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New CTAN package: biblatex 0.1-beta
by CTAN Announcements 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is the initial public release of the biblatex package. I > suggest installing the package in macros/latex/contrib/biblatex. > Thank you very much. > > ABOUT (this is also for the catalogue) > > The biblatex package is a complete reimplementation of the > bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX in conjunction with > BibTeX. It redesigns the way in which LaTeX interacts with BibTeX at > a fairly fundamental level. With biblatex, BibTeX is only used to > sort the bibliography and to generate labels. Instead of being > implemented in BibTeX's style files, the formatting of the > bibliography is entirely controlled by TeX macros. Good working > knowledge in LaTeX should be sufficient to design new bibliography > and citation styles. There is no need to learn BibTeX's postfix > stack language. Just like the bibliography styles, all citation > commands may be freely (re)defined. > > Apart from the features unique to biblatex, this package also > incorporates core features of the following packages: babelbib, > bibtopic, bibunits, chapterbib, cite, inlinebib, mlbib, multibib, > natbib, splitbib. There are also some conceptual parallels to the > amsrefs package. The biblatex package supports split bibliographies, > multiple bibliographies within one document, and separate lists of > bibliographic shorthands. Bibliographies may be subdivided into > parts (by chapter, by section, etc.) and/or segmented by topics (by > type, by keyword, etc.). The package is fully localized and can > interface with the babel package. > > RELEASE NOTES > > Please be advised that this package is in beta stage and released > for testing only. The architecture of the package, including its > BibTeX interface and even the entry type and field specifications, > is under scrutiny and still subject to change. There are also > several gaps in this manual. TeX distributors are urged not to > consider this package while it is in beta. The version number will > be stepped up to 1.0 as soon as it is considered suitable for > distribution. whew! by agreement with the author, i've installed this major piece of work in the LaTeX experimental tree, macros/latex/exptl/biblatex explore the package on ctan via the catalogue: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: frenchle (updated to V5,999)
by CTAN Announcements 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I've upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk the file frenchle.tar.gz which is a replacement > for language/french/frenchle. This is the new version (V5,999) for > the LaTeX package frenchle, a ready to use package for typesetting > French documents with or without Babel. > > This upgrade (V5,999) provides the correction for a bug during > expansion of message -58- in various circumstancies. i have installed the new version as requested, and updated the catalogue. users may view details of the package at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/frenchle.html thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-uml
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Herbert Voss writes: > I uploaded pst-uml.tgz to the uk mirror. > > Please delete all files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-uml > > and put the new ones in there. > The author is Maurice Diamantini. > > pst-uml is a latex package written to draw some > UML diagramms using pstricks packages > > This new version uses the extended xkeyval package > for a better key handling and has some more modifications > to the code. The documentation is still only in french. i have installed the new version as requested, and i have updated the catalogue -- see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-uml.html thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: FrenchPro to V5,999
by CTAN Announcements 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Bernard Gaulle writes: > Dear CTAN maintainers, > > I just upload to ftp.tex.ac.uk the archive frenchPRO.tar.gz which > is the updated version V5,999 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 localization. i-installers are included for all > platforms: Windows, Unix, macOs X, Linux and co. > This is an intermediate update with bugs corrections related to > the jurabib and natbib packages. > The FrenchPro web site is at http://frenchpro6.com/french/ i have installed the new version; it should be at the main ctan sites by now, as well as some of the mirrors. i've also updated the catalogue -- see http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/frenchpro.html thanks, bernard, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: escapeTeXt
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '06

27 Aug '06

The program described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: escapeTeXt Author's name: Jim Hefferon Location on CTAN: /support/escapeTeXt Summary description: Make plain text safe for use in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This program massages plain text to make it more likely to safely pass through LaTeX. It can be run from the command line, so you can do drive-by LaTeXing. Where it differs from other such scripts already on CTAN is that its internal routines can also be imported for use by other Python programs, for instance one that makes documents from text gathered on a web form. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/escapeTeXt . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: guia-bibtex
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '06

27 Aug '06

A new package has been added to tug.ctan.org and should soon appear on your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: guia-bibtex Author's name: Joaquin Ataz Lopez Location on CTAN: /info/spanish/guia-bibtex Summary description: Guia casi completa de BibTeX License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An (as-complete-as-possible) manual about the use of bibtex with LaTeX, in spanish. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/spanish/guia-bibtex . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN Update: Oberdiek Packages
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '06

27 Aug '06

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CTAN update: latex-tds 2006/08/26
by CTAN Announcements 27 Aug '06

