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Extended loss of service at cam.ctan.org
by Robin Fairbairns 14 Jun '07

14 Jun '07

The Cambridge CTAN services suffered an extended failure of their network support, from approx. 1130 BST yesterday morning (2007-06-13) to approx. 0715 BST this morning. (We have not yet had a coherent explanation of what went wrong, from our network service provider, but it is clear that the backup routing and other redundancy provisions simply didn't work.) We therefore suffered extended outage of ftp.tex.ac.uk (aka cam.ctan.org) www.tex.ac.uk, including the UK TeX FAQ, and rsync.tex.ac.uk My apologies to all our users. Should it turn out that something other than ordinary incompetence was the cause of the failures, interested parties will no doubt be able to read all about it, some time soon, on the risks forum (or newgroup comp.risks). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pdftex.def v0.04h
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jun '07

13 Jun '07

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, Heiko Oberdiek submitted a new verison of the pdftex.def file. Location on CTAN: graphics/pdftex/pdftex.def > Changes of version 0.04h: > * Fix for pagecolor: v0.04f uses keyword `page' for pdfliteral, > but this keyword is not available before pdfTeX 1.30.0. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: JJ_Game Class
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jun '07

12 Jun '07

The package below has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: JJ_Game Class Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/jj_game Summary description: A LaTeX class to construct Jeopardy-like games License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a major update of the jj_game class that was first published 9/3/2000 and made available through my web site at http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/jj_game.html JJ_game class is a Jeopardy-like game in which you compete for cyber money by answering questions composed by the game author. The questions can be multiple choice, math fill-in or text fill-in. Since the year 2000, many techniques have been developed, and this version of jj_game has many enhancements an new features: (1) Added the ability to post math and text fill-in questions (2) Enhanced control over the color design of the game (3) The distribution comes with 9 designs (color schemes) jeopardy, florida, iceland, hornet, qatar, norway, germany, bahamas and spain (4) Five general graphical backgrounds provided, and two additional ones that are used in a custom design (5) language option, currently english and german. Additional languages will be added as translators volunteer The basic game can be constructed using dvipsone, dvips, pdftex and dvipdfm (untested in this version). Additionally, there is a pro option that requires the use of dvipsone or dvips and Acrobat Pro 7.0 or later with distiller. I have used the jj_game class in some of my classes for extra credit; for this purpose, the following features were developed: (6) A forcredit option that forces the student---assuming the contestant is taking the game for credit---to enter his/her name. (7) With the pro option, layers are used to hide the questions from the contestant before he/she selects a question from the game board. When the contestant selects a question, the question is made visible. The questions are in layers with a no print attribute, so the contestant cannot print out the game and distribute the questions to other contestants even if the questions are visible. Documentation jjg_man.pdf contains all details of the game, and wonderful demo files are also supplied. Get the latest AeB (AcroTeX eDucation Bundle, web,exerquiz,etc) http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/webeq.html and if applicable, get AeB Pro http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/aeb_pro.html Hope you like the new version, now, I simply must get back to my retirement! one dps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jj_game . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=jj_game (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: Synapsen
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jun '07

11 Jun '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Synapsen Author's name: Dr. Markus Krajewski Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/Synapsen/ Summary description: Reference management tool for BibTeX. License type: shareware Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Direct connection to text processors like MS Word or Open Office 2.2; improvement of the data import via BibTeX; support of the biblatex-package; new fields for shorttitle, translator, main title; revision of the automatic counter of paper copies; several minor fixes and improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/Synapsen/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=synapsen (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: FiNK
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jun '07

11 Jun '07

The package below has been updated 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: FiNK Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/fink Summary description: The LaTeX2e FIle Name Keeper -- keeps track of input'ed or includ'ed files License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to announce the release of FiNK version 2.0, 5 years after the previous version ! New in this release: ** New macros finkdir, finkbase, finkext and finkpath providing the current file's name components, suggested by Alain Schremmer ** New options maindir and mainext for tweaking the main file's name components Description: This package looks over your shoulder and keeps track of files input'ed (the LaTeX way) or include'ed in your document. You then have a permanent access to the directory, name and extension of the file currently being processed through several macros. FiNK also comes with support for AUC-TeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fink . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=fink (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: unroman
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jun '07

