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Re: [Upload] a free drop-in replacement for Adobe's Courier
by Robin Fairbairns 17 Jul '02

17 Jul '02

Rolf Marvin B e Lindgren [subject to the manglings of my mailer] wrote: > I have uploaded bcr.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk. > > I assume I want the files to go to the /pub/tex/fonts/ directory and > that I would like the lppl conditions to apply. > > there are README files in English and Norwegian. the files just make it > easy to use Bitstream's free Courier, which was made available for > unrerstricted use by IBM many years ago. in my biased and eccentric > opinion, these fonts look nicer than Adobe's Courier, being somewhat > darker. they go well with e.g. Times and Helvetica. i've installed the files under fonts/psfonts/bitstream/courier (which seemed an appropriate sort of place). i arranged them in subdirectories, to match the way other fonts/psfonts sub-sub- directories appear. thanks for the upload Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upgrade: ePiX
by Jim Hefferon 11 Jul '02

11 Jul '02

There has been a considerable upgrade on this existing package. The new version should make its way to a mirror near you in a day or two. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =========================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: ePiX Author's name: Andrew D. Hwang Location on CTAN: graphics/epix Summary description: Version 0.8.5 License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Color, spline, and line width declarations have been simplified, and arbitrary-width lines are available. Text may be aligned with a reverse LaTeX-style option. Line segments may be specified by points other than their endpoints. A bug that affected drawing of arrowheads has been fixed, and the code has been cleaned up. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade, since some of the new declarations are not backward-compatible. The package includes a script that will bring old input files into compliance with the new syntax. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Upload of pdfcprot-2002-07-10.tar.gz
by Rainer Schoepf 11 Jul '02

11 Jul '02

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Carsten Schurig wrote: > I just uploaded the file pdfcprot-2002-07-10.tar.gz into the > incoming directory of dante.ctan.org. > > The tar.gz should extract to the following files: > > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 3477 2002-07-10 19:51:22 INSTALL.txt > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 14439 2002-07-10 20:11:22 LEGAL.txt > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 7717 2002-07-10 19:51:15 Makefile.unx > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 77363 2002-07-10 19:57:59 pdfcprot.dtx > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 5520 2002-07-10 19:51:11 pdfcprot.ins > -rw-r--r-- cs/users 3032 2002-07-10 19:51:25 README.txt > > Please copy them to /macros/latex/contrib/supported/pdfcprot/. The > additional files 00README and 00CONTEN should be deleted. The > license is still LPPL 1.2 or newer. > > The most important news in this version (1.5) is a fix for a bug > which prevented the usage together with the new KOMA-Script version > (2.9). Thanks for the update, I installed it as you requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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BiBLE Package moved on CTAN
by Rainer Schoepf 11 Jul '02

11 Jul '02

The author of the BiBLE package, Kai Schreiber has clarified the license conditions, so that we can move it from the nonfree part of CTAN into the standard tree. The path is therefore now bibliography/bibtex/utils/bible For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf -------------readme.txt for bible package README.TXT for BiBLE for Windows V0.99 (15.03.2000) ****************************************************************** Before you use this software, read and understand the following: 1. BiBLE was written because I wanted a convenient way to edit my own BibTeX library. I can't and won't guarantee that it works with yours. Try it at your own risk. 2. Don't use the program on your library before you know what you're doing. Create a backup copy of your library. 3. If you find any errors or have suggestions for future versions, tell me. Maybe I'll include them. schreiber(a)genista.de 4. You may redistribute this package only as a whole with all the files unchanged. The distribution contains: bible.exe - the win32 executable bible.hlp - the windows helpfile bible.ini - initialization file test.bib - demonstration database readme.txt - this file versions.txt - the version history 5. BiBLE is free to use. 6. Read the windows helpfile. 7. The .ini-file contains the information about the possible itemtypes and their fields. If you want to add custom items, you can do so. Just add another type-name to the types=... line, and a line saying typename=x,f,f,f,f. The x is the number of required fields following, the fs are the numbers of the field in the fields=... line. If you want to add your own optional or required fields DO SO ONLY AT THE END OF THAT LINE or all the other items will get messed up. The line starting with choice= contains alternative field pairs. Don't change the first pair, as it is the only one where you can have both field values set (type inbook, fields chapter and/or pages). If you need custom fields with and/or behaviour contact me and explain why. 8. Have fun.

