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new on CTAN: newenviron
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

the daemon tells me: > Name of contribution: newenviron > Author's name: Ahmed Musa > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/newenviron/ > Summary description: Tools for collecting and executing environment body. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > See the motivation at > > <http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/101629/what-is-the-problem-with-nest…> thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/newenviron > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/newenviron/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: probsoln
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

the daemon writes: > Name of contribution: probsoln > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Package version: 3.04 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/probsoln/ > Summary description: Generate problem sheets and their solution sheets > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * fixed bug in textenum environment > > * added facility to exclude problems selected in the past n years > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/probsoln > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/probsoln/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new on CTAN: pfarrei
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

the daemon reported: > Name of contribution: pfarrei > Author's name: Markus Kohm > Package version: r20 > Location on CTAN: / > Summary description: A bundle of executables, LaTeX documents and packages for priests > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > In Die TeXnische Komödie 1/2004 Christian Justen told > about his practise using LaTeX at his work as priest. One > point was to arrange A5 papers onto A4 landscape paper > either side-by-side or as a booklet. He made two bash > scripts for this. `pfarrei' provides one texlua script for > the same. > > Other points would be, e.g, special limitations of the > page break. `pfarrei' should help there too, but currently > this hasn't been implemented due to the early implementation > state of the bundle. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Uploader's additional comments: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [...] > Distributors please note, that a5toa4.tlu (generated from pfarrei.dtx > and also available in pfarrei.tds.zip) is also the executable of the > project. So please make is available at the binary directories, too > (see README for more information). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pfarrei > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org// Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xcookybooky
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

quoth the daemon: > Name of contribution: xcookybooky > Author's name: Sven Harder > Package version: 1.2 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xcookybooky/ > Summary description: Typeset (potentially long) recipes > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > In this version the ingredients of a recipe are better > displayed. Unfortunately the possibility to enter ingredients as three > columned table is no longer supported. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. users should note that there was an interval of nearly a day during which corrupt versions of the documentation, etc., were present on the archive -- out-of-the-ordinary functioning by the zip applications had me confused. all is now sorted out. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xcookybooky > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xcookybooky/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new on ctan: ptex2pdf
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

the daemon told me: > Name of contribution: ptex2pdf > Author's name: Norbert Preining > Package version: 0.2 > Location on CTAN: language/japanese/ > Summary description: convert Japanese TeX documents to pdf > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Main purpose of the script is easy support of Japanese typesetting > engines in TeXworks. As TeXworks typesetting setup does not allow > for multistep processing, this script runs one of the ptex based > programs (ptex, uptex, eptex, platex, uplatex) followed by dvipdfmx. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ptex2pdf > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/language/japanese/ptex2pdf/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: pmx
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Bob Tennent submitted an update to the pmx package. Summary description: Preprocessor for MusiXTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix: Made keyboard rest positioning (AK command) work properly when there are rests are within xtuplets. Also fine-tune default positioning of number and bracket in unbeamed xtuplets containing rests. Position of both can still be overridden with options on first note command for xtuplet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pmx . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pmx (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: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

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CTAN Update: microtype
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

