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New on CTAN: commado
by CTAN Announcements 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted the commado package to CTAN. Summary description: Expandable iteration on comma-separated and filename lists License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- `commado.sty' provides DoWithCSL{<cmd>}{<list>} to apply an existing one-parameter macro <cmd> to each item in a list <list> in which items are separated by commas. `filesdo.sty' provides DoWithBasesExts{<cmd>}{<bases>}{<exts>} to run <cmd>{<base>.<ext>} for some (at most) one-parameter macro <cmd>, each base filename <base> in the comma-separated list <bases> and each extension in the comma-separated list <exts>. As opposed to LaTeX’s internal @for, no assignments are involved (unless <cmd> uses assignments, expandability in TeX’s gullet). Both packages are generic, i.e., should work with Plain TeX, LaTeX or even other formats, relying on the `plainpkg' package for some minimal LaTeX-like behaviour. RELATED PACKAGES: `loops' and others mentioned in the `dowith' package documentation. KEYWORDS: macro programming, programming structures, loops, lists REQUIRED PACKAGES: `plainpkg', `stacklet' LICENSE: The package files `commado.sty', `filesdo.sty' and the files `commado.pdf' and `commado.tex' documenting both package files can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License; either version 1.3c of the License, or any later version, see http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt There is NO WARRANTY, indeed this still is somewhat experimental. The `commado' package is author-maintained in the sense of the license. The latest public version of the package is available at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/commado/ A TDS version of the package is available as http://mirror.ctan.org/install/macros/latex/contrib/commado.tds.zip Please report bugs, problems, suggestions, and bad English via http://www.contact-ednotes.sty.de.vu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/commado . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/commado (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: nicetext
by CTAN Announcements 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the nicetext package. Summary description: Minimal markup for documentation, text filtering, ... License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * `makedoc.cfg' without bad `pdfstartview' (http://www.archivum.info/comp.text.tex/2006-10/00576/Re-hyperref-pdfstartvi…) * applied to all PDFs * `srcfiles.tex' exemplifies new `filesdo.sty' * `niceverb.sty' only provides dqtd, qtd ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicetext/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/nicetext (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: etoc
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '12

25 Nov '12

Jean-François Burnol submitted an update to the etoc package. Summary description: easily customizable TOCs License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.04 The main new feature is support for label and ef: I. ableofcontents label{toc:A} or ableofcontents* label{toc:A} creates a label toc:A as usual (the starred form gives a `local' table of contents). II. Elsewhere in the document, ableofcontents ef{toc:A} will re-display the contents of the TOC with label toc:A (the ef is detected and swallowed by ableofcontents). III. One can also do ableofcontents label{toc:B} ef{toc:A} Then ef{toc:B} may be used elsewhere in the document to refer to this toc:B location (it just prints the number of the concerned TOC, but is of course an hyperlink if package hyperref has been loaded). The two TOCs with labels toc:A and toc:B will have the same contents but their layouts and titles are decided locally and may differ completely from one another. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/etoc . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/etoc (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: disser
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '12

25 Nov '12

Stanislav Kruchinin submitted an update to the disser package. Summary description: LaTeX classes, BibTeX styles, Makefiles and document templates for typesetting dissertations in Russian License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release provides compatibility with the recent standard 7.0.11-2011. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/disser . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/disser (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: fileinfo
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '12

25 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the fileinfo package. Summary description: enhanced display of LaTeX File Information License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * `myfilist.sty' v0.71 has a reimplementation of FileListRemark that works with `filedate.sty''s FileDateAutoChecks. * This is exemplified in `gather.tex' that generates the list of LaTeX source files in the `fileinfo' bundle. * `readprov.sty' v0.5 provides ReadShInfos to process # ProvidesFile{<file>}[<info>] in shell script files <file>. This is exemplified in a parallel upload of the shell script package `adhocfilelist'. * The documentation inside both `.sty' files as well as some settings in the documentation generators `myfilist.tex' and `readprov.tex' have some adjustments/ corrections. * While `myfilist' originally was made for use /without/ typesetting (with TeX scripts), the documentation now notes that `ListFileInfos[<txt-file>]' can also be used /with/ typesetting in order to get listfiles output in a separate plain text file `<txt-file>' (/without/ remaining `.log' content). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fileinfo . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fileinfo (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 package update(s): newtx
by CTAN Announcements 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

