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CTAN submission -- toolbox v4.4
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

----- Forwarded message from M. Vaeth ----- I have uploaded a new release of toolbox (toolbox.zip) to the incoming directory. A description follows. Sincerely.Martin Väth Name of contribution: toolbox v4.4 Name and email: Martin Väth <vaeth(a)mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/toolbox (should replace previous release) Summary description: A package for (La)TeX which provides some macros which are convenient for writing indices, glossaries, or other macros. License type: Free (lppl) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A package for (La)TeX which provides some macros which are convenient for writing indices, glossaries, or other macros. It contains macros which support -implicit macros -fancy optional arguments -loops over tokenlists and itemlists -searching and splitting -controlled expansion -redefinition of macros -concatenated macro names Some new if-commands are implemented (e.g. oolboxIfEmpty to test whether a given argument is empty (i.e. an empty tokenlist)). Corrections in the documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/toolbox Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: versions.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload(a)nova.dante.de ----- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2003 From: ctan-upload(a)nova.dante.de To: ctan(a)dante.de Subject: CTAN upload notification: versions.sty Sender: owner-ctan(a)dante.de A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20031010.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: versions.sty Name and email: Uwe Luck <uwe.lueck(a)web.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/versions Summary description: Optionally omit pieces of text. License type: LaTeX Project Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephan Bellantoni's `version.sty' has provided preamble commands for selecting environments to be included/excluded. `versions.sty' does the same, but corrects, improves, and extends `version.sty' in both implementation and function. See also `comment', `optional', `verbatim', and see package documentation for comparison with `version.sty' and `comment.sty'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XML file: ********************************************************************** <?xml version=1.0?> <!DOCTYPE entry SYSTEM ../catalogue.dtd> <entry id=versions.sty datestamp=2003/10/07 modifier=ftpmaint(a)dante.ctan.org> <about> <name>versions.sty</name> <caption>Optionally omit pieces of text.</caption> <author> <name>Uwe Luck</name> <email>uwe.lueck(a)web.de</email> </author> <license type=LaTeX Project /> </about> <description> <abstract> Stephan Bellantoni's `version.sty' has provided preamble commands for selecting environments to be included/excluded. `versions.sty' does the same, but corrects, improves, and extends `version.sty' in both implementation and function. See also `comment', `optional', `verbatim', and see package documentation for comparison with `version.sty' and `comment.sty'. </abstract> </description> <distribution> <ctan>macros/latex/contrib/versions</ctan> </distribution> </entry> ********************************************************************** ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload, I installed it (the second upload dated October 10) as suggested in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/versions/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: ellipsis
by Jim Hefferon 11 Oct '03

11 Oct '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: ellipsis Author's name: Peter J. Heslin Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ellipsis Summary description: A LaTeX package to fix the uneven spacing around ellipses in text mode License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a simple package that fixes a problem in the way LaTeX handles ellipses: it always puts a tiny bit more space after dots in text mode than before it, which results in the ellipsis being off-center when used between two words. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ellipsis 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: Upload Octavo package 1.1
by Robin Fairbairns 10 Oct '03

10 Oct '03

Stefan A. Revets writs: > +Upload : Octavo.zip > +CTAN node : ftp.tex.ac.uk > +Where to go : macros/latex/contrib/octavo > +Licensing conditions : lppl > +Summary of upload : Version 1.1 of Octavo, which now deals > correctly and consistently with the > numbering of figures, tables _and_ > equations. Octavo is a modification of the > standard LaTeX book class, incorporating > classical design features to help with the > printing and making of beautiful books. thanks for the upload; i have installed the contents to replace the previous version of octavo in macros/latex/contrib/octavo Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: acronym upload
by Robin Fairbairns 09 Oct '03

