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CTAN has a new package: wallpaper
by Jim Hefferon 24 Dec '04

24 Dec '04

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon -- unless the holidy rush slows it down -- be at your favorite mirror. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: wallpaper Author's name: Michael H.F. Wilkinson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/wallpaper Summary description: Easy addition of wallpapers (background images) to LaTeX documents, including tiling. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This collection contains files to add wallpapers (background images) to LaTeX documents. It uses the eso-pic.sty package, but provides simple commands to include effects such as tiling. An example is provided, which works under both LaTeX and pdfLaTeX. A (pdf) manual is provided as well. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/wallpaper 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 upgrade: msg package update V 0.08
by CTAN Announcements 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk an update (V 0.08) of the msg package > for LaTeX. > > The msg package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users which could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is really easy to > use by class/package writers. File names and syntax are still under > consideration; this is the main reason why it is still a beta version > which can be improved. Volunteers are welcome to test it, report, > and even localize the messages file in their own language. > Documentation is provided in... English (-like). > > It is localized itself in French, Englisk, Norsk and now German. > > 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 0.08 mods: added German messages file; added input encoding > facility (msgencoding); test file stronger; > documentation changed. good to see the contributions taking off. i've installed the files as requested -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: C.D.P. Bundle
by CTAN Announcements 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 Gustavo Mezzetti uploaded version 0.33 of the C.D.P. bundle. The C.D.P. Bundle can be used to typeset high-quality business letters formatted according to Italian style conventions. It is highly configurable, and its modular structure provides you with building blocks of increasing level, by means of which you can compose a large variety of letters. It is also possible to write letters divided into sections and paragraphs, to include floating figures and tables, and to have the relevant indexes compiled automatically. A single input file can contain several letters, and each letter will have its own table of contents, etc., independant from the other ones. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/cdpbundl Summary description: Business letters in the Italian style License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Release of version 0.33, which provides a better interaction with the hyperref package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: pdftex 1.20b
by CTAN Announcements 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 Martin Schröder uploaded the new version 1.20b of pdftex to CTAN. pdftex is an extension of TeX which directly generates PDF documents instead of DVI. Most TeX distributions, including teTeX, fpTeX and miktex include pdftex and pdflatex. Location on CTAN: /systems/pdftex/ Summary description: A bug fixing release of pdfTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------ pdfTeX 3.141592-1.20b was released on 2004-12-22 ------------------------------------------------ - Fixed some minor bugs, mostly with hz - The info line output format initialized to PDF/DVI isn't shown anymore, as this info wasn't reliable (bug 112). - Now the PDF-related statistics (PDF objects...) in the .log file is only shown in PDF output mode. It start with a line PDF statistics:. - pdfimageresolution is not limited to 2400 [dpi] anymore, can now be between 0 and 65535 [dpi]. - pdfTeX uses xpdf 3.00pl2 - pdfTeX uses libpng 1.2.8, which fixes some png-related bugs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package revision: tensor
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