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New CTAN package: savetrees
by Jim Hefferon 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org. It should make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org =================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: savetrees Author's name and: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/savetrees Summary description: Pack as much text as possible onto each page of a LaTeX document License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of the savetrees package is to pack as much text as possible onto each page of a LaTeX document. Admittedly, this makes the document far less attractive. Nevertheless, savetrees is a simple way to save paper when printing draft copies of a document. It can also be useful when trying to meet a tight page-length requirement for a conference or journal submission. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CTAN upload notification: BiBLE
by Rainer Schoepf 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

On Wed, 8 May 2002 Kai Schreiber wrote: > Name of contribution: BiBLE > Suggested location on CTAN: > Summary description: BibTeX Library editing for Win32 > License type: Nosource > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a project I wrote for managing a BibTex-reference library on > Win32 systems. It is capable of importing references in Medline Format > via the clipboard and of exporting html overviews of the library as well > as complex filtering of the contents. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Since readme.txt imposes an additional license condition: 5. BiBLE is postcardware. You're free to use it once you have sent me a nice postcard: Kai Schreiber Sieben-Höfe-Straße 105 72072 Tübingen Germany I installed the package in nonfree/bibliography/bibtex/utils/bible Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: Burmese
by Rainer Schoepf 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 Johannes Reese wrote: > Name of contribution: Burmese > Suggested location on CTAN: /tex-archive/language/burmese > Summary description: support for writing Burmese characters > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package provides support for writing Burmese characters. It comes > with a preprocessor written in Perl, and it uses Type1 fonts > obligatorily. The user can write Burmese texts in Roman script, by an > intuitive transscription. Nothing but the characters in different script > sizes are provided so far. A few characters are missing. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload, I installed it as requested. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Submission --- geometry 3.2
by Rainer Schoepf 09 Jul '02

09 Jul '02

On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Hideo Umeki wrote: > I have uploaded the new (bug-fixed) version of `geometry' > package (v3.2) to ftp.dante.de/incoming/geometry-3.2.tgz. (tar + gzip) > > Please replace the contents of > /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry. > > Thank you in advance. > > ------------ > 2002-07-08 Hideo UMEKI <hideo.umeki(a)toshiba.co.jp> > * Release 3.2 > * Added known problem: for crop package with its 'center' option and > 'mag' larger than 1000, the result is not the one expected. > * Bug fix: double-valued marginratio setting like {1:1,1:5} didn't > work properly. {h|v}marginratio should have been set by edef > instead of def (line:439-440 in geometry.sty). > The bug was introduced in v3.1. > (I'd like to thank Rolf Niepraschk for his pointing out the bug.) > * Added two test files: gtest15.tex gtest16.tex > ------------ Thanks for the update, i installed it in macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: Eurosym
by Jim Hefferon 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

A package on tug.ctan.org has been updated and should make its way to your favorite mirror soon. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: Eurosym Author's name: Henrik Theiling Location on CTAN: fonts/eurosym Summary description: European currency symbol (Euro symbol) License type: other Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is version 1.4 of Eurosym. It contains a small correction of the construction after all measures are now known. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: new version of FiXme (2.2)
by Robin Fairbairns 06 Jul '02

06 Jul '02

Didier Verna writes: > I've just uploaded a new version (2.2) of FiXme to cam.ctan.org/incoming. > This should replace the old one in the contrib directory. > > From the NEWS file: > > * Version 2.2 > * =========== > ** New option silent to suppress notes logging. > ** Support for Danish thanks to Kim Rud Bille <krbi01(a)control.auc.dk> i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Submission --- geometry 3.1
by Rainer Schoepf 05 Jul '02

05 Jul '02

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Hideo Umeki wrote: > I have uploaded the new version of `geometry' package (v3.1) > to ftp.dante.de/incoming/geometry-3.1.tgz. (tar + gzip) > > Please replace the contents of > /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry. > > ------------ > > Package: Geometry v3.1 (2002/07/04) > Author: Hideo UMEKI (hideo.umeki(a)toshiba.co.jp) > Licence: Distributed under the terms of LPPL > Abstract: The geometry package provides a flexible and complete user > interface to page dimensions. > > * Release 3.1 (Bug-fixed version) > * Bug fix: error in setting geometry dimensions with widthof of > calc package. Gm@defbylen and Gm@defbycnt are introduced to set > geometry dimensions. Thanks I replaced the files in macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- MonTeXIVu, MonTeX.Type1, ui-24.def and ctib
by Reinhard Zierke 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

