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Dirk Jagdman submitted an update to the
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Sigitas Tolušis submitted an update to the
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Version number: 3.81 2016-02-11
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Maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the
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Version number: 1.7.0 2016-02-10
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Summary description: Manage classical manuscripts with BibLaTeX
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Summary description: A collection of macros to support typesetting
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Version number: 1.0e 2016-02-10
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Summary description: Upright Greek letters in chemistry
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Version: 1.32 2016-02-09
License: pd
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Version number: 2016-01-30
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Summary description: A MusiXTeX extension library that enables
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M-Tx
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Version number: 0.62 2016-02-08
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Summary description: A preprocessor for pmx
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0. adjustments to be consistent with MusiXTeX-1.21
1. `TeX` preamble command for Type 2 TeX strings.
2. Assertions: Range, Bars.
3. User's Manual thoroughly revised.
4. Misnamed procedure `tex3` is now `TeXtype2`.
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musixtex
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Version number: 1.21 2016-02-07
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Version number: 1.05 2016-02-09
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Summary description: An easy way to typeset any part of The Holy Quran
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Summary description: Tabulators and space between paragraphs in galley
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Summary description: A Preprocessor that generates note-spacing commands
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