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CTAN Update: exsheets
by CTAN Announcements 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the exsheets package. Version number: 0.12 License type: lppl Summary description: Create exercise sheets and exams Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - fix issue with CurrentQuestionID - new options `label-format', `label-cmd', `ref-cmd' and `pageref-cmd' for `auto-label' options that allow specification of labelling command and thus compatibility with packages like `cleveref' - write question properties to aux file so they can be retrieved before the corresponding question is printed - made GetQuestionProperty expandable - new syntax feature in points argument: a leading bang (!) prevents the points from being added to the sum of points - added possibility for https://bitbucket.org/cgnieder/exsheets/issue/15 - added IfQuestionSubtitle(TF) - added `subtitle' property - dropped `color' option ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/exsheets/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/exsheets We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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New on CTAN: sslides
by CTAN Announcements 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

Behzad Salimi submitted the sslides package. Summary description: LaTeX slides class including header and footer. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX slides class including header and footer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/sslides . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/sslides (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: greek-fontenc
by CTAN Announcements 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

Günter Milde submitted an update to the greek-fontenc package. Version: 0.11.1 / 2013-12-01 License type: lppl Summary description: The package provides Greek LICR macro definitions and encoding definition files for Greek text font encodings for use with fontenc. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fix identification of ``greek-euenc.def`` (required by babel-greek for correct setup with XeTeX/LuaTeX). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/greek/greek-fontenc/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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New on CTAN: besjournals-bst
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

quoth the daemon: > Name of contribution: besjournals-bst > Author's name: Og DeSouza > Package version: 2008-03-18 > Location on CTAN: / > Summary description: A bibliography style suitable to journals > published by the Bristish Ecological Society > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a bibliography style (.bst template) to be used in conjunction > with LaTeX + Bibtex. While it is suitable to journals published by the > British Ecological Society (BES), it was produced independently and > does not hold any formal approval from BES. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/besjournals-bst > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org// thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: ziffer
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

the daemon tells us: > Name of contribution: ziffer > Author's name: Martin Väth > Package version: 2.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ziffer/ > Summary description: The package modifies the behaviour of characters > in maths mode so that:<br>‘.’ is used as a one-thousand separator (as > is common in Germany)<br/>‘,’ is used as a decimal separator (as is > common in Germany)<br/>‘--’ is represented with spacing as appropriate > to such constructs as ‘1.000,--’.<p/>These conversions may be switched > on and off. > > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Update of email address and license. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- maintainer's note: the address information is not available to the general publc. > Announcement required: Yes > > Uploader's additional comments: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Same version number since only comments changed trivially. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ziffer > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ziffer/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: gnuplottex
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

quoth the daemon: > Name of contribution: gnuplottex > Author's name: Lars Kotthoff > Package version: 0.8 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/gnuplottex/ > Summary description: Embed Gnuplot commands in LaTeX documents > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Much improved and extended documentation. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/gnuplottex > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/gnuplottex/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: babel-french
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

the daemon reported: > Name of contribution: babel-french > Author's name: Daniel Flipo > Package version: 2.6f > Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/ > Summary description: French definition file for Babel > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bug correction for itemize lists occuring inside environments based on > trivlist (i.e. proof environment from amsthm). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel-french > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: pas-cours
by CTAN Announcements 01 Dec '13

01 Dec '13

Stéphane PASQUET submitted the pas-cours package. Summary description: This package is to make math lessons. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows you to write math lessons using TikZ. the documentation is in french language. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pas-cours . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pas-cours (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: greek-fontenc
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '13

30 Nov '13

Günter Milde submitted an update to the greek-fontenc package. Summary description: Greek LICR macro definitions and encoding definition files for Greek text font encodings License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Compatibility with Xe/LuaTeX in 8-bit mode, new ``greekscript`` TextCommand, documentation update. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/greek/greek-fontenc . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: pgf-soroban
by CTAN Announcements 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

Alain Delmotte submitted an update to the pgf-soroban package. Version number: 1.1 License type: lppl Summary description: The package makes it possible to create pictures of the soroban (Japanese abacus) using PGF/TikZ . Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Correction of an error writing in font nullfont following a suggestion of Karl Berry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgf-soroban/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgf-soroban We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: pst-optexp
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Christoph Bersch submitted an update to the pst-optexp package. Version number: 4.6 License type: lppl Summary description: Drawing optical experimental setups Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 4.6: * Added option extnodes. * Added option optdipolecomp. * Added option opttripolecomp. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-optexp We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pstricks package. Version number: 2.47 License type: lppl Summary description: PSTricks: PostScript functions for TeX and LaTeX Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.47 2013-11-26 - added special coor type !! for Postfix notation in user coordinates ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: varindex
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Martin Väth submitted an update to the varindex package. Version number: 2.3 License type: lppl Summary description: Provides a convenient front-end for the <tt>index</tt> command. For example, with it you can generate multiple index entries in almost any form by a single command. The package is highly customizable, and works with all versions of LaTeX and probably most other TeX formats. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update of email address and license. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/varindex/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/varindex We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: ushort
by CTAN Announcements 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Martin Väth submitted an update to the ushort package. Version number: 2.2 License type: lppl Summary description: Some engineers need underlined or twice underlined variables for which the usual <tt>underline</tt> is too long. This package provides a generic command for creating underlines of various sizes and types. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update of email address and license. Same version number since only comments/documentation changed trivially. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ushort/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ushort We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: eqlist
by CTAN Announcements 27 Nov '13