Philip G. Ratcliffe writes: > I've just uploaded to ftp.tex.ac.uk a slightly improved version of the > tensor package: a small problem in conjunction with the color package > has been eliminated and I've added a some minor extra capabilities. All > covered in the updated documentation. i have updated the version in macros/latex/contrib/tensor thanks for the upload. > One small point: the original package by Mike Piff should possibly be > (re)moved since it actually takes precedence in the TDS. Note that the new > package is perfectly backward compatible. distribution managers should note this. for my part, i've simply moved mike's original to the ctan obsolete/ tree Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission: Ibycus 4, release 4.5
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Walter Schmidt uploaded the new release 4.5 of the Ibycus 4 system, a collection of fonts and macros to typeset ancient Greek. This upload occurs in agreement with the original author if Ibycus, Pierre MacKay. Location on CTAN: fonts/greek/ibygrk Main news (see also the file NEWS in the distribution): The bold Ibycus font is now available in Postscript format. It was converted from Metafont to Type1 by Harald Harders. The regular Ibycus Type1 font should work flawlessly with Acrobat Reader 5 now; special thanks to Peter Heslin and Ralf Stubner, who succeeded to find and fix a long-standing bug. Virtual fonts and related font metrics are no longer needed. Fixed definition of the macro greek, so as to work also with default font encodings other than OT1. New text-generating command extgreek as a counterpart to the declaration greek. Improved installation intructions which should suit recent TeX systems. Ibycus 4.5 is released under the GNU General Public License. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: leaflet v1.0c
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 Rolf Niepraschk uploaded version 1.0c of his package leaflet leaflet is a document class to create small hand-outs (flyers) that fit on a single sheet of paper which is then folded twice. Pages are rearranged by LaTeX so that they print correctly on a single sheet -- no external script is necessary. (Works with PostScript and PDF.) Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/leaflet/ License type: LaTeX Project (lppl) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Some bug fixes and improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: minitoc package, version 40
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Jean-Pierre Drucbert uploaded version 40 of his package minitoc Location on CTAN : macros/latex/contrib/minitoc/ Licence: LPPL minitoc.sty is useful to add mini-tables-of-contents (minitocs) at the beginning of every chapter. They are also minilofs and minilots. At the part level, they are parttocs, partlofs and partlots. If the type of document does not use chapters, they are section level secttocs, sectlofs and sectlots. updates versus version 39: ======================================================================= Version #40 Added the japanese language (japanese.mld) Added the castillan language (castillan.mld) Removed the test on the presence of the multicol package in minitoc.tex, because multicol is a required package. Added a figure in minitoc.tex about the need of 3 compilations. Added some infos in minitoc.bug. Added a paragraph about problem with the appendix package. Updated minitoc.bib Added the hints option. This option is still experimental; you advice is welcome. Added fminitoc.pdf (french documentation in PDF format). ======================================================================= Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: xkeyval and pst-xkey packages
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Hendri Adriaens uploaded an update to his packages xkeyval (1.8a) and pst-xkey (1.2a) xkeyval is an extension of the keyval package and offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys. pst-xkey is an adaptation of the techniques of xkeyval to the needs of the family of packages associated with pstricks, so that those packages can safely, and with relative ease, use key-value syntax in their commands. License is lppl. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval Announcement text: ----------------------------------------------- The updates are related to three small bugs that were discovered on 2004/12/20. Two are related to the support of the empty family (eg, for pstricks). The previous update avoided removing spaces from key and familynames and some macros were adjusted. I overlooked the fact that one of those macros removed the empty family from the list of families. The last bug that was solved was in reusing a macro that was redefined intermediately in case presets were used. I hope no more bugs will show up now. ------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the update For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN updates of l2tabu and l2tabuen packages
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

The packages l2tabu (Das LaTeX-Sündenregister (sins of LaTeX users), by Mark Trettin) and l2tabuen (English translation of l2tabu by Jürgen Fenn) have been updated on CTAN. Location on CTAN is info/l2tabu/{german,english} respectively. Summary description: Obsolete commands, packages and other common mistakes License type: Free (Open Publication License v1.0) Announcement text of l2tabu: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A small list of obsoleted commands and packages that are constantly posted in minimal examples to de.comp.text.tex. I further listed common mistakes (e.g. egin{appendix}...end{appendix} instead of appendix ...). This file should be considered an add-on to the available documentation like l2kurz and FAQs. This document is written in German. Changes: * fixed typos * caption.sty * euler vs. eulervm * TEXINPUTS vs. graphicspath * fixed colors for b/w printing * em changed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement text of l2tabuen: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Apart from some minor changes, we have inserted a new section on how to use graphicspath. We also have added new crossreferences to usrguide, clsguide, and fntguide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: NCCTOOLS
by Jim Hefferon 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