09 Oct '03

Tobias Oetiker writes: > I have uploaded acronym-1.7 to ftp.tex.ac.uk:/incoming/acronym-1.7 > > Thanks to Sebastian Max for his work on this new version. The main > new featuere is, that it is possible to have a list of acronyms, > where only the ones get printed that are actually being used in the > document. i have installed the new version to replace macros/latex/contrib/acronym thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: BibTeX Database Generator
by Jim Hefferon 09 Oct '03

09 Oct '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: BibTeX Database Generator Author's name: Pallav Gupta Location on CTAN: support/bibtex-gen Summary description: A simple interactive script to generate BibTeX Files. License type: pd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is just an interactive script that I use in my Latex work to generate Bibtex files. I do not like typing all the unnecessary details nor do I like copying and then modifying entries. So I wrote this small script to help you type only what you need in your (customized) bibliographies and generate a file which contains all the extra info. I just wanted to share it. Who knows, some might find it useful. Note that its not a bibtex file parser! I'll be happy to make improvments if someone (besides me) ever gets around to using it. You're welcome to email me to provide suggestions. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/bibtex-gen 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: Upload ftp.dante.de:incoming/jknappen.zip
by Rainer Schöpf 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

Jörg Knappen has updated some files in macros/latex/contrib/jknappen For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Plain TeX macro: figflow -- flow text around a figure
by Robin Fairbairns 04 Oct '03

04 Oct '03

recently, in response to a post on comp.text.tex, Ian Hutchinson posted a short piece of code to do this job. the abstract i've written for the catalogue says Provides a Plain TeX macro figflow that allows one to insert a figure into an area inset into a paragraph. Command arguments are width and height of the figure, and the figure (and its caption) itself. (Does not work with LaTeX.) i asked (and was given) permission to put the file on ctan, and have installed it on ctan in directory macros/plain/contrib/figflow Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: ctable-1.5.tar.gz
by Rainer Schöpf 04 Oct '03

04 Oct '03

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Wybo Dekker wrote: > - I have uploaded ctable-1.5.tar.gz at ftp.dante.de > > - ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered table and > (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. > Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first > is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the > defaults and offering a route for future extensions. > > - It should replace ctable-1.3.tar.gz and should > be unpacked in macros/latex/contrib/ctable > > - LPPL > > - changes (relative to v1.3): > > * rotate option added, rotating the float to landscape > > * star option added, to use starred versions of figure and table > environments > > * maxwidth option added (replaces X column specifier with l unless table > would become wider than specified width) Thanks for the new version, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/ctable For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: clrscode
by Jim Hefferon 04 Oct '03

04 Oct '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite local mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: clrscode Author's name: Thomas H. Cormen Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/clrscode Summary description: Typesets pseudocode in the same manner as Introduction to Algorithms. License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows you to typeset pseudocode in the style of Introduction to Algorithms, Second edition, by Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, and Stein. The package was written by the authors. You use the commands the same way we did in writing the book, and your output will look just like the pseudocode in the text. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/clrscode 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 upload notification: latexMP
by Rainer Schöpf 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Juergen Fenn wrote: > I have uploaded an updated version of `l2tabuen.zip' to ftp.dante.de. > It contains my English translation of Mark Trettin's guide to LaTeX > called `l2tabu' v. 1.6, giving a lot of practical advice about how to > avoid the most common mistakes a user can make (i.e., obsolete > commands, and packages). > > Would you please replace both the *.tex, and the *.pdf files in > > info/l2tabu/english Thank you for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package upload: skak v1.3
by Jim Hefferon 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

A package has been updated on CTAN and by now should have made its way through the maze of Internet connections to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the update, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: skak v1.3 Author's name: Torben Hoffmann Location on CTAN: fonts/skak Summary description: skak is used for typesetting of chess games utilising the PGN standard License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes from v1.2: * Better typesetting of the moves; thanks to Dirk Bächle. * A few corrections to the Informator symbols (Dirk again). * Added URL's to PGN standard and the pgn2ltx tool. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/skak 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: namespc
by Jim Hefferon 02 Oct '03

