Philipp Lehman wrote:
> I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK
> node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please
> purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as
> usual. Thank you very much.
i've duly installed the release, and udpated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.
users may view details of this release (and other releases from version
0.8 on) in the file RELEASE in the package directory (also linked from
the catalogue page).
the catalogue page (which will be updated a bit overnight tonight) may
be viewed at:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html
and the package directory may be browsed at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local
mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Asymptote
Author's name: Andy Hammerlindl and John Bowman
Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote
Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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An error in the surface bounding box routines was fixed.
Path/surface
intersection routines were added. PDF tex engines are now
supported for
3D labels and texpath. The new ConTeXT tex engine can be
used for both 2D
and non-PRC 3D drawings. Projections LeftView, RightView,
FrontView,
BackView, BottomView, and TopView, along with an addViews
function, were
implemented. Portability fixes and various updates to
support TeXLive
builds were made. The dependence on currentprojection in
label(Label,
path3) was removed. The font command for LaTeX tex engines
now requires all
four NFSS (encoding, family, series, shape) arguments.
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peter wilson wrote:
> I have uploaded abstract.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to
> replace the current macros/latex/contrib/abstract. It is under the
> LPPL.
>
> From the README:
> The abstract package gives you control over the typesetting of the
> abstract environment, and in particular provides for a one column
> abstract in a two column paper.
>
> Changes in version 1.2 (2009/05/23)
> o Added style option
> o abstitleskip now works as described.
>
> NOTE: Will Robertson will be taking over supporting the package.
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/abstract.html
or browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/abstract/
the catalogue entry will change, in a small way, overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your
local mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: latexmk
Author's name: John Collins
Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk
Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine V. 4.07
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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This version contains a couple of improvements:
It corrects the problem that a ctrl/C used to exit from
preview-continuous mode always also killed any script used
to call latexmk.
It deals better with case that a run of (pdf)latex does not
produce the expected dvi or pdf file.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: pagecont
Author's name: Miguel V. S. Frasson
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pagecont
Summary description: Page numbering continuation between documents
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The package `pagecont' implements the functionality that
several documents can be typeset independly with page
numbers in sequence, like if they were a single document.
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Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> 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/
>
>
> pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot
> of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a...
>
> This update has a bugfix and a modified macro psMatrixPlot,
> which can now plot a matrix of n^2 values as an intensity plot.
> See documentation for an example.
>
> pstricks-add ----------- (Dominik Rodriguez/hv)
> v 3.34 2009-05-26 - modified macro psMatrixPlot
> - bugfix for pstScalePoints
i have installed the updated files, 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/pstricks-add.html
and browse the package directory at:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
(the catalogue entry will change in a small way, overnight).
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org.
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: first-latex-doc
Author's name: Jim Hefferon
Location on CTAN: /info/first-latex-doc
Summary description: Brings a person trying out LaTeX through a first document
License type: pd
Announcement text:
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This document is for you if you don't know anything about
TeX or LaTeX, but want to see what is involved. For instance,
maybe you are a graduate student who has been advised to try writing
document using LaTeX.
It walks you through writing a document of a couple of pages,
involving both plain text and mathematics, and should only
take a couple of hours. At the end you will have an idea if
the system could help you, and there are a couple of
recommendations for tutorials.
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On Fri, 22 May 2009 Michael Niedermair submitted an update to the
libertine
package.
Location on CTAN: /fonts/libertine
Summary description: new version of the font package libertine
License type: ofl
Announcement text:
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- some changes for the TL installation
- change file structure ttf -> truetype, otf -> opentype
- add documentation source
- change xelatex-package name: xelibertine.sty to libertine.sty
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local
mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint MIchael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: ragged2e v2.1
Author's name: Martin Schröder
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ms
Summary description: A new version of ragged2e
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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After 6 six years: a new version of ragged2e.
This fixes most known bugs:
- some typos
- the document option clashed with math
The documentation has been improved and the package is now
licensed at LPPL 1.3++
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: CircuiTikZ
Author's name: Massimo Redaelli
Location on CTAN: /graphics/
Summary description: A package for drawing electrical networks with TikZ
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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A package for drawing electric circuits with TikZ
* Version 0.2.2 - 20090520
- Added the shape for lamps.
- Added options exttt{europeanresistor},
exttt{europeaninductor}, exttt{americanresistor} and
exttt{americaninductor}, with corresponding styles.
- FIXED: error in transistor arrow positioning and
direction under negative exttt{xscale} and exttt{yscale}.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: xwatermark
Author's name: Ahmed Musa
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xwatermark
Summary description: Puts graphic and text watermarks on select pages
License type: nocommercial
Announcement text:
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Extends the functionalities of the watermark and
draftmark packages.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: draftmark
Author's name: Ahmed Musa
Location on CTAN: /
Summary description: Puts user-specified watermarks on document pages
License type: nocommercial
Announcement text:
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An upgrade to enable multiline text marks and graphic
watermarks
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: kpfonts
Author's name: Caignaert christophe
Location on CTAN: /fonts/kpfonts
Summary description: Full set of fonts for text and math typesetting
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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Kpfonts loads the amsmath package, except if you use the
'noamsmath' option.
