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CTAN Update: fontaxes
by CTAN Announcements 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 Michael Ummels submitted an update to the fontaxes package. Summary description: Additional font axes for LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version fixes an incompatibility with .sty files generated by autoinst introduced in version 1.0. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fontaxes . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontaxes (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: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

that ol' daemon is _trying_ to relieve the load on dante uploads... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: achemso > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v3.5j > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/achemso/ > Summary description: Support for submissions to American Chemical > Society journals > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.5j: > - Allow flexible TOC entry size 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/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v2.4 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.4: > - New option exponent-to-prefix to convert exponents > into prefixes (e3 => kilo for example). > - New option list-pair-separator to handle lists with > exactly two members. > - New round-half option to allow rounding 'half to even' > as well as 'half up'. > - Automatic 'compression' of repeated exponents in some > cases. > - Reduced number of occasions where math mode is forced. 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/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: adjustbox
by CTAN Announcements 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the adjustbox package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog: * Update of the manual. * Added driver files for dvips and xelatex. Moved pdftex driver code to own file. * Fixed and improved default unit code for the `calc` option. * Changed adjustimage code to use internals of includegraphics. This allows the redefinition of includegraphics. * Added manual for `bgcolor` and added `bgcolor*`. * Changed `bgimage` to use `adjustimage`. * Added manual entries for `cfbox` and `cframe`. * Removed loading of non-mandatory `storebox` package for now. * Added `set vsize`. * Added shortcuts `rlap` and `llap`. * Added adjincludegraphics and the Export option. * Fix for `innerenv` argument. * Added lengths Width, Height, Depth and Totalheight for the original dimensions of the content. * Added own raisebox variant to support math expressions even for includegraphics. * Some code cleanup. * Added `varwidth` key as an alternative to `minipage`. * Added stackbox and `stack` key and `stackbox` environment (similar to shortstack) * Added check for xcolor package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/adjustbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/adjustbox (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: mdframed
by CTAN Announcements 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the mdframed package. Summary description: auto split frame environment License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.0 - add option userdefinedwidth - add option align - add option apptotikzsetting - create new command mdfapptodefinestyle (Thanks to Martin Scharrer) - changed internal algorithm - removed calc instead using e-TeX dimexpr - expand documentation - trying to fixe problems with xcolor - fixed bug with framemethod=pstricks - created ltxmdf.cls -- documentclass for alle tex-files - created file mdframed-example-default.pdf - created file mdframed-example-tikz.pdf - created file mdframed-example-pstricks.pdf - created file mdframed-example-texsx.pdf (texsx stands for tex stackexchange) - removed pre-version ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdframed . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mdframed (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: biblatex 1.7
by CTAN Announcements 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded a new biblatex release to the incoming directory of the > UK node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. Thank you very much. > > RELEASE NOTES > > This release requires Biber 0.9.6. users: please see below. > See the file RELEASE for further release notes. > > CHANGES > > See the changelog in biblatex.pdf. thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. *NOTE* -- users should note that CTAN does not yet hold biber 0.9.6; if you are using biber, you should either update from the testing distribution, or hold off installing this version of biblatex until the production distribution of biber 0.9.6 is availablle. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: featpost
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 L. Nobre G. submitted an update to the featpost package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FeatPost obtained a new macro to draw spheroids which is based on the invariance of quadratic surfaces. Backward compatibility is maintained with the exception of the perspective macro rp which now depends on the global variable MaxFearLimit. If your figures look odd, change the value of this variable to 50 or more. Take a look at the example revolipsoid.mp. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/featpost/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/featpost (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: csvsimple
by CTAN Announcements 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the csvsimple package. Summary description: csv file processing, comma separated values License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 1.04 (2011/11/11): - new key: head to column names (automatic column names) - new key: no table - column numbers can now be used for column macro definitions - documentation update and correction - internal behaviour of 'before reading' and 'after reading' changed for tables ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/csvsimple . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/csvsimple (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: ascelike
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 Matthew R Kuhn submitted an update of the ascelike package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Upgrade of the ascelike package with corrected margins and documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ascelike . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ascelike (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: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 Xavier Danaux submitted an update to the moderncv package. Summary description: A modern curriculum vitae class. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/moderncv (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: mkjobtexmf
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the mkjobtexmf package. Summary description: Generate a texmf tree for a particular job License type: artistic Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The progam mkjobtexmf runs a program and tries to find the used file names. Two methods are available, option -recorder of TeX or the program strace. Then it generates a directory with a texmf tree. It checks the found files and tries sort them in this texmf tree. It can be used for archiving purposes or to speed up following TeX runs. Changes of version 0.8: * MiKTeX is better supported. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/mkjobtexmf . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mkjobtexmf (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 CTAN package: dosepsbin
by CTAN Announcements 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 Heiko Oberdiek submitted the dosepsbin package. Summary description: Extract PS/WMF/TIFF sections from DOS EPS binary files License type: artistic Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The program dosepsbin analyses an EPS file that is not a plain ASCII PostScript file but given as DOS EPS binary file. dosepsbin [options] <input file> First it analyzes the *input file*, validates its header and summarizes the available sections. Depending on the given options, the sections are then written to files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/dosepsbin . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/dosepsbin (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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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: pgfgantt
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 Wolfgang Skala submitted an update to the pgfgantt package. Summary description: Draw Gantt charts with LaTeX and TikZ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pgfgantt v2.1 includes * Labels near chart elements (via the 'inline' key) * Keys that customize inline label placement * ganttchart environments outside of a tikzpicture ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfgantt . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgfgantt (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: caption
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Summary description: This LaTeX package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Combining caption+float+wrapfig package was broken in version 3.2d, fixed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/caption (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: ledmac and ledpar
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 Maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the ledmac and ledpar packages. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In ledmac : a new counter stanzaindentrepetition, to say to repeat indentation every n verse. For example setstanzaindents{0,1,0} setcounter{stanzaindentsrepetition}{2} is like setstanzaindents{0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0…}. In ledpar : - with Columns, the verse's hanging now runs on the left column. - the hanging symbol is now shown only on the stanza, not in prose. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ledmac . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ledmac and http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ledpar (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: French Cursive hand fonts
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: French Cursive hand fonts > Author's name: Emmanuel Beffara > Location on CTAN: fonts/frcursive/ > Summary description: a cursive hand-writing font family > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This updated version provides almost all T1 glyphs and Adobe Type 1 > versions of the fonts. 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/frcursive.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/frcursive/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAn update: xits fonts
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

