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CTAN Update: floatrow 0.3a
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jun '09

22 Jun '09

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 Olga Lapko submitted an update to the floatrow package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/floatrow Summary description: Modifying the layout of floats. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The floatrow package provides many ways to customize layouts of floating environments and has code cooperation with caption 3.x package. Package offers possibilities to put floats side by side, to put caption beside float. The floatrow settings could be expanded to the floats created by packages rotating, wrapfig, subfig (in the case of rows of subfloats), and longtable. Changes: Bug fixes. Documentation was extended by examples. Fixed code for settings for common height for the photos in the row. Frame(plate) settings for full row -- allow to put material accordingly to frame corners. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/floatrow . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=floatrow (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: getfiledate
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jun '09

22 Jun '09

This package is new 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: getfiledate Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Fetches and formats the date of last modification of any resident file. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package fetches from the system the date of last modification or opening of a resident file. It is based on an idea by Heiko Oberdiek that appeared in February 2009 on the TeX newsgroup website comp.text.tex, ie, using the pdffilemoddate command of pdfTeX. A user- friendly interface is provided for obtaining and presenting the needed filedate in several formats. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/getfiledate . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/getfiledate (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: xwatermark
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jun '09

22 Jun '09

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 ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xwatermark Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: / Summary description: Upgrade of xwatermark package to address some of the issues raised by users. License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package puts user-specified watermarks (graphics and arbitrary texts) on select pages of documents. The user can specify the watermark and color, the watermark position and orientation, the page(s) (all pages, odd pages, even pages, a particular page number, and a range of pages) on which the watermark should appear, and all the options are passed directly to package instead of being defined by macros. It extends the functionality of the 'draftmark' package to permit the direct use of graphic watermarks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xwatermark . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xwatermark (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: tdsfrmath
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jun '09

22 Jun '09

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: tdsfrmath Author's name: Yvon Henel, TeXnicien de surface Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tdsfrmath Summary description: Macros for French teachers of mathematics. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- version 1.3 (as usual, only French for the same reasons) I Code : 1) correction d'un bogue qui interdisait l'utilisation de la clef nupletsep ; 2) correction du placement des délimiteurs avec uplet et sa famille en mode mathématique en ligne ; 3) création des macros R/ et R/+ 4) MODIFICATION de la macro EnsembleDeNombre pour obtenir l'équivalent de R^n et R_m[X] (voir le manuel pour les détails) ; 5) création de valeur par défaut pour les clés booléennes (voir le manuel pour les détails) ; II Documentation : Mise à jour ; complètement de la table des options dans laquelle l'option nupletsep n'apparaissait pas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tdsfrmath . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tdsfrmath (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN documentation update: Getting up and running with AMS-LaTeX, Version 2.1
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jun '09

22 Jun '09

the snitchy little upload daemon whispered in my ear: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Getting up and running with AMS-LaTeX, Version 2.1 > Author's name: Philip S. Hirschhorn > Location on CTAN: tex-archive/info/amslatex/primer/ > Summary description: A primer on using AMS-LaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is version 2.1 of Getting up and running with AMS-LaTeX > (contained in the file amshelp.tex), and its template file > template.tex. > > This is an attempt to get you up and running with AmS-LaTeX as quickly > as possible. These instructions (along with the template file > template.tex) won't be a substitute for the full documentation, but > they may get you started quickly enough so that you'll only need to > refer to the main documentation occasionally. > > The major additions in this version are: > > 1. A new section describing how to draw commutative diagrams using Xy-pic. > > 2. A new section describing how to use amsrefs to create a bibliography. > > 3. An expanded description of the environments for displayed mathematics. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/amslatex-primer.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tex-archive/info/amslatex/primer/ i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. one small -- but important -- change to the catalogue entry (removing the last paragraph of the description) was not committed last night, so the web page will change again overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: sagetex
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '09

20 Jun '09

On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 Dan Drake submitted an update to the sagetex package. Sagetex allows you to embed code, the results of computations, plots, and graphics from the Sage mathematics software suite into LaTeX documents. It is similar in spirit to Literate Haskell and lhs2TeX. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/sagetex Summary description: Embed Sage code and plots into LaTeX. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is version 2.2.1 of SageTeX, which brings a lot of improvements over the version currently on CTAN. It now includes a number of extra Python scripts which help users parse documents that use SageTeX, and a script that uses a remote Sage server instead of a local Sage installation -- so now all you need to use SageTeX is TeX and Python. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/sagetex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=sagetex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: isomath
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '09