A package has been updated at 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: NCCTOOLS Author's name: Alexander I Rozhenko Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ncctools Summary description: All packages are documented and revised License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In release 3.0, all packages are documented in .dtx files and revised. The new package, nccstretch, is introduced. The short guide ncctools.tex is prepared - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ncctools 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: ibycus-babel
by Jim Hefferon 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the contribution, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ibycus-babel Author's name: Peter Heslin Location on CTAN: language/greek/package-babel/ibycus-babel/ Summary description: Integrate the Ibycus Greek font with Latex Babel License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.4 features a major rewrite of the Babel interface by Walter Schmidt. Many new features have been added and old limitations removed. Some functionality and some command names have changed, so consult the documentation if you are upgrading from a previous version. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/greek/package-babel/ibycus-babel/ 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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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty (again)
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty. > > This provides further solutions to the memoir class's infelicities. i've installed the file, as macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: extract
by CTAN Announcements 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Hendri Adriaens submitted a new package called extract License: LPPL Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/extract Package information: --------------------------------------------------------- The package provides the means to extract specific content from a source document and write that to a target document. One could, for instance, use this to extract all exercises from lecture notes and generate an exercises book on the fly. The package also provides an environment which writes its body entirely to the target file. Another environment will write to the target file, but will also execute the body. This allows to share code (for instance, a preamble) between the source document and the target file. Finally, the package provides an interface to conditionally extract content. With a single option in the usepackage command, one can specify exactly which commands (counted from the start of the document) should be extracted and which not. This might be useful for extracting specific slides from a presentation and use them in a new file. ----------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update -- hfoldsty
by CTAN Announcements 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Harald Harders submitted an update to the hfoldsty package. It contains a new version (1.13) of the hfoldsty virtual fonts. Location on CTAN: fonts/hfoldsty License stays gpl. >From the README: The hfoldsty package provides virtual fonts for using oldstyle (0123456789) figures with the European Computer Modern fonts. It does a similar job as the eco package by Sebastian Kirsch <skirsch(a)t-online.de> but includes a couple of improvements, e.g., better kerning with guillemets, support for character protruding using the pdfcprot package, arbitrary font sizes in conjunction with fix-cm.sty. ChangeLog: 2004/11/19 v1.13 Harald Harders (h.harders(a)tu-bs.de) - More errors in ProvidesFile line fixed. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New package on CTAN: CBcoptic
by CTAN Announcements 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 Claudio Beccari submitted a new bundle to CTAN: Name of bundle: CBcoptic Author's name: Claudio Beccari Location on CTAN: language/coptic/cbcoptic License type: lppl Summary description: This bundle provides Coptic fonts in Metafont source and in pfb type1 format and the necessary files for using them in a LaTeX environment, with a certain amount of macros for philological applications. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CBcoptic is a bundle of files for typesetting Coptic philological text with the proper fonts and hyphenation; the bundle includes also font descrition files, METAFONT sources and the type 1 Poscript equivalent fonts in pfb format. There are available also e certain number of macros of philological interest in an accompanying sty file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: toil and tif2eps
by CTAN Announcements 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted updates to the following packages: tif2eps ver. 0.77 date: 10.12.2004 authors: Boguslaw Jackowski, P. Pianowski and P. Strzelczyk license: GPL Location on CTAN: support/pstools/tif2eps TIF2EPS is a PostScript program for the conversion of TIFF files (ver. 6.0) to EPS ones. Compression (LZW, CCITT Fax, RLE, Flate, DCT) and ASCII85 encoding is available. The package may be used for generating colour- separated EPSes, `EPS thumbnails,' and, moreover, little header EPSes, containing only a pointer to a source TIFF file. Employing Ghostscript guarantees portability and efficient processing. -------- toil ver. 1.07 date: 15.12.2004 authors: Boguslaw Jackowski, P. Pianowski and P. Strzelczyk license: PD Location on CTAN: fonts/utilities/t1install/toil A flexible, AWK+MetaFont-based Type One Install utiLity which facilitates installation of Adobe Type 1 fonts for (plain) TeX; an alternative for afm2tfm; starting from version 1.04, includes an option that enables neutralizing sidebars (via implicit kerning mechanism); currently, the scripts are available for DOS (but adaptable for U*X). Thanks for the upload, For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- mempatch.sty (Patch file for memoir class)
by CTAN Announcements 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/memoir/mempatch.sty > > mempatch.sty fixes all the known problems with the memoir class. If it > is on the system it is automatically used by memoir.cls. i have installed the file as required. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission - Mem
by CTAN Announcements 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Javier Bezos writes: > I've uploaded to the UK server the file Mem.zip, > which contains the experimental code I'm writing for > a multiligual system for Lamed (ie, LaTeX + Aleph). > This is still a pre-alpha release, which is being > developed as open source on SourceForge: > > http://mem-latex.sourceforge.net > > It still consists in a somewhat unorganized set of > files whose final form is not clear yet. I intend to > release periodically on CTAN some milestones in its > development. > > I'm not sure where the files must be placed in the > CTAN tree, particularly given its highly experimental > status. Maybe systems/aleph/contrib/mem? after some discussion with javier, i've installed the package in macros/latex/exptl/mem -- a location that emphasises both its experimental status and its links with latex. thanks, javier, for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: msg package update V 0.07
by CTAN Announcements 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Bernard Gaulle writes: > I upload on ftp.tex.ac.uk an update (V 0.07) of the msg package > for LaTeX. > > The msg package is a LaTeX package designed to localize any > document class or package. Very usefull for end-users which could > obtain messages in their own prefered language. It is really easy to > use by class/package writers. File names and syntax are still under > consideration; this is the main reason why it is still a beta version > which can be improved. Volunteers are welcome to test it, report, > and even localize the messages file in their own language. > Documentation is provided in... English (-like). > > It is localized itself in French, Englisk and Norsk. > > 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 0.07 mods: 3 bugs corrected, 1 file missing, > test file added, Norsk added, documentation changed. i've installed the new version as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: sparklines
by CTAN Announcements 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 Andreas Loeffler submitted a new package called sparklines Sparklines are intense, simple, wordlike graphics. This tool allows to draw sparklines using the pgf-package. License is lppl CTAN location is graphics/sparklines Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sparklines are intense, simple, wordlike graphics (so named by Edward Tufte). In lieu of a more detailed introduction, Professor Tufte's site has an early release of a chapter on sparklines, see www.edwardtufte.com. A PHP implementation can be found at http://sparkline.sourceforge.net/. A sparkline can be added using the sparkline-environment. Also, you can add sparkling rectangles for the median and special sparkling dots in red or blue. Only use sparklines with pdflatex, sparklines do not appear in a dvi-file. Sparklines does not work with pictex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update _and_ new package --- ledmac and ledpar
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded ledmac.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current macros/latex/contrib/ledmac. The distribution is under > the LPPL. > > >From the README: > > The ledmac package is for typesetting critical editions. It is a LaTeX > port, and extension, of the plain TeX EDMAC, TABMAC and EDSTANZA macros. The > ledpar package is an extension of ledmac enabling parallel typesetting in > columns or on facing pages. > > Changes: > > ledpar version 0.1 (2004/12/10) > o First public release > > ledmac version 0.6 (2004/12/10) > o Fixed infinite loop problems when processing complex paragraphs > o Prepared for the ledpar package. i've installed the bundle as requested -- thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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by schoepf＠uni-mainz.de 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