----- Forwarded message from Oliver Corff ----- Today, you'll find in the /incoming directory of ftp.dante.de the following files: 1. ctib.tar.gz The latest version of ctib, 0.6, has a greatly enhanced repertoire of glyphs and more than a dozen new ligatures (Tibetan stacks), and a lot of new punctuation symbols. More or less the whole Unicode range of symbols is covered, too. The work is based on Sam Sirlin's Tibetan fonts. Please note that upgrading to ctib 0.6 requires recompilation of old documents as the font layout has changed. ctib.tar.gz goes into CTAN:language/tibetan/ctib and replaces all previous files completely. 2. montexivu.tar.gz This latest version of MonTeX features many more Latin input encodings (all those a standard installation offers), an overhauled documentation, and, for the first time, experimental Unicode support for utf8-encoded Mongolian. Please note that upgrading to MonTeX IVu requires the presence of the utf8 input encoding system and there the file uni-24.def, containing the Mongolian plane (U+1800) of Unicode. montexivu.tar.gz goes into CTAN:language/mongolian/montex. 3. montex.type1 A collection of Type1 outline files for the Mongolian scripts of MonTeX. These allow the pleasant display of Mongolian and Manju in PostScript and PDF documents. These fonts were contributed by Apostolos Syropoulos. They should be placed into CTAN:language/mongolian/montex/contrib. A detailed README file with instructions will follow later. 4. uni-24.def The definition for plane U+1800 of Unicode, containing Traditional Mongolian. This file should go into the ../data directory of the ucs/utf8 input encoding package (I happen to ignore where this is located, unfortunately...) ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the uploads. I installed the new versions of ctib and montex in CTAN:/tex-archive/language/tibetan/ctib CTAN:/tex-archive/language/mongolian/montex as suggested. And I installed the Unicode definition file in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/unicode/data/uni-24.def (pending the inclusion of this file in Dominique Unruh's sources) Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN Submission -- geometry 3.0
by Reinhard Zierke 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

----- Forwarded message from Hideo Umeki ----- I am pleased to announce version 3.0 of geometry package. Package: Geometry v3.0 (2002/06/30) Author: Hideo UMEKI (hideo.umeki(a)toshiba.co.jp) Licence: Distributed under the terms of LPPL Abstract: The package provides a flexible and complete user interface to page dimensions. Geometry becomes even more flexible and powerful with the release of version 3.0. This new release contains major changes and enhancements in user interface, calculation schemes and the default settings of the page dimensions. o New default layout. The automatic centering is no longer default layout. Instead centering, the idea of margin ratio and common values for default settings are introduced. o Option 'twosideshift' is obsoleted. o A complete set of options 'ignore*' and 'include*' for head, foot and marginpar. And 'ignoreall' is now set by default. o New options: '{h,v}marginratio', 'ignore*', 'include*', 'lines', 'heightrounded', 'screen', 'asymmetric', 'showframe' and etc. See the manual for the detail. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed it replacing the old version in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: placeins.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

Donald Arseneau writes: > I have uploaded placeins.sty version 2.0 to ctan/uk, destined > for macros/latex/contrib/other/misc > > The default behaviour has been changed to prevent floats from > floating up past a FloatBarrier. A package option [above] > is now provided to restore the original more permissive > behavior (in analogy with [below]). > > (Licence is public domain) i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- AstroSym 2.00
by Reinhard Zierke 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Peter Schmitt ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20020625.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: AstroSym 2.00 Name and email: Peter Schmitt Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/astro Summary description: font of astronomical symbols (MetaFont) License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AstroSym 2.00 provides 55 astronomical (and astrological) symbols -- planets, signs of the zodiac, and other (including variant shapes) -- in three styles, plus 6 symbols for the phases of the moon. [It extends version 1 which had 29 symbols in three styles.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/astro Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: cTAN submission --- newfile package
by Robin Fairbairns 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded newfile.tar to the UK incoming directory. Please use > this to create a new /macros/latex/contrib/supported/newfile directory. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README > > The newfile package provides convenient user level commands for reading > and writing new files during a LaTeX run. i've installed the files as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN upload: OLETeX
by Jim Hefferon 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

A new package has been placed on tug.ctan.org and should appear at your local mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: OLETeX Author's name: Peter Trifonov Location on CTAN: systems/win32/oletex Summary description: OLE-LaTeX interface License type: bsd Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The program is aimed to allow LaTeX users easily embed pictures and other objects produced by OLE-aware programs into their LaTeX documents keeping it platform-independent. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New on CTAN: decsci.bst
by Jim Hefferon 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

