zierke 15 May '04

15 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Philipp Lehman ----- I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to DANTE incoming. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Thank you. 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 quotation styles and active characters CHANGES * Shiny new manual in PDF format * Added setquotestyle * Modified DeclarePlainStyle * Modified quote handling in pdf strings * Modified French quotation marks _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ The license remains LPPL. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Eukleides 1.0
by Reinhard Zierke 15 May '04

15 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Christian Obrecht ----- I've just uploaded the latest source archives (1.0.0) of `eukleides' and `xeukleides' in `CTAN:/incoming/eukleides'. They should be installed in `CTAN:/tex-archive/support/eukleides/'. There's also a `README' file which is intended to replace the old one. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:support/eukleides/. The license remains GPL. >From the README file: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eukleides is a Euclidean geometry drawing language. Two softwares are related to it. First, eukleides, a compiler which allows to typeset geometry figures within a (La)TeX document. This program is also useful to convert such figures in EPS format or in various other vector graphic formats. Second, xeukleides, an X-Window front-end which makes possible to create interactive geometry figures. This program is also useful to edit and tune some Eukleides code. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: sgame
by Jim Hefferon 14 May '04

14 May '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and 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: sgame Author's name: Martin J. Osborne Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/sgame Summary description: LaTeX style for typesetting strategic games License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Formats strategic games. For a 2 x 2 game, for example, the input egin{game}{2}{2} & $L$ & $M$\ $T$ &$2,2$ &$2,0$\ $B$ &$3,0$ &$0,9$ end{game} produces output with (a) boxes around the payoffs, (b) payoff columns of equal width, and (c) payoffs vertically centered within the boxes. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sgame 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 -- bibunits 2.4
by Reinhard Zierke 13 May '04

13 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Thorsten Hansen ----- I have just uploaded version 2.4 of bibunits. -- uploaded file: bibunits-v2.4.tar.gz -- uploaded to CTAN node: dante.ctan.org (ftp.dante.de) -- recommended place: CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/bibunits -- licensing condition: LPPL -- brief summary: multiple bibliographies in one document Changes to version 2.3 include . proper inclusion of the license conditions (LPPL 1.3) in all relevant files It would be fine if you can sent a short note to comp.text.tex when the new style has been installed. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/bibunits However, I renamed the 00Readme file to README as this will be shown by web browsers and ran bibunits.dtx through pdflatex to produce readymade documentation. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: dramatist
by Jim Hefferon 11 May '04

11 May '04

A package has been updated on CTAN. By now, due to my slowness, it should already be at your favorite mirror. Thanks for the uplaod, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: dramatist Author's name: Massimiliano Dominici Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/dramatist Summary description: The `dramatist' package provides support for drama both in verse and in prose. The following facilities are given: two environments for typesetting dialogues in prose or in verse; new document divisions corresponding to acts and scenes; macros that control the appearance of characters and stage directions; and automatical generation of a `dramatis personae' list. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.2: Added support for `poemscol' package. Introduced an `uppercase' series of sectioning commands. First argument in Character made optional (this causes incompatibility with previous versions). Added environment (`CharacterGroup') for characters groups in the `Dramatis Personae' list. Added various hooks for user customization. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dramatist 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 --- mempatch.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 10 May '04

10 May '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty. > > Thanks to Carsten Heinz it fixes a problem that the memoir class > causes with the listings package. i've installed the file as requested -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: arcs.sty Placing an arc over/under text
by Reinhard Zierke 10 May '04

10 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Gianfranco Boggio-Togna ----- I have uploaded the file `arcs.zip' to ftp.dante.de/incoming. Name of contribution: arcs Author: Gianfranco Boggio-Togna <gbt(a)acm.org> Suggested location: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/arcs License: LaTeX Project Public License Description: This tiny package provides two commands for placing an arc over/under a short piece of text. The code comes from my package `metre'. I have repackaged it to make it more easily available and to allow the commands to be used within math formulas. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new package as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/arcs/ As we are trying to move to online PDF documentation, I ran arcs.dtx through pdflatex and installed the file arcs.pdf as well. (While I was at it, I also renamed macros/latex/contrib/metre/readme to macros/latex/contrib/metre/REAME. Thus web browsers will automagically display this file when entering the directory.) Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: xcolor 1.11
by Reinhard Zierke 10 May '04

10 May '04

Name of contribution: xcolor 1.11 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004/05/09 v1.11 * New features: - switch ifglobalcolors to control whether color definitions are global or local; - option `hyperref' provides color expression support for the border colors of hyperlinks, e.g. hypersetup{xurlbordercolor=red!50!yellow}; - internal hooks XC@bcolor, XC@mcolor, and XC@ecolor for additional code that has to be executed immediately before/after the current color is being displayed. * Changes: - XC@logcolor renamed to XC@display, which is now the core color display command; - improved interface to `pstricks'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- HA-prosper update
by Reinhard Zierke 10 May '04

10 May '04

----- Forwarded message from Hendri Adriaens ----- I just uploaded an update of HA-prosper to ftp.dante.de. It should be installed in the existing directory: macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper ------------------------------------------------------------ Version 4.1 has: - new features - support for environments using item - a new style - revised documentation - and more Important: HA-prosper 4.1 uses the xkeyval package which can be retrieved here: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: pst-geo
by Reinhard Zierke 10 May '04

10 May '04

> Name of contribution: pst-geo > Name and email: Manuel Luque, Giuseppe Matarazzo, Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)perce.de> > Suggested location on CTAN: CTAN:// graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo > Summary description: Geographical Projections > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This new version has some more features to the big > database, it is now possible to define a step to get > smaller pdf files. > There are new small databases for cities of France and > capitals of Europe with longitude and latitude > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geo. However, I renamed the file How-To-Install.txt to README as this will be shown automagically by web browsers. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: statex v1.5
by Robin Fairbairns 04 May '04

04 May '04

Rodney Sparapani writes of his statex, which provides support for writing statistics presentations: > I've uploaded a new version of statex (v1.5) to cam.ctan.org. It has > some additional functionality, but mainly it's just bug/mis-feature > fixes. The older version that is available on CTAN is in the > directory macros/latex/contrib/misc i've installed the package as reqested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: pstricks-add
by Rainer Schöpf 02 May '04

02 May '04

On Sat, 1 May 2004 Herbert Voss uploaded an update to his package pstricks-add Summary description: A collection of several add-ons and bugfixes for PSTricks License type: lppl > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This new version contains some more bugfixes > for pstricks/pst-node/pst-plot and pst-tree > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it in graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: toolbox v5.1
by Rainer Schöpf 02 May '04

02 May '04

On Sat, 1 May 2004, M. Vaeth wrote: > I have uploaded a new release of toolbox (toolbox.zip) to the > incoming directory. A description follows. > Sincerely, Martin Väth > > Name of contribution: toolbox v5.1 > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/toolbox > Summary description: A package for (La)TeX which provides some macros > which are convenient for writing indices, glossaries, or other macros. > License type: Free (lppl) > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A package for (La)TeX which provides some macros > which are convenient for writing indices, > glossaries, or other macros. > It contains macros which support > -implicit macros > -fancy optional arguments > -loops over tokenlists and itemlists > -searching, splitting, and replacing > -controlled expansion > -redefinition of macros > -concatenated macro names > > The main change to the previous release is that macros for > text replacement are provided. There are also some minor bugfixes > (also in the documentation). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/toolbox For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Second revision of footmisc.dtx
by Robin Fairbairns 02 May '04

