On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the
ctable
package.
Summary description: Option-driven typesetting of table/figure floats
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or
right aligned tables and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes.
Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the
first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating
variations on the defaults and offering a route for future
extensions.
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On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 Thomas Titz submitted an update to the
idxlayout
package.
Summary description: Configurable index layout, responsive to KOMA-Script and memoir
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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- Corrected option justific=RaggedRight
- Package ragged2e now loaded automatically
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On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 John Bowman submitted an update to the
asymptote
package.
Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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Version 2.00
The construction of 3D TeX labels was sped up greatly. Plain
TeX page numbers were suppressed. Dotted 3D lines and 3D
sizing problems were fixed. A general search function for
sorted structures was implemented; the lexorder functions in
math.asy now return strict partial orders. Additional GSL
functions were added. The correct PRC units (PostScript pt
units, properly called bp) are now displayed in Adobe Reader.
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On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 Joseph Wright submitted an update to the
achemso
package.
Summary description: Support for submissions to American Chemical Society journals
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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v3.5:
- Completely revised BibTeX style file, clearing up internal issues and improving
compliance with The ACS Style Guide
- Fix issue with bibliography labels
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This should be at your local mirror within a day.
Thank you again,
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: sTeX
Version number: 0.9.2
Author's name: Michael Kohlhase
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/stex/
Summary description: Semantic TeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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sTeX: An Infrastructure for Semantic Preloading of LaTeX
Documents
The sTeX package collection, a version of TeX/LaTeX that
allows to markup TeX/LaTeX documents semantically without
leaving the document format,
essentially turning it into a document format for
mathematical knowledge management (MKM).
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Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: struktex
Version number: v101
Author's name: Jobst Hoffmann
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/struktex/
Summary description: A package for the creation of Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The package provides a collection of LaTeX macros to create
Nassi Shneiderman diagrams. It is based on the LaTeX picture
environment, but by the use of additional packages (e.g. pict2e) the
limitations of the picture macros concerning fixed slopes are nullified.
Version v101 contains a new set of macros to display parallel tasks.
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On Wed, 23 Jun 2010, Kristoffer Rose submitted an update to the
xypic
package.
Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/diagrams/xypic
Summary description: Typeset beautiful mathematical graphs and diagrams
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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Release 3.8.2 fixes a problem with the xypic.map file where
some installations did not pick up the Xy-pic special fonts
thus resulting in diagrams with lines replaced by repeated
characters.
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the upload daemon has been busy again:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: teubner
> Author's name: Claudio Beccari
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/teubner/
> Summary description: Upgrade of the teubner package
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This major upgrade allows the user to use all fonts series and shapes
> available with the default LGR Greek encoded CBfonts; it contains the
> extended accent macros that avoid the kerning problems that sometimes
> arise with the built in font ligature mechanism; it is compatible for
> use together with CM, EC, LM, TX, and PX vector fonts, and it contains
> the necessary macros for working with other vector fonts;
> capitalization and uppercasing are working correctly with a minimum of
> attention by the typist; provide classical number rendereng in both
> Milesian and Attic form; plus many other minor enhancements.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/teubner.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/teubner/
the catalogue entry will be refreshed from the repository overnight,
tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This should within a day 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: cleveref
Version number: 0.17.1
Author's name: Toby Cubitt
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/
Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This version fixes bugs in the amsmath and babel support.
It also adds a new labelcref command which produces only
the label part of a cross-reference (complementing the
amecref command, which produces only the name part). Like
cref (and unlike the standard
ef), labelcref supports
multi-references.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: frontespizio
Version number: 1.2
Author's name: Enrico Gregorio
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/frontespizio
Summary description: The frontespizio package lets you typeset a frontispiece
(suitable for Italian university style) independently of the page layout of
the main document.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is version 1.2 of the package
Changes from version 1.1
o A Preambolo* environment to collect things that had to be argument
of several Preambolo commands
o Option nouppercase to avoid uppercasing the second line
o The package honors the inputenc option in the main document also in
the frn file
o Implementation modifications (use atbegshi instead of eso-pic and
others)
o Documentation update
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: chemfig
Version number: v0.1
Author's name: Christian Tellechea
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemfig
Summary description: Draw molecule with an easy syntax
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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ChemFig v0.1
2010/06/23
---------------
Among other features, this package provides
the following command:
chemfig{<code>}
This command draws 2D molecules with the
tikz package. The <code> contains
instructions for the drawing.
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Saint Michael's College
Update summary:
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v2.00
- supports newer versions of hyperref and cleveref
- new package option `emptypagelabels': allows to choose whether empty PDF
pagelabels are created if pagestyle is set to `empty' (thanks to
Sebastian Bomberg for the suggestion)
- uses ackrefalt for back-referencing system (thanks to Benedikt Leinss
for the bug-report)
- changes mstyle to use ookmarkdefinestyle
........................................................................
Basic package information, as sent by the contributer
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Package name: hypdvips
Authors: Raimund Niedrist
Caption: Hyperref extensions for use with dvips
Description: The hypdvips package is a collection of add-ons and fixes
for problems when using hyperref with dvips. It
adds support for breaking links, hyperlinked tablenotes, file
attachments, embedded documents and different types of GoTo-links.
The cooperation of hyperref with cleveref is
improved, which in addition allows an enhanced back-referencing
system.
Location: /macros/latex/contrib/hypdvips
License: lppl
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More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hypdvips
(the link may take a day to sync). Our archive service is sponsored
by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk CTAN node.
> Please delete the files in the directory
>
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/
>
> and put the new ones in there.
>
> pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing
> special mathematical functions like distributions,
> polynomials, a.s.o.