20 Jun '09

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 Günter Milde submitted an update to the isomath package. The isomath package enables formatting Greek and Latin letters as symbols for vectors, matrices, and tensors in the typefaces recommended for scientific papers by the International Standard ISO 31. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/isomath License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.3 of isomath: documentation update; fix OMLmathrm and OMLmathsans definitions. Switch license to LPPL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/isomath/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=isomath (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: Babelbib v1.27
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '09

20 Jun '09

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 Harald Harders submitted an update to the babelbib package. Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib Summary description: Multilingual bibliographies: The babelbib package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package enables to generate multilingual bibliographies in cooperation with babel. Two approaches are possible: Each citation may be written in another language, or the whole bibliography can be typeset in a language chosen by the user. The current version supports Afrikaans, Bahasa, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. In addition, the package supports commands to change the typography of the bibliographies. Many of the standard and extended bibliography styles are available. ChangeLog: 2009/06/19 1.27 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - Capitalised month names in Poruguese but not in Brazilian - Fixed publisherfont in babamspl.bst - Added Russian language 2009/06/17 1.26 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - Correct journal article title font in babamspl.bst - Linebreak added between url and urldate - Added Galician and Bahasa languages - Added French and Portuguese numerals - Corrected Spanish numerals - Removed comma before `and' in long lists of authors in Portuguese and Swedish 2008/09/24 1.25 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - Add font command for publisher - Remove change of language in alpha-numerical bib items because of occasional exceeded TeX memory 2008/02/17 1.24 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - Put txISSN and txISBN into an mbox to prevent them from being hyphenated 2006/08/18 1.23 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - Fix bug in typesetting title of articles for babamspl.bst 2006/01/02 1.22 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - Remove space after txurlfont again (has been lost sometimes) because a linebreak between url and the argument breaks hyperref.sty. 2005/11/20 1.21 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - Fix problem when the first bibliography entry is in an unknown language. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=babelbib (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: Asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jun '09

19 Jun '09

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, John Bowman submitted an update to the asymptote package. Asymptote 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. Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Splined parametric surfaces were implemented; a bug in the Cartesian splined surface routines was fixed. An ode module for solving ordinary differential equations was added. A bug in maxtimes and mintimes was fixed. A Levenberg-Marquardt nonlinear fitting routine was added. The format command now returns TeX compatible output only in math mode. A path3 label alignment problem was fixed. The MSWindows support for TeXLive 2009 was fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=asymptote (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '09

17 Jun '09

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 Josef Kleber submitted the new package softmaker-freefont to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/ Summary description: Support files for fonts available at www.freefont.de License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In June 2009 www.freefont.de offered a beautiful handwriting font for free download: The Softmaker Stone Handwriting. As handwriting fonts are a quite limited resource in the LaTeX world, i decided to create support files for this beautiful font. Therefore, Stone Handwriting will be the starting point for the freefont bundle. Other (beautiful) fonts may be included in future. License: LPPL (not the font itself) v1.0: - added LaTeX support for the font: Softmaker Stone Handwriting Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (June 2009) and can be downloaded for free at (at least this month): http://freefont.de Later you can buy it as part of Softmaker Handwriting ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/softmaker-freefont/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=softmaker-freefont (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: isodoc 0.6
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '09

17 Jun '09

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the isodoc package. The isodoc class can be used for the preparation of letters, invoices, and, in the future, similar documents. Documents are set up with options, thus making the class easily adaptable to user’s wishes and extensible for other document types. Victor Eijkhout’s NTG brief class, which implements the NEN1026 standard, was the starting point. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/isodoc License: LPPL Announcement Text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- major changes of v0.6 relative to v0.5) - moved all documentation files in subdirectory doc, because files appeared to be wrongly placed on the TeX Collection DVD - Some minor corrections ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/isodoc . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=isodoc (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: grid
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 16 Jun '09