02 May '04

i found another bug in the footmisc i installed yesterday (it was actually corrected in the version that had previously been on ctan; the version i installed yesterday had the same version number as the one already there...) the new version is v5.3c, and it even works in the part of my test suite that doesn't live in the same subtree, and therefore got forgotten yesterday... any unfortunate who updated their copy of footmisc yesterday should update again -- sorry. files updated are macros/latex/contrib/footmisc.dtx and footmisc.pdf Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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bugfix version of footmisc on ctan
by Robin Fairbairns 01 May '04

01 May '04

i've just installed a new version (v5.3a) of footmisc.dtx on the cambridge ctan (together with the corresponding footmisc.pdf) this version mends a bug in the check for a patched latex output routine: the bug was failing with the most recent latex release (2003/12/01), when footmisc was invoked with certain options. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 01 May '04

01 May '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty > > Also announce: it provides fixes for the memoir class regarding > the color package and verbatim footnotes, and bookmarking appendices. i've installed the package as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: upload unitsdef
by Rainer Schöpf 30 Apr '04

30 Apr '04

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Patrick Happel wrote: > I've recently uploaded unitsdef.tgz to ftp.dante.de/incoming. This > package is distributed under the conditions of the lppl. > > I suggest to move it to > > CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/unitsdef/ > > The file provides the new package »unitsdef«. This is taken from the > abstract: > > There are a lot of packages for typesetting units in LaTeX2e. > Some define macros to typeset a lot of units but do not suit > to the actual font settings, some make the characters needed > available but do not predefine any unit. > This package tries to comply with both requirements. It > predefines common units, defines an easy to use interface to > define new units and changes the output concerning to the > surrounding font settings. Thanks for your upload. I installed the package as requested in: macros/latex/contrib/unitsdef For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload: devnag211.zip
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

A submission was uploaded to CTAN: > I've uploaded the file devnag211.zip to the incoming directory at ftp.dante.de. > This file contains the latest release of the Devanagari for TeX package. > > Please delete the entire existing tree under language/devanagari/velthuis/ and > replace it with the contents of devnag211.zip. The zip file contains 'velthuis' > as the topmost stored directory. > > This is a major release. New Devanagari families have been added for regional > Bombay, Calcutta, and Nepali variants. Older dvng Metafonts are now obsolete. Thank you for the update. I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: wasy fonts
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 Frank Küster wrote: > Name of contribution: wasy fonts > Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/wasy2 > Summary description: The wasy fonts (Waldis symbol fonts). > License type: pd > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Roland Waldi has asked me to upload this corrected version of the wasy > fonts. It fixes one error in wasychr.mf (see > http://bugs.debian.org/134763). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >From the documentation: The font wasy contains all lasy characters, and a lot more symbols. New characters were modified from the Metafont files of the standard TeX fonts, and many were designed from scratch. --- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: new package: xkeyval
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Hendri Adriaens wrote: > I just uploaded a new package to ftp.dante.de > It is called xkeyval. The readme starts with: > ------------------------------------------------------- > This package is an extension of the keyval package and > offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring > and setting class or package options. > ------------------------------------------------------- > > The package is released under the LPPL lisence. > I propose to install it in macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval Thanks for your package, I installed it as you suggest, in macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty > > This version of the mempatch package cures a problem between the > memoir class and the natbib package. i've installed the file as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: chapterfolder
by Jim Hefferon 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It should appear at your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: chapterfolder Author's name: Boretti Mathieu Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/chapterfolder Summary description: Package that simplify working with folder structure License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package simplify working with folder structure that match the chapter/ section/subsection structure. It provide macro to define chapter/section/ subsection folder that contains the file for chapter/section/subsection, and provide macro that allow inclusion without using the full path, but only path inside the current folder of the chapter/section/subsection. It make easy change to the name of a folder, for example. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chapterfolder 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: Disk of Phaistos Font and Package
by Rainer Schöpf 25 Apr '04

25 Apr '04

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004, Apostolos Syropoulos submitted to CTAN: > I have uploaded to ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming the file > phaistos.tar.gz, which contains font that contains all the symbols > of the famous Disk of Phaistos plus a LaTeX package. I suppose you > can install the contents of the bundle under languages/greek/phaistos. > After all, there is scientific evidence that the script was used to > ``write'' Greek. Note that when you decompress and untar the bundle, you > will get the followind directory structure: > > ./phaistos > ./phaistos/dvips > ./phaistos/dvips/phaistos.map > ./phaistos/latex > ./phaistos/latex/phaistos.dtx > ./phaistos/latex/phaistos.ins > ./phaistos/tfm > ./phaistos/tfm/phaistos.tfm > ./phaistos/type1 > ./phaistos/type1/phaistos.pfb > ./phaistos/var > ./phaistos/var/getglyphs > ./phaistos/var/glyphTable.pdf > ./phaistos/afm > ./phaistos/afm/phaistos.afm Thanks for your upload, I installed it as fonts/phaistos For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: mfparptc.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 25 Apr '04

25 Apr '04

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 a submission was uploaded CTAN: > Name of contribution: mfparptc.sty > Name and email: Uwe Lück > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ednotes/mfparptc.sty > Summary description: Bug fix / changes in documentation > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [Already loading previous version of Mfparptc.sty would have produced > an error message due to a missing `%'. Added copyright etc., additional > minor changes of documentation.] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Upload: Font Installation Guide 2.0
by Reinhard Zierke 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Philipp Lehman <plehman(a)gmx.net> ----- I've uploaded the file 'fontinstallationguide.tar.gz' to the incoming directory on ftp.dante.de. This tarball includes an update to a file currently installed as: info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide.pdf plus some new files which were not included in any of the previous releases. As of this release, the guide will be accompanied by additional resources. Therefore I would like to request a minor path change. If possible, please add the directory: info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/ and extract the tarball to the newly created directory. (...) ABOUT ----- The Font installation guide discusses the most common scenarios you are likely to encounter when installing Type 1 Postscript fonts. While the individual tools employed in the installation process are documented well, the actual difficulty most users are facing when trying to install new fonts is understanding how to put all the pieces together. This is what this guide is about. CHANGES ------- * Complete revision of the guide for fontinst 1.9 * All examples discussed in the guide now included as separate files * Monolithic Latex source now included as well * Added README file ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in the directory CTAN:info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: a2ping
by Jim Hefferon 21 Apr '04

