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CTAN Update: ctable 1.14
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. 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. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ctable License: LPPL --------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of v1.14 relative to v1.13): - nosuper propagation to later tables prohibited - added option doinside - use of (obsolete) carom.sty for docs discontinued - empty labels not created - newcolumntype warnings removed - caption package not needed anymore --------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ctable (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: cam.ctan.org upload: answers
by CTAN Announcements 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

the old daemon's beginning to recover the meaning of his life, and reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: answers > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/answers > Summary description: Production of solution sheets in LaTeX2e > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.12: > - New maintainer: Joseph Wright > - Now licensed under LPPL, v1.3c or later > - No other changes at present! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated 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/answers.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/answers the catalogue entry will change, of course, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upate: prerex
by CTAN Announcements 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: prerex Version number: 5.0 Author's name: Bob Tennent Location on CTAN: /graphics Summary description: Interactive editor for prerequisite charts, macro support. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 5.0 of prerex.sty generates an html file with image-map data for use with a raster image obtained from the latex output. Version 5.0 of the editor supports documents with more that one chart or charts used in more than one document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/prerex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/prerex (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 .

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CTAN update: biblatex-chem
by CTAN Announcements 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

the daemon yawns, scratches behind its ears, and says: > 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/exptl/biblatex-contrib > Summary description: biblatex styles for chemistry > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v0.8d: > - Fix for chem-rsc style and incorrect comma after journal title: > caused by changes in biblatex kernel. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and updated the catalogue. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-chem.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib the catalogue entry will change (in a way visible only to those with acute eyesight) overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: csv2latex
by CTAN Announcements 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

This package should reach your local mirror in the next day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: csv2latex Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Alan Munn Location on CTAN: /support/ Summary description: Ruby script+Applescript provides cut-and-paste of spreadsheet table cells into LaTeX source License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- csv2latex is a Ruby script + Applescript combination that allows for cut-and-paste of spreadsheet tables (e.g., from Excel, Open Office Calc, iWork Numbers, etc.) into a LaTeX source file in various popular LaTeX table formats: plain tables, booktabs, longtable and raw cells. Designed to work with TeXShop, it can be used with other Mac editors that support Applescript. Requires OS 10.4 or later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/csv2latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/csv2latex (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 .

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CTAN update: xecjk
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

This update should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xeCJK Version number: 2.3.8 Author's name: Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/ Summary description: A LaTeX package for typesetting CJK documents in the way users have become used to, in the CJK package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Improve space adjustments. Support slshape. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xecjk (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 .

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CTAN will drop the tools/ tree
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

We will drop the tools/ directory tree from CTAN in a day. This tree does not hold TeX-related materials-- instead it holds materials that are useful for archivists and people dealing with archives. When CTAN started, finding those materials could be a problem so keeping them with the archive made sense. Happily, the state of the Internet is that these materials are now easy to find and the cost of our keeping up on latest versions, etc., outweighs any convienence for our users. Indeed, many of our holdings are out of date and others of the holdings are now of historical interest only. So in a day we will drop the tree (we can't think of a reason why someone would want us to delay for the day but we can't see any reason that a delay could hurt so we will wait the day). Jim Hefferon CTAN team

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CTAN update: ctantools
by CTAN Announcements 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

This update should be wt your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ctan.tools Version number: 1.5.1 Author's name: Anh K. Huynh Location on CTAN: / Summary description: A jiffy to search CTAN file list. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- News in this version * auto. select CTAN mirror * provide package/file date and size * bugs fixed: lzma problem, wrapped FILES.byname ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/ctantools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctantools (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 .

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CTAN update: crossword
by CTAN Announcements 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cwpuzzle Version number: 1.8 Author's name: Gerd Neugebauer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gene/crossword Summary description: cwpuzzle.sty - a LaTeX package for typesetting crossword puzzles License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MORE CELL-BASED PUZZLES In addition to crossword puzzles Sudoku and Kakuro are supported. They are also grid-based. Thus it was easy to facilitate the infrastructure already in place for them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gene/crossword . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/crossword (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 .

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CTAN update: ctex
by CTAN Announcements 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ctex Version number: 0.94 Author's name: Jiang Jiang Location on CTAN: /language/chinese Summary description: LaTeX classes and packages for Chinese typesetting. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Improve hyperref support. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/chinese/ctex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ctex (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 .

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CTAN has a new package: memdesign
by CTAN Announcements 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

This package should reach your local mirror in less than a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: A Few Notes on Book Design Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Peter Wilson (uploaded by Lars Madsen) Location on CTAN: /info/memdesign/ Summary description: Name says it all License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A Few Notes on Book Design, aka memdesign.pdf is an extended version of what use to be the first part of the memoir users manual. As this part was not about the memoir class and might be interesting for non-memoir users it has now been split in to this stand alone document. Please note that the PDF uses commercial fonts, but the README contains instructions as to how to compile the document without these fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/memdesign/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memdesign (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 .