27 Aug '06

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to th latex-tds package, containing ready to run zip archives for latex and its required packages. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds/ > Changes: > 2006/08/26 > * Module tds for CTAN:tds/ added. > * Obsolete hyphenation patterns added to babel's source directory > to avoid violation of LPPL. > * Script adjust_checksum added and scripts are put below TDS:scripts. > * TDS:makeindex/base/ renamed to TDS:makeindex/latex/ > * Exception for sample2e.tex and small2e.tex that now go into > TDS:tex/latex/base/. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: csquotes 3.5
by CTAN Announcements 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've uploaded `csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. Please > purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as > usual. > > Thank you very much. i have installed the package and updated the catalogue. thanks for the update. > 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 > > This is just a minor maintenance update. > > * Exchanged definitions of French quotes and quotes* variants > * Internal updates for inputenc.sty 1.1b (2006-05-05) the package may be accessed via its catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/csquotes.html Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: textpos 1.7
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Norman Gray writes: > Name of contribution: textpos 1.7 > Author's name: Norman Gray > Author's email: norman(a)astro.gla.ac.uk > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/textpos/ (replacing current version) > Summary description: Place text at arbitrary positions on the LaTeX page > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package facilitates placing boxes at absolute positions on the > LaTeX page. There are several reasons why this might be useful, but > the main one (or at least my motivating one) is to help produce a > large-format conference poster. Other applications include placing > material within, say, figures. > > Version 1.7 adds control over the colour of the rules round text blocks, and > makes it possible to switch these rules on and off within the file > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue. see the catalogue entry http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/textpos.html for access to the package documentation, and to download. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN announcements are back on comp.text.tex
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Messages on the CTAN announcements list have in the past been automatically fed to the usenet group comp.text.tex. Early in August that went out. We are glad to announce that we are back on ctt with the help of Kaja Christiansen. For comp.text.tex readers: the announcements list is your chance to hear about packages that are newly installed and packages that have received major upgrades, as well as occasional administrative information. To see which ctan-ann messages you have missed since the outage started, visit http://lists.dante.de/pipermail/ctan-ann/2006-August/thread.html . To subscribe to the list or to read the archives, visit http://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann . Sorry about the outage, Jim Hefferon for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: guitbeamer
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

The package described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: guitbeamer.sty Author's name: Emiliano Giovanni Vavassori Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/GuIT/guitbeamer Summary description: The guitbeamer.sty package provides some commands written to make easier the production of LaTeX lessons License type: nocommercial Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Viene qui presentata l'interfaccia dei comandi della classe guitbeamer, scritta appositamente per rendere più semplice la produzione di diapositive per lezioni di LaTeX tenute da membri del Gruppo Utilizzatori Italiani di TeX. La classe si basa sulla ben più conosciuta classe beamer. [ The guitbeamer.sty package provides some commands written to make easier the production of lessons of LaTeX. The class is based on the well known class beamer. Documentation available in Italian only.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/GuIT/guitbeamer . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: xytree
by CTAN Announcements 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

The package described below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xytree Author's name: Koaunghi Un Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xytree Summary description: Tree macros using XY-Pic License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the major update version 1.5 of xytree. The aim of xytree is to draw linguistic syntactic trees with ease and to support hopefully sufficient functionality, that the linguist may need. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xytree . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: wegweiser_dtk.pdf
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

A new package has been uploaded to tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: weigweiser_dtk.pdf Author's name: Christian Faulhammer Location on CTAN: /info/digests/dtk/book_reviews/weigweiser_dtk.pdf Summary description: Book review LaTeX-Wegweiser by Christian Detig (in German) License type: unknown Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Review, published in Die TeXnische Komdie by Dante, of the book LaTeX-Wegweiser written by Christine Detig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/digests/dtk/book_reviews/ . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: struktex
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

On Son, 20 Aug 2006 Jobst Hoffmann submitted an update to the struktex package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/struktex Summary description: Draw Nassi-Schneidermann charts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Draw Nassi-Schneidermann charts Even in the age of OOP one must develop algorithms. Nassi-Shneiderman structure charts are a well known tool to describe an algorithm in a graphical way. This package StrukTeX presents some macros for generating those structure charts in a LaTeX document. The package provides the most important elements of a structured box chart, including processing blocks, loops, mapping conventions for alternatives, etc. Diagrams are drawn using the picture environment (using pict2e for preference). The author is Jobst Hoffmann. See also pict2e. If one is working with (X)emacs and AUCTeX the drawing process is supported by structex.el, a style file which knows the syntax of most of the commands from the StrukTeX package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update [Correction]: MiKTeX+Ghostscript+GSview+USB-drive-HOWTO
by CTAN Announcements 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the file info/MiKTeX+Ghostscript+GSview+USB-drive-HOWTO.txt on CTAN. This HOWTO provides instructions for setting up a portable installation of MiKTeX (>=2.5), Ghostscript and GSview on external storage devices, such as USB sticks or mapped network drives, for use with MS Windows (2000, 2003, XP, ...) computers. License: gpl **Corrected** Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update accounts for the changes that came along with the new MiKTeX-2.5 release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: dante-book-reviews
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006, Juergen Fenn submitted an update to the CTAN directory digests/dtk/book_reviews which contains book reviews that appeared in the periodical of DANTE, the german speaking TeX users group. He writes: > It contains my recent book review of the second German edition of the > LaTeX Companion, Der LaTeX-Begleiter, by Frank Mittelbach, Michel > Goossens et.al., 2005, published last week in DTK 3/2006. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: dyntree
by CTAN Announcements 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: dyntree Author's name: Nicholas Setzer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dyntree Summary description: Easily Construct Dynkin Tree Diagrams License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The dyntree package is intended for users needing to typeset a Dykin Tree Diagram---a group theoretical construct consisting of cartan coefficients in boxes connected by a series of lines. Such a diagram is a tool for working out the states and their weights in terms of the fundamental weights and the simple roots. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dyntree . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN update: natbib
by CTAN Announcements 19 Aug '06