21 Apr '04

A new one has been installed to tug.ctan.org. It should appear at your favorite mirror very soon, if indeed it is not already there. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: a2ping Author's name: Szabó Péter Location on CTAN: graphics/a2ping Summary description: advanced PS, PDF, EPS converter License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- a2ping is a UNIX command line utility written in Perl that converts many raster image and vector graphics formats to EPS or PDF and other page description formats. Accepted input file formats are: PS (PostScript), EPS, PDF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PNM, BMP, GIF, LBM, XPM, PCX, TGA. Accepted output formats are: EPS, PCL5, PDF, PDF1, PBM, PGM, PPM, PS, markedEPS, markedPS, PNG, XWD, BMP, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, XPM. a2ping delegates the low-level work to Ghostscript (GS), pdftops and sam2p. a2ping fixes many glitches during the EPS to EPS conversion, so its output is often more compatible and better embeddable than its input. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/a2ping 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 -- Version 2.20 of beamer
by Reinhard Zierke 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Till Tantau ----- Dear CTAN Team, I have put version 2.20 of beamer on fpt://ftp.dante.de/incoming/latex-beamer-2.20.tar.gz. Change log: Version 2.20 Added: - Added style Separator in LyX. - Added multimedia.sty for movie and sound inclusion. - Added evil allowframebreaks option to frames for automatic frame breaking. - Added evil shrink option for automatic frame text shrinking. - Added squeeze option to frames for squeezing more on a frame. - Added framesubtitle command. - Added subtitle command. - Added subject command. - Added option usepdftitle=false to suppress automatic generation of author and title entries in pdf document info. - Added framezoom command. - Added new version of beamer.el, due to Thomas Baumann. Changes: - FoilTeX emulation will now do automatic page breaking. - Empty lines in Standard lyx style will no longer be kept, use an empty Separator line instead. - Changed the qed symbol to an open rectangle. - The way frame titles are typeset is completely different now, internally. Under normal circumstance you should not notice any differences, but if you do wicked things with the frame titles, problems might arise. Bugfixes: - Fixed definition of overlayarea to give better spacing. - Fixed problem with persisting background color and dvips. - Fixed zillions of typos in the user's guide spotted by Xavier Noria and Uwe Stoer. - Fixed unrobust definition of \. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. As usual, I have replaced the previos version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer with the new one. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: AuriocusKallgraphicus (aurical)
by Reinhard Zierke 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: AuriocusKallgraphicus (aurical) Name and email: Christian Gollwitzer Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/aurical Summary description: Calligraphic font for LaTeX in T1-encoding License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aurical is the short name for the font AuriocusKalligraphicus. It implements a calligraphic font resembling my handwriting in Type1-Format, T1/Cork encoding for use with LaTeX. Some glyphs are still missing, and there is not yet exhaustive kerning information. Apart from that, the font may be useful for invitations or informal texts, as it looks calligraphic, nevertheless is quite readable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new font as suggested in CTAN:fonts/aurical Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: LaTeX for Autoconf
by Jim Hefferon 19 Apr '04

19 Apr '04

A new package has been installed on 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: LaTeX for Autoconf Author's name: Boretti Mathieu Location on CTAN: tools/autoconf Summary description: Autoconf macros to test for the presence of LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX for Autoconf is a set of macro to test if latex is installed or if some package exists or .... These macro are in the M4 language. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/tools/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 XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=autoconf datestamp=2004/04/19 modifier=ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org> <about> <name>LaTeX for Autoconf</name> <caption>Autoconf macros to test for the presence of LaTeX</caption> <author> <name>Boretti Mathieu</name> <email>boretti(a)bss-network.com</email> </author> <license type=gpl /> </about> <description> <abstract> LaTeX for Autoconf is a set of macro to test if latex is installed or if some package exists or .... These macro are in the M4 language. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>tools/autoconf</ctan> </distribution> </entry> **********************************************************************

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Re: New software for mailing list ctan-ann
by Rainer Schöpf 19 Apr '04

19 Apr '04

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote: > As I'm sure everyone has already discovered, ctan-ann-request is still > pointing at majordomo, so mailed mailman confirm replies end up there > instead of going to mailman. Yes, thanks for pointing it out. I changed ctan-ann-request to point to mailman. > Workaround is to GET the url in the confirm request instead of > replying to the message. Indeed. And it allows to set various useful options. Rainer

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New software for mailing list ctan-ann
by Rainer Schöpf 18 Apr '04

18 Apr '04

Dear CTAN-ANN list member, during the next week the ctan-ann mailing list will be changed to use a new mailing list software, namely GNU Mailman. Today you will receive an automatically generated message explaining how to confirm your subscription to this new incarnation of the ctan-ann mailing list. Until next weekend, messages will still be sent via the old (majordomo) software. Afterwards, they will be sent using the new software. This means: if you do not confirm your subscription until next weekend, you will not see new messages after that time. However, these messages will be archived can be accessed using the web interface. Thank you for your cooperation Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload notification: ptptex
by Reinhard Zierke 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: ptptex Name and email: Publication Office, Progress of Theoretical Physics <ptp(a)yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ptptex Summary description: Latex2e class files for Progress of Theoretical Physics License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package includes the main class file, related style files and manual for ptptex, which is the standard tex format file for the journal, Progress of Theoretical Physics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=ptptex datestamp=2004/04/15 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.ctan.org> <about> <name>ptptex</name> <caption>Latex2e class files for Progress of Theoretical Physics</caption> <author> <name>Publication Office, Progress of Theoretical Physics</name> <email>ptp(a)yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp</email> </author> <license type=nocommercial /> </about> <description> <abstract> The package includes the main class file, related style files and manual for ptptex, which is the standard tex format file for the journal, Progress of Theoretical Physics. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>macros/latex/contrib/ptptex</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new packages as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ptptex Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: dante:/incoming/lm.zip
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Staszek Wawrykiewicz wrote: > I've just uploaded to dante:/incoming/lm.zip > it contains ver. 0.92 of LM fonts (corrected and added kerning). Thanks for your update. I installed the new files in fonts/ps-type1/lm For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- kerntest v1.32
by Rainer Schöpf 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded kerntest-v1_32.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace all > files in ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/kerntest/ by > its contents. License stays LPPL. Thanks for the update, I installed it as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/kerntest > >From the README: > > Print tables and generate mtx files that help to adjust kernings > > This class makes it easy to generate tables that show many different > kerning pairs of an arbitrary font, usable by LaTeX. > It shows the kerning values that are used by the the font by default. > > In addition, this class enables the user to alternate the kernings > and to observe the results. > Kerning pairs can be defined for groups of similar glyphs at once. > Automatically, an mtx file is generated that can be loaded by > fontinst to introduce the user-made kernings into the virtual font > for LaTeX. > > > >From the ChangeLog: > > v1.32 2004/04/13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Direct access on glyph names instead of parsing getpsname. > - Speed up writemtxkern, defglyphclass, ifglyphinclass, and > @ifglyphinclass (in total, app. factor 20). > - Allow to set relative kerning widths in glyph classes. > - Do not scale Helvetica by default because this breaks > testing Helvetica. > > v1.31 2004/04/13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Use setleftkerning and setrightkerning instead of writing > every kerning pair. > > v1.30 2004/04/12 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Add encodings OT1, T2A, T2B, and LY1. > - Template for OT1 encoding. > - Parameter-dependent encodings (for example with or without > ligatures). > - New option designsize for giving the design size of the font > explicitely. > > v1.11 2004/04/06 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) > - Allow to give glyphs by number (decimal, hex, octal) or by > PostScript name. > - Write glyph name to table. > - Find and complain inconsistent kerning data. > - Introduce glyph classes to set the kerning for similar glyph > shapes by once. > - Reduce left margin. > > Yours > Harald > > For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Documentation policy for packages on CTAN
by Robin Fairbairns 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Documentation of packages on CTAN ================================= For a long time, the CTAN team has relied on the users to find their own way to package documentation. This reliance is proving increasingly unsatisfactory, and we hope to improve things for archive users, at the cost of some extra work by package authors. Our aim is that all packages should have with them, on the archive, a documentation file. Since we want these files to be browsable, we would ordinarily expect that the documentation be provided as an Acrobat (.pdf) file; plain text (.txt) is just about acceptable, Postscript and DVI are definitely not acceptable. We are aware that this is a mammoth aim; it is not something the CTAN team could even hope to do unaided, even if we wanted to. How does this affect _you_? --------------------------- If you're merely browsing the archive (or downloading files), you should be aware that it will be worth looking for a separate file of documentation with packages of interest. (There are not many there, yet, but things should improve.) If you're an author submitting a new or revised package, you will need to consider how best to supply documentation. For many LaTeX package authors, no more is needed than to run the documented source file (.dtx) with pdfLaTeX, and to submit the result when submitting your package. Some packages come with separate documentation: that documentation should be distributed in pdf form. If you're the author of an established package, please try to find the time to submit a documentation file. If you're an author, and unsure how to proceed, please contact the CTAN team via ctan(a)dante.de to discuss your issues. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Estonian hyphenation patterns (moved)
by Reinhard Zierke 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Yesterday I erroneously installed Enn Saar's Estonian hyphenation patterns in CTAN:language/estonian/eehyph.tex. I just moved this file to CTAN:language/hyphenation/eehyph.tex where it belongs. I'm sorry for the confusion. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- accfonts upgrade
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

