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>
> 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
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> 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 Correct bug of retaining out-of-date dependency information when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.
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> Name of contribution: annot_pro
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> 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
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> 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
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>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> pdflatex mode)
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> 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.
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pdftricks
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Summary description: A LaTeX package to use PSTricks code with PDF output.
License type: gpl
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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.
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lshort-german
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Location on CTAN: /info/lshort/german
Summary description: Complete overhaul of the German short introduction to LaTeX
License type: opl
Announcement text:
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The German short introduction to LaTeX has been enhanced in many ways to reflect
the curent selection of packages and practices (encodings, listings, math).
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Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
nicetext
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Summary description: Minimal markup for documentation, text filtering, ...
License type: lppl
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* `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)
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Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
fileinfo
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Summary description: enhanced display of LaTeX file information
License type: lppl
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`fileinfo' r0.8a has
* `readprov.sty' v0.4 sensible of `filedate''s (v0.4)
FileDateAutoChecks and NoFileDateAutoChecks
(just by reimplementation, no change of user commands)
* more `filedate' tricks in `gather.tex' (see example in
`myfilist.pdf'), `myfilist.tex', and `readprov.tex',
supported by new `makedoc.cfg' from `nicetext'.
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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
Announcement text:
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`filedate' v0.4 as of 2012-11-11 has
* FileDateAutoChecks after which each Provides...
checks info date against its pdffilemoddate
* FileDateAutoChecks* additionally checking dates
of main file (hopefully jobname.tex)
* NoFileDateAutoChecks restoring the original behaviour
of Provides..., e.g., for files whose original time
stamp has not been preserved in copying/sending
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>
> Name of contribution: flowfram
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Package version: 1.14
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/flowfram/
> Summary description: Create text frames for posters, brochures or magazines
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> * Now loads xkeyval rather than keyval
>
> * Now loads xfor and etoolbox
>
> * Added new package options:
>
> - verbose (mainly for debugging messages)
>
> - thumbtabs (key=value option replacing options ttbtitle,
> ttbnotitle, ttbnum and ttbnonum)
>
> - pages
>
> * Changed the following package options to boolean key=value
> (missing value assumed true, providing backward compatibility):
>
> - rotate
>
> - color
>
> * Made usedframebreaktrue global in definition of framebreak
>
> * Added usedframebreaktrue to definition of
ewpage
>
> * New counter: absolutepage (keeps track of physical page rather
> than page number given by c@page).
>
> * Added pre-chapter hook ffprechapterhook
>
> * Added page exclusion list.
>
> * New commands to set page list and page exclusion list:
>
> - flowsetpagelist
> - flowsetexclusion
> - flowaddexclusion
> - dynamicsetpagelist
> - dynamicsetexclusion
> - dynamicaddexclusion
> - staticsetpagelist
> - staticsetexclusion
> - staticaddexclusion
>
> * New commands to make it easier to switch frames on and off
> on-the-fly:
>
> - flowswitchonnext
> - flowswitchoffnext
> - flowswitchonnextonly
> - flowswitchoffnextonly
> - flowswitchonnextodd
> - flowswitchoffnextodd
> - flowswitchonnextoddonly
> - flowswitchoffnextoddonly
>
> - dynamicswitchonnext
> - dynamicswitchoffnext
> - dynamicswitchonnextonly
> - dynamicswitchoffnextonly
> - dynamicswitchonnextodd
> - dynamicswitchoffnextodd
> - dynamicswitchonnextoddonly
> - dynamicswitchoffnextoddonly
>
> - staticswitchonnext
> - staticswitchoffnext
> - staticswitchonnextonly
> - staticswitchoffnextonly
> - staticswitchonnextodd
> - staticswitchoffnextodd
> - staticswitchonnextoddonly
> - staticswitchoffnextoddonly
>
> - ffaddtoadjustframeshook
>
> * Added fftolerance (now only warns about moving to unequal width
> frame if width difference is greater than tolerance).
>
> * Added optional argument to @sf@chckifthispg and
> @df@chckifthispg
>
> * Bug fixes:
>
> - removed unwanted spaces caused by eol character
>
> - added check for non-void boxes.
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> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: cabin
> Author's name: Bob Tennent
> Package version: 2012-11-09
> Location on CTAN: fonts/cabin/
> Summary description: Support for the Cabin family of sans serif fonts
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> An sfdefault option is now provided to enable Cabin as the default
> text font. The fontaxes package is now required for [pdf]LaTeX.
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> Name of contribution: quattrocento
> Author's name: Bob Tennent
> Package version: 2012-11-09
> Location on CTAN: fonts/quattrocento/
> Summary description: LaTeX support for Quattrocento and Quattrocento Sans fonts.
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This package provides LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX support
> for the Quattrocento and Quattrocento Sans families of fonts, designed
> by Pablo Impallari.
>
> Quattrocento is a classic typeface with wide and open letterforms, and
> great x-height, which makes it very legible for body text at small
> sizes. Tiny details that only show up at bigger sizes make it also
> great for display use. Quattrocento Sans is the perfect sans-serif
> companion for Quattrocento.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Uwe Lück submitted an update to the
catcodes
package.
Summary description: Handling category codes with Plain or LaTeX or ...
License type: lppl
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documentation corrected/extended (intros)
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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
package.
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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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
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> (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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and again, the daemon cried...
> 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
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> (1) The key 'reverse list' has been added in
ewforeach and foreachfox to allow users to automatically reverse their lists prior to processing. See the rationale at http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/77612/how-to-invert-list-used-for-a-….
> (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
>
>
> 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
Announcement text:
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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
package.
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
package to CTAN.
Summary description: Simplified brackets and differentials
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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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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the daemon reported:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> 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
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> * 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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