New material has been added to CTAN and should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tugn.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: decsci.bst Author's name: Paul A. Rubin Location on CTAN: biblio/bibtex/contrib/ Summary description: BibTeX style file for the journal Decision Sciences License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is is BibTeX style file suitable for submissions to Decision Sciences, the journal of the Decision Sciences Institute. Use it with the natbib package (author-year format citations). - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: xmltex for CTAN
by Robin Fairbairns 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Sebastian Rahtz sent me an update for macros/xmltex (which i've installed), and asked me to delete macros/passivetex (which i've done). he writes: > This release of xmltex is to bring it into line > with the slightly enhanced version that has been > distributed with PassiveTeX for the last year. Regular > users should notice no difference, except that the default > xmltex.cfg now turns *off* the verbose reporting. > > The PassiveTeX update fixes some small problems, > nothing outstanding Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- ctable-1.2.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Wybo Dekker ----- - I have uploaded ctable-1.2.tar.gz - at ftp.dante.de - I suggest to unpack it in texmf/source/latex/ctable - GPL - ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered table and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. It makes use of the booktabs, keyval and tabularx packages. 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. Best regards, Wybo Dekker ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed the package in the directory CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/ctable/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- BaKoMa TeX 4.60
by Reinhard Zierke 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Basil K. Malyshev ----- I have uploaded to `ftp.dante.de/incoming/bakoma' directory update for BaKoMa TeX 4.60. Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. Most important new features: * Pasting Images by using `Edit|Paste' editor command. * Automatical generation of BB-files for ALL graphical formats, * Improved appearance of raster images on a Display. * Improved handling of True Color images (touches PNG, BMP, MSP, WMF). * Important refinments in generation of PDF files. More details are explained at end of this message. Bye. Basil K. Malyshev 24-Jun-2002 PS: Please send announce to appropriate mailing lists and news groups. --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 4.60 ---------------------- CONTENTS * Highlights * Graphical Capabilities * Fonts * User Interface * PDF Generation Features * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 4.60 For more information about BaKoMa TeX see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/index.html> BaKoMa TeX is a complete TeX system for Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95 HIGHLIGHTS * Dynamical Preview allows the user to preview instantly selected region of the file being edited. (It is analog of Instant Preview - http://www.activetex.org). * PostScript enabled TeX system. Generates *PDF* from documents with *PSTricks*, *PSfrag*, etc. * Supports using PostScript Type 1 fonts (including MM) *WITHOUT ATM*. However, using ATM for font rendering is optionally available. * Complete distribution includes about *1500* TeX Fonts (including EC/TC, LH) in ATM Compatible PostScript Type 1 font format. * Consistent graphics and font support for all DVI back-ends. * Supports hyperlink text broken across lines and pages. * Easy to install and use. * Much less expensive than other analogues. GRAPHICAL CAPABILITIES BaKoMa TeX includes an interpreter for *PostScript Level 2*, which is tested for compatibility with output from popular software such as: MetaPost, Adobe Illustrator 10, Adobe Streamline 4.0, Mathematica 4, MatLab, CorelDraw 10, CorelXARA, HIGZ, PageDraw, FrameMaker, ImageMagick, etc. All DVI back-ends support the same special interface compatible with well known Rokicki's DVIPS, including processing PostScript embedded into DVI files (PSTricks, PSfrag, XyPic, etc.). The system includes Graphics Import Filters for the following formats: PostScript, HPGL, DXY, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX, MSP, BMP. FONTS BaKoMa TeX supports the following font formats: * PostScript Type 1 (including Multiple Masters), * PostScript Type 3, * TrueType, * OpenType, * TeX PK/VF. The system includes about *1500* typefaces in PostScript Type 1 and Type 3 font format including the following fonts: * CM (including LaTeX and Logo fonts + vf for T1 with CX * AMS Fonts (Euler, Math Symbols), * EC/TC, * LH (T2A), * Concrete (Math, ECC), * Malvern, * CMCyr + vf for T2A/LCY * Scripting fonts, CMPica, Punk. Math Fonts: * Stmaryrd, Wasy, Rsfs, YHMath, BlackBoard (bbm, doublestroke). Diagram drawing fonts: * Lams, Astro Symbols (cmastro, astrosym, moonphase), * Barcodes (barcodes, wlean, wlc*), Logical (loggates, milstd), * timing, MusiXTeX, Chess/CChess, Go, Backgammon, Dingbats/NiceFrame. etc. Any font type can be used for any output device/format. This