On Tue, 21 Dec 2010, Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the
filehook
package.
Summary description: Updated to v0.3: Add support for package and class file hooks.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This update adds AtBeginOfPackageFile, AtEndOfPackageFile,
AtBeginOfClassFile and AtEndOfClassFile hook macros to
execute code before or after packages or classes. Special
care is taken to execute the AtEnd code after any code
inserted by the package or class itself using the standard
LaTeX macros AtBeginOfPackage/AtBeginOfClass.
This version now triggers an error when a incompatible
definition of InputIfFileExists is detected. An option
'force' is provided to overwrite this.
Further information can be taken from the discussion on
comp.text.tex: svn-multi incompat fink -- Was: [Re: CTAN
update: fink] (e.g.
https://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_frm/thread/d535855d0bc…).
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For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
This should be at your local mirror.
Thanks again,
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: zwpagelayout
Version number: 1.1
Author's name: Zdenek Wagner
Summary description: Package update
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Version 1.1 adds a few features: support of black overprint,
possibility
of setting PDF information without the need of loading the
hyperref package,
automatic setting of ArtBox, TrimBox and BleedBox (can be
disabled) and
partial compliance with PDF/X-1a.
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the daemon wrily remarks on the start of the holiday torrent:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: biblatex-chem
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chem/
> Summary description: biblatex styles for chemistry
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v1.0a:
> - Correctly format 'et al.' when truncating name list in
> RSC style
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new files and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
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The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This should be at your local mirror.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: ucharclasses
Version number: 1.0
Author's name: Michiel Kamermans
Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/ucharclasses
Summary description: A XeLaTeX package for automatic code insertion between
unicode blocks, such as automatic font switching for different languages
License type: other-nonfree
Announcement text:
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This package addresses one of the few features where TeX still has to play catch-up to
word processing programs: automatic font switching for different languages. In fact, it
goes one better than word processing programs and comes with macros for inserting
arbitrary code between text from different unicode blocks, by making use of XeTeX's little
known intercharclass behaviour.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: productbox
Version number: 1.0
Author's name: Gerd Neugebauer
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gene/productbox
Summary description: Typesetting a Three-Dimensional Product Box
License type: other-free
Announcement text:
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productbox.dtx provides a style file for typesetting a
three-diemnsional product box. This product box can be
rendered as it is standing on a surface and some light is
shed onto it. Alternatively it can be typeset as a wireframe
to be cut out and glued together. This will lead to a
physical product box.
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On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the
mdframed
package.
Summary description: auto-split frame environment
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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changes in version 0.6:
- added style=3 with pstricks
- added option pstrickssetting
- added option splitbottomskip (see documentation)
- added option splittopskip (see documentation)
- added options for hidden lines (see documentation)
- changed the calculation
- fixed bugs
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On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the
dvisvgm
package.
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to
SVG.
The latest release 1.0.4 is a small maintenance update that
fixes two scaling issues in the PostScript handler.
For further information including a list of recent changes
and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project
page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net
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Thanks for the upload.
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Rainer Schöpf
This also should be at your local mirror.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: fancytooltips package
Version number: 1.8
Author's name: Robert Mařík
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/fancytooltips/
Summary description: New version of fancytooltips package
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This version adds new options blur and fg. Includes also
full example of a presentation which contains extracted
popups od pictures and formulas which follow reflinks (see
the README file in examples/fancy-preview2 directory for
more details).
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: ocgtools package update
Version number: 0.8a
Author's name: Robert Mařík
Summary description: Minor bugfix
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Fixed minor problem related to color management and new
eforms.sty package. Thanks to Paolo Russu for the bug report.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: comfortaa
Version number: 1.0
Author's name: Mohamed El Morabity
Summary description: LaTeX support for the Comfortaa font family
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Comfortaa is a sans-serif font comfortable in every aspect designed by
Johan Aakerlund. This font, which includes three weights (thin, regular
and bold), is available on Johan's deviantArt web page as TrueType files
under the Open Font License version 1.1.
This package provides support for this font in LATEX. It is licensed under
the LATEX project public license version 1.3c or above, except the fonts
delivered under the OFL version 1.1.
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Update summary:
Important bug fixes from version 1.5b, plus some user command changes.
Basic package information, as sent by the contributor.
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Location: /macros/latex/contrib/msuthesis
Caption: Class for Michigan State University Master's and PhD theses.
Description: This is a class file for producing dissertations and
theses according to the Michigan State University Graduate School
Guidelines for Electronic Submission of Master’s Theses and
Dissertations (2010).
The class is based on the memoir document class, and thefore
inherits all of the functionality of that class.
Author: Alan Munn
License: lppl1.3
Name: msu-thesis
Version: 1.7
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oddly, cambridge isn't snowed in, but i'll bet the daemon had to force
himself out of bed in the cold:
> 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 2103)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This intermediate release, focussing mainly on improving l3fp.
> A number of bugs in the module are fixed, and the range of
> functions covered is extended to include exp, ln and powers.
> A bug in the l_if_ee:nn(TF) family of functions is also
> fixed.
wow -- that was quick!
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/expl3.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/expl3
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This should be at your local mirror.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: xlop
Version number: 0.23
Author's name: Jean-Côme Charpentier
Summary description: Xtra Large OPerations (process and display operations)
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Xlop (eXtra Large OPeration) will typeset arithmetic
problems either in-line or “as in school” (using French
school conventions). So for example, opadd{2}{3} can give
either $2+3=5$ or something similar to: egin{tabular}{r}
2\ +3\ hline 5end{tabular}.