R Schlicht submitted an update to the microtype package. Summary description: Subliminal refinements towards typographical perfection License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- After a ridiculously long beta phase (for which I apologise to all users), the current version of microtype is finally back on CTAN. New features of version 2.5 include: * Support for the fontspec and xunicode packages, viz. for OpenType fonts with LuaTeX and XeTeX * Support for protrusion with XeTeX * Support for tracking/letterspacing with LuaTeX * Allow context-sensitive setup with LuaTeX * Protrusion settings for Latin Modern Roman (OpenType) * Protrusion settings for Charis SIL (OpenType) * Protrusion settings for Palatino Linotype (OpenType) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/microtype . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/microtype (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: feynmp-auto
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Enrico Gregorio submitted the feynmp-auto package. Summary description: Automatic processing of feynmp graphics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The feynmp-auto takes care of running METAPOST on the output files produced by the feynmp package so the compiled pictures will be available in the next run of LaTeX. Usage: simply change the call usepackage{feynmp} to usepackage{feynmp-auto} Options to feynmp are honored also by the feynmp-auto package. This is version 1.0 of the package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/feynmp-auto . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/feynmp-auto (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: InTeX
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Martin Thorsen Ranang submitted the intex package. Summary description: Eases typesetting and indexing of phrases, acronyms, and proper names in a consistent manner. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InTeX is a package that adds functionality to LaTeX that eases typesetting and indexing of phrases, acronyms, and proper names in a consistent manner throughout documents of arbitrary length. `mkintex(1)` is a preprocessor that interprets index entries specified in `.itx` files and generates appropriate entries for LaTeX and `makeindex(1)`. Usage: ------ $ latex <name>.tex $ mkintex <name> <name>.itx -o <name>.rix [-a acronyms.tex -p persons.tex] $ makeindex <name> $ makeindex -o <name>.rid <name>.rix $ latex <name>.tex Source: https://github.com/mtr/intex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/intex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/intex (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: divine
by CTAN Announcements 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Boris Veytsman submitted the divine package. Summary description: LaTeX support for divine font from T26 License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Divine is a calligraphic font designed by Frank Heine and Marilyn Devedjiev in 1995 (http://www.t26.com/fonts/207-Divine) and distributed by T-26 foundry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/divine . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/divine (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: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Charles P. Schaum submitted an update to the nameauth package. Summary description: Name authority mechanism for consistency in body text and index License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The current version adds a nameauth environment that can simplify mundane naming tasks and further help the construction of a name authority. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/nameauth (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: schemata
by CTAN Announcements 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Charles P. Schaum submitted an update to the schemata package. Summary description: Print topical diagrams for, e.g., Scholastic theology and philosophy, in plain TeX and LaTeX.. License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version adds options for selecting three types of delimiters (branches), as well as some fine-tuning macros. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/schemata . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/schemata (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: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental
by CTAN Announcements 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

The LaTeX3 Project submitted an update to the l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental packages. Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot of SVN 4467 -------------------- - New internal form for prop data type (interface unaffected) - Improved property list mapping to allow any key name including q_recursion_tail - Improved handling of I/O stack (thanks to Qinq Lee) - General cleanup of l3str module - Fix behaviour of x{...} regex with XeTeX and LuaTeX - Bug fix for prop_map_tokens:Nn when key has more than one token - Remove brace group in optional argument defined using xparse to mirror LaTeX2e behaviour (e.g. foo[{bar}] gives bar not {bar} as #1) - A number of deprecated functions are removed from extracted code - Various improvements/fixes in expl3 documentation - xparse now uses real keyval processor for options - Typo in internals of l3keys2e fixed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel (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: pstool
by CTAN Announcements 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Will Robertson submitted an update to the pstool package. Summary description: Support for psfrag within pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bug-fix release, change notes follow. Thanks to Rasmus Hansen for catching the bug. v1.5a, March 2013: - Fix bug introduced in last version in which plain LaTeX compilation (producing DVI) produced erroneous output above each figure. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pstool . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pstool (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: amsmath
by CTAN Announcements 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

AMS Technical Support submitted an update to the amsmath package. Summary description: AMS mathematical facilities for LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- restored amstex.sty (accidentally omitted from bundle uploaded in January) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/amslatex/math . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/amsmath (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: amsrefs
by CTAN Announcements 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

AMS Technical Support submitted an update to the amsrefs package. Summary description: A LaTeX-based replacement for BibTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- corrected the application of et al. in entries having multiple authors; corrected handling of accented author names when generating keys. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/amsrefs . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/amsrefs (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: toptesi
by CTAN Announcements 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