It was not good if you want to use 'amsmath' with one of its
options.
With the 3.1 release, you can use the options of 'amsmath'
as options of 'kpfonts'. They are simulated or passed to
'amsmath'.
Christophe Caignaert
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On Tue, 19 May 2009, Sander Gliboff submitted the new package
biblatex-historian
to CTAN.
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-historian/
Summary description: A biblatex style, based on the Turabian Manual (a version of Chicago)
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Initial beta release of a biblatex style, based on the
Turabian Manual (a version of Chicago).
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-histori…
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_______________________________________________________________________--
Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
peter wilson wrote:
> I have uploaded (binary) givbc10.pfb and etr10.pfb to UK
> incoming. Please use givbc10.pfb to replace the current
> fonts/archaic/givbc10.pfb and etr10.pfb to replace
> fonts/archaic/etr10.pfb.
>
> These changes are to correct the original file naming/contents
> mismatch.
>
> I suppose this should be announced as it corrects a problem noted
> with TeXLive (and hence CTAN).
i have installed the fixed versions of these fonts; thanks for the
upload.
the fonts are part of the archaic fonts bundle, whose catalogue entry
may be viewed at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/archaic.html
links to the separate font catalogue entries may be seen on that page
(greek 4th century bce and etruscan).
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org.
Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: minutes
Author's name: Knut Lickert
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/minutes
Summary description: minutes.sty provides the creation of a collection of minutes.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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- Minor corrections (space around -- at time)
- Corrected documentation (previous pdf was uncomplete)
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Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Asymptote
Author's name: John Bowman
Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote
Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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Asymptote (http://asymptote.sourceforge.net) is a powerful
descriptive vector
graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by
MetaPost but with an
improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the
same
high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for
scientific text.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: hyph-utf8
Author's name: Arthur Reutenauer, with Mojca Miklavec
Location on CTAN: /language/hyph-utf8
Summary description: Hyphenation patterns expressed in UTF-8.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Package update, with a couple of hyphenation files
modified, and a new language (Latvian).
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: enumitem 2.2
Author's name: Javier Bezos
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/enumitem
Summary description: Formats enumerate, itemize, description
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This release fixes a bug in some description styles (the
first label in the first list after a description was wrong).
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Tufte-LaTeX
Author's name: Kevin Godby
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tufte-latex
Summary description: Document classes inspired by the work of Edward Tufte.
License type: apache2
Announcement text:
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Provides two document classes (handout and book) inspired by
the works of Edward Tufte.
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On Sun, 17 May 2009 Michael Niedermair submitted an update to the
libertine
package. This supercedes the xelibertine package as well.
Location on CTAN: fonts/libertine
Summary description: new version of the libertine font (for latex and xelatex)
License type: ofl
Announcement text:
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new version of the libertine font
- with biolinum
- new version for xelatex (otf-font)
- new version for latex (Type1-font)
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http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/libertine/
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________________________________________________________________
Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your
local mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: diagmac2, version 2.1
Author's name: Bob Tennent
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/diagmac2
Summary description: Diagram macros (esp. for category theory), using pict2e.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is a development of the long-established diagmac
package, using pict2e so that the restrictions on line
direction and circle diameter are removed. In this version,
two additional macros are defined and the documentation has
been TeXified and expanded.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: tikz-timing
Author's name: Martin Scharrer
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing/
Summary description: Update to version 0.5
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Changes:
* Fixed bug which caused load errors if the `calc` package
was loaded before the `tikz-timing` package.
* Added posibility to give diagram wide settings as first
optional argument in ikztiming and tikztimingtable.
* Timing diagram is now a PGF shape (node) with many
anchors including start and end points. This help to draw
material relative to timing diagrams. Rows inside a
`tikztimingtable' are automatically named.
* Package now depents on 'amsmath' or 'environ' package.
Previous versions always needed the 'environ' package.
* Syntax change: The iming macro now awaits an 'at'
before the coordinate like nodes do. The old syntax still
works but causes a warning. Future versions might
enforce the 'at' or react different if it is not used.
* Added user defined meta-characters which can store user
defined character groups.
* Added special 'B' character to introduce negative width.
Main application is for meta-characters and other groups.
* Changed `M` character to use path decorations.
* Some code improvements to speed up compilation and make
the source code cleaner.
For more informations and examples see the package manual.
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Name of contribution: ulqda
Author's name: Ivan Griffin
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ulqda
Summary description: A LaTeX package supporting Qualitative Data Analysis
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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ulqda is a LaTeX package for use in Qualitative Data
Analysis research.
It supports the integration of Qualitative Data Analysis
(QDA) research tasks,
specifically for Grounded Theory, into the LaTeX work flow.
It assists in the analysis of textual data such as interview
transcripts
and field notes by providing the LaTeX user with macros which
are used to markup textual information - for example, in-depth
interviews.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: hyphen-spanish
Author's name: Javier Bezos
Location on CTAN: /language/spanish/hyphen/base
Summary description: Hyphenation patterns for Spanish
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Some patterns fixed, particularly for familia, superar,
sub- and final consonants. Patterns are now generated
with the help of a few lua/luatex files, which are included.
Their status is still alpha, but I think they can show an
application of luatex.
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