the daemon tells me:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: mwe
> Author's name: Martin Scharrer
> Package version: v0.1
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mwe/
> Summary description: Package and images files for MWEs
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 'mwe' provides several files useful to create a minimal working
> examples (MWEs). A 'mwe' package is provided which loads a small set
> of often used packages for MWEs. In addition several different images
> are provided which will be installed in the TEXMF tree, so that they
> can be used in any (La)TeX document. This allows different users to
> easily share MWEs which include images commands without requiring to
> share image files or use replacement code.
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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mwe.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mwe/
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the daemon tells me:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: articleingud
> Author's name: Omar Salazar Morales
> Author's email: osalazarm(a)correo.udistrital.edu.co
> Package version: 0.1
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/articleingud
> Summary description: articleingud is a LaTeX class for articles
> published in INGENIERIA review
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> articleingud is a LaTeX class for articles published in
> INGENIERIA review (http://www.udistrital.edu.co). This class
> is derived from the standard LaTeX class article
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> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/articleingud.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/articleingud/
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the daemon distracts me from cleaning the dishes. oh dear...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: texdef
> Author's name: Martin Scharrer
> Package version: v1.6
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/texdef/
> Summary description: Update to v1.6: Better source code and environment support.
> License type: gpl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This updates improves the --source/-s option to follow `let`s and to
> support LaTeX environments.
>
> The new option --Environment/-E can be used to state that the given
> command is an environment.
>
> Without -s this automatically adds the 'end<command>' command to the list.
> This is also done if -s can't find a LaTeX environment definition
> (e.g.
ewenvironment etc.).
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catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/texdef.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/texdef/
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that little daemon script tells me:
> Name of contribution: imsproc
> Author's name: Vafa Khalighi
> Package version: 0.1
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/required/imslatex/imscls/
> Summary description: Typesetting papers for IMS (Iranian Mathematical
> Society) conferences proceedings
> License type: lppl
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for it in the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/imsproc.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/imscls/
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as my wife played telemann in the background, the daemon cried:
> Name of contribution: achemso
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Package version: v3.7
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/achemso/
> Summary description: Support for submission to American Chemical Society journals
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v3.7:
> - Rename option usetitle to articletitle
> - New chaptertitle option for bibliographies
> - Updated some journal configuration files
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catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso/
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the
texdef
package.
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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This update adds the experimental --source option which will try to display the original source code
used for the macro definition. For this the (first) package/file which defines this macro is searched
and scanned for the definition. This option will work for normal definitions but break for special
ones like for verbatim macros etc.
This update fixes two issues which made this script run in an endless loop under MS Windows.
It has been now successfully tested under MS Windows.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/support/texdef
. More information is at
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the daemon said:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: substitutefont
> Author's name: Günter Milde
> Package version: 0.1.1
> Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/
> Summary description: Combine font families
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Many free fonts are extensions of a basic font family with
> new glyphs or shapes. Sometimes they are given a new name
> due to license reasons or the creators preference.
>
> The `substitutefont` package facilitates the task to set up
> a font family as substitute for another one by providing
> a substitutefont command.
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> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/substitutefont.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/
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in his terse way, the daemon says:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: Polyglossia
> Author's name: Arthur Reutenauer
> Package version: 1.2.1
> Location on CTAN: macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/
> Summary description: Babel replacement for XeTeX
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Polyglossia is the Babel replacement for XeLaTeX.
>
> Version 1.2.1 adds an option to the Hebrew calendar package and
> corrects a couple of bugs.
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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/polyglossia.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/
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quoth the daemon...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: jpgfdraw
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Package version: 0.5.6b
> Location on CTAN: graphics/jpgfdraw/
> Summary description: Vector graphics application for LaTeX users
> License type: gpl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Home page moved to http://www.dickimaw-books.com/apps/jpgfdraw/
> FAQ moved to: http://www.dickimaw-books.com/apps/jpgfdraw/faq/
>
> Files:
>
> jpgfdraw-0.5.6b-setup.exe - Windows installer
> jpgfdraw-0.5.6b.zip - Manual installation
> jpgfdraw-0.5.6b-src.zip - source
>
> Changes:
> * Added convert to pattern function
>
> * Added new cap marker styles: bulge caps, leaf caps, ball cap,
> club cap
>
> * Added Windows installer
>
> * Added facility to switch default language used by resources and
> manual
>
> * Added lute rose tutorial
>
> * Added radial grid option
>
> * Added experimental mode
>
> * Added fade function
>
> * Added delete last vertex function (backspace) when constructing a
> path.
>
> * Refactored code
>
> Bug fixes:
>
> * Fixed bug in bitmap export to pgf
>
> * Fixed bug occurring when separating text path with added symmetry
>
> * Fixed null stroke bug in convert outline to path function
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/jpgfdraw.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/jpgfdraw/
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the daemon cries:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: polyglossia
> Author's name: Arthur Reutenauer
> Author's email: arthur.reutenauer(a)normalesup.org
> Package version: 1.2.0e
> Location on CTAN: macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/
> Summary description: Babel replacement for XeTeX
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Polyglossia is the Babel replacement for XeTeX.
>
> Version 1.2.0e adds two Romance languages, Romansh and Friulan,
> contributed by Claudio Beccari, and corrects a number of outstanding
> bugs.
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catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/polyglossia.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 Yori Zwols submitted the
shadowtext
package.
Summary description: Shadowtext adds a drop shadow behind text
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The shadowtext package introduces a new command, namely the shadowtext command,
which adds a drop shadow to the text that is given as its argument. E.g.
shadowtext{hello world} would produce the text hello world with a drop
shadow. The color and positioning of the shadow are customizable.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/shadowtext
. More information is at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/shadowtext
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 Raphaël Pinson submitted an update to the
moderntimeline
package.