John Smith writes: > I have uploaded an upgraded version of my gpl-licensed accfonts > package to ftp.tex.ac.uk. The archive file /incoming/accfonts.tgz > contains two files: (1) v. 0.221 of the program mkt1font, in which a > single bug has been fixed, (2) a CHANGES file specifying what is new > since release 0.22. The current version of the package is stored in > /tex-archive/fonts/utilities/accfonts: files for which I have *not* > supplied new versions can be left unchanged. i've installed the two files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: empheq
by Jim Hefferon 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and it is working its way to your favorite mirror even now. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: empheq Author's name: Morten Høgholm Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/empheq Summary description: empheq v2.00 License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in v2.00: * New features: - Easy creation of new tag forms. - Extensible arrows, harpoons and hookarrows. - Extensible under- and overbrackets. - Starred versions of the `amsmath' matrices taking an optional argument specifying column alignment. - Added options `fixamsmath', `donotfixamsmathbugs', `overload, `overload2', and `ntheorem'. - The `overload' feature lets you use the syntax egin{<AmS env>}[<markup>] ... end{<AmS env>} - Scale non-delimiter material to the correct size of the math display yourself. * Bug fixes: - More `ntheorem' fixes: the optional argument of label is now caught in various `amsmath' environments. - Minor spacing bugs removed. * Documentation: - Added descriptions of all the new features. - Added descriptions of all the new options. * Code: - Now uses the new internal LaTeX3 syntax with _ and : except for user commands. - The fixes for `ntheorem' is now a separate module generated by the installation file and included by the option `ntheorem'. - Split up installation file for the obsolete version of the package, which now lives a (very quiet) life of its own. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/empheq 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: tpic2pdftex
by Jim Hefferon 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks again for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: tpic2pdftex.awk Author's name: Hartmut Henkel Location on CTAN: graphics/tpic2pdftex Summary description: Converting tpic special's into pdfliteral's by awk License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The experimental awk-script tpic2pdftex.awk builds one bridge between the pic graphics language and pdfTeX. What tpic2pdftex.awk does: We start from one or more graphics described by the venerable pic language (see e. g. file example.pic), embedded inline within pdfTeX or pdfLaTeX code, and limited by classical .PS and .PE markers as known from groff. The pic graphics might be annotated by TeX or LaTeX text. This pic/TeX language-mix file is piped through the (groff-)pic preprocessor and the tpic2pdftex.awk script. The result is a TeX file with inline pdfliteral{} sections, for further processing by pdftex or pdflatex. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/tpic2pdftex 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 -- Estonian hyphenation patterns
by Reinhard Zierke 14 Apr '04

14 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Enn Saar ----- I uploaded to ftp.dante.de a zip file (eehyph.zip) with Estonian hyphenation patterns. I should have done that long ago, these patterns have been in use for about twenty years. The patterns should go into tex-archive/language/estonian/eehyph.tex, and I chose to license them by lppl. Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:language/estonian/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- preview-latex-0.8.1.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Apr '04

13 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.8.1.tar.gz and preview-0.8.1.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. (...) Here are the release notes: Release notes for version 0.8.1 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex dresses up your LaTeX source by pasting judiciously selected chunks (such as single formulas) chopped from unwieldy preview pages right over their source in the Emacs/XEmacs buffer. You get to have your eye candy and edit it, too. The employed style file preview.sty is independently useful for extraction of selected text elements as images. It now fully supports pdftex including the tightpage option. The package is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, at least GNU Emacs-21.1 under the X window system or XEmacs-21 in version 21.4.10 or later, AUCTeX (11.14 or later recommended, see below), a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. dvipng (version 1.0 or later), a very fast dvi converter available from the same CVS archive, can also be used for conversion. Recent CVS versions of GNU Emacs for Windows or MacOS Carbon should also work. 0.8.1 fixes major bugs in code and RPMs for 0.8 which has been pulled. Current releases support for the first time conversion with PDFLaTeX (however, the foreground color of Emacs buffers appears always black here, differing reports and PDFLaTeX/GhostScript expertise welcome), and conversion with dvipng. Several changes were done to the dumping process to get reasonable behavior when the latex executable actually is eTeX-based. The right mouse button now has a context menu. It is now possible to copy source text passages with images into mail buffers. The README file provides adequate information for firing up preinstalled distributions, and pointers how to provide feedback. The INSTALL file contains a special section with advice for package providers. There is also a file INSTALL.windows detailing instructions for users of that operating system. The home page is <URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net>, the SourceForge project page that among others offers anonymous CVS access is located at <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex>. If you can spare the time, you can also comment on or rate this project at <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/preview-latex>. Paypal donations to the maintainer are also possible via SourceForge. Additional files can be found at <URL:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/preview-latex>: * If you don't have texinfo 4.0 or later installed, prebuilt documentation files can be found there. * Tarballs of preview-latex for all users, alternatively RPMs for RedHat Linux. For the binary RPMs, you will need the preview-latex-common RPM as well as the Emacs-flavor specific RPM. * AUCTeX is now located at <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex>. The download area should also provide you with RPMs if you are using RedHat Linux. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old file in CTAN:support/preview-latex/ and CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/preview/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: texinfo 4.7 available
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Apr '04