Claudio Beccari submitted an update to the toptesi package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The recent new laws that reform higher education in Italy have changed many denominations of the educational structures. The package was updated in order to comply with the new Ministry of Education regulations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/toptesi . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/toptesi (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: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 09 Mar '13

09 Mar '13

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CTAN Update: tikzsymbols
by CTAN Announcements 09 Mar '13

09 Mar '13

Benedikt Vitecek submitted an update to the tikzsymbols package. Summary description: Various symbols created using tikz. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Now the option tree=on/off is working again. Improved BasicTree code; new symbols available. New option: marvosym (see documentation for further details). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikzsymbols . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tikzsymbols (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 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Jean-François Burnol submitted an update to the etoc package. Summary description: easily customisable TOCs License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [2013/03/03] The documentation has again being extended: * it is explained how to convert the TOC data into a tree in the standard TikZ syntax (rather than the Qtree syntax used in the previous documentation release from two days ago). And this time, hyperlinks are functional (which explains why I felt like announcing it world wide). The examples use the `grow cyclic' style (from the TikZ trees library) and produce `molecule-type' TOCs. * it is detailed how to tell the ableofcontents command to produce paragraphs of the following type: This chapter contains 5 sections and 17 subsections. The name of the first subsection is `Do not read me' and the name of the last is `I told you so'. Best regards, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: hf-tikz
by CTAN Announcements 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Claudio Fiandrino submitted an update to the hf-tikz package. Summary description: A simple way to highlight formulas and formula parts. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version has a key-interface to customize shift-offsets and colors and there is a new option to access to the positions of the rectangle delimiting the highlighted area. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/hf-tikz . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hf-tikz (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:: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the tcolorbox package. Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems, documentation License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - breaking news: the new library 'breakable' adds breaking support to tcolorbox. - e-TeX now used instead of calc - new key 'adjust text' and new implementation for 'adjusted title' - new geometry keys: 'toprule', 'toprule at break', 'bottomrule', 'bottomrule at break', 'leftrule', 'rightrule', 'titlerule', 'outer arc', 'auto outer arc', 'toptitle', 'bottomtitle' - new bounding box keys: 'enlarge top at break by', 'enlarge bottom at break by' - new overlay keys: 'overlay', 'no overlay', 'overlay broken', 'overlay unbroken', 'overlay first', 'overlay middle', 'overlay last', 'overlay unbroken and first', 'overlay middle and last' - new key: 'parbox' to change text behaviour - new library 'breakable' for breakable boxes with the new keys: 'breakable', 'unbreakable', 'title after break', 'notitle after break', 'adjusted title after break', 'lines before break', 'shrink break goal' - new keys for the 'skins' library 'skin first', 'skin middle', 'skin last', 'title engine', 'pathfirst', 'pathmiddle', 'pathlast', 'title style', 'title code', 'enhancedfirst', 'enhancedmiddle', 'enhancedlast', 'enhanced', 'marker', 'bicolor', 'bicolorfirst', 'bicolormiddle', 'bicolorlast', 'beamer', 'beamerfirst', 'beamermiddle', 'beamerlast', 'draft', 'freelance', 'standard' - NOTE: skins 'beamer' and 'widget' changed use the new style options 'beamer' and 'widget' to get the old appearance - new watermark keys: 'watermark text', 'watermark text on', 'watermark graphics', 'watermark graphics on', 'watermark tikz', 'watermark tikz on', 'no watermark', 'watermark opacity', 'watermark color', 'watermark zoom', 'watermark stretch' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox (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 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Maïeul submitted an update to the eledmac package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The minor release fix some bugs when using with Koma-Scripts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The recent release 1.2 is a feature update with the following most important enhancements and additions: - The PostScript handler evaluates tiling fill patterns now. - The new options --eps allows the direct conversion of EPS files to SVG. - The number of decimal places applied to numerical values can be set with the new option --precision. - EPS files with embedded preview images are handled properly now. For further information including a more detailed list of recent changes and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/dvisvgm (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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