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CTAN update: memoir
by CTAN Announcements 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

This update 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: The Memoir class Version number: v1.61803398 Author's name: Peter Wilson and Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Latest updates for the memoir class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest updates for the memoir class. This update includes various bugfixes and added support for the bidi package. The memoir users manual have also been split into two documents. The first part containing a general discussion about book design is now a separate document, named memdesign which will be uploaded to CTAN shortly, presumably located in the info/ dir. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memoir (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 .

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CTAN update: l2tabu
by CTAN Announcements 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org (note the new maintainer). It should reach your local mirror within a day. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: l2tabu Version number: 2.0 Author's name: Marc Ensenbach Location on CTAN: /info/l2tabu/german/ Summary description: Collection of LaTeX sins (German) License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- l2tabu is a collection of LaTeXe sins with hints how to correct them (in German). This version contains some updates concerning the list of out-of-date packages. l2tabu ist eine Sammlung von LaTeXe-Suenden mit Hinweisen, wie diese korrigiert werden koennen. Diese Version beinhaltet einige Aktualisierungen in der Liste veralteter Pakete. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2tabu/german/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/l2tabu (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 .

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CTAN has a new package: DoX
by CTAN Announcements 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

This package should reach your local mirror in a day or so. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: DoX Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dox Summary description: Extensions to the doc package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The doc package provides LaTeX developers with means to describe the usage and the definition of new macros and environments. However, there is no simple way to extend this functionality to other items (options or counters for instance). The DoX package is designed to circumvent this limitation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dox . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dox (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 .

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CTAN update: ifplatform
by CTAN Announcements 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

the moving finger writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ifplatform > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ifplatform > Summary description: Conditionals to detect the platform (Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/etc.) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Updated version of ifplatform now behaves correctly in TeX Live 2009 on > Windows and MiKTeX 2.8. Also now provides ifcygwin for users of Cygwin. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue; thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/ifplatform.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ifplatform of course, the catalogue entry will change overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: sam2p
by CTAN Announcements 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: sam2p Version number: 0.47 Author's name: Péter Szabó Location on CTAN: /graphics/sam2p Summary description: convert raster (bitmap) images to PostScript, PDF and other formats License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sam2p is a UNIX command line utility written in ANSI C++ that converts many raster (bitmap) image formats into Adobe PostScript or PDF files and several other formats. The images are not vectorized. sam2p gives full control to the user to specify standards-compliance, compression, and bit depths. In some cases sam2p can compress an image 100 times smaller than the PostScript output of many other common image converters. sam2p provides ZIP, RLE and LZW (de)compression filters even on Level1 PostScript devices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/sam2p . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/sam2p (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 .

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CTAN update: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luaotfload Version number: 1.04 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixing a bug preventing ovf files from being used. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload (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 .

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CTAN update: Asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

This update should appear at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 1.86 Author's name: John Bowman Location on CTAN: / Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PRC polygons were optimized. Surface memory usage was reduced. The automatic sizing of NURBS surfaces was fixed. A bug in the radius of curvature computation at nodes was fixed. The configuration test for the GNU readline library was improved. The naming of PRC parts was implemented. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote (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 .

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CTAN update: latex2e-help-texinfo
by CTAN Announcements 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror in a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: latex2e-help-texinfo Version number: September 2009 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /info/latex2e-help-texinfo Summary description: unofficial latex2e reference manual License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This project is an attempt to write a reference manual for core LaTeX. It is unofficial and the LaTeX Project members have not reviewed it. http://home.gna.org/latexrefman (the project home page) has more information, including links to the current output in various formats, sources, mailing lists, and other infrastructure. Help is most definitely wanted. (Search for xx in the source for just a few of the known deficiencies.) Please email any bug reports, new material, general discussion, whatever, to latexrefman-discuss(a)gna.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/latex2e-help-texinfo . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latex2e-help-texinfo (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 .

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CTAN update: Context
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

This update should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Context Version number: 2009.08.19 Author's name: Taco Hoekwater Location on CTAN: /macros/context/current Summary description: The new 'current' context release License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the new 'current' version of the ConTeXt zip files from Pragma ADE. This version needs at least pdftex 1.40, xetex 0.999, or luatex 0.43. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/context/current . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/context (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 .

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CTAN update: collref
by CTAN Announcements 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

This update should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: collref Version number: v2.0 Author's name: Niklas Beisert Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/collref Summary description: collect blocks of references into a single reference License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- collref is a LaTeX2e package to automatically collect multiple ibitem references which always appear in the same sequence in cite into a single ibitem block. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/collref . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/collref (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 .