11 Apr '04

Karl Berry writes: > I have released version 4.7 of Texinfo, the GNU documentation format, > with supporting programs. The NEWS is below. > > You can get it by anonymous ftp from > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.7.tar.gz > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.7.tar.bz2 > and its mirrors worldwide (see http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html). > It will also be available through CTAN and its mirrors, for example, > http://www.ctan.org/macros/texinfo. > > The Texinfo home page is http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/. > > Please email bugs or suggestions to bug-texinfo(a)gnu.org, > general discussion to help-texinfo(a)gnu.org. > > Peace, > karl(a)gnu.org > > > 4.7 (9 April 2004) > * Language: > . new commands @float, @caption, @shortcaption, @listoffloats for > initial implementation of floating material (figures, tables, etc). > Ironically, they do not yet actually float anywhere. > . new commands @docbook, @ifdocbook, @ifnotdocbook for conditional Docbook. > . new commands @ordf{} and @ordm{} for Spanish feminine/masculine ordinals. > . new commands @deftypecv[x] for class variables in typed OO languages. > . new command @registeredsymbol for the r-in-a-circle symbol. > . new command @headitem to make a heading row in @multitable. > . new command @LaTeX{} for the LaTeX logo. > . new command @comma{} to avoid comma-parsing problems. > . @url is now a synonym for @uref; new command @indicateurl has the > old meaning of just displaying a url as text. > . @quotation now accepts an optional argument for labelling the text > as a `Note', `Tip', etc. > . @defun (et al.) heading lines can now be continued with a lone @. > . @acronym accepts an optional argument for the meaning of the acronym. > * makeinfo: > . New environment variable TEXINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT determines the output > format at runtime, if no options are specified. > . New option --plaintext, equivalent to --no-headers with Info output. > . All outputs: > - sections are numbered by default. > . Info output: > - punctuation is inserted after @pxref and @ref, if needed to make > cross-references valid. > - line numbers included in index menus, so Info readers can go to > the exact line of an entry, not just a node. Also in plaintext output. > - ^@^H[index^@^H] cookie included in index menus, so Info readers > can handle the ] etc. commands better. > . HTML output: > - new algorithm for cross-references to other manuals, for maximum > portability and stability. > - include node name in <title> with split output. > - @multicolumn fractions become percentages. > - entities used for bullets, quotes, dashes, and others. > - index entries are links to the exact locations. > - <h4> and <h5> used for @sub and @subsubsections again. > - accented dotless i supported. > . XML output: many new tags and structure to preserve more source features. > . Docbook output: > - upgraded DTD to Docbook XML 4.2, no longer using Docbook SGML. > - improved translation in general, for instance: > - line annotations and marked quotations. > * texi2dvi: > . if available, use etex (pdfetex if --pdf) by default. > . if the input file includes thumbpdf.sty (for LaTeX), then run thumbpdf. > . more output if --debug. > * texinfo.tex: > . @defun names are now printed in typewriter (instead of bold), and > within the arguments, @var text is printed in slanted typewriter. > . @tex code is executed inside a TeX group, so that any changes must > be prefixed with global (or the equivalent) to be effective. (This > change was actually made years ago, but never made it into the NEWS.) > * info: > . new option --where (aka --location, -w) to report where an Info file > would be found, instead of reading it. > . by default, output ANSI terminal escape sequences as-is; new option > --no-raw-escapes overrides this. > . use the newly-generated index line numbers. > * Distribution: > . new script gendocs.sh (not installed), for use by GNU maintainers in > getting their manuals on the GNU web site. Documented in > maintain.texi (http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_toc.html). > . Most code uses ANSI C prototypes, to some extent. > . New translation: nb. > . automake 1.8.3, autoconf 2.59, gettext 0.14.1. the ctan location is in fact macros/texinfo, so the ctan url karl quotes should in fact be http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/texinfo. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledmac v0.51
by Robin Fairbairns 10 Apr '04

10 Apr '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded ledmac.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this > to replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. The distribution > is under the LPPL. > > Changes in version 0.51 > o Resuscitated line numbers in right hand margin > o Added a third kind of sidenote i've installed the files as requested: thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: Versions 2.10 of beamer and 0.61 of pgf
by Rainer Schöpf 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Till Tantau submitted updates for his packaeges beamer and pgf. > The main purpose of these versions is to restore compatibility with xcolor > 1.10. However, they also contain other bugfixes. > > Change logs: > > Version 2.11 of beamer: > - Now works with xcolor 1.10 (and only 1.10). > - Added t, b, c options to frame. > - Fixed esoteric bug in beamerbaseoptions. > - Fixed problem with againframe and counters. > - Added (small part of) texpower emulation and foils emulation. > - Changed the examples for emulation of prosper. > - Fixed a PostScript related problems in bibliographies. > - Fixed lyx default template. > - Fixed bug that caused option CJK to be broken (though cjk > worked). > - Added inserts for section numbers for navigation bars. > - Fixed problem with spacing inside itemize after equations. > > Version 0.61 of pgf: > - Added pgfex and pgfem dimensions. > - Fixed bug that causes pgfshade to fail to work if xcolor > is called with option gray. > - Fixed PostScript code for radial shadings. > - xxcolor now works with xcolor 1.10 (and only 1.10). Thanks for the updates, I installed them. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

> I have uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir. The distribution is > under the LPPL. > > From the README > Memoir is a flexible class for typesetting general fiction, > non-fiction and mathematical works as books, reports, articles or > manuscripts. Documents can use 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 or 17pt as the normal > font. Many methods are provided to help you create your particular > design. > > Changes (2004/04/05) > o New version of memoir.dtx which will generate version v1.61 of > memoir.cls and the *.clo files with minor fixes for extraneous > spaces, footnotes and sidebars. Incorporates the patches from > mempatch v2.2. > o New (vacuous) version v2.3 of mempatch.sty > o NO CHANGES TO THE USER MANUAL thanks for the upload: i've installed it as you request. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- ledmac package
by Robin Fairbairns 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

Peter Wilsone writes: > I have uploaded ledmac.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. The distribution is > under the LPPL. > > From the README: > The ledmac package is for typesetting critical editions. It is a > LaTeX port, and extension, of the plain TeX EDMAC, TABMAC and EDSTANZA > macros. > > Changes in version 0.5 (2004/04/04) > o Added sidenotes (as a replacement for marginpar in numbered text) > o All footnotes can be used in numbered text, not just critical ones > o If used with the memoir class, multiple regular and critical indexes. thanks for the upload: i've installed the files as you request. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- miller.sty
by Rainer Schöpf 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Harald Harders uploaded an update to miller.sty. License stays LPPL. > From the README: > > Typeset miller indices, e.g., <1-20>, used in > material sicence with an easy syntax. > Minus signs are printed as bar above the corresponding number. > > > >From the ChangeLog: > > v1.10 2004/04/07 > - Add a documentation (HH). > - Bugfix: In some cases, arguments without space have been parsed > incorrectly (HH). > - Bugfix: Detect isolated minus sign in argument with spaces (HH). > > > The Makefile contains a target texlive for preparing TeXLive. An xml > file as well as documentation in pdf are included. Thanks for the upload, I installed the update in macros/latex/contrib/miller For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Upload cjhebrew
by Rainer Schöpf 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Christian Justen wrote: > I just uploaded the file > cjhebltx.enc > to > ftp.dante.de/incoming > > It should go to > CTAN/language/hebrew/cjhebrew > > Licence: LPPL > > The file is a corrected version of the CJHebrew encoding file, fixing a bug > which prevented the creation of valid PS documents when using CJHebrew. Thanks for the update, I installed it as languages/hebrew/cjhebrew/cjhebltx.enc For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: floatrow uploading
by Rainer Schöpf 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Olga Lapko submitted a new package called floatrow. It is licensed under the LPPL and has been installed in macros/latex/contrib/floatrow > This package was created like extension or addition for float package. > > The float package has good possibility for creation of common layout > for all floats of one type without adding any layout code in document, > but it deals only with alone (plain) caption---object combinations. > > Current package allows to create and change similar float and caption layout > for plain float boxes, row of floats, and float with beside caption at once. > > This package recommends the usage of caption2 package. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- kerntest.cls
by Reinhard Zierke 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders <h.harders(a)tu-bs.de> ----- I have uploaded kerntest-v1_10.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please unpack it to macros/latex/contrib/kerntest. License is LPPL. >From the README: Print tables and generate mtx files that help to adjust kernings This class makes it easy to generate tables that show many different kerning pairs of an arbitrary font, usable by LaTeX. It shows the kerning values that are used by the the font by default. In addition, this class enables the user to alternate the kernings and to observe the results. Automatically, an mtx file is generated that can be loaded by fontinst to introduce the user-made kernings into the virtual font for LaTeX. The Makefile contains the item `texlive' for producing a TeXLive directory structure. An xml file is contained for the catalogue. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed this new package as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/kerntest. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: xfrac
by Jim Hefferon 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and is making 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: xfrac Author's name: Morten Høgholm Author's email: moho01ab(a)student.cbs.dk Location on CTAN: macros/latex/exptl/xfrac Summary description: experimental/extended fractions License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a prototype implementation of xfrac; a package designed for producing visually pleasing split level fractions for arbitrary fonts. It's experimental and requires experimental code. See the README for more details. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/xfrac 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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Interim release of uk tex faq on ctan and web
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

this morning i found a significant bug in the way the faq's tex->html translator works; i needed to correct both the script and the source. as a side-effect the new version (3.11c) has one new answer (about the error message alignment tab has been converted to cr). the new versions are at the same place as ever: web: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq ctan: help/uk-tex-faq Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN & FAQ teams