the daemon reported several changes, which are all wrapped into this single announcement. > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: newtx > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Author's email: msharpe(a)ucsd.edu > Package version: 1.06 > Location on CTAN: fonts/newtx/ > Summary description: New version of txfonts, with improved metrics and options. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Along with metric modifications, there a new options available for libertine > users. Note that the map file is now named newtx.map rather than ntx.map. > With libertine option, this package now expects to use the libertine-type1 > package---the libertine-legacy package is no longer supported. A further upload, summarised here, reported: > Adds support for garamondx in newtxmath, with math italic characters drawn > from ugm. thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/newtx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/newtx/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: garamondx
by CTAN Announcements 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

the daemon whispers in my ear: > Name of contribution: garamondx > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: fonts/garamondx/ > Summary description: URW GaramondNo8 plus expert features and newtxmath > License type: other-nonfree > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Adds small caps, f-ligatures and old style figures to URW GaramondNo8. Also > constructs a matching math italic add-on for use with newtxmath. Subject to > Aladdin Free Public License. > > The new fonts are derived from URW GaramondNo8 (ugm) and so are subject to the > same licence (AFPL). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/garamondx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/garamondx/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: dowith
by CTAN Announcements 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the dowith package. Summary description: Iterate stuff on argument list in TeX's gullet (no separators) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * new `domore.sty' enhances `dowith.sty', allowing iterated application of multi-parameter macros and inserting separator material. * `dowith.sty' documentation correction: according to Knuth, this is TeX's gullet, while some authors have called it TeX's mouth, see quotations in section 1.4 of `dowith.pdf'. * `dowith.sty' (v0.3) generic now by `plainpkg' (instead of imitating `german.sty'). * `dowith.sty' documentation `dowith.pdf' furthermore reworked. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/dowith . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/dowith (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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New on CTAN: etoc
by CTAN Announcements 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Jean-François Burnol submitted the etoc package to CTAN. Summary description: easily customizable TOCs License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The etoc package gives the user complete control on how the entries of the table of contents should be constituted from the name, number, and page number of each sectioning unit. This goes via the definition of line styles for each sectioning level used in the document. The package provides its own custom line styles as an example, next to the standard formatting inherited from the LaTeX document classes. But the idea is to give the means to the user to delegate the details to packages dealing with list making environments (such as enumitem). Regarding the global style, etoc typesets by default tables of contents in a multi-column format, with either a standard heading, or a ruled title, optionally with a frame around the table of contents. The ableofcontents command can be used arbitrarily many times in the same document, and comes with a starred variant which gives local table of contents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/etoc . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/etoc (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: libertine
by CTAN Announcements 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

the daemon reports (actually, on more than one upload): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: libertine > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 5.3.0 (2012-11-13) > Location on CTAN: fonts/libertine/ > Summary description: Support for Linux Libertine and Biolinum fonts > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package is designed to replace several existing packages > (libertine-type1, biolinum-type1, libertine) while providing partial > compatibilty with libertineotf and the obsolete libertine-legacy > packages. > > the bundle includes a libertine-otf package, which resides in the doc > tree (avoiding a clash with the existing package on ctan; for similar > reasons, the otf files are named differently than they were in the > older package. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/libertine.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/libertine/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