This release fix some bugs and offers an english manual.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: DoX
Version number: 2.2
Author's name: Didier Verna
Summary description: DoX (extensions to the Doc package) 2.2 is released
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Hello, I'm happy to announce the release of DoX v2.2. DoX is a set of extensions to the
Doc package, for LaTeX2e class and style authors.
New in this release: the ability to create new control-sequence based documentation
items (for instance LaTeX lengths).
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Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: nirma
Version number: 0.1
Author's name: Ashish Revar
Summary description: Academic Presentation Template
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is the package developed for academic purpose. This includes only style file needed
for to prepare presentations.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: dvipng
Version number: 1.14
Author's name: Jan-Åke Larsson
Summary description: A DVI-to-PNG converter
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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Release notes for version 1.14 of the dvipng package:
This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained
from TeX
and its relatives.
This release changes raw PostScript processing to avoid the
non-rendering PostScript specials created by hyperref. A
command-line
switch to turn off raw PostScript rendering has been added.
Finally, a
few bugs has been fixed, such as correct decoding of the -T
switch, a
CRLF bug when reading configuration files in Windows, and a
few bugs
associated to subprocesses.
Report any bugs you find, see README for instructions.
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aha ... the flow has resumed:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: enumitem-zref
> Author's name: Florent CHERVET
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/enumitem-zref
> Summary description: Extended references to items for enumitem package
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> version 1.5
>
> 1) start= resume resume* keys
>
> References are now compatible with the `start=' key of
> enumitem and also the `resume' and `resume*' keys provided
> by enumitem.
>
> 2) Added the [greekctr] package option
>
> The [greek] option is based on engrec.sty while
> the [greekctr] option is based on greekctr.sty
>
> Both uses alphalph.sty from HO to make greek letters wrap
> around the greek alphabet.
>
> Those options are now automatically loaded at begin document
> is engrec.sty and/or greekctr.sty are detected (ie. loaded)
thanks for this upload, too. i've installed the new version 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/macros/latex/contrib/enumitem-zref
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
i go away for a day, and the daemon decides to ignore me. but it
doesn't last: he can't do without me...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: tabu
> Author's name: Florent CHERVET
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tabu
> Summary description: Flexible LaTeX tabulars (tabu and longtabu)
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> version 1.7
>
> Fixed a bug that may appear with user-defined column types
> in terms of tabu X columns.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the
catalogue reposiory.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tabu.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
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The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This should be at your local mirror.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: CurVe
Version number: 1.16
Author's name: Didier Verna
Summary description: CurVe 1.16 is out
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Hello,
I'm happy to announce the release of CurVe 1.16. CurVe is a
CV class for
LaTeX2e. New in this release:
- An examples directory
- New ext macro to insert plain text in the middle of rubrics,
- Support for openbib option which was implicit before
- Fix incompatibilities with the splitbib package
- Handle the bibentry/hyperref incompatibility directly
- Implement old font commands letting packages using them
(e.g. fancyhdr)
work correctly
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Update summary:
v1.54 2010/12/14 Corrected a bug with infinite loop in Answer
Two new keys added : exam and year
Basic package information, as sent by the contributor.
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Location: /macros/latex/contrib/exercise
Caption: Typeset exercises, problems, etc. and their answers
Description: The package helps to typeset exercises or list of
exercises within any document.
Exercises, questions and sub-questions are automatically numbered.
It is possible to put answers in the same document, and display them
immediatly, later in the document or not to print answers at all.
The layout of exercises is fully customisable. It is possible to
typeset long problems, short exercises, questionnaires, etc.
Usage of the babel package is detected, but not fully supported yet
(only English and French are implemented).
Author: Paul Pichaureau
License: gpl
Name: exercise
Version: 1.53
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Saint Michael's College
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Update summary:
1.25 2010-12-14 - added pslegend and style legendstyle for the
psgraph environment
Basic package information, as sent by the contributor.
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Location: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot
Caption: Plot math functions and data using PSTricks.
Description: The package provides plotting of math functions or data
(typically from external files), using PSTricks. Plots my be
configured using a wide variety of parameters.
Authors: Timothy Van Zandt; Herbert Voß
License: lppl
Name: pst-plot
Version: 1.24
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Mathmode
Version number: 2.47
Author's name: Herbert Voss
Location on CTAN: /info/math/voss/mathmode/
Summary description: Typesetting math with LaTeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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v. 2.47 Added a note for missing equation* environment in
standard LaTeX
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: autolatex
Version number: 10.2
Author's name: Stephane GALLAND
Summary description: Minor bug fixes
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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Minor bug fixes.
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Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: autolatex
Version number: 10.1
Author's name: Stephane GALLAND
Summary description: Update command line to access to internal translator variables
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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Add default values for the text width and the tab size used
by the translators from source code to tex. Enhance command
line to support internal parameters definition for translators.
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Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: pstricks-add
Version number: 3.46
Author's name: Herbert Voss
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
Summary description: Additional macros for PSTricks
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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pstricks-add.tex
v 3.46 2010-12-13 - added new macro psVector for drawing
vectors
with relative coordinates to
allow a sequence of
vectors like the one in
electrical engineering (hv)
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