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CTAN update: spark-otf
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the spark-otf package. Version number: 0.02 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Support OpenType Spark fonts Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.02 2017-09-21 - added a star version for LuaLaTeX which allows any values in the data list - added error message for pdflatex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/spark-otf More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/spark-otf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz We are supported by the TeX user groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: xcharter
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Michael Sharpe submitted an update to the xcharter package. Version number: 1.1 2017-09-20 License type: other-free lppl1.3 Summary description: Extension of Bitstream Charter fonts Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update includes support for Serbian Cyrillic typesetting in XeLaTeX. LuaLaTeX and pdflatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package's Catalogue entry can be viewed at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xcharter The package's files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/xcharter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Nicola Talbot submitted an update to the glossaries package. Version: 4.33 2017-09-20 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - added package option nolangwarn - added package option esclocations - added GlsSetXdyNumberGroupOrder - added starred form of GlsSetXdyFirstLetterAfterDigits ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/glossaries The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see https://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: hepthesis
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Andy Buckley submitted an update to the hepthesis package. Version number: 1.5.1 License type: lppl Summary description: A class for academic reports, especially PhD theses Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A patch release to - fix a typo in a spacing command definition - replace all remaining LaTeX 2.09 sf, t, f etc. font commands with NFSS modal commands, which scrbook now forbids - update the documentation to *not* use scrartcl, since the docs need fancyvrb, which still generates t - disable long-deprecated commands which should have disappeared in version 1.5.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/hepthesis More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hepthesis We are supported by the TeX User Groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau

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New on CTAN: theatre
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Christian Hinque submitted the theatre package. Version: 0.1 License: lppl1.2 Summary description: A sophisticated package for typesetting stage plays Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The theatre package - version 0.1 (2017-07-04). =================== Copyright (C) 2016, Christian Hinque The author is Christian Hinque who maintains it. christian(at)hinque(dot)fr Description ----------- Sophisticated writing plays. The point of this extension is to insert dialogues in a text while being able to customize the printout for each actor. Usage ----- usepackage{theatre} input{creerlesroles} or input{createrules} ... (free filename) Commands -------- The file Help_Theatre.pdf contains all explanations in French and in English. License ------- This program can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License Distributed from CTAN archives in directory macros/latex/base/lppl.txt; either version 1.2 of the License, or any later version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/theatre The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/theatre/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see https://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: scratch
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Christian Tellechea submitted an update to the scratch package. Version: 0.32 2017-09-20 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Draw programs like “scratch” Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- scratch v0.32 - bugfix: shape of selectmenu inside ovalboxes - bugfix: fill color of ovallist ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/scratch The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/scratch/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see https://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: jfmutil
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Takayuki Yato submitted an update to the jfmutil package. Version number: 1.1.0 License type: mit Summary description: Utility to process pTeX-extended TFM and VF Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add the function to replicate TeX virtual fonts with different names. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/utilities/jfmutil More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/jfmutil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz We are supported by the TeX user groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: novel
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Robert Allgeyer submitted an update to the novel package. Version number: 1.40.1 2017-09-20 License type: lppl1.3c ofl Summary description: Class for printing fiction, such as novels Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor improvements to docs and code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/novel More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/novel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz We are supported by the TeX user groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: xsim
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the xsim package. Version number: 0.10 2017-09-19 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: eXercise Sheets IMproved Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v0.8b 2017/05/23 - use printgoal in default environment template - xsim_print_goal:nnn now expands input to a number v0.9 2017/06/20 - xsimstyle's behaviour now matches the description in the manual - add style file `layouts' which at the moment provides the two exercise templates `runin' and `margin' - printforexercises , xsim_print_type_code:nnnnn - IfExerciseParameterSetTF - GetExerciseParameterTF - change syntax of SetExerciseProperty - SetExpandedExerciseProperty - ExerciseSetProperty, ExerciseSetExpandedProperty - property `sectioning' - IfExistSolutionTF v0.10 2017/09/19 - xsim_input:nnn - GetExerciseBody - option `blank/fill' - bug fix in xsim_start_collection:nn - added further examples to package - new option `file-extension' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package's Catalogue entry can be viewed at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xsim The package's files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xsim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: fnspe
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Michal Zeman submitted an update to the fnspe package. Version number: 1.2a 2017-09-20 License type: lppl Summary description: Macros for supporting mainly students of FNSPE CTU in Prague Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Improved subscription Added macro for natural number including zero Added macro for floor and ceiling functions Added two options for definition operator Added macro for set of 1,2,...,n and 0,1,...,n Added macro for differentiably class (just symbol, with infinity, with parameter of order) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package's Catalogue entry can be viewed at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fnspe The package's files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fnspe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New on CTAN: spark-otf
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Herbert Voß submitted the spark-otf package. Version number: 0.01 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Support OpenType Spark fonts Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Package spark-otf supports the free fonts from After the Flood which are available from the website http://aftertheflood.co Following font files are supported: - Spark - Bar - Medium.otf - Spark - Bar - Narrow.otf - Spark - Bar - Thin.otf - Spark - Dot-line - Medium.otf - Spark - Dot - Medium.otf - Spark - Dot - Small.otf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/spark-otf More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/spark-otf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz We are supported by the TeX user groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: l3kernel + l3packages + l3experimental
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