19 Aug '06

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 Patrick Daly submitted an update to the natbib package. Natbib Provides a style with author-year and numbered references, as well as much detailed of support for other bibliography use. Provides versions of the standard BibTeX styles that are compatible with natbib - plainnat, unsrtnat, abbrnat. The bibliography styles produced by custom-bib are designed from the start to be compatible with natbib. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/natbib Summary description: Minor bug fix in natbib package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 7.4, with a very small change to allow the nonamebreak option to work with numerical citations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Sch�pf

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CTAN update: MiKTeX+Ghostscript+GSview+USB-drive-HOWTO
by CTAN Announcements 19 Aug '06

19 Aug '06

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the file info/MiKTeX+Ghostscript+GSview+USB-drive-HOWTO.txt on CTAN. This HOWTO provides instructions for setting up a portable installation of MiKTeX (>=2.5), Ghostscript and GSview on external storage devices, such as USB sticks or mapped network drives, for use with MS Windows (2000, 2003, XP, ...) computers. License: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update accounts for the changes that came along with the new MiKTeX-2.5 release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: Ebib
by CTAN Announcements 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Ebib Author's name: Joost Kremers Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/ebib Summary description: A BibTeX database manager for Emacs License type: bsd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a major update of the Ebib package. Ebib is a BibTeX database manager that runs in Emacs. The two major improvements of the current version are that it now runs in XEmacs as well, and that one can open multiple .bib-files simultaneously. For more information, see <http://ebib.sf.net>. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/utils/ebib . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: Stellenbosch 4.0
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

The package below has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Stellenbosch 4.0 Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/stellenbosch Summary description: Typesetting dissertations, theses and reports of the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The usthesis class/style files are provided to typeset reports, theses and dissertations that conform to the requirements of the Engineering Faculty of the University of Stellenbosch. The class file usthesis.cls is based on the standard LaTeX book class, while usthesis.sty is a style file to be loaded on top of the very powerful memoir class. Both options give identical output, but the benefit of the using memoir is that it has many additional command and environments for formatting and processing of a document. Usthesis is primarily concerned with the formatting of the front matter such as the title page, abstract, etc. and a decent page layout on A4 paper. It also works together with the babel package to provide language options to typeset documents in Afrikaans or in English. Additional packages are provided for bibliographic matter, note title pages, lists of symbols, as well as various graphic files for logos. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/stellenbosch . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: elsevier (elsart classes)
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

The elsevier classes have been updated: the directory macros/latex/contrib/elsevier now contains .cls files and documentation only. Simon Pepping (of Elsevier) writes: > Today I uploaded the file elsart.zip to the UK CTAN node, in the incoming > directory. > > The content of this zip file is meant to replace the content of the > directory macros/latex/contrib/elsevier/. > > This upload contains the following changes: > > Updated: elsart.cls. > > New: elsart1p.cls, elsart3p.cls, elsart5p.cls. > > Removed: elsart.sty, elsart12.sty. These are outdated. > > Rewritten: instructions-harv.pdf, instructions-harv.tex, > instructions-num.pdf, instructions-num.tex. These replace model-harv.pdf, > model-harv.tex, model-num.pdf, model-num.tex. > > Removed: instraut.*. These instructions are outdated. > > Modified: template-harv.tex, template-num.tex. thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version (and deleted all the old files), and updated the ctan catalogue. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: syntrace
by CTAN Announcements 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

The new package given below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: syntrace Author's name: Mathieu Boretti Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/syntrace Summary description: Label for trace in syntaxic tree License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package add support for for trace in tree created using synttree package. It provide two commands ( raceLabel et raceReference) to set and use trace. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contryb/syntrace . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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: coollist
by CTAN Announcements 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

A new package now lives on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you again, Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: coollist Author's name: nsetzer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/coollist Summary description: manipulation of lists License type: lgpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- manipulation of lists ---------------------------------------------------------------------- See this package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/coollist . You may get a better network connection by using a CTAN mirror near to you; see http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors . Our service is 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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