that dante upload daemon is still mythering me:
> Name of contribution: The floatrow package
> Version number: 0.3b
> Author's name: Olga Lapko
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/floatrow
> Summary description: Modifying the layout of floats
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Changes:
>
> Bug fixes of hisfloatsetup settings for floats with
> [H] option and
> inside floatrow environment.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This package is located at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/floatrow
> . More information is at
> http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=The floatrow package
> (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 .
i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue entry.
thanks for the upload.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the dante upload daemon says:
Name of contribution: dvisvgm
Version number: 0.8.1
Author's name: Martin Gieseking
Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm
Summary description: release of dvisvgm 0.8.1
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to
SVG.
The latest release fixes a bounding box computation bug and
corrects some issues related to x64 systems. Additionally,
parameters of the psfile special are now evaluated more
completely.
For further information including a list of recent changes
and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project
page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm
(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 .
i have installed the new version (at cambridge) and updated the
catalogue repository. thanks for the upload.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the dante upload daemon also says:
Name of contribution: dvisvgm
Version number: 0.8.1
Author's name: Martin Gieseking
Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm
Summary description: release of dvisvgm 0.8.1
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to
SVG.
The latest release fixes a bounding box computation bug and
corrects some issues related to x64 systems. Additionally,
parameters of the psfile special are now evaluated more
completely.
For further information including a list of recent changes
and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project
page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to
appear).
i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository.
(the slight changes to the catalogue will appear overnight.)
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Quoth the dante upload daemon:
Name of contribution: bidi
Version number: 1.0.3
Author's name: Vafa Khalighi
Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/bidi/
Summary description: Support for bidirectional typesetting with XeLaTeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This version of the bidi package fixes few bugs that were
present in v1.0.2 and adds full support for the hyperref
package. We also have deleted bidimemoir class in this
version and instead added support for the original memoir
class, therefore you should be using memoir class instead
using bidimemoir class.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/bidi/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bidi
i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository;
thanks for the upload.
users should note that the (limited) changes to the info in that last
link will actually appear overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been updated 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: blindtext
Version number: 1.9b
Author's name: Knut Lickert
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/blindtext
Summary description: blindtext.sty: Create dummy text.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Changes blindtext 1.9:
- Added mathematical blind text
- support of polyglossia
- added a interim solution for French
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/blindtext
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/blindtext
(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 .
that upload daemon is testing my excitement threshold:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: boolexpr
> Author's name: Florent CHERVET
> Author's email: florent.chervet(a)free.fr
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/
> Summary description: A purely expandable way to evaluate boolean expressions
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The oolexpr macro evaluate boolean expressions in a purely
> expandable way.
> oolexpr{ A OR B AND C } expands to 0 if the logical
> expression is 1.
> A, B, C may be :
> - numeric expressions such as: x=y, x<>y, x>y or: x<y
> - boolean switches: iftrue 0else 1fi
> - conditionals: ifcsname whatsitendcsname 0else 1fi
> - another oolexpr: oolexpr{ D OR E AND F }
>
> oolexpr may be used with ifcase:
> ifcaseoolexpr{ A OR B AND C }
> What to do if true
> else
> What to do if false
> fi
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
i've installed the new package, and created a catalogue entry for it (as
yet, only in the repository). thanks for the upload (i've printed the
doc to read in bed tonight...).
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/boolexpr.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/boolexpr/
of course, the catalogue entry won't appear until the processing has
run. the only safe assumption is that it will happen overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
the deeps have been silent for a while -- but wait! -- something stirs!
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: achemso
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Author's email:
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso
> Summary description: Support for American Chemical Society journal submissions
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v3.2e:
> - Fix to include abstract text in JACS Communication submissions
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks for that.
i've installed the package, and updated the catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/achemso
as usual, a tiny change in the catalogue entry will be visible, to the
eagle-eyed, overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-3dplot.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace
> files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/
>
> and put the new ones in there.
i've done that, and updated the catalogue repository.
> pst-3dplot is a PSTricks related package for drawing
> 3-D objects in parallel projection.
>
> This update has a bug fixes and a new feature
>
> pst-3dplot.pro --------
> 0.28 2009-07-28 add option showgrid for sphere, paraboloid and cylinder
>
> pst-3dplot.tex --------
> 1.84 2009-07-28 - add option showgrid for sphere, paraboloid
> and cylinder
> - fix bug with psBox
thanks for the update.
users may view the package catalogue entry at:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-3dplot.html
or browse the package directory at:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/
not surprisingly, the catalogue entry will change overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Timo Baumann submitted the new package
germkorr
to CTAN.
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/germkorr
Summary description: Change kerning for german quotation marks.
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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The package germkorr has to be loaded after the package german.
It brings some letters like T nearer to german ingle and double quotes even when
that letter wears a standard accent like `.T'.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/germkorr/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=germkorr
(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
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan submitted an update to the
thailatex
package.