11 Jun '07

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: unroman Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/unroman Summary description: From Roman numerals to Arabic numbers License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The unroman package provides a number of functions to convert from Roman numerals to Arabic numbers. The set of functions is designed to cover a range of applications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/unroman . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=unroman (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: trivfloat
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jun '07

11 Jun '07

A new 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: trivfloat Author's name: Joseph Wright Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contib/trivfloat Summary description: Quick floats in LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The trivfloat package provides a quick method for defining new float types in LaTeX. A single command sets up a new float in the same style as the LaTeX kernel figure and table float types. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contib/trivfloat . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=trivfloat (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: pdf-forms-tutorial
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jun '07

10 Jun '07

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 Dirk Krause submitted the new package pdf-forms-tutorial to CTAN: Location on CTAN: /info/pdf-forms-tuturial Summary description: Small tutorial how to create PDF forms using pdflatex, hyperref and insdljs License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains a tutorial and examples how to create PDF forms using pdflatex with the hyperref and insdljs packages. There is an english and a german version of both the tutorial and the examples. The english versions may need corrections in style, spelling and grammar. Volunteers are welcome, please see the README file how to contact me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/pdf-forms-tutorial . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdf-forms-tuturial (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: synproof
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jun '07

09 Jun '07

A new 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: synproof Author's name: Paul Isambert Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/synproof Summary description: Easy drawing of syntactic proofs (a.k.a. derivations) in modern logic. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a set of macros based on PSTricks that will enable you to draw syntactic proofs easily (inspired by the Gamut books). Very few commands are needed, however fine tuning of the various parameters (dimensions) can still be achieved through key=value pairs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/cntrib/synproof . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=synproof (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: findbib
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '07

08 Jun '07

The package below has been updated on 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: findbib Author's name: Kevin Goldstein Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/findbib Summary description: Find bibliographic details from SPIRES License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update of the findbib script which incorporates changes in the Spires website and arxiv numbering system. Findbib is a script that enables the user to avoid writing BibTeX database entries for papers that appear on SPIRES: if the citation key is in SPIRES standard form or in the form of an arxiv number, the bibliographic details are retrieved on-line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/findbib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=findbib (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: minitoc - version 54
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

Jean-Pierre Drucbert <Jean-Pierre.Drucbert(a)onecert.fr> wrote: > I have uploaded a new version (#54) of the minitoc package in > the /incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk . The file is named > > minitoc.zip (14665648 bytes) > > This package should completely replace its previous version in > > tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ > > > The licence is LPPL. > > This package allows the creation of mini-tables of contents, > lists of figures or lists of tables per part, chapter or > section, with language dependent titles. > > This new version has the following changes or improvements: > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Minitoc version #54 > -- Added the ``open'' and ``close'' features. > -- Indexing the features. > -- Added the mtc-ocf.tex example file. > -- Added the mtcfixnomenclature command. > -- Added the mtc-nom.tex example file. > -- Correction in the mtcsetfeature command and siblings. > -- Some mini-tables are set on two columns (or more) in the manual. > -- Indexing the messages. Messages noted in the right margin. > -- Corrected a bug in the mtcoff package. > -- Added latinc.mld and latinc2.mld for classical latin. > -- Added internal hyperlinks for messages. > -- Added mtcoffset and co. for an horizontal offset of a mini-table. > -- Added mtcsetoffset for an horizontal offset of a mini-table type. > -- Added the mtc-ofs.tex example file. > -- More internal links in the documentation. > -- Added a clickable table of all messages. > -- Added lithuanian2.mld, latvian2.mld and letton2.mld. > -- Updated the documentation. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > The administravive trivia are in the `CATALOG' file in the > distribution. > Please update my e-mail address: jean-pierre.drucbert(a)onera.fr > because the old one will be obsolete in few months. > > Note that the documentation is mainly available in PDF form, > -- in (not perfect) english: minitoc.pdf > -- in french: fminitoc.pdf > The ``cmk'' script may be used to convert the PDF documentation > into PostScript. > > The INSTALL file (and, better, the ``Installation'' chapter in the > documentation) describes the files of this package (the list > of files is in minitoc.l). thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version, and committed a small change to the catalogue. the catalogue itself will be updated overnight. users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minitoc.html and the package's ctan directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: AeB Tiling Backgrounds
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

