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CTAN update: harmony
by CTAN Announcements 12 May '05

12 May '05

On Tue, 10 May 2005 uploaded an update to the harmony package. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/harmony License type: lppl Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: The caption package v3.0e
by CTAN Announcements 12 May '05

12 May '05

On Tue, 10 May 2005 Axel Sommerfeldt submitted an update to the caption package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/caption/ Summary description: Customising captions in floating environments License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table and cooperates with many other packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is mainly a bugfix release of the caption package 3.0. Changes: - Increased compatibility: Behaviour of labelformat=default changed (algorithm2e package) (12.4.05) - Bugfix 05-04-28: labelformat=default,indention=<amount> works now again (28.4.05) - Code documentation & re-organisation (5.5.05) - Bugfix: caption{} now works correctly for sidecap captions, too. (5.5.05) - Bugfix: captionsetup[longtable]{width=...} overrides LTcapwidth now (5.5.05) - Bugfix: captionsetup[table/figure]{margin=...} has no effect on sidecaptions anymore and captionsetup[table/figure]{justification=...} will be overwritten by sidecap justification option, too. (5.5.05) - Improvement v3.0d: opcaption* and ottomcaption* implemented (5.5.05) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN UPDATE: msg package V 0.32
by CTAN Announcements 11 May '05

11 May '05

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I just upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk an update of msg, the localization package > for LaTeX package/class writers. It should not change (if no bug...) > until any new language will be added. > > The upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk is: msg.tar.gz > Ctan directory: macros/latex/contrib/msg > > % This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of > % the LaTeX Project Public License as of http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt > % > % This file has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. > % The current maintainer is Bernard.Gaulle at idris.fr > > V 0.32 mods in case of previously loaded inputenc package. I've installed the new version at the Cambridge CTAN; it will progress to the other ctan sites soon. Thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: MetaPost 0.901 announcement
by CTAN Announcements 11 May '05

11 May '05

Taco Hoekwater writes: > The MetaPost team is happy to announce a new release of MetaPost: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > MetaPost 0.901 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The sources, as well as binary packages for both fptex and miktex > installations can be downloaded immediately from > > http://sarovar.org/projects/metapost/ > > * The source package should compile normally on all systems that are > capable of compiling a modern web2c-based TeX distribution. > > * The web2c-win32 package is intended for fptex or a similar > web2c-based installation, and has been tested only with TeXLive 2003. > > * The miktex package contains macros and binaries for miktex 2.4, > kindly provided by Christian Schenk himself. > > Of course, we welcome any comments (either good or bad) that you may > have. Simply replying to this message is fine, but see the bottom of > this message for a more formal way to report bugs and feature requests. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes in version 0.901: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * A corrected bugfix for the degerate path bug (the old fix > made metapost fail the trap test) > * Included mpost.mp for mem generation > * Updated trap test > * The mpost executable is now version 0.901 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Legal notice / license / bug reports > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > MetaPost is a system for producing graphics developed by John Hobby > at AT&T, based on Donald Knuth's Metafont. The MetaPost home page > is http://tug.org/metapost. > > MetaPost and related programs are in the public domain. > > The MetaPost development project is currently hosted at Sarovar, > http://www.sarovar.org/projects/metapost; please report bugs and > request enhancements through there if possible. Alternatively, you > can reach us through the <metapost(a)tug.org> mailing list as well. > (Please do not send bug reports or feature requests directly to > Dr. Hobby any more) > > > Have fun! > > Taco Hoekwater, for the MetaPost team, May 11, 2005 i've installed this new release on the cambridge ctan, in directory graphics/metapost -- it will make its way out to the rest of the world in due course. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: antomega, cm-lgc, grkfinst, ofntinst
by Jim Hefferon 10 May '05

10 May '05

The packages described below have been updated on tug.ctan.org and should make it to your favorite mirror real, real soon. Thanks for the updates, Jim Hefferon This is the update message from the package maintainer: ========================================================== I have just uploaded to tug.ctan.org/incoming new versions of my 4 packages, namely antomega v. 0.8, cm-lgc v. 0.5, ofntinst 0.2.2 and grkfinst 0.3.2. Please update the corresponding directories on CTAN (antomega is installed into systems/omega/contrib/antomega/, cm-lgc into fonts/ps-type1/cm-lgc/, and my fontinst packages into fonts/utilities/fontinst-contrib/). Note that cm-lgc 0.5 is a major new release, with a lot of new features added (the full list of enhancements is available in the HISTORY file inside the package). Antomega 0.8 is a great step to a really stable version, and, although I continue a sequential version numbering, it may be considered a major new release too. The following new features are most important ones: ======================================================= - -- added (experimental) support files for new languages (Spanish and Latin); - -- added special options allowing to use antomega with Scientific Word/Scientific Workplace; - -- added a concept of Unicode-based encoding definitions, so that standard encoding description files (like t1enc.def) are no longer used by antomega; - -- new concept of handling TeX accents and Unicode combining accent marks is introduced, allowing to workaround the known Omega problem. In Omega the accent command may produce correct results only if its second argument is given in document's output encoding; but this is no longer a problem for antomega. - -- Greek hyphenation patterns updated. - -- Thanks in advance, Alexej Kryukov

