Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
catcodes
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Summary description: Handling category codes with Plain or LaTeX or ...
License type: lppl
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Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the
exsheets
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Summary description: Yet another package for the creation of exercise sheets.
License type: lppl
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* possibility to create custom {tasks} environments with NewTasks
* generally improved {tasks} environments
* improved behavior when used with KOMA-Script's parskip option
* a series of minor fixes
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Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the
sty2dtx
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License type: gpl
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This updated fixed the broken support for single-character options inside the
config file. In addition some coding improvements where added.
Many thanks go to Robin Schneider for providing patches for this.
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>
> Name of contribution: skeyval
> Author's name: Ahmed Musa
> Package version: 1.1a
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/skeyval/
> Summary description: Key-value parsers that combine the features of xkeyval and pgfkeys - and more.
> License type: lppl
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>
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> (1) Values of choice keys (key type '.choice' in the handlers '.define keys' and '.new keys') are no longer automatically converted into lowercase before matching them against the state pattern of the key. The key type '.choice*' has been introduced. This type will automatically convert user values into lowercase before matching them in the singleton.
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> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: loops
> Author's name: Ahmed Musa
> Package version: 1.1
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/loops/
> Summary description: Generic looping macros, including extensions to PGF's foreach.
> License type: lppl
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> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> (1) The key 'reverse list' has been added in
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> (2) The keys 'expand list once', 'expand list twice' and 'expand list' (or 'fully expand list') have been added in
ewforeach and foreachfox.
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> Name of contribution: keyreader
> Author's name: Ahmed Musa
> Package version: 0.5b
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/keyreader/
> Summary description: Robust interfaces to xkeyval package.
> License type: lppl
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> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> Choice keys can't have outer-braced default or user-supplied
> values. Outer-braced values may not have been given in the state
> pattern. Hence the outer braces are removed automatically internally
> before matching the value against the singleton. Also, key values are
> no longer converted into lowercase before matching against the state
> pattern.
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Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
filedate
package.
Summary description: Access/compare LaTeX file info and modification dates
License type: lppl
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* a checking script `fdatechk.tex' is input both by
documentation generator and file list generator
(`filedate.tex', `srcfiles.tex')
- recommendation for using the package
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Daniel Majoros submitted an update to the
simplecd
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Summary description: Simple CD, DVD covers for printing and many more
License type: lppl
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- Rewrote the drawing mechanism, covers will never be resized based on content
- Added support for 60 and 80 millimeter disks
- Added sleeve for lever arch files
- Added layouts: ready-to-use designs for cover content
- Added disk images
- Added troubleshooting and font size section into the documentation
- Added examples tex and pdf files
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Benjamin Tatlock submitted the new
bropd
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Summary description: Simplified brackets and differentials
License type: lppl
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The bropd package simplifies the process of writing differential operators and
brackets in LaTeX. The commands facilitate the easy manipulation of equations
involving brackets and allow partial differentials to be expressed in an
alternate form.
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> Name of contribution: biblatex-publist
> Author's name: Jürgen Spitzmüller
> Package version: 0.4
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/
> Summary description: BibLaTeX support for publication lists
> License type: lppl
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>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> * V. 0.4 (2012-10-30):
> - More robust name parsing (especially for names with
> non-ASCII characters encoded with LaTeX macros).
> - Add omitname command.
> - Support firstinits option.
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> Name of contribution: Cabin
> Author's name: Bob Tennent
> Package version: 2012-11-01
> Location on CTAN: fonts/cabin/
> Summary description: Support for the Cabin family of sans serif fonts
> License type: lppl
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> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> Cabin is a humanist sans with four weights and true italics and small
> capitals. According to the designer, Pablo Impallari, Cabin was
> inspired by Edward Johnston's and Eric Gill's typefaces, with a touch
> of modernism. Cabin incorporates modern proportions, optical
> adjustments, and some elements of the geometric sans.
>
> Cabin.sty supports LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, xeLaTeX and luaLaTeX.
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Herbert Voss submitted the
pst-fit
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Summary description: Macros for curve fitting
License type: lppl
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pst-fit is a PSTricks related package for curve fitting. It provides
1 Fit of Linear Function
2 Fit of Power Function
3 Fit of exp Function
4 Fit of Log10/Loge Functions
5 Fit of Recip
6 Fit of Kings Law data
7 Fit of Guassian
8 Fit of 4th Order Polynomial
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Sergio C. de la Barrera submitted an update to the
physics
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Summary description: Simple, yet flexible macros for typesetting equations in the languages of vector calculus and linear algebra via Dirac notation.
License type: free
Announcement text:
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Version 1.20 of the physics package provides more consistent syntax for
long-form arguments of vector operations and derivatives, redefined trig
functions that take an argument and provide automatic brackets, and notation for
functional derivatives and evaluation of limits. Please forward any comments or
suggestions to:
physics.tex(a)gmail.com
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> Name of contribution: libertine-type1 and biolinum-type1
> Author's name: Bob Tennent
> Package version: 5.3.0 (2012-10-30)
> Location on CTAN: fonts/{libertine-type1,biolinum-type1}/
> Summary description: [pdf]latex support for the Linux Libertine and
> Biolinum families of fonts
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> A slanted version of Biolinum bold is provided in lieu of a designed
> italic. Swash and titling variants are dropped because they are
> almost indististinguishable from the regular variants. Encoding files
> are re-named to avoid filename clashes.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Name of contribution: autopdf
> Author's name: Karl Wette
> Package version: 1.0
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/autopdf/
> Summary description: automatic conversion of various graphics formats
> to pdfLaTeX-compatible graphics
> License type: lppl
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>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> This package facilitates the on-the-fly conversion of various graphics
> formats to formats supported by pdfLaTeX (e.g. PDF). Its features are
> described further in the documentation.
