ctan-ann

ctan-ann@ctan.org

4 participants
20878 discussions

CTAN Update: package multibib
by CTAN Announcements 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Thorsten Hansen submitted an update to the multibib package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/multibib/ Summary description: package multibib version 1.4 -- multiple bibliographies within one document License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A new version of multibib (1.4) is now available. Changes to version 1.3 include a new option 'labeled' to generated labeled references and a compatibility patch that allows continuous numerical labels with package natbib. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/multibib/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=multibib (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

1 0

CTAN Update: showframe v0.1h
by CTAN Announcements 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the showframe package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/eso-pic/ Summary description: Draws visible frames for the text and margin area, and lines for the head and foot to check layout in detail. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This Version adds a frame to show the outline of the whole page. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eso-pic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=showframe (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

1 0

CTAN has a new package: biblatex-jura
by CTAN Announcements 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

This package has gone up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: biblatex-jura Author's name: Ben E. Hard Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-jura Summary description: Biblatex stylefiles for german legal literature License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package provides biblatex support for citations in the format specified by the Nomos-Verlag for german legal citations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-jura (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 .

1 0

CTAN has a new package: dozenal
by CTAN Announcements 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

The package below has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your local mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dozenal Author's name: Donald P. Goodman III Location on CTAN: /fonts/dozenal Summary description: A package for typesetting documents in base twelve (also called dozenal) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dozenal is a package for typesetting documents in base twelve, also called dozenal. It includes a macro by David Kastrup for converting positive whole numbers to dozenal from decimal (base ten). It also includes a few other macros, redefines all the standard counters to produce dozenal output, and provides Metafont characters, in Roman, italic, slanted, and boldface versions of each, for ten and eleven (the Pitman characters preferred by the Dozenal Society of Great Britain). These characters were designed to blend well with the Computer Modern fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/dozenal . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dozenal (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 .

1 0

CTAN update: venturisadf
by CTAN Announcements 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: venturisadf Author's name: Clea F. Rees Location on CTAN: /fonts/venturisadf Summary description: Venturis ADF fonts collection with LaTeX support. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fonts: complete serif and sans serif text font families, in both Adobe Type 1 and OpenType formats for publication. The families are based on Utopia, and have been modified and developed by Arkandis Digital Foundry. LaTeX support: support and package files are included for the type 1 fonts. A number of additional commands are provided so that the various features of the fonts may be accessed in LaTeX documents. These include variant widths, additional weights, oldstyle and lining figures, swash characters and titling fonts. See venturisadf.pdf for details. New in version 1.004: updated and additional fonts; LaTeX support. See README and LIST-Venturis.txt for details of the former; see venturisadf.pdf for details of the latter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/venturisadf . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/venturisadf (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 .

1 0

CTAN has a new package: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

On Sun, 7 Dec 2008, Josef Kleber submitted the new package pdfcomment to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment Summary description: A user-friendly interface to pdf annotations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For a long time pdflatex offers the command pdfannot for inserting arbitrary pdf annotations. However, in a form where additional knowledge of the pdf reference is indispensable. pdfcomment.sty is an answer to the – from time to time – emerging questions in newsgroups, how one could use the comment function of Adobe Reader. At least out of the LaTeX code pdfcomment.sty offers a convenient and user-friendly possibility to use pdf annotations in pdf files. Unfortunately the support of pdf annotations by pdf viewers is only partly available to nonexistent. The reference viewer for the development of this package is Adobe Reader. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

1 0

CTAN Update: miktex_update
by CTAN Announcements 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

On Sun, 7 Dec 2008, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the miktex_update package. The miktex_update script offers automatic updating and/or installing of new packages of an existing MiKTeX installation. It supports direct connection with online repositories of the MiKTeX server network, as well as synchronizing a local repository (CTAN) with following update. In the end you should have an up-to-date and complete MiKTeX installation. Location on CTAN: /support/miktex_update Summary description: A cygwin bash script for automatic updating and installing new packages of MiKTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in v1.2: Bugfix: added --delete to rsync options for real synchronization (deleted files in the online repository will now also deleted in the local repository) See: http://latex.josef-kleber.de/en_miktex_update.htm for more information ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/miktex_update . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=miktex_update (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

1 0

CTAN update: todonotes
by CTAN Announcements 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: todonotes Author's name: Henrik Skov Midtiby Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/todonotes Summary description: The package lets the user mark things to do later, in a simple and and visually appealing way. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reworked the color options for both the whole package and the todo command. General code clean up. Added the prependcaption package option. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/todonotes . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/todonotes (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 .

1 0

CTAN has a new package: pigpen for TeX, 0.2
by CTAN Announcements 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Thanks to some bery quick work by Oliver, the package below has appeared, on tug.ctan.org. It will soon reach your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pigpen for TeX, 0.2 Author's name: Oliver Corff Location on CTAN: /fonts/pigpen Summary description: Pigpen cipher, masonic cipher, or Freemason cipher, a simple substitution License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pigpen cipher package provides the font and the necessary wrappers (style file, etc.) in order to write Pigpen ciphers, a simple substitution cipher. Version 0.2 has improved glyphs, an outline font and a minimal font map. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/pigpen . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pigpen (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 .