16 Jun '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should withing a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: grid Author's name: River Valley Technologies Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/grid Summary description: Enables grid typesetting in two column documents in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- grid.sty is a LaTeX package to enable grid typesetting in double column documents. Grid typesetting (vertical aligning of lines of text in adjacent columns) is a difficult task in LaTeX, this is only a humble attempt to help users to achieve it in a limited way. An example document, grid.tex, has been provided with simple instructions to typeset it by making use of grid.sty. The package needs a lot of improvements, this is only a beginning. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/grid . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/grid (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN has a new package: Steinmetz notation
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Jun '09

15 Jun '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should within a day arrive at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Steinmetz notation Author's name: Enrico Gregorio Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/steinmetz Summary description: This package provides a command to print the Steinmetz notation for complex number used in electrotechnics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The steinmetz package provides a command for typesetting complex numbers in the Steinmetz notation used in electrotechnics as <modulus><argument or phase inside an angle symbol> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/steinmetz . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/steinmetz (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: biblatex-chicago-notes-df
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 14 Jun '09

14 Jun '09

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: biblatex-chicago-notes-df Author's name: David Fussner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib Summary description: Chicago notes + bibliography style files for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a quick and dirty fix to allow compatibility with biblatex version 0.8d. If you are still using 0.8c, then I would wait for the next version of biblatex-chicago-notes-df, which is due soon. Please see the README. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-chicago-notes-df (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: keys3
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jun '09

13 Jun '09

my invisible friend, the upload daemon, saith: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: keys3 > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/keys3 > Summary description: Key management for LaTeX3 > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > SVN 110: > - Complete re-write to move to a seperate define/set > model > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/keys3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/exptl/keys3 thanks for the upload; i've installed the package(s) and updated the catalogue repository. the catalogue entry on the web (linked above) will change a bit overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN: New package - subdocs 0.1
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

The package below has been put up 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: subdocs 0.1 Author's name: Javier Bezos Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/bezos Summary description: Multifile documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a tentative package aiming to provide a different approach for multidocument works (mainly, books with a document per chapter). Unlike the include mechanism, every subdocument is a complete normal LaTeX document and can be typeset separately. What the package does is sharing the aux files. It's still an alpha version, and no attempt has been done yet to make it to work with, say, hyperref. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bezos . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/subdocs (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: prelim2e v1.3
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Tnx, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: prelim2e v1.3 Author's name: Martin Schröder Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ms Summary description: A new version of prelim2e License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * added a norsk option * updated documentation * moved to LPPL 1.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ms . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/prelim2e (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New version of UK TeX FAQ, v3.19
by Robin Fairbairns 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

i have today put version v3.19 of the uk tex faq on ctan. this release is terribly late (i had hoped to push it out in january); the reason is to be found in various personal issues of mine. the release will as usual be visible on CTAN at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq with a small catalogue page at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/uk-tex-faq.html (the catalogue entry is rewritten from its earlier instance, and will appear on the archive for the first time overnight tonight) the faq also remains available as a web application at http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq while i shall continue to write all the words, for a bit, my target is to make it possible for the faq to be a collaborative project. this involves major upheavals in many areas, from the structure of the source to the presentation on the web. not all the changes will happen at one time, but i would welcome expressions of interest from potential future collaborators, from now on. so ... here is the content of my CHANGES file for this release Changes in version 3.19 This file lists changes since its most recent release (with version 3.18 of the FAQ). There are now 438 questions (and answers) in the FAQ. New answers: +Label grffilenames: modern file names in graphics +Label keyval: using key-value input in macros and package +Label linmacnames: why non-letters in macro names are a bad idea +Label osf: using fonts with old-style numbers +Label pdf-fig-chars: disappearing glyphs in pdfTeX figures (from Thanh) +Label texorpdf: error not allowed in PDFDocEncoded string +Label texthings: what all these <thing>TeX names are +Label usesymb: using symbols +Label whatmacros:brief outline of macros for bits and pieces section +Label wideflt: centre a float wider than text area Relabelled answers: +Label xfigetc: discusses xfig and asymptote (so far) (was label xfig) Revised answers: +Label askquestion: what to do if your minimal example needs a figure +Label acroantics:content of old label outszwrng merged in +Label biblatex: updated, now also mentions biber +Label books: mention Lulu version of TeX by Topic +Label chngmargonfly: mention addlines package +Label compactbib:mention the compactbib package (surprise!) +Label drawing: describe pictex, epic and eepic (all previously skated over) +Label editors: mention texworks +Label figurehere:mention MakeSorted from perpage package +Label fonts-pln: mention varisize +Label footnpp: mention zref package perpage module +Label ftncapt: clarification (I hope) +Label latex2html:mention plastex +Label latexe: reworked for clarity +Label latexpronounce: following on from latexe +Label linenos: numline package now obsolete +Label luatex: tidied up, now I'm clearer about LuaTeX, myself +Label logos: clarified, in light of changes to printing layout we now use +Label man-latex: added pointer to first-latex-doc +Label marginpkgs:changepage package supplants chngpage +Label mcite: mention mciteplus and collref packages +Label nonfree: explain what went wrong and what is happening +Label ifpdf: mention ifxetex and ifluatex +Label noroom: tidied up e-TeX related part of answer +Label ref-doc: mention latexcheat +Label setURL: mention spaces and hyphens options of url.sty +Label texsystems:mention MikTeX-for-Linux +Label wordcount: mention TeXcount +Label writecls: mention Oberdiek's splendid source2e pdf file +Label wygexpts: preview-latex now part of auctex Deleted answers: +Label outszwrng (remember, as of the previous release, links to old labels remain valid, pointing to an answer that is as near relevant as possible) Web interface: The initial list of questions no longer gives a URL containing all the answers -- Google was returning that for every match, which didn't help! All links to CTAN files, directory .zips and directories for browsing are now http, and there's no longer any mention of .tar.gz archives of CTAN directories (since they're no longer available) Robin Fairbairns 2009-06-10