>
> ..... pst-func.tex
> 0.69 2010-06-21 - fix bug with markZeros for psPolynomial
>
> ..... pst-func.pro
> 0.13 2010-06-21 - run FindZeros in a local dictionary
> - return [zeros] on stack
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-func.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon stirred too late last night...
> 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:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v2.0e:
> - Correct behaviour of pm in numbers when abbreviations
> configuration is loaded: problem introduced in v2.0c.
today, i've got the time to install the update, and to update the
catalogue repository. thanks for the upload.
> 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 (minuscule) catalogue update won't appear until some time tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This should be at your local mirror within a day.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: pst-sigsys
Version number: 1.3
Author's name: Farshid Delgosha
Summary description: An update to the pst-sigsys package
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This package is a collection of useful macros for disciplines related to signal
processing. It defines macros for plotting a sequence of numbers, drawing the pole-
zero diagram of a system, shading the region of convergence, creating an adder or a
multiplier node, placing a framed node at a given coordinate, creating an up-sampler
or a down-sampler node, drawing the block diagram of a system, drawing adaptive
systems, sequentially connecting a list of nodes, and connecting a list of nodes to one
node using any node-connecting macro.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-sigsys
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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: Circuit_macros
Version number: 6.8
Author's name: Dwight Aplevich
Summary description: Updated Circuit_macros package
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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New configuration file svg.m4 and other changes to support
dpic svg output. Inkscape-aware changes. Opamp option. New macros
ptrans and tgate. Tweaks to switch macros, color,
variable, centerline, intersect_, inductor(,W), inductor(,L).
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Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: luaotfload
Version number: 1.12
Author's name: Khaled Hosny
Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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* populate MathConstants table for OpenType math fonts, now
such fonts
can be really used in math mode.
* sync with ConTeXt beta 2010.06.18
* change cache dir to $TEXMFCACHE/luatex-cache/generic
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Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Asymptote
Version number: 1.99
Author's name: John Bowman
Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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A segmentation fault was fixed. Perspective animations were
fixed. A bug in the bezulate topological sorting algorithm
was fixed. A settings.framedelay parameter was added for
working around OpenGL animation rendering buffer overruns.
Further optimizations were made. A portability issue was
addressed.
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i was busy on other matters last night, and couldn't act on the daemon's
message until this morning:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: jmlr
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/jmlr
> Summary description: Class files for the Journal of Machine Learning Research
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> jmlr bundle v1.06 provides:
>
> * jmlr class (for authors)
> * jmlrbook class (for production editors)
> * makejmlrbook Perl script
>
> The jmlr class is a LaTeX2e class for articles for the Journal of
> Machine Learning Research (JMLR) or for the JMLR Workshop and
> Conference Proceedings (JMLR W&CP).
>
> The jmlrbook class is a LaTeX2e class that can be used to combine
> articles written using the jmlr class into a book. The jmlrbook class
> uses the combine class and the hyperref package to produce either a
> colour hyperlinked book for on-line viewing or a greyscale
> nonhyperlinked book for printing.
>
> The makejmlrbook Perl script can be used to create the colour
> hyperlinked and greyscale nonhyperlinked PDFs of a document using the
> jmlrbook class. It can also create a set of HTML files that list the
> included papers with links to their abstracts and the individual
> articles as PDFs.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and created an entry
in the catalogue source repository
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/jmlr.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jmlr
though the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until tonight's
processing run.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This should within a day be at your local mirror.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
........................................................................
The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: ryethesis
Version number: 1.1
Author's name: Jason Lassaline
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ryethesis
Summary description: Bug fixes to existing Ryerson University Thesis class
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Bug fixes for the Ryerson University Thesis class including:
- Fix for location of previous degrees
- Fix for including List of Appendices
- Updated sample usage, including output of additional required commands
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ryethesis
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the weather's almost like summer, and the daemon staggers in with a new
package:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: texapi
> Author's name: Paul Isambert
> Location on CTAN: macros/generic
> Summary description: Macros to write format-independent packages.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Texapi provides utility macros to write format-independent (and
> -aware) packages. It is similar in spirit to Philipp Lehman's
> etoolbox, except it isn't tied to LaTeX.
>
> Tools include: engine and format detection, expansion control, command
> definition and manipulation, various testing macros, string
> operations, and highly customizable while and for loops.
>
> The package requires e-TeX.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the files 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/texapi.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/texapi/
the catalogue entry won't appear until after the processing run some
time tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the daemon's struggling to keep up:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: yax
> Author's name: Paul Isambert
> Author's email: zappathustra(a)free.fr
> Location on CTAN: macros/generic
> Summary description: Yet Another Key System.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> At first sight, YaX is just a key-system (and at second sight
> too). However, YaX rather organizes attributes in parameters, and the
> latter can be executed, so that YaX is halfway between key management
> and macro definition (and actually aims at being a user's interface).
>
> Values to attributes can be retrieved and tested in various ways, with
> full expandability ensured as much as possible.
>
> Finally, YaX's syntax is a quite peculiar (as few braces as possible),
> but can be customized.
>
> It is based on texapi and thus requires e-TeX.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the files 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/yax.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/yax/
the catalogue entry will appear some time overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk ctan node.
> Please replace _all_ files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.
> pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot
> of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a...
>
> This update has a modified macro psComment
>
> v 3.41 - fix bug with psComment and the if@star
> added another optional argument for the
> put command
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pstricks-add.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk CTAN node. Please replace
> the two files with the ones in the main directory
>
> /graphics/pstricks/base/latex/
>
> 0.45 2010-06-16 - add option pdf for using auto-pst-pdf together
> with pdflatex (needs an option -shell-escape
> for TeXLive or -enable-write18 for MiKTeX
i've installed the update; nothing in the catalogue needed to be
changed.
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pstricks.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/base
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team