02 Oct '03

A new packge has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to your favorite local mirror soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: namespc Author's name: Alexander Dreyer Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/namespc Summary description: rudimentary c++-like namespaces in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The extsf{namespc} package adds rudimentary emph{c++}-like namespace functionality to LaTeX. It may be used to declare local LaTeX{} commands, which can be made accessible in a later contexts without defining them globally. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/namespc 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 upload notification: latexMP
by Rainer Schöpf 02 Oct '03

02 Oct '03

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 Jens-Uwe Morawski wrote: > Name of contribution: latexMP > Suggested location on CTAN: graphics/metapost/latexmp/ > Summary description: Interface for LaTeX-based typesetting in MetaPost > License type: pd > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The MetaPost package latexMP implements a user-friendly > interface to access LaTeX-based typesetting capabilities in > MetaPost. > The text to be typeset is given as string. This allows even > dynamic text elements, for example counters, to be used in > labels. Compared to other implementations it is much more > flexible, since it can be used as direct replacement for > btex..etex, and much faster, compared for example to > the solution provided by tex.mp > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your upload. I installed the package in graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/latexmp For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: framed.sty
by Jim Hefferon 02 Oct '03

02 Oct '03

I have installed a corrected version of the package framed.sty at tug.ctan.org and it will make its way through the mirroring system in the next day or two. This fixes the mistaken installation that I did yesterday, where the file had 0 bytes. Thank you to the people who wrote with a heads-up about the error. You can look at the file at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/framed.sty . Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org

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Re: `framed.sty'
by Robin Fairbairns 02 Oct '03

02 Oct '03

Rolf Niepraschk writes: > The new updated LaTeX style > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/framed.sty > > has zero length. Does the mirroring not work? it seems we installed a duff file. i've put the previous version back in place for the time being (i.e., while we wait for a new copy from the author). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: KIX font
by Jim Hefferon 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it will make its way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: KIX font Author's name: Rick van Rein Author's email: rick(a)vanrein.org Location on CTAN: /fonts/kixfont Summary description: KIX is a barcode font used for easy-scanned snail mail addresses License type: bsd Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The postal services of a few countries accross the world use KIX to encode zipcode + home number. This version is (at least) compatible with the Dutch system. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/kixfont 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: framed.sty
by Jim Hefferon 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

A packge has been updated on tug.ctan.org and it should appear at your favorite local mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload Jim Hefferon ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: framed.sty Author's name: Donald Arseneau Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/misc Summary description: Create framed or shaded regions that can break across pages License type: dfsg Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Patch (that went missing from previous fix) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc 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 upload notification: beamer
by Reinhard Zierke 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- Name of contribution: beamer Name and email: Till Tantau <tantau(a)cs.tu-berlin.de> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/beamer Summary description: beamer update (replacement tarball) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.71: - Added bibliography environment and appropriate templates. - Added emporal command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the previous version in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/beamer/. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- Update of l2tabu
by Reinhard Zierke 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