27 Nov '13

Martin Väth submitted an update to the eqlist package. Version number: 2.1 License type: lppl Summary description: This package provides a list environment which sets a description-like list in which the indentation corresponds to the longest item of the list. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update of email address and license. Same version number since only comments/documentation changed trivially. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eqlist/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/eqlist We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN update: latexindent
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: latexindent > Author's name: Chris Hughes > Package version: 1.11R > Location on CTAN: support/latexindent/ > Summary description: Indent parts of a LaTeX file to enhance readability. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Perl script (also available as a windows executable) processes > a LaTeX file, indenting parts so as to highlight the structure for > the reader. > > This release updates the script to use $FindBin::RealBin which should > help in the TeXLive implementation. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexindent > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latexindent/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-plot
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: pst-plot > Author's name: Herbert Voß > Package version: 1.56 > Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ > Summary description: Plot data (typically from external files), using PSTricks > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- pst-plot.tex > 1.56 2013-11-22 - deleted option quadrant and take ordinates > into account for polar axes (x,phi) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-plot > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: pdf-trans
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

the daemon reported: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: pdf-trans > Author's name: Pawel Jackowski > Package version: 2.3 > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/pdf-trans/ > Summary description: pdf-trans provides a set of macros for > transformations of TeX boxes (based on plain and > pdfTeX primitives). > License type: pd > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > pdf-trans is a set of macros for various transformations of TeX boxes > (based on plain and pdfeTeX primitives). The current update (v. 2.3 > )corrects some bugs found. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pdf-trans > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/pdf-trans/ thanks for the upload; i installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: latexmk > Author's name: John Collins > Package version: 4.39 > Location on CTAN: support/latexmk/ > Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Several improvements and bug fixes have been made. See the file CHANGES for a list. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latexmk/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-plot
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: pst-plot > Author's name: Herbert Voß > Package version: 1.55 > Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ > Summary description: The package provides plotting of data from > external files or mathematical functions > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- pst-plot.tex > 1.55 2013-11-21 - added option quadrant for polar axes > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-plot > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: berenisadf
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

the daemon told me: > Name of contribution: berenisadf > Author's name: Clea F. Rees > Package version: 1.004 (fonts) 2.0 (support) > Location on CTAN: fonts/berenisadf/ > Summary description: Provides BerenisADF fonts in type 1 format with LaTeX support. > License type: other-free > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Updated in light of discussion at > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/134989/recode-ly1-encoding-to-t1-ber…. > > Details of changes are there. More details are in the documentation. > > Adds custom T1/TS1 and alters custom LY1 encodings. > > I now recommend Welsh be typeset with all default settings except for preferred figures. > > Polish should be typeset by passing enc=t1 to the package and using > the default setting for lig or setting lig=false. Would like to know > if this works for Polish as I have no idea what counts as OK or what > it should look like so I'm working blind. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/berenisadf > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/berenisadf/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: beamer
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

Joseph Wright submitted an update to the beamer package. Version number: v3.32 License type: gpl/lppl Summary description: A LaTeX class for producing presentations and slides Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.32: - Fix minor spacing issue introduced in v3.28 - Allow for use of pause in tikzpicture environment - Improved Croatian translations - Document behaviour of column widths in more detail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/beamer We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: japanese-otf
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

Norbert Preining submitted an update to the japanese-otf package. Version number: v1.7b6 License type: other-free Summary description: Advanced font selection for platex and its friends Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- scale option added to the otf package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/japanese/japanese-otf/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/japanese-otf We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: xint
by CTAN Announcements 24 Nov '13

24 Nov '13

Jean-François Burnol submitted an update to the xint package. Version number: 1.09g License type: lppl Summary description: Expandable operations on long numbers Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All macros from xint not devoted to big INT computations have been moved to a new constituent xinttools, which is automatically loaded by xint and may also be used independently. Expandable loops xintloop and xintiloop allowing nesting have been added to this xinttools package. bug fix: the xintFor loops modified the value of count 255. They now use their own count register. (they are among the utilities moved to the xinttools package) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/xint/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: boites
by CTAN Announcements 24 Nov '13

24 Nov '13

José Romildo Malaquias submitted an update to the boites package. Version number: v1.1 License type: gpl Summary description: Defines environments that allow page breaks inside framed boxes whose edges may be variously fancy. The bundle includes a few examples (shaded box, box with a wavy line on its side, etc). Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In this release: New maintainer Use markdown in basic documentation files Use lipsum in the examples file Better layout of source code Recoded files to utf8 Some small fixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/boites/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/boites We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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