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CTAN package upgrade: microtype
by Jim Hefferon 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

A package has been upgraded at tug.ctan.org and should 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: microtype Author's name: R Schlicht Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/microtype Summary description: An interface to the micro-typographic extensions of pdfTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES (v1.5): - - ----------------- * When output mode is DVI, font expansion will by default be turned off, automatic expansion will be disabled * New option: `selected, to enable selected expansion; default is: false * Changed default for expansion option `step: 4 (min(stretch,shrink)/5) * Protrusion settings for Bitstream Charter * Compatibility with turkish babel + chemsym - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/microtype 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: xkeyval v1.8
by CTAN Announcements 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Hendri Adriaens submitted version 1.8 of his xkeyval package. This package is an extension of the keyval package and offers additional macros for setting keys and declaring and setting class or package options. The package allows the programmer to specify a prefix to the name of the macros it defines for keys, and to define families of key definitions; these all help use in documents where several packages define their own sets of keys. The license is lppl. The location on CTAN is macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval Note that the official location has changed since the last update and is not macros/generic/xkeyval anymore! Changes: 1) fixed a small bug in the treatment of spaces in key and family names. These spaces are now untouched. 2) bug in @selective@sanitize has been fixed and level control has been added 3) the package is robust for catcode changes of = and , but characters with changed catcode inside key values are left untouched so, for instance, babel shorthand notation with the `=' character is possible, if it is inside a group in the key value. 4) simplified some internal macros. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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