1 0

CTAN update: TpX 1.5
by CTAN Announcements 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

This package has been updated and should soon be at your local mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: TpX 1.5 Author's name: Alexander Tsyplakov Location on CTAN: /graphics/tpx/ Summary description: LaTeX-friendly drawing tool for Windows, v.1.5 License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TpX 1.5 is on CTAN TpX is a lightweight, easy-to-use graphical editor for Windows platform for creation of drawings and inclusion them into LaTeX files in publication-ready form. It can also be used as a stand-alone editor for vector graphics. The output is a file (with extension .TpX) containing the drawing as LaTeX code or as an includegraphics link to an external file created by the program. User can choose between several output formats. TpX saves its own data in TeX file comments so that the drawing could be loaded into TpX and edited again. This internal TpX format is based on XML and could be understood and edited easily. TpX can import EMF/WMF pictures created by other Windows applications, including many applications producing scientific graphs. It also can import simple SVG pictures. In most cases the result is nice, though sometimes imported picture needs some manual editing. So TpX can be used as a EMF-to-any and SVG-to-any converter. Homepage: http://tpx.sourceforge.net/ Distributed under GNU Public License ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/tpx/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tpx (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 .

1 0

CTAN has a new package: pdfx
by CTAN Announcements 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pdfx Author's name: CV Radhakrishnan and Han The Thanh Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfx Summary description: PDF/X-1a and PDF/A-1b support for pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pdfx is a LaTeX package which helps to create PDF/X-1a and PFD/A-1b compliant pdf documents with pdfTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdfx . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pdfx (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 .

1 0

CTAN update: svn-multi
by CTAN Announcements 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: svn-multi Author's name: Martin Scharrer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/svn-multi/ Summary description: Update of svn-multi (was svnkw.sty) to version 1.3b. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update fixes some problems which occurred when svn-multi was used together with [french]babel. Many thanks goes to mpg for publishing a patch in the comp.text.tex newsgroup (http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/msg/c4ef18ad0e49ea49). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/svn-multi/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/svn-multi (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 .

1 0

CTAN update: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

1 0

CTAN has a new package: biblatex-apa
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon 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: biblatex-apa Author's name: Philip Kime Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib Summary description: biblatex citation and reference style for APA (American Psychological Association) publications License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a fairly complete biblatex style (citations and references) for APA (American Psychological Association) publications. It implements and automates most of the guidelines in the APA 5th edition style guide for citations and references with a few (documented) exceptions (which are mainly currently impossible to automate in principle for any bibtex-backed system). An example document is also given which typsets every citation and reference example in the APA 5th edition style guide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .

1 0

CTAN package updated: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

my ctan upload daemon wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Author's email: joseph.wright(a)morningstar2.co.uk > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1h: > - Issue with colortbl fixed > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN Update: tabvar
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the tabvar package. This LaTeX package is meant to ease the typesetting of tables showing variations of functions as they are used in France. The documentation is in French. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tabvar License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This new version (1.2) corrects a bug which pops up with koma-script classes when the standard font size is less than 10pt (thanks to Ulrike Fisher for providing a patch). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tabvar/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tabvar (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

1 0

CTAN package update: biblatex 0.8a
by CTAN Announcements 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

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. Also note that this release > requires the latest version of the csquotes package (v4.3). > > CHANGES > > See the manual for a list of changes. thanks for the upload; i installed it (last night), and updated the catalogue. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN update: csquotes 4.3
by Robin Fairbairns 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

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 for install/macros/latex/contrib. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload. > Thank you very much. > > 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. i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN has a new package: pst-Bspline
by CTAN Announcements 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

This package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-Bspline Author's name: Michael Sharpe Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-bspline Summary description: Draws cubic Bspline curves and interpolations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package draws uniform, cubic Bspline curves, open and closed, based on a sequence of Bspline control points. There is also code which permits drawing the open or closed cubic Bspline curve interplating a sequence of points. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-bspline . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-bspline (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 .

1 0

CTAN package update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > ====================================================================== > > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1g: > - Compatibility with mathabx added > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 i have installed the new files, and updated the catalogue. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN package update: pst-bar
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote: > I uploaded pst-bar.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete > _all_ files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-bar/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > With pst-bar, one may use pstricks to produce bar charts > directly from a data file. This version has the following > changes: > > v 0.92 2008/11/26 > -- some more improvements to the code (hv) > -- Bar labels now set within parboxes to keep them from becoming too > long or overlapping with neighboring labels. New keys > ``labelalign'' and ``labelwidth'' added to control > this behavior.(ar) > -- Code now uses pst-xkey instead of pst-keyval for > managing keys.(hv) > > The author of this package is Alan Ristow. i have installed the files as reqested, and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN update: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

1 0

CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote (the way it does): > ====================================================================== > > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1f: > - Corrected unit names kilohm and megohm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for that; i've installed the update, and modified the catalogue repository. > 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 Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

1 0

CTAN Update: ArsClassica package
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 Lorenzo Pantieri submitted an update to the arsclassica package. The package changes some typographical points of the ClassicThesis style, by André Miede. It allows to reproduce the look of the guide http://www.lorenzopantieri.net/LaTeX_files/ArteLaTeX.pdf (The Art of writing with LaTeX, web page is in Italian). Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/arsclassica/ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in version 2.5.1 (November 2008) o Fixed some details in the PDF of the documentation o Note: Thanks to all the folks who already sent me some advices! :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/arsclassica/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=arsclassica (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

1 0

dante.ctan.org aka ftp.dante.de aka www.dante.de interruption of service
by CTAN Announcements 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Our provider has informed us that the CTAN node dante.ctan.org may not be reachable on Thu 2008-11-27 between 05:00 UTC and 07:00 UTC. We apologize for the inconvenience. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

1 0

Jump to page:

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

ctan-ann