ThaiLaTeX enables typesetting Thai with standard LaTeX document classes.
Version number: 0.4.3
Author's name: Theppitak Karoonboonyanan
Location on CTAN: /language/thai/thailatex
Summary description: Typeset Thai texts with standard LaTeX classes.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Changes from 0.4.2:
- Update fonts from thaifonts-scalable 0.4.13, changes include:
+ thicker bold faces for ttpyist
+ variation faces for purisa
- Default monospace font is now ttypist.
- Drop the obsolete ' hai' command, in favor of ' haitext'.
- UTF-8 support.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/language/thai/thailatex
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=thailatex
(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
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the
tikz-timing
package.
This package provides macros and an environment to generate timing diagrams
(digital waveforms) without much effort. The TikZ package is used to produce
the graphics. The diagrams may be inserted into text (paragraphs, hbox, etc.)
and into tikzpictures. A tabular-like environment is provided to produce larger
timing diagrams.
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing
Summary description: Update to Version 0.6
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This versions brings the following new features:
* New optional characters (loadable by package options):
'A'/'W' for up and down arrows.
'E' (either) for uncertain low-to-high and high-to-low transitions.
* New forward modifier 'F' as reverse version of the backward modifier 'B'.
* Support for lower-case modifiers 'b','f' and 'n', which
are (a.t.m.) identical to the upper-case versions.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tikz-timing
(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
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the
dvisvgm
package.
Name of contribution: dvisvgm
Version number: 0.8
Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvisvgm
Summary description: dvisvgm 0.8 has been released
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to
SVG.
Besides some bugfixes and internal code improvements, the
latest version introduces the evaluation of PostScript
specials, as created by PSTricks for example. Currently,
most drawing features like stroking, filling, and clipping
including color, line styles, and transformations are supported.
For further information including a list of recent changes
and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project
page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm
(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
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the
pdfcomment
package.
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment
Summary description: A user-friendly interface to pdf annotations
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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For a long time pdflatex has offered the command pdfannot for inserting
arbitrary PDF annotations. However, the command is presented in
a form where additional knowledge of the definition of the PDF format is
indispensable. This package is an answer to the – occasional – questions
in newsgroups, about how one could use the comment function of Adobe
Reader. At least for the writer of LATEX code, the package offers a
convenient and user-friendly means of using pdfannot to provide comments
in PDF files. Since version v1.1, pdfcomment.sty also supports:
LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf, LaTeX -> dvipdfmx and XeLaTeX.
Unfortunately, support of PDF annotations by PDF viewers is sparse to
nonexistent. The reference viewer for the development of this package is
Adobe Reader.
License: LPPL
Changes in v1.4b:
- Bugfix: problem with different default values for page size
with pdflatex (dvi mode) and dvips/dvipdfmx
=> better specify page size with an option like a4paper
- Bugfix: changed procedure of loading hyperref to prevent warnings
with dvipdfmx
reported by: Jin-Hwan Cho
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdfcomment
(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
This package has been updated on CTAN and should by now be at your local mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
------------------------- Announcement -------------------------
I'm happy to announce release 3.3 of Eplain, a set of TeX macros that
expands on and extends the definitions in plain TeX in a
style-neutral fashion. Eplain's home page is
http://tug.org/eplain
You can get it off CTAN at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/eplain
The manual is available on-line from CTAN or Eplain's home page, or as
a hard-copy from
http://www.lulu.com/content/113810
(royalties are donated to the TeX Users Group).
Here's an excerpt from the NEWS file.
* New commands eqnum and eqalignnum, counterparts of (l)eqno and
(l)eqalignno, producing equation numbers which can be uniformly
transformed to right-aligned (
ighteqnumbers) or left-aligned
(lefteqnumbers).
* Eplain has borrowed the eTeX, ExTeX, XeTeX and XeLaTeX logos from
tugboat.dtx.
* idxnameseparator is now expanded once so that the .idx file
contains its contents instead of the macro call.
* Non-silent indexing macros have been fixed not to produce a spurious
newline when newline's catcode is 13 (active).
* Eplain now takes care to unactivate any active characters before
typesetting index term in the margin for proofing.
* Updated ifpdf.sty.
* LaTeX package reloading warnings are now not shown on the terminal.
* Documentation improvements.
Thanks to everybody who contributed with bug reports, feature
suggestions and code patches.
Oleg Katsitadze
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.
>
> RELEASE NOTES
>
> See the file RELEASE for release notes.
>
> CHANGES
>
> This is bug fix release. The following files have been modified:
>
> VERSION
> RELEASE
> bibtex/biblatex.bst
> latex/biblatex.sty
i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository.