feature is supported by automatic font conversion between font formats when needed. This feature enables the rendering of Type 1 fonts *without ATM*. On the other hand, it enables the use of TrueType/OpenType fonts for generating PostScript printed even on PostScript Level 1 printers. In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use most of free Type 1 fonts available on CTAN and Trutype fonts coming with MS Windows systems. USER INTERFACE * Dynamical Preview (Instant Preview) of selected part of a document. * One touch key for TeX + Preview + other customizable postprocessors, * Quick navigation via document structure, * DVI Forward/Reverse search (format independent), * Powerful support for different input encodings, * Project support, * Graphics import assistant, * Assitance for multi-file documents: context sensitive openning of included text and graphics files, * Searching for TeX errors using the TeX log file, * Searching for help for TeX commands in entire document collection, * Syntax highlighting is configurable for catcodes and command dictionaries, * Customizable GUI Bars and menus for inserting Math Symbols and other commands, * Automatic creation of a BB-file for non-PostScript graphics. * Spell Checker: On-the-spot highlighting of misspelled words, correction proposals, handling accents and babel shortcuts. configurable for handling (La)TeX commands. * Support for Multi-User systems. OUTPUT DEVICES/FORMATS * View on Windows Display. * Print on any printer supported by a MS Windows driver. * PostScript (really scalable), * PDF. Important feature of BaKoMa TeX is consistent graphics and font support for all types of output. This means that all font formats mentioned may be used for every type of output. This also means that all graphical capabilities mentioned are supported for every type of output. PDF GENERATION FEATURES * Handling in-line PostScript in DVI files (PSTricks). * Creating PDF files which share fonts. Suitable for preparing CD-ROM based document libraries. * Embedding fonts in CFF requires 2--3 times less space then other font forms. * Handles HyperTeX (HyperRef) and document outline. NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 4.60 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 4.50 User Interface * Pasting Images When Windows Clipboard contains an image `Edit|Paste' editor command launches a wizard for pasting one. The wizard provides reasonable way for importing clipboard image into LaTeX document. It sequentially performs: 1 saving the image into a file (PNG or EPS), 2 insertion of proper `includegraphics' command at the cursor position. Commonly, this operation requires pressing only ENTER key two times. * Automatical generation of BB-files is now available for all formats BaKoMa TeX beginning from version 3.0 supports automatical creation of BB-files for most frequently used graphical formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PCX. In this version the same approach is extended for other graphical formats: BMP, MSP, WMF, and compressed PostScript (supported extensions are: `.pz', `.ps.Z', `.eps.Z', `.ps.gz', `.eps.gz'). * Bottom TAB Frame will be restored (if it was minimized) at any activity inside controlled windows (Console, Messages). * Space = Shift+Space = Ctrl+Space. They are bind to the same procedure. * Small fix for valid handling of 8-bit BIB-files by BibTeX8. Graphics * Appearance of raster images on a Display was improved Now you can find that quality of displaying raster images by DVI Viewer is comparable with one provided by Acrobat Reader. * Import of True Color PNG files was improved. (LIBPNG was upgraded to most recent version.) * Embedding into PDF True Color images imported via Metafile filters (BMP, MSP, WMF) was refined. * Fixed problem related with printing PDF from AcrobatReader 5.0 on a PostScript printer. * Fixed problem related with handling PDF by some Acrobat PLUG-INS. For more information about changes see <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes3.html> ----- End forwarded message ----- THanks for the upload. I installed the new files as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: ePiX
by Jim Hefferon 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or so. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ==================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: ePiX Author's name: Andrew D. Hwang Location on CTAN: graphics/epix Summary description: LaTeX preprocessor for creating mathematically accurate figures License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ePiX (epic with a soft k:) is a command-driven (non-GUI) preprocessor for creating flexible, mathematically accurate line figures containing mathematical typography. The language is simple and easy to use; detailed documentation and sample files are included. ePiX is written for and tested on GNU/Linux, but should run on any Unix-like operating system; a C++ compiler and GNU Bash are required for ordinary use. ePiX is very usable, but in a fairly rapid state of development; feedback (bug reports, feature requests, general suggestions) is welcome! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- KOMA-Script
by Reinhard Zierke 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