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CTAN update -- bundle oberdiek
by CTAN Announcements 06 Sep '09

06 Sep '09

On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. > New package: > > * ltxcmds 2009/08/05 v1.0 > The package `ltxcmds' exports some utility macros > from the LaTeX kernel into a separate namespace and > also provides them for other formats such as plain-TeX. > > Changes: > > * bmpsize 2009/09/04 v1.6 > * Fixes for reusing objects with dvipdfmx-20090708. > Older versions of dvipdfmx are no longer supported. > > * bookmark 2009/08/13 v1.5 > * Except for driver options the other options are now local options. > This resolves a problem with KOMA-Script v3.00 and its option `open'. > > * inputenx 2009/08/13 v1.4 > * Encodings for Atari (atarist) and ISO 8859-8 added. > * Support for horizontal bar (U+2015) and double low line (U+2017) added. > > * kvoptions 2009/08/13 v3.4 > * Documentation additions. > > * zref 2009/08/07 v2.4 > * Module `runs' added. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: tablenotes
by CTAN Announcements 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

This update should be at your local mirror in a day. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: tablenotes Version number: 0.2 Author's name: Matthias Borck-Elsner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablenotes Summary description: my notes or no notes is no question License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes in text and tables, to be shown or hidden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tablenotes . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tablenotes (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 .

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CTAN update: xpackages
by CTAN Announcements 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

This update should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xpackages Version number: SVN 1509 Author's name: LaTeX3 Project Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages Summary description: High-level LaTeX3 concepts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts ---------------------------------------------------------------- The xpackages are experimental, high-level parts of LaTeX3. They are designed to provide a link between the programming system (expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different area, for example creating document commands (xparse), producing flexible formatting functions (template), etc. At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top of LaTeX2e: usepackage{xparse} usepackage{template} In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which the xpackages are built. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This release (SVN 1509) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Since the last CTAN snap-shot of the xpackages, a lot of work has been carried out revising the xparse package. Much of the code of xparse has been rewritten and a lot of thought has gone into the interface. The functions; - DeclareDocumentCommand - DeclareDocumentEnvironment - IfNoValue(TF) - IfBoolean(TF) are now considered stable. This means that xparse can be used to generate functions for real documents as well as for testing. Some parts of xparse may still be revised, as functions such as: - DeclareExpandableDocumentCommand - DeclareDocumentCommandInterface - DeclareDocumentCommandImplementation - IfValue(TF) are not yet regarded as stable. However, this will depend on feedback from other programmers regarding the usefulness of these facilities. The method for defining a function in xparse: { m o +m } is also now stable. Some work is still being done on the processor concept, but the team hope this will not take too long and so should not cause problems for package authors. The second notable change in this release is the addition of the l3keys2e package in the xtras bundle. The xtras bundle is intended to hold xpackages which are tided closely to LaTeX2e, and so provide functionality which will be implemented differently in a LaTeX3 format. l3keys2e allows keyval input defined using l3keys to be used as LaTeX2e package or class options. This is done in a similar manner to that used by the kvoptions package. Finally, the addition of the xtras bundle means that the TDS organisation of the xpackages has slightly altered. It now reflects the SVN structure: xpackages/xbase/xparse.sty xpackages/xbase/template.sty xpackages/xtras/l3keys2e.sty ---------------------------------------------------------------- Looking forward ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ideas in the template package are currently being examined, and the team expect to update template in the coming weeks. There is likely to be an update to CTAN once this process is complete so that template can move to stable status. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX3 Project ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xpackages . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xpackages (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 .

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CTAN update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

This update should within a day reach your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: expl3 Version number: SVN 1509 Author's name: LaTeX3 Project Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 Summary description: An Experimental LaTeX3 Programming Convention License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding ---------------------------------------------------------------- The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX programmers with special syntax conventions, completely separating it from document level syntax. Hence, the commands provided are not intended for use at the document level nor for use in describing design layouts in document class files. This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel and other advanced extensions are built. Special care has been taken so that they can be used within a LaTeX2e context as regular packages. The TeX and eTeX primitives are all given a new name according to these conventions. However, in the main direct use of the primitives is not required or encouraged: the expl3 modules define an independent low-level LaTeX3 programming language. At present, the expl3 modules are designed to be loaded on top of LaTeX2e: usepackage{expl3} In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This release (SVN 1509) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Most of the changes to expl3 since the last snapshot (SVN 1441) are additions or documentation improvements. The documentation provided in expl3.pdf has been heavily revised to make it clearer which parts of the bundle are stable. The terminology used has also been tightened up. Some of the module documentation has had minor improvements to try to ensure that all functions are documented. The new functions added are: - exp_args:NnV - keys_if_exist:nn(TF) - prop_put:NVn - prop_put:NVV - l_head:V - l_tail:V as these have proved useful to the team. These updated functions are needed by the SVN version of the xpackages. There has also been some One undocumented function has been removed: - file_not_found:nTF as this can now be handled using the l3file module. Some minor internal logic changes have been made to a small number of functions. This should not affect the functions in use. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX3 Project ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/expl3 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/expl3 (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 .

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