Michael Sharpe submitted the
SticksToo
package.
Version number: 1.00
License type: ofl lppl
Summary description: A reworking of STIX2
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SticksToo is a reworking of the STIX2 with support files focussing on
enhancements of support for LaTeX users wishing to be able to access
more of its features. A companion addition to the newtx package
(version 1.55) provides a matching math package using STIX2 letters
(Roman and Greek) with newtxmath symbols.
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David Purton submitted the
pdfoverlay
package.
Version: 1.0 2018-05-08
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A LaTeX style for overlaying text on a PDF
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The pdfoverlay package provides a simple interface to overlay text on
to an existing PDF. The text to be overlayed is typeset and positioned
normally as you would any other LaTeX document.
Some or all of the pages of the PDF can be included and not all pages
of the PDF need have overlayed text.
It’s also possible to include text between pages of the PDF.
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Bob Tennent submitted an update to the
MusiXTeX
package.
Version number: 1.28 2018-05-07
License type: gpl2+
Summary description: Sophisticated music typesetting
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New commands for specifying repeats *within* a bar, possibly forced to
the end of a system.
Corrected definition of C@Inter for
blines < 4
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David Carlisle submitted an update to the
geometry
package.
Version number: 5.8
License type: lppl
Summary description: Flexible and complete interface to document
dimensions
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2018-04-16 Release 5.8
* Documentation fixes.
* (x)dvipdfmx alias for dvipdfm otion.
Also geometry.ins (which is generated from geometry.dtx) is not
separately included in the distribution.
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Grazia Messineo submitted an update to the
esami
package.
Version number: 2.5 2018-05-06
License type: lppl
Summary description: Typeset exams with scrambled questions and answers
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Corrected a misprint in the code. Improved the selection of random
exercises.
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The LaTeX Team submitted an update to the
l3build
package.
Version: 2018-05-06
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX
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l3build Release 2018-05-06
- Normalise dates to placeholder YYYY-MM-DD:
may require .tlg updates
- Add dynamicfiles support
- Include dot files in tree() (fixes #30)
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Xiangdong Zeng submitted an update to the
fduthesis
package.
Version number: 0.7b 2018-05-06
License type: lppl1.3c
Summary description: LaTeX thesis template for Fudan University
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Add figures of university name and emblems.
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Zhen Wan submitted the
CQUBeamer
package.
Version: 1.0 2018-05-04
License: mit cc-by-4
Summary description: LaTeX Beamer Template for Chongqing University
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This slide template mainly introduces the basic structure, the
compilation mode, and the font settings for Chinese & English.
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Maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the
reledmac
package.
Version number: 2.26.10 2018-05-05
License type: lppl1.3
Summary description: Typeset scholarly editions
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- Really fix bug with page number in footnote after mainmatter (bug
introduced in v2.26.7)
- Add error message when insertion a pstart or pend inside edtext
arguments
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Takayuki Yato submitted an update to the
ZXjafont
package.
Version number: 0.4
License type: mit
Summary description: Set up Japanese font families for XeLaTeX
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- New preets: `yu-win10`, `sourcehan(-jp)`, `noto(-jp)`, `ume`.
- New options: `90jis`, `jis2004`.
- The use of deprecated presets is warned.
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Donald P. Goodman submitted the
padcount
package.
Version: 1.0
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Pad numbers with arbitrary characters
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Provides some simple macros which will pad numbers (or, indeed, any
expanded token) with your choice of character (defaulting to 0)
to your choice of number of places (defaults to 2).
Works not only on arabic numerals, but on any expanded list of tokens
passed to it. This makes it suitable for, among other things,
counters of all kinds.
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Michal Hoftich submitted an update to the
make4ht
package.
Version: 0.2b
License: lppl1.3
Summary description: A build system for tex4ht
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Version 0.2a:
- added new filter and extension: `staticsite`. It can be used for
creating HTML files suitable for static site generators such as
Jekyll or Hugo
- fixed extension execution order
- renamed latexmk extension to latexmk_build because of conflict with
Latexmk
Version 0.2b:
- fixed bug in a build file execution
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Donald P. Goodman submitted the
modulus
package.
Version number: 1.0
License type: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A non-destructive modulus and INT quotient
operator for TeX
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Provides an easy way to take the remainder of a division operation
without destroying the values of the counters containing the dividend
and divisor. Also provides a way to take the INT quotient of a
division operation without destroying the values of the counters
containing the dividend and divisor. Tiny but occasionally useful
package, when doing heavy TeX programming.