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CTAN update: pdfcprot
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '05

09 May '05

On Fri, 6 May 2005 Tobias Schlemmer uploaded an update to pdfcprot Author's name: Tobias Schlemmer Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcprot Summary description: pdfcprot does implement a package for the pdflatex margin kerning feature License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version implements access to different font encodings and provides some limited support for cyrillic encodings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: mhchem bundle v2.01
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '05

09 May '05

On Sun, 8 May 2005 Martin Hensel submitted version 2.01 of mhchem to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/ Summary description: for typesetting chemical formulae, chemical equations and Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update to version 2.01. What's new? - rsphrase: Spanish R and S phrases. Thanks to Ignacio Fernández Galván. - mhchem: bugfix ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: movie15
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '05

09 May '05

On Wed, 4 May 2005 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the movie15 package to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/movie15/ Summary description: multimedia inclusion package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release removes a bug which occasionally produced unusable media inclusions. This issue occurred, when a TeX generated pagebreak fell in between two consecutive media inclusions and only if pdfLaTeX was used. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update:xkeyval v2.5 and extract v1.8
by CTAN Announcements 09 May '05

09 May '05

On Sat, 7 May 2005, Hendri Adriaens submitted updated versions of the packages xkeyval (v2.5) extract (v1.8) to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval macros/latex/contrib/extract > ------------------------------------------- > xkeyval v2.5 > ------------------------------------------- > 1) Added define@boolkeys, define@cmdkey > and define@cmdkeys > 2) Simplified setkeys internals > 3) Solved small bug in setkeys which allowed > families to take over save or preset key > settings when a key was defined in multiple > families > 4) Updated xkvview > 5) Restructured docs > 6) Some small things > ------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------- > extract v1.8 > ------------------------------------------- > 1) Added `copydocumentclass' option > 2) Changed option `no-header' to `header' > 3) Changed option `document-handles' to `handles' > 4) Revised docs and examples > 5) Solved a bug not extracting empty lines > ------------------------------------------- Thanks for the updates. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: Lshort Upload (note the quote)
by CTAN Announcements 08 May '05

08 May '05

Tobias Oetiker writes: > I have uploaded lshort-4.16 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/lshort-4.16. note: skipping version 4.15 > If you think it is appropriate, announce it please. i think announcement is appropriate in this case. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: sketch
by Jim Hefferon 05 May '05

05 May '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: sketch Author's name: Eugene K. Ressler Location on CTAN: /graphics/sketch Summary description: 3d sketching in a PSTricks-like language generates PSTricks code License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sketch is a small, simple system for producing line drawings of three-dimensional objects and scenes. It began as a way to make illustrations for a textbook after we could find no suitable tool for this purpose. Existing scene processors emphasized GUIs and/or photo-realism, both un-useful to us. We wanted to produce finely wrought, mathematically-based illustrations with no extraneous detail and be able to easily overlay TeX math and text. The input language is reminiscent of PSTricks, so will be easy to learn for current PSTricks users. See http://www.frontiernet.net/~eugene.ressler . - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/sketch although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors

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CTAN package update: nomencl
by Jim Hefferon 03 May '05

03 May '05

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: nomencl Author's name: Lee Netherton Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/nomencl/ Summary description: Update to nomencl package License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the latest release for the nomencl package which includes an increased compatibility with other glossary packages, as well as minor updates and support requests. More information can be found at http://sarovar.org/projects/nomencl/ - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nomencl/ although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors .

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CTAN has a new package: fontools
by Jim Hefferon 03 May '05

03 May '05

The package described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: fontools Author's name: Marc Penninga Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/fontools/ Summary description: Tools to simplify using fonts (especially Truetype/Opentype ones) with Latex and fontinst. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a few tools to ease using fonts (especially Truetype/Opentype ones) with Latex and fontinst: AFM2AFM - reencode .afm files; designed to replace fontinst's eencodefont for big .afm files. AUTOINST - simplify the use of the LCDF TypeTools by creating a command file for otftotfm, plus .fd and .sty files. CMAP2ENC - convert glyph indices in TrueType fonts without glyph names (such as Linotype Palatino) to Adobe glyph names. FONT2AFM - create font metrics; this is just a wrapper script around tools such as pf2afm, ttf2afm, pfm2kpx and ot2kpx. OT2KPX - extract all kerning pairs from an OpenType font. PFM2KPX - extract all kerning pairs from buggy .pfm files (the ones where pf2afm complains .notdef character occurred among kern pairs). SHOWGLYPHS - create a pdf file that shows all glyphs in a font. Please see the documentation of the individual programs for further information. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/fontools although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors .

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CTAN has a new package: Zigarettenschachtelhuellenzeichnung
by Jim Hefferon 02 May '05

02 May '05

The package described below has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should soon make it to your favorite mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Zigarettenschachtelhuellenzeichnung - drawing of cigarette pack covers Author's name: Régis Lachaume Location on CTAN: /graphics/zigaretten Summary description: Allows the drawing of cigarette pack covers to hide ugly warnings and as License type: pd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is meant to design cigarette pack covers that hide the death warnings and the advertising present on most packs. It imitates the original look of packs in the European Union by allowing the placement of fancy warnings (e.g. Caution: inflammable device) in the well-known black frames. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/zigaretten although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors .

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CTAN Policy: Documentation of packages
by CTAN Announcements 02 May '05

02 May '05

For some time, the CTAN team has been asking those who submit to the archive to provide documentation files that can easily be read by archive browsers. We often find packages, which may be of real use to other users, for which there is little prospect of a new submission. We propose to reserve the right to generate a PDF documentation file from the author's original resources, in such cases. Note that we do not intend this to take the place of author-supplied documentation, but rather only that we may generate documentation where there is now none (notably on older packages). We remain eager to install documentation provided by authors themselves. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: juramisc
by CTAN Announcements 02 May '05

02 May '05

On Mon, 2 May 2005 cversion 0.76 (beta) of the juramisc package was uploaded to CTAN. Author's name: Axel Sodtalbers Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/juramisc Summary description: Typesetting German juridical documents License type: lppl Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- getfileversion
by CTAN Announcements 01 May '05

01 May '05

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Harald Harders submitted a new package called gefileversion Location on CTAN: support/getfileversion/ License: LPPL >From the README: This simple shell script prints the version and date of a LaTeX class or style file. Syntax: getfileversion <file> This programme handles style files (extension .sty) and class files (extension .cls). If no extension is given, .sty is assumed. This is the initial version v0.1. Thanks for the submission. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN: Move of protext system image
by CTAN Announcements 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

Last night, protext-1.2.exe, the MiKTeX installer image, appeared on CTAN. Protext is distributed as part of the annual user group distribution of discs to members and others. This evening, the new image has been moved from systems/texlive/Images to a new directory systems/protext It was felt that the texlive location for a MiKTeX-derived product was anomalous. We trust that users will find the change helps them in browsing the archive. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: lineno.sty / ednotes.sty for criticaleditions
by CTAN Announcements 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the lineno package to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/lineno Summary description: real update License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lineno.sty as uploaded formerly was *not* the recent one with the announced features, so please download again if ... If you don't find v4.21, please ... [Sorry. But v4.2 was seriously flawed anyway.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload: harmony
by CTAN Announcements 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 Arnim Wegner submitted a new package harmony to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/harmony Summary description: LaTeX2e package for typesetting harmony symbols etc. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX2e package for typesetting harmony symbols etc. in musicological texts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: xlop
by Jim Hefferon 28 Apr '05

28 Apr '05

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thank you for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: xlop Author's name: Jean-Côme Charpentier Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/xlop Summary description: xlop (eXtra Large OPeration) calculates and displays operations License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xlop allows to typeset operation ``as in school'' or inline. e.g opadd{2}{3} give 2 +3 or 2+3=5. - - --- 5 Furthermore, numbers could be very large, e.g 200 figures (with a very long compilation time). Many other features allow to deal with numbers (tests, display, some high level operations, etc.) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/xlop although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors .

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CTAN package update: LaTeXPiX
by Jim Hefferon 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

The package described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and will soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: LaTeXPiX Author's name: Nick van Beurden Location on CTAN: /systems/win32/latexpix Summary description: As is License type: nosource Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeXPiX bugfix on CTAN17 release. Memory usage indicator didn't work in Windows 9x/2000. This caused LaTeXPiX not to start up, an error was displayed indicating that psapi.dll could not be found. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/latexpix although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors .

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CTAN has a new package: Maltese
by Jim Hefferon 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

The package described below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and will, through the magic of mirroring, soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: Maltese Author's name: Paulseph-John Farrugia Location on CTAN: /language/maltese Summary description: Package facilitating the input of Maltese non-Latin characters in Latex License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package facilitates the input of Maltese non-Latin characters in Latex. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/maltese although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors .

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CTAN update: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 Herbert Voss submitted an update to his pst-func package to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func Summary description: plotting special mathematical functions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.40 2005-04-09 new option xShift for psPolynomial and Gauss fix typos in the doc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: mhchem bundle version 2.00
by CTAN Announcements 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 Martin Hensel submitted an update to the mhchem bundle to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/ Summary description: for typesetting chemical formulae, chemical equations and Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an update to version 2.00. The mhchem bundle consists of two packages: mhchem and rsphrase. The mhchem package provides commands for typesetting chemical molecular formulae and equations. What's new? - a new versioning system that tries to incorporate old and improved syntax into one file. (usepackage[version=2]{mhchem}) - the command cee which can take & and \ as input, for use in equation environments - ce now works in text mode as well - new symbol added: ^. - basic support for bonds: A-B=C#D - math inside formulae can be achived using cmath - new option for reaction arrows: ->C[+H2O] is a shortcut for ->[ce{H2O}] The rsphrase package contains the text of all official Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases that are used to label chemicals. At the time being, these phrases are available in Englisch, Danish, French and German (current spelling). What's new? - French phrases. Thanks to Dominique Richard for his work. - bugfixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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