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maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the
eldmac and eledpar
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License type: lppl
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Quotation and quote environment can be used inside a pstart ... pend group and
have a correct typographical result and line numbering
The version 1.2 of eledpar introduced a bug when the colums or page env was
called two ore more time in a document. This version fixes it.
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Patrick Häcker submitted the
tikzscale
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Summary description: Absolute resizing of TikZ pictures and PGF plots without scaling text
License type: lppl
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The tikzscale package extends the includegraphics command to support
tikzpictures. It allows scaling of TikZ images and PGFPlots to a provided
width or height without changing the text size.
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Silke Hofstra submitted the
sourcecodepro
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Summary description: The Source Code Pro typeface as OpenType and Type1 for TeX users.
License type: other-free
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Source Code Pro is an open-source monospaced font from Adobe. The package
provides fonts (in both Adobe Type 1 and OpenType formats) and macros supporting
their use in LaTeX (Type 1) and XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX (OTF).
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Silke Hofstra submitted the
sourcesanspro
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Summary description: The Source Sans Pro typeface as OTF and Type1.
License type: lppl
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Adobe's open-source font family Source Sans Pro in Type1 and OpenType.
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Vafa Khalighi submitted an update to the
xepersian
package.
Summary description: Persian for LaTeX, using XeTeX.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is the final version of xepersian package and no more updates of xepersian
package will appear.
I am working on a commercial package (namely Simurgh, for typesetting high
quality Persian/English documents with LuaTeX, which does not have bugs and
limitations of xepersian package) and therefore do not wish to continue the
development of xepersian package. Hence you may like to consider xepersian as
obsolete and may wish to purchase a copy of Simurgh package. If you are
interested to purchase a copy of Simurgh package, then send me an email. Please
do not email me with questions/queries about bugs/limitations/usage of xepersian
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Vafa Khalighi submitted an update to the
bidi
package.
Summary description: Support for bidirectional typesetting in plain TeX and LaTeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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In this version, a new experimental package, namely,
bidi-longtable.sty is provided for typesetting bidirectional
longtables with longtable package. bidi-longtable.sty should
be loaded after bidi package.
This is the final version of bidi package and no more updates of bidi package
will appear.
I am working on a commercial package (namely Simurgh, for typesetting high
quality Persian/English documents with LuaTeX, which does not have bugs and
limitations of bidi package) and therefore do not wish to continue the
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Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
nicefilelist
package.
Summary description: listfiles alignment with date and version columns
License type: lppl
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In the output from LaTeX's listfiles, `nicefilelist.sty'
keeps separate columns for (i) date, (ii) version, and
(iii) caption of LaTeX source files according to their
Provides... statements. The alignment is not disturbed by
long base filenames or short filename extensions such as
`.fd'. The specification is Martin Muench's.
v0.7 deals with another challenge from the latter:
a package option `[wrap]' provides automatic word wrapping
within the caption column, so filenames and captions can
be quite long without disturbing the alignment. For this
purpose, I finally resort to a package not invented here:
`hardwrap' by Will Robertson and Kevin Godby.
As opposed to the `dateiliste' package, this is in fact
about the plain text output in the .log file or, with the
`myfilist' package, as a stand-alone plain text file.
LICENSE: LPPL 1.3, no responsibility can be accepted when
your monitor bursts.
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Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
monofill
package.
Summary description: alignment with plain text or monospaced characters
License type: lppl
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`monofill.sty' addresses horizontal alignment with plain
text as in the result of LaTeX's listfiles for plain text
output. v0.2 in fact provides a tool for use with the
`hardwrap' package that addresses console output: an
other blank token as filling element, MFotherspace.
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Xavier Danaux submitted an update to the
moderncv
package.
Summary description: A moderncv curriculum vitae class.
License type: lppl
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version 1.2.0 (31 Oct 2012)
- updated the banking style header to include the option to show a title.
- set the values of arrayrulewidth and doublerulesep to their standard values (0.4pt and 2pt resp.) to enable the drawing of rules in tabulars and arrays by default.
- modified the code of makecvtitle and makelettertitle of the casual style to avoid it to cause horizontal alignment issues after and before itself.
- corrected a bug in makelettertitle of most styles that displayed the current date ( oday) instead of the date given through the date command, as reported by B. Schlimmchen and S. Fnord.
- removed the need to set pdfpagelabels=false when loading hyperref, by putting pagenumbering{arabic} (to define hepage) before loading hyperref, as figured out by J. Wolf.
- corrected the line wrapping of cvlistitem of the banking style.
- corrected a bug in makecvtitle and makelettertitle of the banking style.
- removed an unwanted space in the footer of the casual style.
- moved the font style definitions to moderncv.cls for better readability (moderncv.cls is meant to be a sort of header file, implementing only some macros shared by all styles and defining the macros that the style files need to implement).
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