Thanks for the upload.
users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html
or browse the package's directory (or rather, its sub-tree) at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/
the catalogue will be updated, on the web, overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
The package that a week or two ago was installed as chinese-font-metrics under
fonts/ has had its identifier changed as well as its location. It will take perhaps
a day for this change to propogate to your local mirror.
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Chinese Font Metrics
Version number: r143
Author's name: Yue Wang
Location on CTAN: /fonts/metrics
Summary description: TFM subfonts files for using Chinese Fonts in 8-bit TeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is an updated version of chinese-font-metrics.
The new package name should be zhmetrics as Karl suggested.
It should be located in /fonts/metrics rather than /fonts.
The directories are reorganized to meet the TDS standard.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/metrics/zhmetrics
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/zhmetrics
(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 .
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I have uploaded pst-solides3d.tgz to the uk mirror. Please
> replace the files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/
>
> pst-solides3d is a collection of PSTricks macros to
> threedimensional objects with hidden lines and
> hidden surfaces.
>
> This new version comes with several bug fixes and
> enhencements. Read file Changes for more informations
i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload.
users may view the package catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-solides3d.html
or browse the package directory tree at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/
the catalogue entry will acquire a new version overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded presentations.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put
> the files into the new directory
>
> info/examples/Presentations_de/
>
> The files are the examples from the book Presentationen mit LaTeX
> from the Dante-Edition series.
thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and created a
catalogue entry for them.
users may view the catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/presentations.html
or browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/examples/Presentations_de/
the catalogue entry should be up-to-date at all ctan sites by now
(though possibly not at mirrors).
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Philipp Lehman wrote:
> I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK
> node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. There's
> also a csquotes.tds.zip file. Please purge the old files, install the
> new ones, and announce the upload.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version as requested, and
updated the catalogue.
> ABOUT
>
> The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and
> display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging
> from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of
> formal quotations.
>
> CHANGES
>
> See the manual for a list of changes.
users may view the package catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/csquotes.html
and browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/
(the catalogue entry will be updated overnight tonight)
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make it to your local mirror.
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: erdc
Version number: v1.1
Author's name: Boris Veytsman
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/erdc/
Summary description: LaTeX Style For Technical Information Reports of the Engineer
Research and Development Center, US Army Corps of Engineers
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This package provides class for typesetting Technical Information
Reports of the Engineer Research and Development Center, US
Army Corps of Engineers.
The class was commissioned and paid for by US Army Corps of Engineers,
Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road,
Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199.
I am grateful to Gordon L. Cohen, ERDC-ITL-IL for the detailed
explanations of the ERDC guidelines, to Christopher E. Kees,
ERDC-CHL-MS and Ryan E. North, ERDC-GSL-MS, for the formatting
suggestions and the patient recompilation of the reports
with each new version of the style.
Version 1.1: This version uses Georgia and Franklin Gothic for text
and math. It conforms to the latest guidelines of USACE.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/erdc/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/erdc
(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 .
This is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror.
Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: fig4latex
Version number: 0.1
Author's name: Joe Fields
Location on CTAN: /graphics/fig4latex
Summary description: creates Makefile for managing figures in large projects
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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Fig4LaTeX is designed to simplify management of the figures
in a
large LaTeX document. Fig4LaTeX is appropriate for projects
that
include figures with graphics created by XFig -- in
particular, graphics
which use the combined PS/LaTeX (or PDF/LaTeX) export method.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/fig4latex
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fig4latex
(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 .
This has been udated at tug.ctan.org and should be at your local mirror by tomorrow.
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: The Memoir class
Version number: 1.6180339h
Author's name: Lars Madsen
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/
Summary description: Minor update for the memoir class
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Fixed a typo that caused compilation errors when compiling
memoir.dtx to see the documented source code.
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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 .
This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror.
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: biblatex-apa
Version number: 0.4
Author's name: Philip Kime
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa
Summary description: Update for the biblatex-apa package
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Bugfix release of the biblatex-apa BiBLaTeX style for
American Psychological Association citation and bibliographies.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblate…
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-apa
(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 .
This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror.
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: Chinese Font Metrics
Version number: 1
Author's name: Yue Wang
Location on CTAN: /fonts
Summary description: TFM subfonts files for using Chinese Fonts in 8-bit TeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The new version of this package includes the following update:
- in order not to mess up TeXLive's map files, now font map lines are loaded runtime through pdfTeX primitives and
DVIPDFMx specials.
- Since HTH kindly applied a ttc support patch to pdfTeX, now simsun.ttf is renamed to simsun.ttc in the map lines so there is
no need for the user to break their ttc fonts manually. Everything should work right out of the box.
- a new script, CTeXFonts.lua is included into the scripts directory. This enables the users to convert Chinese TTF files into
Type1 subfonts for dvips and dvipdfm.
Yue Wang and Lingyun Wu
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This package is located at
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