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tug.ctan.org upload: AIAA LaTeX Package v 3.5
by Jim Hefferon 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and the update should be working its way to your favorite mirror, to arrive in a day or two. Thanks for the update, Jim ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: AIAA LaTeX Package v 3.5 Author's name: Bil Kleb Author's email: Bil.Kleb(a)NASA.Gov Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/aiaa Summary description: A class and bibliography style file for AIAA technical conference papers License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This distribution provides a LaTeX class (aiaa-tc.cls) and bibliography style file (aiaa.bst) that are used to create AIAA technical conference papers. The distribution also contains a Users Manual (aiaa.pdf), AIAA paper submission instructions (author_guide.pdf) and two templates, a bare-bones template and an advanced template. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/aiaa 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: tensor
by Jim Hefferon 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror quite soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: tensor Author's name: Philip G. Ratcliffe Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tensor Summary description: Typeset tensors License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Typeset tensors with mixed upper and lower indices with spacing, also typset preposed indices. This is a complete revision and extension of the original tensor package by Mike Piff. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tensor 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 -- WinShell 2.5
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Ingo H. de Boer ----- I have uploaded a new version of WinShell to: ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/winshell Please replace all the files in: ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/systems/win32/winshell The licence is 'nosource'. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WinShell is a graphical user interface for easy working with LaTeX or TeX. It includes a text editor, different tool bars and user configuration options. It is NOT a LaTeX system. An additional LaTeX package for Windows is needed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- best regards, Ingo -- Ingo H. de Boer http://www.winshell.de ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:systems/win32/winshell Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- chroma
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: chroma Name and email: Uwe Kern <chroma(a)ukern.de> Suggested location on CTAN: info/colour/chroma Summary description: Chroma: a reference book of LaTeX colors License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.00 (2004/04/04) This reference book presents several lists of colors and their respective parameters in a number of color models. The lists are constructed either by parameters or by name. `Colors by parameters' displays systematic series of colors, based on 3-tuples of numbers that are interpreted as color parameters in the `rgb', `cmy', and `hsb' color models. `Colors by name' displays sets of colors that have been given specific names such that LaTeX users do not have to care about their parametrisation. However, as soon as there is the intention to use these colors outside the LaTeX world (e.g. website construction or drawing programs), the parameters suddenly gain importance. For each color name, we display - the color itself plus the name of the underlying model, - a 50%-tint (mixture with `white'), - a 50%-tone (mixture with `gray'), - a 50%-shade (mixture with `black'), - and the complementary color. Additionally, for the base colors defined by the `xcolor' package, also all 50%-mixes of base color pairs are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=chroma datestamp=2004/04/04 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.ctan.org> <about> <name>chroma</name> <caption>Chroma: a reference book of LaTeX colors</caption> <author> <name>Uwe Kern</name> <email>chroma(a)ukern.de</email> </author> <license type=lppl /> </about> <description> <abstract> v1.00 (2004/04/04) This reference book presents several lists of colors and their respective parameters in a number of color models. The lists are constructed either by parameters or by name. `Colors by parameters' displays systematic series of colors, based on 3-tuples of numbers that are interpreted as color parameters in the `rgb', `cmy', and `hsb' color models. `Colors by name' displays sets of colors that have been given specific names such that LaTeX users do not have to care about their parametrisation. However, as soon as there is the intention to use these colors outside the LaTeX world (e.g. website construction or drawing programs), the parameters suddenly gain importance. For each color name, we display - the color itself plus the name of the underlying model, - a 50%-tint (mixture with `white'), - a 50%-tone (mixture with `gray'), - a 50%-shade (mixture with `black'), - and the complementary color. Additionally, for the base colors defined by the `xcolor' package, also all 50%-mixes of base color pairs are included. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>info/colour/chroma</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:info/colour/chroma/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- view_print_ps_pdf 1.3
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Wybo Dekker ----- - I have uploaded vpp-1.3.tar.gz at ftp.dante.de - to be unpacked in /support/view_print_ps_pdf - LPPL - summary: vpp (View and Print Postscript/PDF) displays a pdf or postscript document and lets you print (or save as PDF) selected pages to a one- or two-sided hardcopy or an A5-booklet. Can also be used to re-arrange pages in a document. - changes: * ConteXt pdf-selection and -rearrangements now done with LaTeX using the packages pagesel (Heiko Oberdieck) and pdfpages (Andreas Matthias) to evict font-problems that occurred with uninstalled fonts. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:support/view_print_ps_pdf/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- ctable 1.6a
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

----- Forwarded message from Wybo Dekker ----- I have uploaded ctable-1.6a.tar.gz at ftp.dante.de - ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered table and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. - replaces ctable-1.6.tar.gz - unpack in macros/latex/contrib/ctable - LPPL - changes (relative to v1.6): 2 errors were corrected: * fboxsep and fboxrule changes made temporary * extra space behind tabulars removed ----- End forwarded message ----- Thank you for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/ctable Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Lshort Upload (note the quote)
by Robin Fairbairns 04 Apr '04

04 Apr '04

Tobias Oetiker writes: > I have uploaded lshort-4.14 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/lshort-4.14. i've installed the files in directory info/lshort/english and triggered ctan mirroring. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: refcheck
by Jim Hefferon 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: update of refcheck package Author's name: Oleg Motygin Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/refcheck Summary description: a new version of refcheck package License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version (1.9) of refcheck package can check usage of labels in external files and has more compability with cite package. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/refcheck/ 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: New fourier-GUT (v1.3)
by Rainer Schöpf 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Michel Bovani wrote: > I just uploaded fourier-GUT.tgz in dante.ctan.org/incoming > > The fourier-GUT directory should replace the old verion in > tex-archive/fonts > > The licence is lppl > > This version is an upgrade to fourier-GUT 1.0 (note that 1.1 were never > released, 1.2 was released only for the new latex companion). > Several bugs corrected, new widespace option, new ornament font, etc. > See the read me for détails. Thanks for the new version, I installed the files in fonts/fourier-GUT For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: dvipng
by Jim Hefferon 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

A package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and those updates should appear in a day or two at your favorite mirror site. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: dvipng Author's name: Jan-Åke Larsson Location on CTAN: dviware/dvipng Summary description: A fast DVI to PNG converter License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. Dvipng has undergone a number of improvements and bugfixes since being first released in the 0.x number series a year ago. The 1.0 release changes the behaviour of the -D switch and simplifies choice of resolution greatly (see below for details). It has been tested to a fair degree. Note the disclaimer in the COPYING file. Report any bugs you find, see README for instructions. - - -------------------- People who are upgrading from version 0.9 or earlier should read the following: This release changes the -D (resolution) option to specify the _output_resolution_ rather than the previous _base_resolution_. Changing output resolution from the default 100 dpi will now only need the -D option, as dvipng now calculates the required magnification and thus can render PK fonts suitable for any output resolution. There is no need anymore to specify by hand the base resolution, the Metafont mode, the quality, and the magnification. If you really want to use a Metafont mode different from the default `cx' mode, the separate --bdpi option is used for specifying the corresponding base resolution. In short, choosing the output resolution has become simple even when using PK fonts (but remember, the created PK fonts are normally cached on disk). - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/dviware/dvipng 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: nature
by Jim Hefferon 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and is even now propagating across the Internet -- but in a good way, heading to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: nature Author's name: Peter Czoschke Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nature Summary description: Class for preprints for the journal Nature License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A class and .bst file to aid in preparing articles and letters for submission to the scientific journal Nature (published by the Nature Publishing Group). Includes a template file. I am in no way affiliated with the Nature Publishing Group. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nature 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 -- tipa 1.3
by Reinhard Zierke 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

