On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the
hrefhide
package.
Summary description: hiding hyperrefs when printing; switching ocgcolor on/off
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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New in 1.0f:
- now works with all types of links supported by hyperref's ocgcolorlinks: citations, page references, URLs, local file references, and other links-type.
- ocgcolorlinks can be switched on and off (at least the appearance of the links, e.g. the no-break-restriction for the links when using ocgcolorlinks still holds).
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the
mychemistry
package.
Summary description: Create reaction schemes with LaTeX and ChemFig
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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New in 1.5.1:
- all scheme-specific commands (arrow,
eactant, chemand, ranch, ransition, mesomeric, dummy, anywhere) are only defined inside the scheme environments rxn and rxnscheme
- bondwidth.tex and it's command setbondwidth removed
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 Martin Hensel submitted an update to the
mhchem
package.
Summary description: for typesetting chemical formulae, chemical equations and Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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fixed: _{$x$} now works properly
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 Neal Davis submitted the new
nuc
package.
Summary description: Provides automatic notation for nuclear isotopes.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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A simple package providing nuclear sub- and superscripts as commonly used in
radiochemistry, radiation science, and nuclear physics and engineering
applications. As isotopes which have Z with more digits than A require special
spacing to appear properly, which is supported in this macro package.
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http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contribnuc
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 Bob Tennent submitted an update to the
musixtex
package.
Summary description: Sophisticated music typesetting using TeX
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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This minor update corrects a faulty curly.tex and provides additional options and documentation for the musixflx and musixtex scripts.
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 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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new script for removal of changes commands
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On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 Christian Tellechea submitted an update to the
chemfig
package.
Summary description: Draw molecule with an easy syntax
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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ChemFig v0.4b
* no more catcode clash when chemfig is in the
argument of an other macro
* setbondstyle defines the style of the bonds
* bugfixes
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On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 Joshua Holbrook submitted the new
uafthesis
package.
Summary description: The Official Unofficial document class for theses at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
License type: lppl
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and out comes that little old daemon again, crying:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: siunitx
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> 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:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v2.2d:
> - Fix broken strict option
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and now the daemon tells me of the second of the pair...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: xpackages
> Author's name: LaTeX3 Project
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
> Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> This release (SVN 2255)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This release maintains synchronisation with expl3. It also
> features a bug fix for some edge-cases for xparse.
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the daemon tells me:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: expl3
> Author's name: LaTeX3 Project
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3
> Summary description: Packages supporting LaTeX3 programming conventions
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> This release (SVN 2155)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This release features a revised l3seq module using a new
> internal structure for sequences. The functionality should
> remain the same in this module, with the exception of the
> functions seq_top:NN and seq_display:N, which are depreciated.
> The new implementation handles braces more consistently, and
> performance is enhanced.
>
> A number of bug fixes and performance enhancements have also
> been added to basic functions such as prg_return(true|false):.
> Again, there should be no change in functionality but
> performance and reliability should be improved.
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quoth the daemon:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: eqexam
> Author's name: D. P. Story
> Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eqexam
> Summary description: A package to create paper/interactive exams,
> quizzes, hw for paper and web
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Minor bug fixes; added a vspaceswithsolns option (the paper exam can
> now be repurposed in several ways: nosolutions, answerkey,
> solutionsonly, and vspaceswithsolns); added useFillerLines (which
> creates horizontal rules in vertical white spaces); new option
> enclosesoln to the fillin command; modified fillin so the width of
> the boxed region is correct; several new example files.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/eqexam.html
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Herbert Voss wrote:
> I've uploaded dtk.tgz to the uk CTAN node.
> Please delete _all_ files in the directory
>
> usergrps/dante/dtk
>
> and put the new ones in there.
>
> This is the documentation class for Die TeXnische Komödie,
> the journal of DANTE
>
> dtk.cls -----
> 1.24 2011-04-25 -delete the part for laoding eurosans
> we now use euro from eurosym by default. (hv)
>
> dtklogos.cls -----
> 2.11 2011-04-25 -added LuaLaTeX (hv)
>
> dtk-pdf.sty --------
> 1.20 2011-04-26 -modified license statement
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the daemon breaks his quiet again, for a little while...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: AeB (AcroTeX eDucation Bundle)
> Author's name: D. P. Story
> Location on CTAN: /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/acrotex
> Summary description: Support for page design, interactive quizzes,
> forms, document JS
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Minor update, bug fixes, new features for eqexam (a package related to
> this one).