Summary description: Add timelines to moderncv entries
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Allow fractional years in tllabelcventry
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/moderntimeline
. More information is at
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 Ekkart Kleinod submitted an update to the
changes
package.
Summary description: The changes-package allows the user to manually markup changes of text, such as additions, deletions, or replacements.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Version 1.0.0 is the first stable version.
All commands have a new key-value-interface which provides more stability in evolving the package. Fixed some errors too.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/changes
. More information is at
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 Ariel Barton submitted an update to the
sansmathaccent
package.
Summary description: Corrects placement of math accents in beamer and sfmath
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Sans serif math (produced by the beamer class or the sfmath package)
often has accents positioned incorrectly.
This package fixes the positioning of math accents when the default font
(cmssi) is used for sans serif math.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/sansmathaccent
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the daemon cries:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: nameauth
> Author's name: Charles P. Schaum
> Author's email: charles.schaum(a)att.net
> Package version: 1.26
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
> Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and
> flexibility in body text and index.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This version fixes the sorting of names with suffixes in the
> index. For Western names, the pattern is Surname, Forename, Suffix
> (See Mulvany, etc.) while for mononyms the suffix simply follows the
> name.
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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
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the daemon reports three closely-related uploads:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: l3kernel
> Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project
> Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org
> Package version: SVN3570
> Locations on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/
> macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/
> macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/
> Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions
> License type: lppl
>
> Snapshot of SVN3570
> ===================
>
> - Message filtering system overhauled, with clearer subdivisions
> and faster performance when messages are used
> - xparse option log-declarations = false now works as
> documented
> - Refactor low-level msg_... code to allow insertion of tokens
> using interactive prompt
> - New functions (dim|skip|muskip)_const:(Nn|cn)
> - Better error recovery for int_compare:n(TF) and
> dim_compare:n(TF)
> - Add DeclareExpandableDocumentCommand to the list of 'stable'
> xparse features
> - Documentation improvement for prop_map_tokens
thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new versions, and updated the
catalogue repository as needed.
> Users may view the package catalogue entries at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html
> or they may browse the package directories at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2012, Norbert Preining submitted an update to the
japanese-otf-uptex
package.
Summary description: upLaTeX support of japanese-otf
License type: other-free
Announcement text:
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2012.04.21 Ver0.10
For otfbeta (v1.7b5 2012/04/11), upTeX in TeXLive svn r24922 or later
Enhance: support burasage on uplatex.
umakeotf_brsg, basepl/ubrsg-{h,v}.pl ::
Add. The files generate vf and tfm for burasage on uplatex.
The vf and tfm consume about 16.7 Mbytes in total.
sty/otf.sty ::
Adopt otf.sty [2012/04/11 v1.7b5 psitau] in otfbeta (v1.7b5 2012/4/11).
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/language/japanese/japanese-otf-uptex
. More information is at
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2012, David Chiang submitted an update to the
tikz-qtree
package.
Summary description: Use existing qtree syntax for trees in TikZ.
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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New features for adjusting the shape of trees, allowing, for example, different
levels to have different heights, or for all leaves of a tree to be horizontally
aligned at a fixed depth.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-qtree
. More information is at
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2012, Adrien Vion submitted the
biblatex-swiss-legal
package.
Summary description: Bibliography and citation styles for biblatex following swiss legal citation standards.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This package provides bibliography and citation styles for documents written in
accordance with swiss legal citation standards. Currently, the package is only
for french documents. However, translations to german and italian are a project
for next versions.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-swiss-l…
. More information is at
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2012, Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the
chemnum
package.
Summary description: a comprehensive approach for the numbering of chemical compounds
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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- new option ref-pos that allows to specify how psfrag places the label created with cmpdref
- the order of the optional arguments of cmpdref has changed!
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chemnum
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 Hironori Kitagawa submitted an update to the
luatexja
package.
Summary description: A macro package for typesetting Japanese documents with Lua(La)TeX
License type: other-free
Announcement text:
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Renamed some files for avoiding possible conflicts.
e.g. base.lua => ltj-base.lua, man-en.pdf => luatexja-en.pdf
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatexja
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no-one in the house but the cat and me, so it was nice when the daemon
popped up to say...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: pgfkeyx
> Author's name: Ahmed Musa
> Author's email: amusa22(a)gmail.com
> Package version: 0.0.1
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pgfkeyx/
> Summary description: Patches for pgfkeys, to increase robustness and functionality.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The pgfkeyx package provides extensions and robustness to the pgfkeys
> package. In particular, it can deal with active comma, equality sign,
> and slash in key parsing. This has been a long-standing problem with
> the pgfkeys package. It also introduces new handlers.
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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pgfkeyx.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pgfkeyx/
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the daemon tells me:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: nameauth
> Author's name: Charles P. Schaum
> Package version: 1.24
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
> Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and
> flexibility in body text and index.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This version reverts the functionality to 1.2 due to a unintended side
> effect. I suggest a manual workaround in the docs. I will cease adding
> functionality until I study more about ways to improve and restructure
> the 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://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
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the daemon muttered:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: nameauth
> Author's name: Charles P. Schaum
> Package version: 1.22
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
> Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and
> flexibility in body text and index.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This maintenance release allows capitalization of particles in
> mononyms, e.g., du Cange, to be capitalized in first references.
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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, Martin Giese submitted the
pgf-blur
package.
Summary description: pgf-blur adds blurred/faded/fuzzy shadows to TikZ/PGF
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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pgf-blur is a library for the TikZ/PGF graphics package.
It adds blurred/faded/fuzzy shadows to TikZ/PGF.
The method is similar to the pst-blur package for PSTricks (and the author is the same)
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgf-blur
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