the daemon cries aloud: > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Package version: 3.04 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries/ > Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * added 'nohypertypes' package option > > * added new commands: GlsDeclareNoHyperList and glsIfNoHyperType > > * added 'local' key to glsdisp, gls, Gls and GLS > > * added check for doc package > > * fixed bug in altlist that can cause an unintentional page break > between entry and description. > > * fixed bug that causes extra space after glossary when using > xindy > > * fixed bug that was introduced by the bug fix in 3.02 regarding wrong > page number > > makeglossaries v2.05: > * added -d option thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-plot
by CTAN Announcements 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-plot.zip to the uk ctan node. Please > delete all files in the directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > > pst-plot is a PSTricks related package for drawing > mathe curves and data records in various cases > > ----- pst-plot.tex > 1.43 2012-11-17 - added keyword interrupt for interrupted > plots with plotstyle=bar thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-plot.html or browse the package's directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-barcode.zip to the uk mirror. Please delete _all_ > files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ > > and put the new ones in there. thanks for the upload; i've installed the package and updated the catalogue repository. > pst-barcode, based on PSTricks, implements the printing of many > barcode formats entirely within PostScript, so that the process of > converting the input string into the printed output is performed by > the printer or print system. The project supports all major barcode > formats including: EAN-13 (JAN-13), EAN-8 (JAN-8), UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-5 > & EAN-2 (EAN/UPC add-ons), ISBN (including legacy ISBN), ISMN > (including legacy ISMN), ISSN, Code 128 (A, B & C), GS1-128, SSCC-18 > (EAN-18, NVE), EAN-14, Code 39, Code 39 Extended, Code 93, Code 93 > Extended, Code 32 (Italian Pharmacode), Pharmazentralnummer (PZN), > Interleaved 2 of 5, ITF-14 (UPC SCS), GS1 DataBar (Omnidirectional, > Stacked, Stacked Omnidirectional, Limited, Expanded, Expanded > Stacked), Code 2 of 5 (Industrial, IATA, Matrix, Datalogic & COOP), > Code 11 (USD-8), BC412, Codabar (NW-7), Pharmacode (including > two-track), MSI, Plessey, Telepen, Channel Code, PosiCode, PDF417, > Data Matrix (ECC200), QR Code (including Micro QR Code), and more. > > > This new version 0.10 has a major bugfix: > > ----- pst-barcode.pro > 2012-11-15 - renlinear was modified to avoid a clash with a > predefined name in Distiller. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-barcode.html or browse the package's directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: babel-alpha
by CTAN Announcements 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Javier Bezos submitted an alpha version of the babel 3.9 package. Summary description: Multilingual support for Plain TeX or LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an alpha release of babel 3.9 intended for testing, not for production use. Main changes: - Bug fixes (lots). - Language specific stuff will be maintained by its contributors. - More control on shorthands. - Captions in multiple encodings. To do: - Hyphenation. Loading patterns on demand (for luatex); an engine/package-independent hyphen.cfg. - Making changes compatible with Plain. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/babel-alpha . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel-alpha (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: Junicode
by CTAN Announcements 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Peter Baker submitted an update to the junicode package. Summary description: A TrueType font for mediaevalists. License type: ofl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This new release includes a number of minor fixes and enhancements. Of greatest interest to XeTeX and LuaTeX users is improved handling of common ligatures, leading to more searchable PDF files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/junicode . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/junicode (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: eLedmac/eledpar
by CTAN Announcements 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the eledmac/eledpar packages. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Corrects bug when people use xelatex with polyglossia to typeset text in Right to Left, like in arabic. The tests made during the development of this version confirm that the package ledarab is to be left. restore the possibility to have commands in footnote in numbered section ! fix some spurious space the package eledmac can be loaded with an option noquotation. This disable the redefinition of quotation inside numbered section. In some cases, it can be useful. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eledmac . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/eledmac (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: pst-solides3d
by CTAN Announcements 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

Herbert Voss wrote: > I have uploaded pst-solides3d.zip to the uk mirror. Please > replace the files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ > > pst-solides3d is a collection of PSTricks macros to > threedimensional objects with hidden lines and > hidden surfaces. > > pst-solides3d.tex|.pro --- > 4.24 2011-11-13 - take value of resolution into account thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-solides3d.html or browse the package's directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: beamer
by CTAN Announcements 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