----- Forwarded message from Mark Trettin ----- I have uploaded `l2tabu-1.6.tar.gz' (l2tabu.{pdf,tex}, Version 1.6) to ftp.dante.de/incoming/ Name of contribution: Das LaTeX-Sündenregister (sins of LaTeX users) Suggested location on CTAN: info/l2tabu/german/ Summary description: Obsolete commands, packages and other common mistakes License type: Free (Open Publication License v1.0) Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: * Added sloppy * Added section numbers to FAQ references (changed FAQ Version to v72) * Some minor corrections ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please untar the archive to CTAN:info/l2tabu/german/ ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it as suggested replacing the old version in CTAN:info/l2tabu/german/ (It moved there a short while ago from CTAN:info/german/l2tabu/ when an English translation was established in info/l2tabu/english/) Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: interactiveworkbook
by Jim Hefferon 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite local mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: interactiveworkbook Author's name: Jonathan Kuhn Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/interactiveworkbook Summary description: latex-based interactive PDF on the web License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package interactiveworkbook gives the user the ability to write LaTeX documents which, ultimately, create interactive question-and-answer Portable Document Format (PDF) tutorials meant to be used by Internet students and that, in particular, freely use mathematical notation. - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/interactiveworkbook 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 - --h8TIXrqO022670.1064860433/rzdspc1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de-- ------- End of forwarded message -------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: l2tabuen
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 Juergen Fenn wrote: > Name of contribution: l2tabuen > Suggested location on CTAN: somewhere in /info (please see below) > Summary description: English Translation Of Mark Trettin's `l2tabu' > License type: Generic DFSG > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I have uploaded `l2tabuen.zip' to ftp.dante.de. It contains my English > translation of Mark Trettin's guide to LaTeX called `l2tabu' v. 1.5, > giving a lot of practical advice about how to avoid the most common > mistakes a user can make (i.e., obsolete commands, and packages). > `tabu' in the German name of the guide literally means `taboo'. > > As Mark did, I provide both the LaTeX source `l2tabuen.tex', > and the PDF version ´l2tabuen.pdf'. > > It is published under the Open Publication License 1.0, or later, as > the original German version. > > `l2tabu' being installed in CTAN: info/german, I suggest you install > the files somewhere in > > CTAN: info > > It may be useful to create a new directory for `l2tabu', and > (hopefully ;-) more translations, such as > > CTAN: info/l2tabu/german, and ~/english. Thanks for your submission. I have created a new CTAN directory info/l2tabu and installed your files in info/l2tabu/english The german version is now in info/l2tabu/german (with the old directory linked to the new one) For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- babelbib v0.40
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded babelbib-0_40.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace all > files in CTAN:biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib by its contents. An xml file > for the catalogue is included. License stays LPPL. > > From the README: > > This package enables to generate multilingual bibliographies in > cooperation with babel. Two approaches are possible: Each citation > may be written in another language, or the whole bibliography can > be typeset in a language chosen by the user. The current version > supports Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, > Portoguese, Spanish, and Swedish. > In addition, the package supports commands to change the typography > of the bibliographies. > Supported bibliography styles are bababbrv.bst, bababbr3.bst, > babalpha.bst, babamspl.bst, babplai3.bst, babplain.bst, and babunsrt.bst. > > Change log: > - 0.40 2003/09/26 - babalpha.bst: Use long strings for Technical Reports > - Move the definition of the bst files into the > dtx file > - If no language field is given for an item, fall back > to the document's main language instead of an > undefined behaviour > - If no url command is defined, produce an error > message when using the url field Thanks for the update, I installed it in biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- numprint v0.32
by Rainer Schöpf 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded numprint-0_32.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains yet > another bug fix for the numprint package (sorry for that). Please replace > the files in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/numprint by its contents. > > From the README: > Print numbers with a separator every three digits and convert numbers > given as 12345.6e789 to 12,345,6cdot 10^{789}. The decimal sign, the > thousand separator, as well as the product sign can be changed by the > user, e.g. to reach 12,345.6 imes 10^{789}. > If an optional argument is given it is printed upright as unit. > Numbers can be rounded to a given count of digits. > > Change Log: > - 0.32 2003/09/28 With wrong number format, generate only one error > message per umprint call > Reset the number of digits before and after the decimal > sign (Bugfix for nosepfour) Thanks for the update, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/numprint For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission -- pdfpages v0.3c
by Rainer Schöpf 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

On 28 Sep 2003, Andreas Matthias wrote: > I have uploaded the archive file `pdfpages-v0.3c.tar.bz2' to > ftp.dante.de/incoming. > > This is a bugfix version. The latest version of pdfpages > had some problems with crop.sty. This bug is fixed now. > > Pdfpages is distributed under the LPPL. Thanks for the update, I installed the files in macros/latex/contrib/pdfpages For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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