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David Carlisle submitted an update to the
colortbl
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Version number: 1.0c
License type: lppl
Summary description: Add colour to LaTeX tables
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Update to colortbl to match the updated array package in the 2018-04-01 LaTeX release.
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he LaTeX Team submitted an update to the
latex-tools
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Version number: 2018-04-30
License type: lppl1.3
Summary description: The LaTeX standard tools bundle
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Update to array package
2018-04-30 Frank Mittelbach <Frank.Mittelbach(a)latex-project.org>
* array.dtx Explicity place the row strut inside \ before
hitting cr in case the last cell is a multicolumn cell
(issue 42)
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The LaTeX Team submitted an update to the
latex-base and the latex-doc
packages.
Version number: PL 4 2018-04-01
License type: lppl1.3
Summary description: Base sources of LaTeX
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LaTeX Release 2018-04-01 Patch Level 4
No change to the LaTeX format but an update to docstrip
to again support non ASCII letters in .ins files
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Alex Ball submitted an update to the
dccpaper
bundle.
Version: 1.7 2018-05-01
License: lppl1.3c cc-by-4
Summary description: Typeset papers for the International Journal of Digital Curation
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- Some new options have been added for writing IDCC 2019 submissions,
along with template updates.
- Further documentation of how to write IDCC submissions has been added.
- The classes now use OTF fonts with LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX if available.
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Enrico Gregorio submitted an update to the
regexpatch
package.
Version number: 0.2d
License type: lppl1.3c
Summary description: High level patching of commands
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Fixed a silly typo introduced in version 0.2c
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Maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the
reledmac
package.
Version number: 2.26.9 2018-05-02
License type: lppl1.3
Summary description: Typeset scholarly editions
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Reledmac:
- Fix bug with critical footnotes line number when alternating between
umberlinefalse and
umberlinetrue.
- Fix bug with page number in footnote after mainmatter (bug introduced in v2.26.7)
- Workaround with a bug of LaTeX 2018/04/01 patch level 3 to generate the .sty file from a .ins file
Reledpar:
- Fix bug with marginal line number in parallel typesetting when alternating between
umberlinefalse and
umberlinetrue
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Michael Sharpe submitted the
DSSerif
package.
Version: 1.00 2018-05-01
License: ofl lppl lppl1.3
Summary description: A double-struck serifed font for mathematical use
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DSSerif is a mathematical font package with double struck serifed digits,
upper and lower case letters, in regular and bold weights.
The design was inspired by the STIX double struck fonts, which are
sans serif, but starting from a Courier-like base.
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Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the
babel
package.
Version number: 3.20 2018-05-02
License type: lppl1.3
Summary description: Multilingual support for Plain TeX or LaTeX
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New
===
- ini files with the field digits.native define
<language>digits and <language>counters. arabic can be
redefined to use native digits.
- Fix - mapfont in bidi=basic didn't take into account combining
marks (eg, Arabic vowels).
- Fix - A bug introduced in 3.19, which sometimes reversed text
in hbox'es.
- Fix for luatex 1.07 - An internal change in luatex broke
bidi at 'automatic' hyphens.
- Fix for latest latex - babel.ins raised an error.
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Wilberd van der Kallen submitted the
manyind
package.
Version number: 2018-05-01
License type: lppl1.2
Summary description: Provides support for many indexes
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The package manyind provides support for many indexes in LaTeX. No extra
files, no extra program. Â
One runs latex and makeindex as if there is just one index. Â
In the main file one puts commands like setindex{main} to steer the flow.
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Christophe Bares submitted the
competences
package.
Version number: 1.0
License type: lppl1.3
Summary description: Track skills of classroom checks
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This new package is an attempt to track skills assessed during a classroom
check or exam.
Each question can be associated with one or more skills and be assigned a
number of points to be earned.
At the end of the text, a table set summarizes the skills assessed, and in
what proportions.
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Andreas Storvik Strauman submitted an update to the
includeRnw
package.
Version: 0.1.0 2018-05-01
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Include .Rnw inside .tex
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- Added package option [texenv], which frees you from the syntax of Rnw:
<<>>=
@
- Fixed bug where [new] and [halt] package options didn't work
- Fixed bug where [n], [h] and [f] command options didn't work
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