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CTAN update: xpackages
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

that old upload daemon is at it again: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xpackages > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages > Summary description: The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The xpackages bundle: high-Level LaTeX3 concepts > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The xpackages are experimental, hihg-level parts of LaTeX3. They > are designed to provide a link between the programming system > (expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different > area, for example creating document commands (xparse), the > output routine (xor), and so on. > > At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{xparse} > usepackage{template} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package > available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which > the xpackages are built. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1407) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This release is a snap-shot taken from the SVN repository which > can be found from: > > http://www.latex-project.org/code.html > > At present, only some of the xpackages are ready for > distribution even in this experimental form. The current > xpackages bundle contains: > - xparse, an interface for creating document commands. > - template, a method to generate generic functions using > key-value syntax. > - ldcsetup, a temporary utilities package to provide features > needed by template which are not currently available in > expl3. > > In contrast to expl3, which is now broadly stable, the team are > actively working on these packages at the present time. They may > therefore see significant alterations in the near future > (6 months). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Looking forward > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The team are currently reviewing the base parts of the > xpackages, with the aim of moving on to examine providing a > page building and output routine. We hope to establish a > semi-regular release pattern of snap-shots, which can then be > propagated using the update features of TeX Live and MiKTeX. > The exact schedule will depend on the code changes made! Each > release will state which SVN revision number it is based on. > > Over time, we hope to add more of the xpackages to this > distributed version. This will occur as the team decide that > a particular xpackage will remain available, and as we reach > some stability with those that do. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Other parts of LaTeX3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Several more experimental packages are also available in the > SVN. These xpackages show possible design ideas for LaTeX3, and > their status is currently very variable. > > The expl3 package, which contains the base for programming > LaTeX3, is broadly stable and is available on CTAN. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > LaTeX3 News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > We have established a bi-yearly schedule to publish a LaTeX3 > News letter. The second of these will appear at the same time as > this release. The news letters can be found at: > > http://www.latex-project.org/l3news/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Discussion > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Discussion concerning the approach, suggestions for > improvements, changes, additions, etc. should be addressed to > the list LATEX-L. > > You can subscribe to this list by sending mail to > > listserv(a)urz.uni-heidelberg.de > > with the body containing > > subscribe LATEX-L <Your-First-Name> <Your-Second-Name> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xpackages.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/xpackages thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. (note that the catalogue entry page, above, will be updated overnight tonight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