----- Forwarded message from Fukui Rei ----- Hi. I am the maintainer of the TIPA package. I have just uploaded a new package of tipa which is intended as the whole replacement of the contents found in the fonts/tipa directory. Please remove everything in that directory and extract the new material. Filename is tipa.tar.gz. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed this package - including the new TIPA version 1.3 - in CTAN:fonts/tipa/ as suggested. The changelog from the README file is: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIPA version 1.3 Fukui Rei (fkr(a)l.u-tokyo.ac.jp) 30 March, 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.3 (2004/03/30): - Some symbols included in the xipa and related font families modified. - t3enc.def corrected (thanks to W. Lemberg). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: Upload of References bibliographic software
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Volker Kiefel uploaded: > References bibliographic software > (refs_41f.zip) > > License: > gpl > > > Description: > References bibliographic software supporting LaTeX/BibTeX > > REFERENCES is bibliographic software for authors of > scientific manuscripts and for management of > bibliographic data. The current version of REFERENCES > is provided with a text based console interface > compiled for win32-systems, an external text editor is > required for editing data. > > New in v4.1f: > > Support for OpenOffice.org/StarOffice WRITER: Command > [edit-main-p osw] generates macros to create citations > in OpenOffice.org/StarOffice WRITER documents (new > scripts ooo-xsr.awk and ooo-sr.awk). > > References starting screen: information on WORKING > DIRECTORIES AND FILES removed. This infomations remains > available under the [main-i] command. Thanks for the update, I installed it in support/references For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: [CTAN upload] ppr-prv class update (v0.12b)
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Mathieu Goutelle wrote: > I have uploaded an update of the ppr-prv class in /incoming/ppr-prv.tgz > on dante.ctan.org. Please replace all files in > macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv by the ones in the archive. > > This class is used with LaTeX presentations using the prosper class. > ppr-prv stands for Prosper Preview. The aim of this class is to > produce a printable version of the slides written with Prosper, with > two slides per page. > > Changes since previous version are: > * [Bugfix] all key definitions were lost due to a name inconsistency. > > Best regards, Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 6.40 - DVI editing, char based DVI Search
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

