On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, François Charette submitted an update to the
polyglossia
package.
This package provides a complete Babel replacement for users of XeLaTeX.
Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia
Summary description: Modern multilingual typesetting with XeLaTeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Polyglossia v1.0.2
This is mostly a bug fixes release.
* Captions corrected in Hebrew, Russian and Spanish
* Removed all ext<lang> wrappers within caption definitions
* Improved compatibility with Babel
* New option babelshorthands for German
* New option Script for Sanskrit
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia
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http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=polyglossia
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
A process somewhere within cambridge ctan writes (by rote):
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: xfor
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xfor
> Summary description: A reimplimentation of the LaTeX for-loop macro.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v1.04:
> rewrite of internals to improve loop efficiency
> (code provided by Morten Høgholm)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
i have installed the new version; thanks for the upload.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xfor.html
which will be updated (very slightly) overnight tonight.
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xfor
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon work its way
throught the mirroring system.
Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: tr2latex 2.3
Author's name: Dirk Jagdmann
Location on CTAN: /support/tr2latex
Summary description: updated this package for a modern Linux and BSD system
License type: unknown
Announcement text:
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The tr2latex program now compiles on a modern Linux and BSD
system with gcc.
The -b option was added to output only the LaTeX body,
so converted troff documents can be included in larger LaTeX
documents.
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http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/tr2latex
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The machine that hosts tug.ctan.org will be moved tomorrow, Monday Jan
26. There will be some disruption of service for at least a brief time
in the morning, US Eastern time.
Jim Hefferon
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-tree.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please put all
> files into the _new_ directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-tree/
users should note that this is a new location;
> and delete the files [at the package's old location].
>
> This version of pst-tree uses the advanced key handling
> of xkeyval. The reason why the package moves from the
> core part into the contrib section of PSTricks
>
> ----- pst-tree.tex
> 1.10 2009-01-25 - first version with pst-xkey and own
> documentation (hv)
thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version as requested,
and updated the catalogue.
user may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-tree.html
(note that the catalogue will remain out of date for a few hours, until
the files are auto-generated overnight.)
or browse the new directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-tree/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the
dvisvgm
package.
Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts dvi files to
SVG. The current release 0.6 offers improved font handling
including virtual fonts, map files and font encodings.
Additionally, several bugs have been fixed and MiKTeX
support has been updated to current version 2.7.
For further information and pre-compiled binaries for
Windows/MiKTeX see the project page
http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net
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http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm
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http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm
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_______________________________________________
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Rainer Schöpf
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 Alexander Grahn submitted a new package called
acroreloadpdf
to CTAN.
Location on CTAN: /support/acroreloadpdf
Summary description: Reload-the-current-PDF function for Adobe Reader on Unix systems
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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AcroReloadPDF.js is a small JavaScript that adds a
``Reload'' entry to the ``File'' menu of Adobe Reader on
Linux and other Unix-like systems. It allows to reload the
PDF document currently viewed in the Reader to reflect the
latest changes. The last view of the document (page number
and zoom state) will be restored.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/support/acroreloadpdf
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_______________________________________________
Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and in the next day will work
its way through the mirror system.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: breakurl v1.30
Author's name: Vilar Camara Neto
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/breakurl
Summary description: The breakurl is an extension to hyperref package that
allows line-breakable url-like links when compiling via latex + dvips + ps2pdf.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This new version allows breaks before percent-signs (`%').
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This package is located at
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Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace
> the files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
>
> pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot
> of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a...
>
> v 3.18 2009-01-23
> - add optional argument for psplot and parametricplot
> for additional PostScript settings
> - add macro psGetSlope
> - add psForeach (without grouping its contents) in
> difference to psforeach
i have installed the upload and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.
users may view the catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html
and browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
the revised catalogue entry will appear on the web overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
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 --------
> 0.59 2009-01-23 - add option psk@xShift for psPrintValue
> for a horintal shift, similiar to kern
i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.
users may view the catalogue entry at:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-func.html
and browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/
the catalogue entry will be updated on the web some time tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your
favorite mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: easylist
Author's name: Paul Isambert
Location on CTAN: /
Summary description: Customizable lists using a single active character.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The code has been totally rewritten.
Improvements:
* You may now have as many counters and levels as you
like (up to TeX's limitation)
* Several new parameters:
- Hanging of the item text from its counter
- Alignment of items with counters of different
sizes
- Progressive indentation of the list
- Vertical space between items
- Space between counters and items
- Hidden counters, e.g. a) instead of 2.1.a)
- Embedding of counters in a command
- Zapf's Dingbats available to denote numbers
* Predefined styles
* Referring to item's with LaTeX's label and
ef
* NewList or NewList(key=value...) to get rid of
previous parameters and create new ones
* The keyval package is not required anymore
* The environment have been (somewhat sensibly)
renamed 'easylist'
* Various modifications (the documentation have been
revised accordingly)
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/easylist
. More information is at
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a spokesthing for the seething mass of little processes on the archive
machine says:
> 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:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v1.2:
> - Added
umrange and SIrange macros. Thanks to Thomas Helmke for the idea
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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/siunitx.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx
changes to the catalogue (which don't amount to much) will appear on the
web overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I have uploaded Mathmode.tgz to the uk ctan node.
> Please replace the files with the existing ones in
> /info/math/voss/mathmode/
>
> 2.38 2009-01-22 - use mathrel for stacked definitions
thanks for the upload; i have installed it and updated the catalogue
repository (in a minor way).
users may view the catalogue entry at:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/voss-mathmode.html
and browse the package directory at:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/math/voss/mathmode/
the catalogue entry will be updated overnight (but not significantly).