my busy little upload daemon quoth: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The expl3 bundle: low-level LaTeX3 coding > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX > programmers with special syntax conventions, completely > separating it from document level syntax. Hence, the commands > provided are not intended for use at the document level nor for > use in describing design layouts in document class files. > > This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel > and other advanced extensions are built. Special care has been > taken so that they can be used within a LaTeX2e context as > regular packages. > > The TeX and eTeX primitives are all given a new name according > to these conventions. However, in the main direct use of the > primitives is not required or encouraged: the expl3 modules > define an independent low-level LaTeX3 programming language. > > At present, the expl3 modules are designed to be loaded on top > of LaTeX2e: > > usepackage{expl3} > > In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code. > This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a > stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 1407) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > While expl3 is still experimental, the bundle is now regarded as > broadly stable. The syntax conventions and functions provided are > now ready for wider use. There may still be changes to some > functions, but these will be minor when compared to the scope of > expl3. > > This release is a snap-shot taken from the SVN repository which > can be found from: > > http://www.latex-project.org/code.html > > This snap-shot follows an extensive revision process for expl3, > which has taken place over the last six months. As a result, > code written to work with older versions of expl3 is very likely > to fail with this release. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Looking forward > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > New modules will be added to the distributed version of expl3 as > they reach maturity. At the same time, we intend to fix any bugs > in expl3 as they arise. We hope to establish a semi-regular > release pattern of snap-shots, which can then be propagated > using the update features of TeX Live and MiKTeX. The exact > schedule will depend on the code changes made! Each release will > state which SVN revision number it is based on. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Other parts of LaTeX3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Several higher level experimental packages are also available > in the SVN. These xpackages are designed to work with LaTeX2e > but to allow us to experiment with ideas for LaTeX3. We are > currently working on the next phase of development with these > packages. > > The xbase package, which provides the basics for interaction > between expl3 and the user, is currently released to CTAN as a > separate bundle. There will be a separate update concerning this > package. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > LaTeX3 News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > We have established a bi-yearly schedule to publish a LaTeX3 > News letter. The second of these will appear at the same time as > this release. The news letters can be found at: > > http://www.latex-project.org/l3news/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Discussion > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Discussion concerning the approach, suggestions for > improvements, changes, additions, etc. should be addressed to > the list LATEX-L. > > You can subscribe to this list by sending mail to > > listserv(a)urz.uni-heidelberg.de > > with the body containing > > subscribe LATEX-L <Your-First-Name> <Your-Second-Name> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The LaTeX3 Project > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/expl3 thanks for the upload; i've installed the files as requested, and updated the catalogue repository. the catalogue page linked above will be updated overnight tonight by computers that don't sleep. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: collref
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: collref Author's name: Niklas Beisert Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/collref Summary description: collect blocks of references into a single reference License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- collref is a LaTeX2e package to automatically collect multiple ibitem references which always appear in the same sequence in cite into a single ibitem block. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/collref . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/collref (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: Category theory (commutative) diagrams
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

This package has been updated 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: Category theory (commutative) diagrams Author's name: Paul Taylor Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/diagrams/taylor/ Summary description: new release V3,93 License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Taylor's category theory (commutative) diagrams package automatically recognises when it is running under PDFTeX, or, from this release, XeTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/diagrams/taylor/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/taylor (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN package update: chemstyle
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jun '09

07 Jun '09

the moving fingers of the upload daemon wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: chemstyle > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle > Summary description: Schemes and style for chemistry > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2: > - Integrated chemstyle and chemscheme into a single source > - Internal re-write to improve functions and extend ideas introduced > in trivfloat package into the chemscheme bundle > - Documentation now uses and mentions auto-pst-pdf package > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/chemstyle.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository; thanks for the upload. note the catalogue entry mentioned above will be updated on the web in 2 hours or so. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: cpssp
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

This package has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cpssp Author's name: Wolfgang Skala Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cpssp Summary description: Draw protein secondary structures. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The cpssp package, together with the cpssp Python script, allows you to draw a two-dimensional representation of a protein’s secondary structure. Besides, it is possible to graphically compare protein secondary structure predictions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cpssp . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cpssp (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: Asymptote
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

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: 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A bezulate bug was fixed. The resolution and caching of texpath were improved; for PDF tex engines, the basealign pen attribute is now respected. Support for OCG layers was added. Lights Headlamp and White were implemented; the predefined adobe light was removed. Holes are now handled in superpath-to-surface constructor when planar=true. A degenerate transform3 issue was fixed. The alignment of rendered and PRC images was improved; the angle for rendering absolute projections was fixed. Inaccurate TeX and ConTeXt font scalings were fixed. A texsize(string, pen=currentpen) function returns the raw TeX dimensions {width,height,depth}. A new version of asymptote.sty (1.07) fixes attach=true mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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