Basil K. Malyshev submitted an update to BaKoMa TeX. As usual, it was installed in nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma > Most important improvements in BaKoMa TeX 6.40 are: > > 1) Dynamical Preview + Dual Cursor = Editing in DVI window. > 2) DVI Forward/Reverse Search - Character Precision Positionning. > 3) DVI Mouse Tools - Text Select Tool. > 4) New Modules - czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > 1) Dynamical Preview + Dual Cursor = Editing in DVI window. > > In dynamical preview mode you will see two carets: > one in text window another in DVI window. > These carets are synchronized - moving one caret moves another. > > DVI window also have text selection feature. > Also, selections in text and DVI window are synchronized. > So, in DVI window you can move caret and select text. > > Farthermore, in DVI window you can press characters, > BkSp, Del, and other keys, whose will be passed into text editor. > TeX source modified by these commands will be reprocessed > by TeX and redisplayed in DVI window on the-fly. > > In fact, it looks such that you edit document immediatly in DVI window !!! > > 2) DVI Forward/Reverse Search - Character Precision Positionning. > > Now DVI Forward Search and DVI Reverse Search > are performed wirh character precision. > DVI Reverse Search is invoked by double-click or from context menu. > > 3) DVI Mouse Tools - Text Select Tool. > > Commonly Text Select Tool is intended for selection in > Dynamical Preview mode. > In advance, it may be useful to extract example codes from > manuals provided in DVI format. > > 4) New Modules - czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > We begin new directory - language, which currently includes > five modules: czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > More information about changes is at: > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> > > --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 6.40 ---------------------- > > CONTENTS > * Highlights > * Graphical Capabilities > * Fonts > * User Interface > * PDF Generation Features > * HTML Generation features > * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 6.40 > > For more information about BaKoMa TeX see > <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> > > BaKoMa TeX is a complete TeX system for Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95 > > HIGHLIGHTS > > * BaKoMa TeX is PostScript enabled TeX system. > * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region > of the file being edited. > (like to Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). > ** Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. > ** Generates *SVG* (PSTricks, Prosper + animation features). > ** Generates HTML (TeX4HT, DVI2HTML), also supports Hevea and TTH. > * Supports using PostScript Type 1 fonts (including MM) *WITHOUT ATM*. > However, using ATM for font rendering is optionally available. > * Complete distribution includes about *1500* TeX Fonts (including EC/TC, LH) > in ATM Compatible PostScript Type 1 font format. > * Font Setup Wizard installs OpenType/TrueType/Postscript fonts in one click > * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. > * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. > * Supports hyperlink text broken across lines and pages. > * Easy to install and use. > * Much less expensive than other analogues. > > GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES > > BaKoMa TeX includes an interpreter for *PostScript Level 2* > (with most of Level 3 features), which is tested for compatibility > with output from popular software such as: MetaPost, Adobe Illustrator 10, > Adobe Streamline 4.0, Mathematica 4, MatLab, CorelDraw 10, CorelXARA, > HIGZ, PageDraw, FrameMaker, ImageMagick, etc. > > All DVI back-ends support the same special interface compatible > with well known Rokicki's DVIPS, including processing PostScript > embedded into DVI files (PSTricks, PSfrag, XyPic, etc.). > > The system includes Graphics Import Filters for the following formats: > EPS, PDF, HPGL, DXY, FIG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP, WMF, EMF. > > FONTS > > BaKoMa TeX supports the following font formats: > * OpenType (both TTF and OTF are supported), > * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), > * PostScript Type 3, > * TrueType, > * TeX PK/VF. > > The system includes about *1500* typefaces in PostScript Type 1 > and Type 3 font format including the following fonts: > * CM (including LaTeX and Logo fonts + vf for T1 with CX > * AMS Fonts (Euler, Math Symbols), > * EC/TC, > * LH (T2A), > * Concrete (Math, ECC), > * Malvern, > * CMCyr + vf for T2A/LCY > * Scripting fonts, CMPica, Punk. > Math Fonts: > * Stmaryrd, Wasy, Rsfs, YHMath, BlackBoard (bbm, doublestroke). > Diagram drawing fonts: > * Lams, Astro Symbols (cmastro, astrosym, moonphase), > * Barcodes (barcodes, wlean, wlc*), Logical (loggates, milstd), > * timing, MusiXTeX, Chess/CChess, Go, Backgammon, Dingbats/NiceFrame. etc. > > Any font type can be used for any output device/format. > This feature is supported by automatic font conversion > between font formats when needed. > This feature enables the rendering of Type 1 fonts *without ATM*. > On the other hand, it enables the use of TrueType/OpenType fonts > for generating PostScript printed even on PostScript Level 1 printers. > > In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use most of free Type 1 fonts > available on CTAN and Trutype fonts coming with MS Windows systems. > > Font Setup Wizard lets you to install most of commercial (and free) > OpenType, TrueType, and Postscript Type 1 fonts in almost one click. > > OpenType/Type1 fonts (OTF) are supported also under Windows 9x and NT 4.0 > even without ATM. > > USER INTERFACE > > * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. > It reformats (and preview) selected part of document on the fly, > when you edit it. This feature accelerates tuning paragraphs, > mathematics, pictures, etc. > * Flexible window docking lets you optimize splitting your screen > for using Dynamical Preview efficiently. > * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, > * Quick navigation via document structure, > * DVI Forward/Reverse search (format independent), > * Powerful support for different input encodings, > * Project support, > * Graphics import assistant, > * Assitance for multi-file documents: > context sensitive openning of included text and graphics files, > * Searching for TeX errors using the TeX log file, > * Searching for help for TeX commands in entire document collection, > * Syntax highlighting is configurable for catcodes and command dictionaries, > * Customizable GUI Bars and menus for inserting Math Symbols and other commands, > * Automatic creation of a BB-file for non-PostScript graphics. > * Spell Checker: On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, > correction proposals, handling accents and babel shortcuts. > configurable for handling (La)TeX commands. > * BibEdit - editor for LaTeX BIB files is included. > * Syntax Completion is context sensitive and flexible. > * Support for Multi-User systems. > > OUTPUT DEVICES/FORMATS > > * View on Windows Display. > * Print on any printer supported by a MS Windows driver. > * PostScript (really scalable), > * PDF, > * SVG (animation effects are supported), > * HTML. > > Important feature of BaKoMa TeX is consistent graphics and font support > for all types of output. This means that all font formats mentioned > may be used for every type of output. This also means that all graphical > capabilities mentioned are supported for every type of output. > > PDF GENERATION FEATURES > > * Handling in-line PostScript in DVI files (PSTricks). > * Creating PDF files which share fonts. > Suitable for preparing CD-ROM based document libraries. > * Embedding fonts in CFF requires 2--3 times less space then other font forms. > * Embedding ToUnicode CMAPs to support search and copy-paste > of cyrillic and other international characters. > * Handling HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. > > HTML GENERATION FEATURES > > BaKoMa TeX 5 supports several ways for conversion of (La)TeX > documents into HTML files. > * `TeX|Generate HTML ...' text editor menu command lets you launch > `TeX4HT' convertor with numerous options. > * `File|Generate HTML ...' DVI viewer menu command lets you convert > pages of a DVI file into PNG files wrapped into navigation HTML > pages. This approach is useful for documents with complex graphics, > such as slides. > > In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use `HEVEA' and/or `TTH' convertors. > Launching of these convertors is available via extra TABS of > `TeX|Generate HTML ...' editor command. > > Including graphics is well integreated with BaKoMa TeX graphical engine. > In this reason, you can insert everithing supported by BaKoMa TeX > into generated HTML pages. > > SVG GENERATION FEATURES > > BaKoMa TeX 5.50 introduces generation of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) > from a DVI files. Ability to add animation to the SVG output, > makes it the best for producing high quality presentations. > > Sample of animated presentation is available at: > ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/samples/index.html > > Key Features: > SVG output is compatible with another output formats > (PDF, PS, HTML, View, and Print) so, that the same graphical > formats, font formats, and other features are supported. > In details: > * All TeX Formats (LaTeX 2e, LaTeX 2.09, AmSTeX, Plain TeX) are supported. > * TeX extensions (e-TeX and Omega) are supported. > * ALL LaTeX packages (including PSTricks, PSFrag, graphics, draftcopy, etc.) > are supported. > * Graphical formats: EPS, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, FIG, > BMP, WMF, EMF, HPGL, and DXY are supported. > * More generally, Any imported or embedded Postscript is supported. > * Hyperref is supported, including outline and links. For Acrobatmenu > most general commands (such as NextPage or PrevPage) are supported. > * Popular presentation packages: Prosper, PDFScreen, PDFSlide, Seminar, etc. > are supported. > *** The existing presentations can be enhanced by adding animation. > * All Font Types: OpenType (OTF/TTF), TrueType, Postscript Type1 > (including MM), Postscript Type 3, and TeX PK are supported. > > Details about adding animation to generated SVG files are explained at: > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/svgwrite.html> > > *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 6.40 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 6.30 *** > > 1) Dynamical Preview + Dual Cursor = Editing in DVI window. > 2) DVI Forward/Reverse Search - Character Precision Positionning. > 3) DVI Mouse Tools - Text Select Tool. > 4) New Modules - czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > 1) Dynamical Preview + Dual Cursor = Editing in DVI window. > > In dynamical preview mode you will see two carets: > one in text window another in DVI window. > These carets are synchronized - moving one caret moves another. > > DVI window also have text selection feature. > Also, selections in text and DVI window are synchronized. > So, in DVI window you can move caret and select text. > > Farthermore, in DVI window you can press characters, > BkSp, Del, and other keys, whose will be passed into text editor. > TeX source modified by these commands will be reprocessed > by TeX and redisplayed in DVI window on the-fly. > > In fact, it looks such that you edit document immediatly in DVI window !!! > > 2) DVI Forward/Reverse Search - Character Precision Positionning. > > Now DVI Forward Search and DVi Reverse Search > are performed wirh character precision. > > 3) DVI Mouse Tools - Text Select Tool. > > Commonly Text Select Tool is intended for selection in > Dynamical Preview mode. > In advance, it may be useful to extract example codes from > manuals provided in DVI format. > > 4) New Modules - czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > We begin new directory - language, which currently includes > five modules: czech, phonetic, polish, runes, russian. > > For more information see > <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> > > ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- > > > For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: upload in ftp.dante.de
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Peter Furlan wrote: > I've uploaded a new version of TexCad32 to > ftp.dante.de > > Licence: LPPL > > Announcement text: > **************************************************** > Changes in version 4.4.1 since 4.3.3 > **************************************************** > > - Parts of pictures may be saved and read as macros, > giving the possibility to rapid insertion of often > used elements e.g. parts of electrical circuits. > - Move is now done with the mouse > - Undeletion of deleted elements is now possible > - Two new pdf-files describing the use of macros and > inclusion of pictures. > **************************************************** Thanks for the new version, I installed it in graphics/texcad32 For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: xcolor 1.10
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 Uwe Kern submitted: > Name of contribution: xcolor 1.10 > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xcolor > Summary description: Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2004/03/27 v1.10 > * New features: > - support for `named' model; > - support for `dvips' colors > (may now be used within color expressions); > - internal representation of `ordinary' and `named' colors merged > into unified data structure; > - allow multiple `-' signs at the beginning of color expressions. > * Bugfixes: > - commands like color[named]{foo} caused errors when color masking > or target model conversion were active; > - incompatibility with `soul' package: commands hl, ul, etc. > could yield unexpected results. > * Documentation: > - added formula for general color expressions; > - enhanced text and index; > - removed dependence of index generation on local configuration > file. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: package elmath uploaded
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: > I have uploaded at ftp://ftp.dante.de/incoming/elmath > the files > > elmath.dtx (A package that allows users with a Greek keyboard to > elmath.ins directly type Greek math symbols) > > and iso-8859-7.def. > > The files elmath.* can be installed at > > /pub/tex/macros/latex/contrib/elmath > > The file iso-8859-7.def should replace the file > > fonts/greek/package-babel/encodings/iso-8859-7.def Thanks for your upload, I installed the files. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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