----- Forwarded message from Markus Kohm ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20020621.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: KOMA-Script Name and email: Markus Kohm Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script Summary description: KOMA-Script, a versatile LaTeX2e bundle License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The KOMA-Script team is happy to announce the June '02 Release of the KOMA-Script bundle aka What we forgot in our previous release. -------------------------------------------------------- What is KOMA-Script -------------------------------------------------------- KOMA-Script is a versatile bundle of LaTeX2e document classes and packages. It aims to be a replacement to the standard LaTeX2e classes. KOMA-Script does not stop with the features known from the standard classes, but it extends the possibilities in order to provide the user an almost complete working environment. -------------------------------------------------------- Versions of classes and packages at this release: -------------------------------------------------------- scrartcl.cls 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrbook.cls 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrreprt.cls 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrlttr2.cls 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrlettr.cls 2002/05/24 v2.6e (obsolete) scrtime.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrdate.sty 2002/02/02 v1.1m scrpage2.sty 2002/03/28 v2.1 typearea.sty 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrlfile.sty 2002/06/21 v2.9 scrpage.sty 2001/06/22 v1.3c (obsolete) scraddr.sty 2002/06/02 v1.1b -------------------------------------------------------- What is new in this KOMA-Script release -------------------------------------------------------- The two most important changes are that there is now a completely rewritten letter class (scrlttr2) included and for our non-german users we are happy to provide the first time in the KOMA-Script history a complete english manual. Furthermore, the article, report and book classes know some new options, commands and environments. For example KOMA-Script provides an environment to set captions beside a figure or table. Enhanced control over the captions should make packages like caption2 almost unnecessary. A new interface allows to select the style of different text elements very easily. The scrdate and scrtime packages now support also the languages dutch and croatian. The new package scrlfile gives package developers and even users more control over package dependencies. This release includes of course some minor bug fixes and many more enhancements not mentioned here. Go discover. ---------------------------------------------------- Notes to the CTAN and the TeX Catalogue maintainers: ---------------------------------------------------- - I've used tar.bz2 because it's much shorter. - There's a ``koma-script.xml'' at this distribution. Please use it or modified version of it for The TeX Catalogue. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for uploading the new version. I installed it as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: New version of CJK
by Rainer Schoepf 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > CJK 4.5.1 > ========= > > After a seemingly endless period of lazyness I've finally managed to release > CJK 4.5.1. The last `official' version has been 4.2.0, released in December > 1998. Intermediate versions (4.3.0, 4.4.0, and 4.5.0, already providing > most of the features of 4.5.1) appeared on the TeX Live CDs. > > CJK 4.5.1 is available from ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/language/chinese/CJK > and other CTAN hosts and its mirrors. Following the CTAN rules, the source > files of CJK are unpacked. Additionally, the archive cjk-4.5.1-doc.tar.gz > is available which provides some CJK documentation and example files in > various output formats. > > Current development snapshots (updated twice a day) are available from > ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/cjk/devel/. > > Bug reports should go to cjk-bug(a)ffii.org. > > > CJK is a macro package for LaTeX, providing simultaneous support for various > Asian scripts in many encodings (including Unicode): > > Chinese (both traditional and simplified) > Japanese > Korean > Thai > > A special add-on feature is an interface to the Emacs editor (cjk-enc.el) > which gives simultaneous, easy-to-use support to a bunch of other scripts in > addition to the above: > > Cyrillic > Greek > Latin-based scripts > Russian > Vietnamese > > See below for the relevant snippet from the history file. > > Enjoy! > > > Werner > > > ====================================================================== > > Version 4.5.1: new: > 17-Jun-2002 CJKulem.sty: > Full underlining support using the latest version of > ulem.sty. > > Bg5+ and GBK charsets and encodings added (together with > `Bg5+text' and `GBKtext' environments). The encodings > are C09 and C19, respectively. > > `bg5+latex' and `gbklatex' scripts added (together > with its DOS and OS/2 pendants); both call the new > converter `extconv'. > > EUC-JP and EUC-TW encodings (*with* single shifts) added. > > SJIS encoding with DNP fontencoding. > > A