the daemon beamed his little light upon me, and said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: beamer > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v3.24 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/beamer/ > Summary description: A LaTeX class for producing presentations and slides > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.24: > - Extend includeonlylecture to allow comma-separated lists > - Add new monarca colour theme > - Better handling of items with action specs > - Fix handling of arguments which start < > - Some documentation tweaks > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/beamer.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: latexmk > Author's name: John Collins > Package version: 4.35 > Location on CTAN: support/latexmk/ > Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation > License type: gpl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Correct bug in parsing fls file when running cygwin with native > MS-Windows TeX system. > > 2. Correct bug of retaining out-of-date dependency information when > using --gg option. > > 3. Correct non-optimality of making unnecessary runs of latex when > latex reads a file only after writing it. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/latexmk.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latexmk/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: annot_pro
by CTAN Announcements 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: annot_pro > Author's name: D. P. Story > Author's email: dpstory(a)uakron.edu > Package version: 1.0b > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/annot_pro/ > Summary description: This package is used to create text, stamp, and > file attachment annotations using Adobe Distiller, which can then > be viewed in Adobe Reader. > License type: lppl thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/annot_pro.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/annot_pro/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: newunicodechar
by CTAN Announcements 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: newunicodechar > Author's name: Enrico Gregorio > Package version: 1.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/newunicodechar/ > Summary description: Definitions of the meaning of Unicode characters > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package now supports the package inputenx in addition to inputenc (in > pdflatex mode) thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/newunicodechar.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/newunicodechar/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: The mkstmpdad Bundle
by CTAN Announcements 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

the daemon comes to confuse me, again: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: The mkstmpdad Bundle > Author's name: D. P. Story > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mkstmpdad/ > Summary description: Create custom stamps, and use them for drag and drop matching > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > mkstmpdad contains two packages, both require Adobe Distiller as a PDF creator. > > mkstmp_pro is a simple workflow for creating custom stamps that are > used for making comments. > > aeb_dad is used to create a DAD Matching Game (DAD=Drag and Drop) that > uses stamps and push buttons. DAD Matching works in any version of > Acrobat, and in Adobe Reader XI. One of the features of ARXI is that > it now fully supports commenting (and saving fill in forms). This is > the feature that inspired aeb_dad. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/mkstmpdad.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mkstmpdad/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: pdftricks2
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

Christian Reibiger submitted the pdftricks package Summary description: A LaTeX package to use PSTricks code with PDF output. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides automatization facilities to use the pstricks package with pdflatex. It is intended to be of easy use and interoperability with latex and pdflatex, namely both show the same result. The pdftricks2 package circumvents the problem that pdflatex can not handle ps-code by writing an extra latex file that contains only the figure. This files are converted to dvi to ps and then to pdf. Finally the resulting pdf-pictures are included in the text as a graphic. This process can be handled automatically by the package but it needs to have the possibility to execute system commands (start pdflatex with option--enable-write18 or -shell-escape). If you do not want to grant this rights you still can use the package but you have to execute a shell script the package writes yourself to produce the pdf-pictures. In this case you have to run pdftex again to include the pictures in your document. The package tries to show the same results when used with latex as for pdflatex. However there are some side effects of using this package as described in the documentation. Although this package is inspired by the pdftricks package, it is coded from scratch. The pdftricks package has some flaws that are circumvented by pdftricks2. For example you have to gather all configurations you need for your pictures in one place. Furthermore it is not possible to share configuration code between your figures and the main text. Also the pdftricks package does not use the provided limits of the figure you produce but rather assumes it fits on a standard page and cuts everything away that does not look like being important. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pdftricks2 . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pdftricks2 (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: lshort-german
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

Patrick Gundlach and Marco Daniel submitted an update to the lshort-german package. Location on CTAN: /info/lshort/german Summary description: Complete overhaul of the German short introduction to LaTeX License type: opl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The German short introduction to LaTeX has been enhanced in many ways to reflect the curent selection of packages and practices (encodings, listings, math). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/lshort/german . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lshort-german (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: nicetext
by CTAN Announcements 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

Uwe Lück submitted an update to the nicetext package. Summary description: Minimal markup for documentation, text filtering, ... License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * `makedoc.cfg' (documentation settings and utilities) enhanced (`filedate', code input), documented in `makedoc.pdf' * `mdoccorr.cfg' (typographical replacement rules) code more readable (in `makedoc.pdf' as well) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicetext . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/nicetext (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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