The package below has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: AeB Tiling Backgrounds Author's name: D. P. Story Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/aeb_tilebg Summary description: Take a rectangular graphic and tiles it as the background of the page License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This newest package is a simple application of established packages graphicx, multido and AeB Web. The package takes a rectangular graphic and uses it to tile the background of the pages. Download your favorite tiled background swatch from the Internet, convert it to an .eps or a .pdf format (depending if you use distiller---should work for users of Ghostscript as well---or pdftex), place that image in the same folder as your source document. Now, anywhere in your document, use the command setTileBgGraphic to create your tiled background. Other features Turn tiling on or off. Draft mode (an package option) used during the content development stage. Change the way the tiles are laid out, change from top-to-bottom to bottom-to-top. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/aeb_tilebg . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=aebtilebg (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: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should by now be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: moderncv Author's name: Xavier Danaux Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/moderncv Summary description: A modern curriculum vitae class. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A lot of small fixes, some new elements and color variants for the two official styles. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=moderncv (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: classicthesis
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jun '07

05 Jun '07

The package below 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: classicthesis Author's name: André Miede Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis Summary description: major update License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Major update. Several bugfixes and new features such as MinionPro support, pdftex letterspacing capabilities (via microtype) and many more (see CHANGES for more information). Also included: examples how to use classicthesis for articles, CVs etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=classicthesis (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: fig2vect 1.1.8
by CTAN Announcements 31 May '07

31 May '07

On Thu, 31 May 2007, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the fig2vect package. The fig2vect program converts figures from jFig, XFig and WinFig to MetaPost, EPS, PDF, TeX and SVG. Program highlights: - Designed for use with LaTeX/pdfLaTeX. Handling of special text is left up to LaTeX, for non-special text you can choose whether or not to use LaTeX. For text handled by LaTeX you have three choices: - Use the fonts exactly as specified in the Fig file. - Convert to use fonts in the same features (serif/sans-serif/monospaced, normal/bold, upright/italic). This allows to use the same font families in the graphics as in the document where the graphics is included. - Write no font selection commands (text contains commands itself if necessary). - X-splines are approximated by a sequence of Bezier spline segments. - Fill patterns are drawn by vector graphics operations. - Image width and height are found by inspecting graphics elements (except texts), the paper format name is not used here. Location on CTAN: /support/fig2vect Summary description: Yet another Fig to vector converter. License type: bsd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1.6: Bugfix in the mmp output driver 1.1.7: Support for UTF-8 encoded text in Fig files 1.1.8: Option -a allows to create an output file name automatically based on the input file name and the output driver. Note: the default for text handling changed. If your system uses UTF-8 encoding (i.e. LANG=``de_DE.utf-8'') fig2vect attempts to UTF-8 decode all texts. If you use jFig you must turn this off because jFig already decodes keyboard events and saves text correctly. For details see the http://fig2vect.sourceforge.net/faq.html#h4utf8setdef fig2vect FAQ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/fig2vect . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=fig2vect (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 package update: mf2pt1
by CTAN Announcements 30 May '07