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
u
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I have uploaded Mathesatz.tgz to the uk ctan node.
>
> Please put all the files into the new directory
> /info/examples/Math/
>
> The tarzip contains all examples from the extended german
> version of Math mode (/info/math/voss/mathmode), named
> Mathematiksatz mit LaTeX, available as a book and
> published in the DANTE Edition series. For more
> information look at the README file.
thanks for the upload. i've installed the package and created an entry
in the catalogue repository.
when it's available (i.e., not until some time tonight), users may view
the package catalogue entry:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mathesatz-examples.…
and they may browse the package directory (now):
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/examples/Math/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and will work its way through
the mirroring system in the next day.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: CMLL
Author's name: Emmanuel Beffara
Location on CTAN: /fonts/cmll
Summary description: Symbols for linear logic.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is a very small font set that contain some symbols
useful in linear logic, which are apparently not available
elsewhere. Variants are included for use with Computer
Modern, AMS Euler and other text and math fonts. The font is
provided both as MetaFont source, and in Adobe Type 1
format, LaTeX support is provided.
This new release adds a handful of new symbols.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/cmll
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http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cmll
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Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-math.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace the
> files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/
>
> pst-math is a collection of PostScript subroutines for
> special mathematical functions like sin hyperbolic
> Gamma function , a.s.o.
>
> This version 0.21 of pst-math.pro has a new subroutine
> SIMPSON for numerical integration of functions written
> in PostScript or algebraic notation.
i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.
users may view the catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-math.html
or browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/
the catalogue entry will be updated (slightly) overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
a little script on cam.ctan.org wrote:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: accfonts
> Author's name: John Smith
> Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities
> Summary description: Programs for generating fonts containing complex
> accented characters
> License type: gpl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is release 0.24 of the accfonts package for generating fonts containing
> complex accented characters). It includes the latest versions of
> mkt1font (which builds Type 1 PostScript fonts), vpl2vpl (which builds
> virtual fonts for TeX) and vpl2ovp (which builds virtual fonts for
> Omega).
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
i have installed the update; thanks for the upload.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/accfonts.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/accfonts
the catalogue entry will be updated somewhat, overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
so i find...
> ======================================================================
>
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: induni-om
> Author's name: John Smith
> Location on CTAN: /fonts/induni-om
> Summary description: Unicode virtual fonts for Omega containing a wide
> variety of accented characters
> License type: gpl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> These virtual fonts for Omega cover almost the entire range of characters
> contained in John Smith's IndUni OpenType fonts (http://bombay.indology.info).
> This is an upgraded release, with a larger range of characters and some
> bugfixes.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
i have installed the new files; thanks for the upload.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/induni-om.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/induni-om/
(the catalogue entry will be updated, in a minor way, overnight).
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Peter Wilson wrote:
> I have just uploaded TitlePages.tar.gz to UK incoming. This is a
> replacement for the current info/latex-samples/titlepages.pdf. It is
> under the LPPL (not Open Document).
>
> The contents are titlepages.tex and titlepages.pdf. May I suggest
> that they go into a directory info/latex-samples/TitlePages.
>
> A short description is Sample titlepages, and how to code them
I have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue.
Users may view the catalogue entry at:
http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/titlepages.html
or browse the package directory at:
http://mirror.ctan.org/info/latex-samples/TitlePages/
Thanks, Peter, for the upload.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your
favorite mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: xetexref
Author's name: Will Robertson
Location on CTAN: /info/xetexref
Summary description: Reference documentation for XeTeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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License change to the LPPL and a couple of missing maths primitives
added.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/xetexref
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xetexref
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Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: bclogo
Author's name: Chupin Maxime
Location on CTAN: /graphics
Summary description: This package facilitates the creation of colorful boxes
with a title and logo. It relies mainly on PSTricks and/or Tikz.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Version 2.22, new logos, several style of helm, new
documentation...
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/bclogo
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bclogo
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 James Clawson submitted an update to the
biblatex-mla
package.
The package provides biblatex support for citations in the format specified by
the MLA.
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/ biblatex-mla
Summary description: MLA (humanities) style files for biblatex
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This minor update, version 0.6.1, fixes some errors in
displaying articles, removes some rogue spaces, and brings
native (babel and csquotes) quotations and punctuation
nesting to footnotes. Please note that newspaper articles
now must include entrysubtype={newspaper} in bibtex
entries, and update your .bib files accordingly.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-mla/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-mla
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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
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the
> files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
>
> pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot
> of additional features, like arrows, special curves, ...
>
> This update has the following changes
>
> pstricks-add.tex
> v 3.16 2009-01-17
> - add optional argument for psplot and parametricplot
> for additional PostScript settings
> - make showorigin also valid for the ticks
> - fixed bug with psgraph and the optional labels
> - fixed bug with psaxes and the optional arguments
> - added the PostScript variable ps@Exit to exit loops in
> psaxes and parametricplot
> - added yMaxValue option for plotstyles lines, polygons and beziers
> to draw discontinued functions
> - modified psxTick and psyTick (Martin Chicoine)
> - new macro use@keep@par, which doesn't delete the setting
> after using it
> - added psBoxplot
i've installed the new version, and slightly modified the catalogue
repository.
users may view the catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html
and browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
the (rather small) change to the catalogue will appear on the web
overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package is new at tug.ctan.org and within a day should work its way
through the mirror system.
Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: metalogo
Author's name: Andrew Gilbert Moschou
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/metalogo
Summary description: Extended TeX logo macros
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This package exposes spacing parameters for various TeX
logos to the end user, to optimise the logos for different
fonts. Written especially for XeLaTeX users.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/metalogo
. More information is at
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