configuration file `CJK.cfg' will be read in by CJK.sty > just before the endinput command. > > CJKnumb.sty: > Added the macro CJKdigits to CJKnumb.sty for printing > a (INT) number with CJK digits. > > Added macro CJKnullspace to control the amount of > space inserted before and after a circle character > used for CJK digit zero. > > Added the macro CJKindent to CJK.sty which sets the > paragraph indentation to two ideographic spaces. > > Added a test file `CJKbabel.tex' for testing CJK, > emacs 20, and the babel package. > > Thai support for Babel added. > > Added a test file `thai.tex' for testing Thai. > > cjk-enc.el: > Will now work with XEmacs also (except for Thai). > > Support for ISO-8859-7 (Greek) added. > > * Support for multifile documents added. As a > * consequence, it is now necessary to specify the > * encoding of all files with local variables for Emacs > * (see the comments at the end of the files in the > * `examples' directory how to do that; the `coding: ...' > * line must exist. > > The translation tex->cjk will now be executed only if > the source file is more recent than the corresponding > output file (it is still possible to force translation > though). > > Hyphenation patterns for unaccented pinyin syllables > (together with support for the Babel package) in > utils/pyhyphen. Documentation is in doc/pyhyphen.doc. > > pinyin.sty: > Added option `useCMmacron' (for LaTeX only) to use > a macron accent from the CM fonts in case the current > font doesn't have it (e.g. some versions of virtual > files for Palatino). > > Compound syllables can now be hyphenated. > > MULEenc.sty: > Added CJKinclude{<file>}, CJKinput{<file>}, and > CJKbibliography{<file>} macros which behave similar > to include, input, and ibliography but include > (input) <file>.cjk and <file>-cjk.bib instead. > > CJK.sty/MULEenc.sty: > The command CJKverbatim will suppress insertion of > glue between CJK and Thai characters in verbatim > environments if the `verbatim' package is used. This > is useful if you have overlong lines. > > changed: > Thai support has been redesigned. The external program > `thaiconv' has been replaced by a Lisp file called > thai-word.el; ligatures in virtual Thai fonts are now > used to select the proper glyph representation forms. > See thaifont.doc and cjk-enc.doc for details. > > CNS stuff moved into a `CNS' directory. > > * CJK.sty/MULEenc.sty, > * cefconv, cef5conv, cefsconv, bg5conv, sjisconv, > * cjk-enc.el: > * The character slot 0xA0 is no longer used for > * CJKchar; instead, the multiplex character 0x7F > * interface will now handle this also. Additionally, > * character 0x7F (instead of 0xFF) will be used as > * delimiting character. 0x7F is used for all CJK > * characters also in preprocessed mode---as a > * consequence, preprocessed and non-preprocessed data > * can be used simultaneously. > * > * You *must* update the *conv programs (if you use > * them). CJKpreproc and CNSpreproc now contain the > * current version string so you can check whether really > * the new versions are called. > > cjk-enc.el: > ET5 encoding for Vietnamese replaced with T5 encoding. > > The version for emacs 20 has been removed. Please > upgrade your emacs to 20.7 or newer. > > contrib/wadalab: > Use CJK font size functions instead of DNP ones. > > hbf2gf: > The configure option --with-kpathsea-dir has been > replaced with --with-kpathsea-include and > --with-kpathsea-lib to support web2c installations > with multiple architectures. > > errors: > cjk-enc.el: > The formatting parameter `%i' has been replaced with > `%d'. > > pmC.chr: > Missing ifCJK@ added. > > Punctuation macros fixed. > > Bg5.chr: > Fixed a typo CJK@temp -> CJK@gtemp. > > hbf2gf: > Will now work correctly with very large pixel sizes. > > Punctuation with half-width katakana in SJIS encoding > improved. > > A bug fixed which prevented the usage of caption files > together with hyperref. > > KS encoding with HLaTeX fontencoding will now support > punctuation also. > > Specifying a font size factor (like `CJK * [1.5]') in > FD files no longer produces a warning message for > all subfonts. > Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: poemscol.sty
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

john burt told our upload web page: > A submission was uploaded to /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20020619.001/. > > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: poemscol.sty > Name and email: John Burt <---> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/supported/poemscol > Summary description: Macros for critical editions of poetry > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Poemscol numbers lines of verse, makes separate endnote sections for > emendations, collations, and explanatory notes, with notes tied to > the line numbers, marks cases where stanza breaks fall on page > breaks. Poemscol provides most of the features necessary for an > critical edition of a poet's works, such as described by the MLA > Committee on Scholarly Editions. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the package in macros/latex/contrib/supported/poemscol (not quite as suggested...). thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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