30 May '07

The package below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mf2pt1 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/mf2pt1 Summary description: Produce PostScript Type 1 fonts from Metafont source License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mf2pt1 facilitates producing PostScript Type 1 fonts from a Metafont source file. mf2pt1's advantage over tools such as TeXtrace and mftrace is that it does not rely on bitmap tracing and therefore can produce higher-quality Type 1 fonts than trace-based tools. The catch is that mf2pt1 imposes a number of restrictions on the Metafont input so it is not, as the name may imply, an automatic converter of arbitrary Metafont fonts to Type 1 format. This update fixes a few minor bugs and adds support for a new --bpppix command-line option that lets the user specify the number of big points per pixel that MetaPost utilizes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/mf2pt1 . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=mf2pt1 (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: gcard
by CTAN Announcements 30 May '07

30 May '07

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: gcard Author's name: George McBane Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/gcard Summary description: arrange text on a sheet to fold into a greeting card License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gcard.sty provides a simple LaTeX2e package for producing greeting cards. It arranges four panels onto a single sheet (typically, A4 or letter) so that when the sheet is folded twice the four panels are arranged as front cover, inside left and right pages, and back cover. It uses the textpos package for placement on the sheet and the graphicx package for the necessary rotation. The four panels are set in minipages for formatting by the user. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gcard . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=gcard (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: elatex 1.1
by CTAN Announcements 28 May '07

28 May '07

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded `elatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/elatex. Please purge > the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The elatex package is a toolbox of programming facilities geared > primarily towards LaTeX class and package authors. It provides LaTeX > frontends to some of the new primitives provided by e-TeX as well as > some generic tools which are not strictly related to e-TeX but match > the profile of this package. This package will not modify any part of > the LaTeX kernel. Its name is not meant to imply that it patches > LaTeX such that the kernel makes use of e-TeX facilities by default. i've installed this new version, and pushed it out to the other ctan nodes. thanks for the update. users may browse the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/elatex.html or the archive directory for the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/elatex/ (the catalogue entry has been updated in the repository, but not much. the new version will appear on the archives overnight.) see below for details of the (extensive) updates in this new version of the package. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team > CHANGES > > * Added protected@csedef > * Added protected@csxdef > * Added gluedef > * Added gluegdef > * Added csgluedef > * Added csgluegdef > * Added mudef > * Added mugdef > * Added csmudef > * Added csmugdef > * Added protected@eappto > * Added protected@xappto > * Added protected@cseappto > * Added protected@csxappto > * Added protected@epreto > * Added protected@xpreto > * Added protected@csepreto > * Added protected@csxpreto > * Fixed bug in ewrobustcmd > * Fixed bug in enewrobustcmd > * Fixed bug in providerobustcmd

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CTAN has a new package: LatexPaper
by CTAN Announcements 27 May '07

27 May '07

A new package has been installed on 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: LatexPaper Author's name: Silas S. Brown Location on CTAN: /support/latexpaper Summary description: Calculate LaTeX settings for arbitrary font and page sizes License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A python script to calculate LaTeX settings for arbitrary font and page sizes, helpful when producing documents for people with low vision. Compatible with any other LaTeX package and avoids the usual drawbacks of giant print (less weight in the font etc) by taking the approach of typesetting on small paper and then using magstep. Can also help for typesetting posters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexpaper . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=latexpaper (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: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 26 May '07

26 May '07

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cleveref Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Summary description: Automatic cross-reference formatting. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The cleveref package enhances LaTeX's cross-referencing features, allowing the format of references to be determined automatically according to the type of label being referred to (equation, section, etc.). The formatting for each reference type can be fully customised in the preamble of your document. In addition, cleveref can typeset references to lists of multiple labels, automatically formatting them according to their type, and collapsing sequences of numerically onsecutive labels to a reference range. Again, the multiple-reference formatting is fully customisable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=cleveref (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: makecell
by CTAN Announcements 25 May '07

