Uwe Ziegenhagen submitted an update to the
VarsFromJobname
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Version: 1.1
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Extract variables from the name of the LaTeX file
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Version 1.1, rewritten using expl3.
Limitation to 9 tokens does not apply anymore.
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Wybo H. Dekker submitted an update to the
ctable
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Version: 1.32 2025-07-10
License: lppl
Summary description: Flexible typesetting of table and figure floats using key/value directives
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- Simultaneous use of pos and sideways options incorrectly tested
- now contained in 1 self-extracting file (run tex ctable.dtx)
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Herbert Voß submitted an update to the
xindex
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Version: 1.02 2025-08-02
License: lppl1.3 mit
Summary description: Unicode-compatible index generation
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Joseph Wright submitted an update to the
biblatex-ieee
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Version: 1.4f 2025-08-01
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Summary description: IEEE style files for BibLaTeX
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Luis F. Bartolo Alegre submitted the
multi-sudoku
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Version: 1.00
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Create and customise Sudoku grids of various sizes
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Hello LaTeX users,
I’m excited to release multi-sudoku v1.0, a package to easily
typeset Sudoku puzzles ranging from 1×1 up to 49×49 grids.
Highlights:
- Supports multiple sizes: 1×1, 2×2, 4×4, 9×9 (standard), 16×16,
25×25, 36×36, and 49×49
- Simple manual entry via a tabular-like environment
- Customisable cell size, font, and grid line thickness
- Lightweight—no TikZ or heavy dependencies
- Works with plain LaTeX workflows
This package is perfect for educators, researchers, and Sudoku
enthusiasts who want flexibility beyond standard 9×9 puzzles.
Get it on CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/multi-sudoku
Author: Luis F. Bartolo Alegre
License: LPPL 1.3c
Feedback and bug reports welcome!
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Daniel Nagel submitted the
fontawesome7
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Version: 7.0.0-1
License: ofl lppl1.3c
Summary description: Font Awesome 7 with LaTeX support
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Brand new Font Awesome 7 icon package
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Lukas Heindl submitted an update to the
catppuccinPalette
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Version: 1.2.0 2025-07-19
License: mit
Summary description: Provides (x)colors of catppuccin theme
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We did some internal restructuring.
Also there is now support for two more packages/classes:
- hyperref -> automatic styling of the reference borders
can be enabled
- beamer -> catppuccin can be loaded as colortheme
(with a variable accent color)
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Joseph Wright submitted an update to the
ltx-talk
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Version: 0.1.6 2025-07-31
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A class for typesetting presentations
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### Fixed
- Generate a required variant
- Handling of optional argument to `\item`
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Matthias Fresacher submitted an update to the
pmdraw
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Version: 1.8 2025-07-31
License: lppl1.3
Summary description: Draw elements of the diagram monoids
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- Added troubleshooting section to manual
- Fixed typos in manual
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Thomas Saigre submitted the
tikz-shields
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Version: 0.1
License: gpl3+
Summary description: Badges as in shields.io, but in LaTeX
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This package allows to include shields badges in a LaTeX document,
as in shields.io.
At this point, various styles of badges and other features are available,
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The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the
l3kernel
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Version: 2025-07-20
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions
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### Added
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- Support for key value expansion in `l3keys`
### Changed
- Track LuaMetaTeX changes in `\meaning` output
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Martin Beyer submitted the
optikz
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Version: 1.0.0
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Customizable optical components for drawing laser setups and optical systems using TikZ
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The optikz package provides a collection of TikZ-based commands for drawing laser setups and optical systems. It includes components such as lenses, mirrors, beamsplitters, cameras, spectrometers, detectors and more. Each element is highly customizable through optional key-value arguments (e.g. angle, width, thickness, color). Furthermore, rainbow and single color beams can be drawn to visualize beam size and dispersion in e.g. stretcher-compressor setups.
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Joseph Wright submitted an update to the
ltx-talk
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Version: 0.1.5 2025-07-28
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A class for typesetting presentations
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- Revise handling of `pauses` counter and `+`/`.` implementation (see
issue [\#60](https://github.com/josephwright/ltx-talk/issues/60))
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Mingyu Xia submitted the
char2path
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Version: 1.0.0 2025-07-28
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A LaTeX package that converts characters into TikZ paths
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Niina Ryota submitted an update to the
QWorld
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Version: 1.1.2
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Drawing String Diagrams for Monoidal Categories and Quantum Theory in TeX
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Fixed typos in the English documentation (qworld_en.pdf) and
the corresponding TeX source file (qworld_en.tex).
This change only affects the English documentation (qworld_en.pdf)
and the TeX source file (qworld_en.tex), and does not impact
the style file.
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Andreas Scherer submitted an update to the
cweb
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Version: 4.12.2
License: knuth
Summary description: A Web system in C
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This new release of CWEB is a minor service release.
* CTANGLE purges trailing whitespace in preprocessor macros.
* CWEAVE warns about @=verbatim@> material outside C code.
* It most likely will serve as the basis for TeX Live 2026.
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Nicola Talbot submitted an update to the
bib2gls
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Version: 4.6 2025-07-27
License: gpl3+
Summary description: Command line application to convert .bib files to glossaries-extra.sty resource files
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Valentin Dao submitted the
intexgral
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Version: 1.0.0 2025-07-26
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A LaTeX package for typesetting integrals
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This package provides a new macro \integral to help typeset integrals.
It uses numerous keys to easily change its different components
(limits, differentials etc.) and offers a couple of auxiliary macros
to complete some of them.
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