the daemon sneaks up on me while i relax after work... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xits > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Package version: 1.102 > Location on CTAN: /fonts/xits > Summary description: A Scientific Times-like font with support for > mathematical typesetting. > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fix inconsistent line spacing caused by inline math in MS Word 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/xits.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/xits/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: chemnum
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the chemnum package. Summary description: A method of numbering chemical compounds. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - proper language support - dis- and enabling the serial comma ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chemnum/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chemnum (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 CTAN package: hletter
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: hletter > Author's name: Brian Housley > Package version: 4.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/hletter/ > Summary description: Produce letters and heading with user difined options > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A package is presented which permits the user to specify easily, with > the aid of self defined key-words, letters (with a logo and private) > and headings. The heading may include a footer and the letter provides > commands to include a scanned signature, two signees and works with > the merge package. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and created an entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/hletter.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hletter/ The catalogue entry will first appear on the web overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: tablefootnote
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the tablefootnote package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug-fix: When etoolbox.sty was not found, and the float package had been loaded, and the float specifier was H, then no ablefootnote was printed for that table. Fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tablefootnote . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tablefootnote (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: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 Xavier Danaux submitted an update to the moderncv package. Summary description: A modern curriculum vitae class. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.13, correcting some bugs non-pdf engines when loading hyperref and adding a couple of features. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/moderncv (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 has a new package: cookingsymbols
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 Sven Harder submitted the cookingsymbols package. Summary description: symbols for recipes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides 11 symbols for typesetting recipes. For example a oven, gasstove, topheat, fanoven, gloves and dish symbol. They are defined by using METAFONT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cookingsymbols . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cookingsymbols (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: caption
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- `newfloat' package added. The `newfloat' package offers the command DeclareFloatingEnvironment for defining new floating environments which behave like the existing ones `figure' and `table'. This functionality was already offered by the `caption' package via DeclareCaptionType in the past, but is now available for users which don't want to use the `caption' package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/caption . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/caption (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: ifetex
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: the daemon wrote (as i cooked the evening meal): > Name of contribution: ifetex > Author's name: Martin Scharrer > Package version: v1.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ifetex/ > Summary description: Changed declaration of ifetex > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The declaration of ifetex now doesn't use ewif any longer to avoid > the macros etexfalse and etextrue. > The definition is now local. 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/ifetex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ifetex/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CATN update: canoniclayout
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

the daemon came along and said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: canoniclayout > Author's name: Claudio Beccari > Package version: 0.4 > Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/canoniclayout/ > Summary description: classical page layout geometrical design > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A few little bugs have been corrected, but mainly its use has been > extended to any class, while previous versions worked only witht the > memoir one. The documentation has also been updated accordingly. 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/canoniclayout.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/canoniclayout/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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