25 May '07

On Wednesday, 23 Jul 2006, Olga Lapko submitted an update to the makecell package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/makecell Summary description: Tabular column heads and multilined cells License type: LPPL Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package offers a command, based on one-column tabular environment, which allows to support a common layout for tabular column heads in whole document. Another offered command is for creation of multilined tabular cells. There are also: 1) a macro, which changes vertical spaces around all cells in tabular (like in tabls package) but based on macros of array package; 2) macros for multirow cells/heads, which use macro from multirow package. 3) macros numbered rows of cells or skipping cells in tabulars; 4) diagonally divided cells; 5) horizonral lines in tabulars with defined thickness. ----- Changes: Added: *) command for diagonally divided cells; *) commands for horizonral lines in tabulars with defined thickness. Added package-satellite tablists (beta): creates tabulated lists of short items (useful for lists of exersizes in textbooks) Corrections in documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN package upgrade: FrenchPro to V5,9993
by CTAN Announcements 24 May '07

24 May '07

Bernard Gaulle <frenchprobg(a)free.fr> wrote: > I just uploaded to ftp.tex.ac.uk the archive frenchPRO.tar.gz which > is the updated version V5,9993 of FrenchPro. This is all the material > to replace the nonfree language/french/frenchpro. > > FrenchPro is distributed as shareware with all source files ; it > is designed for typesetting professional French documents and can > work alone as a LaTeX package as well as an option of Babel or MLP. > This distribution is using the keyboard package along with the msg > package for localisation. i-installers are included for all > platforms: Windows, Unix, macOs X, Linux and co. > > The FrenchPro web site is at http://frenchpro6.com/french/ > > Mods in this update (V5,9993): > - processing case of empty caption{} > - better processing of exttt > - making few macros robust > - TeXLive installation facilited for mono-user and multi-users > - taking in account specific Unix peculiarities, including Ubuntu The CTAN team is slowly removing the nonfree/ tree, since (while it seemed a good idea at the time) we find we can't manage it properly. (free/nonfree distinctions are now supported by the catalogue, alone.) i have therefore taken this opportunity to move FrenchPro to the main tree, at language/french/frenchpro users may browse the new version at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/language/french/frenchpro/french/ or view the updated catalogue entry, at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/frenchpro.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: songs
by CTAN Announcements 23 May '07

23 May '07

A new 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: The Songs Package Author's name: Kevin W. Hamlen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/songs Summary description: Create beautiful song books for your church or fellowship License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Create beautiful song books for your church or fellowship using this LaTeX style package. Boasts a very easy chord-entry syntax and supports: multiple modes (words-only / words+chords / slides / handouts), measure bars, guitar tablatures, automatic transposition, scripture quotations, and multiple indexes (sorted by title, author, important lyrics, or scripture references). For more info go to: http://songs.sourceforge.net. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/songs . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=songs (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: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 22 May '07

22 May '07

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-barcode.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete _all_ > files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ > and put the new ones in there. i've done that, and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > pst-barcode is a PSTricks related package for drawing > barcodes for all important modes. > > This new version comes with: > > - Added parsable example options field to each encoder. > - An encoder for the Pharmaceutical Binary Code symbology was added. users may browse the directory containing the new version at http://www.tex.ac.uk/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-barcode.html will be updated within two hours, to cover this new version. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: WinShell 3.2
by CTAN Announcements 21 May '07

21 May '07

On Sun, 20 May 2007, Ingo H. de Boer submitted an update to the winshell package. Location on CTAN: /systems/win32/winshell/ Summary description: A graphical user interface for easy working with LaTeX. License type: nosource Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I am happy to announce a new release of WinShell. best regards, Ingo ######################################## WinShell 3.2 major BugFixes/Features to version 3.1 - Additional Danish, Dutch, Galician, Portuguese and Russian language support - Built-in spell checker based on Hunspell 1.1.5 - Update to Scintilla 1.73 - Spell check dialog starts from mouse position - Re-Design of Project Window - Wrong Macros behavior corrected (e.g. undo, multiple tag replacement) - Sort project file entries - Tasks in the Output Window - Toggle tabs in the Output Window - Rework of SaveAs dialog - Bold font in text editor - High resolution toolbar and menu images - Portable WinShell (use WinShell on e.g. USB flash drive) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/winshell/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=winshell (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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