The LaTeX3 Project submitted an update to the l3kernel + l3packages + l3experimental package. Version number: 2017-09-18 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rename ox_use_clear:N to ox_use_drop:N as this command has non-standard grouping behaviour - New inteval command in xfp - New c_catcode_active_space_tl - Fix bug with color code when current@color is not a simple string - Fix behaviour of sys_rand_seed: in engines without the underlying random number primitives - Allow only INT powers for negative bases in floating point expressions - Various documentation improvements ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package's Catalogue entry can be viewed at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel The package's files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: bytefield
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Scott Pakin submitted an update to the bytefield package. Version number: 2.4 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Create illustrations for network protocol specifications Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The bytefield package helps the user create illustrations for network protocol specifications and anything else that utilizes fields of data. These illustrations show how the bits and bytes are laid out in a packet, register, or memory. Version 2.4 makes bytefield robust to changes in aselinestretch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package's Catalogue entry can be viewed at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/bytefield The package's files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bytefield ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: babel
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the babel package. Version: 3.13 2017-09-18 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Multilingual support for Plain TeX or LaTeX Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What's new ---------- - Existing ldf files take priority over declared options with DeclareOption (except hebrew). - With a few exceptions, ini files have reached version 1.0. - New key `import' for abelprovide, which also defines dates. This means babel currently provides (total or partial) support for about 200 languages. Many of them are usable with XeTeX and LuaTeX. Current development is focused on Unicode engines, mainly font handling and bidi writing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/babel The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/babel/base/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see https://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pstricks-add package. Version number: 3.84 2017-09-18 License type: lppl Summary description: A collection of add-ons and bugfixes for PSTricks Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version has a new macro psRandomPoinArea to draw random points in a square qhich is devided by a function. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package's Catalogue entry can be viewed at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pstricks-add The package's files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: fmtcount
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Vincent Belaïche submitted an update to the fmtcount package. Version number: 3.04 2017-09-16 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Display the value of a LaTeX counter in a variety of formats Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Fix issue #27 (New definition of `Numberstring` is now causing problems with glossaries.sty) * Code optimization with octal, hexdecimal, aaalph, abalph and uppercase counterparts when applicable. * Declare ordinalnum with etoolbox ewrobustcmd*, rather than LaTeX kernel DeclareRobustCommand* --- this is preferable for compilation with TeX4ht. * Test bench upgrade. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fmtcount More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fmtcount We are supported by the TeX User Groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau

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CTAN update: pstricks-base
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pstricks-base package. Version number: 2.76 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: PostScript macros for TeX Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version has a new optional argument psfonts for pstricks.sty. Switching between the original PostScript font files and the URW fonts is now possible. The command psframe now draws its rectangle counter clockwise, similiar to the other closed macros. For more informations read the pst-news17.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pstricks-base We are supported by the TeX User Groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau

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CTAN update: TeXcount
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Einar Andreas Rødland submitted an update to the TeXcount package. Version number: 3.1 License type: lppl Summary description: Count words in a LaTeX document Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TeXcount version 3.1 fixes a few problems and errors. It also adds an option for counting all non-space characters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/texcount More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/TeXcount ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz We are supported by the TeX user groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: hvfloat
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the hvfloat package. Version number: 1.2a License type: lppl Summary description: Rotating caption and object of floats independently Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Placing figures/tables with various options, like rotating the image/table and/or caption. This version has a new helper package hvfloat-fps for global float placement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/hvfloat More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hvfloat We are supported by the TeX User Groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau

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CTAN Update: pst-geometrictools
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Thomas Söll submitted an update to the pst-geometrictools package. Version: 1.1 2017-09-16 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A PSTricks package to draw geometric tools Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Choose ps-fonts for some tools. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/pst-geometrictools The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-geometrictools/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see https://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: genealogytree
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the genealogytree package. Version number: 1.21 2017-09-15 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Pedigree and genealogical tree diagrams Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Italian translation provided by Andrea Vaccari – new value italian for '/gtr/language' * 'gtrsymFloruit' symbol rotated by 36 degrees for an enhanced optical differentiation from 'gtrsymBorn' * New 'template' styles, namely 'database pole reduced', 'database poleportrait', 'database poleportrait reduced', 'database portrait reduced', 'database traditional reduced', 'database sideways reduced', 'database sidewaysportait', 'database sidewaysportait reduced'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package's Catalogue entry can be viewed at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/genealogytree The package's files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/genealogytree ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: zhlipsum
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Xiangdong Zeng submitted an update to the zhlipsum package. Version: 0.4 2017-09-16 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Chinese dummy text Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - add option `encoding`, support UTF-8 and GBK now - optimize code ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/zhlipsum The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/zhlipsum/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see https://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pst-vehicle
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Thomas Söll submitted an update to the pst-vehicle package. Version number: 1.2 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: A PSTricks package for rolling vehicles on graphs of mathematical functions Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Now there is a node defined that can be called by name GravC, by default near center of gravity that can become other coordinates from user. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-vehicle More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-vehicle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz We are supported by the TeX user groups. Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: complexity
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Chris Bourke submitted an update to the complexity package. Version: 0.81a 2017-09-16 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Computational complexity class names Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added a package option to disable the redefinition of three latex commands (L, P, S). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/complexity The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/complexity/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see https://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: pst-pulley
by CTAN Announcements 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Thomas Söll submitted an update to the pst-pulley package. Version: 0.02 2017-09-16 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Plot pulleys, using PSTricks Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Option 'grid' changed to 'pulleyGrid'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/pst-pulley The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-pulley/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are supported by the TeX users groups. Please join a users group; see https://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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