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>
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
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Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded powerdot.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please
> delete all files in the directory
>
> /macros/latex/contrib/powerdot/
>
> and put the new ones in there.
>
> powerdot is a presentation class, based on PSTricks.
>
> powerdot.cls --------
> 1.4g 2011-04-25 - load enumitem version 2.2
> - allow paper size smartboard
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On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 Philip Kime submitted an update to the
biblatex-apa
package.
Summary description: APA style for biblatex
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Minor update adding Greek localisation
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On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the
mychemistry
package.
Summary description: Create reaction schemes with LaTeX and ChemFig
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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New in v1.5:
- the whole positioning part is new and far more flexible: now arbitrary angles can be used for positioning;
- arrows can be modified using <tikz>;
- arrow types <=>> and <<=> added;
- arrow type -+> improved;
- command anywhere now has similar syntax to all other commands;
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Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace the
> files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/
>
>
> pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing
> special mathematical functions like distributions,
> polynomials, a.s.o.
>
> ..... pst-func.tex
> 0.72 2011-04-23 - allow option comma for all functions
> - use helper function dot2comma
> - allow option dotstyle for psGaussI
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Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pstricks-base2.tgz to the uk ctan node.
>
> Please delete all files in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/base/ and put the new ones in there
>
> ---- pstricks.tex (the main file)
> 2.20 2011-04-23 - load pst-tools.pro
> - fixed a bug with missing coordinates for pspicture
>
> ---- pstricks.sty
> 0.50 2011-04-23 - message for pst-tools.pro
> - test for pdflatex/lualatex
>
> ---- pst-tools.pro
> 0.01 2011-04-23 initial version (hv)
>
> read the file /base/doc/pst-news11.pdf for more informations
> about this update to the base part of PSTricks or read
> the other Changes files which lists all what's new in
> the other files.
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On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 Wolfgang Skala submitted an update to the
pgfgantt
package.
Summary description: Draw Gantt charts with LaTeX and TikZ
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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pgfgantt v1.1 includes
* improved support for real x-coordinates instead of time slot coordinates (including the 'time slot modifier' and the 'link tolerance' key)
* the 'vgrid lines list' key which modifies the number of vertical grid lines drawn
* three keys to further modify the label of bars, groups and milestones
* an explicit note which PGF version is required
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quoth the daemon, again:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: xits
> Author's name: Khaled Hosny
> Location on CTAN:
> Summary description: A Scientific Times-like font with support for
> mathematical typesetting.
> License type: other-free
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> - Make over/underbrace and sisters less close to base glyphs
> - Add upright integrals as stylistic set ss08
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.
> (Note: this is likely to be the last release from me, volunteers are welcomed)
a pity (for the rest of us): thank you for all the work you've done for
this project.
> 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/
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On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 Carsten Ace Dahlmann submitted the
uni-wtal-ger
package.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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uni-wtal-ger is a citation style for the biblatex package based on
author-title-dw, optimized for the literary studies at the faculty of humanities
at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal, but of course also useful for other
needs.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/uni-wtal-ger/
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 Henrik Skov Midtiby submitted an update to the
todonotes
package.
> Summary description: The package lets the user mark things to do later, in a simple and and visually appealing way.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Suppress warnings about underfull / overful boxes generated by the inserted todonotes. Patch by Peter M Schuler.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This package is located at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/todonotes
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the daemon nonchalantly tells me:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: xits
> Author's name: Khaled Hosny
> Location on CTAN:
> Summary description: A Scientific Times-like font with support for
> mathematical typesetting.
> License type: other-free
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> - Don't hard code OS/2 code pages and Unicode ranges
> - Fix StackBottomShiftDown and StackBottomDisplayStyleShiftDown math parameters
thanks for the upload. i have installed the new version and updated the
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> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
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the daemon comes out again:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: luaotfload
> Author's name: Khaled Hosny
> Location on CTAN:
> Summary description: OpenType layout system for Plain TeX and LaTeX.
> License type: gpl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> * Fix bug loading *.dfont fonts
> * Misc. documentation fixes
> * Fix the need to manually delete font cache when feature file is changed
> * Hack to support Demi fonts
thanks very much for the upload; i have installed the files and updated
the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
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> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/
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