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CTAN upload -- statex.sty
by Reinhard Zierke 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

----- Forwarded message from Rodney Sparapani ----- > I've just uploaded statex.sty to ftp.dante.de into incoming. > The licensing terms are LPPL. > This style is designed to make statistical notation easier to type and more > appropriately rendered. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the style file in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/misc/statex.sty Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload -- preview-latex-0.7.7.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.7.7.tar.gz and preview-0.7.7.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL. I would recommend installing it in the following way: Put the packed archive preview-latex-0.7.7.tar.gz under support/preview-latex/ and unpack the README from it to support/preview-latex/README Create a symbolic link from support/preview-latex/preview-latex.tar.gz to preview-latex-0.7.7.tar.gz so that people can always get the newest version under this name. Unpack preview-0.7.7.tar.gz in the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ It contains just README-preview, preview.dtx and preview.ins. The reason is that the preview.dtx file can also be used as a standalone LaTeX style for extracting selected elements from a LaTeX source into separate pages of a DVI file. Previous versions of preview-latex can be deleted. Here are the release notes: Release notes for version 0.7.7 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex dresses up your LaTeX source by placing judiciously selected chunks (such as single formulas) chopped from unwieldy preview pages right into its Emacs/XEmacs buffer, while keeping the original source readily accessible. You get to have your eye candy and edit it, too. Since only the display of the text is affected, you can safely test-drive on important documents right away. There are no physical withdrawal symptoms to be feared if you chose to quit using it, but you'll find yourself unable to do so. The employed style file preview.sty is independently useful for extraction of selected text elements as images. The package is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, at least GNU Emacs-21.1 under the X window system, AUC TeX (11.14 recommended, see below), a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. This version also supports XEmacs-21, best in version 21.4.9 or later. The various Windows ports of XEmacs should work out of the box. Really. Recent CVS versions of Windows GNU Emacs can reportedly be made to work, too. Release 0.7.7 is 0.7.6 minus a last-minute bug for GNU Emacs, so 0.7.6 info applies: AFPL GhostScript releases 7.x should work. Treatment of multi-directory projects has been corrected, once yo upgrade to AUC TeX 11.14. An added feature can be customized into the new preview-required-option-list variable: checking the counters option will retain correct equation and section numbering even when you are regenerating single previews. Various bugs have been fixed and the installation process does a better job of getting things to work particularly for Windows users. The README file provides adequate information for firing up preinstalled distributions, and pointers how to provide feedback. The INSTALL file contains a special section with advice for package providers. The home page is <URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net>, the SourceForge project page that among others offers anonymous CVS access is located at <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex>. If you can spare the time, you can also comment on or rate this project at <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/preview-latex>. Additional files can be found at <URL:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/preview-latex>: * If you don't have texinfo 4.0 or later installed, prebuilt documentation files can be found there. * Tarballs of preview-latex for all users, alternatively RPMs for RedHat Linux. For the binary RPMs, you will need the preview-latex-common RPM as well as the Emacs-flavor specific RPM. * AUC TeX is now located at <URL:http://www.nongnu.org/auctex>. The download area should also provide you with RPMs if you are using RedHat Linux. The RPMs require a few packages that should be readily available in current distributions. RedHat 7.3 contains Emacs-21.2 and GhostScript-6.52 which are about the minimum versions to be recommended. Later releases should work fine. XEmacs in current distributions will still be affected with a serious display bug, see the PROBLEMS file or the respective manual section. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested replacing the old versions in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ CTAN:/tex-archive/support/preview-latex/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- subfloat
by Rainer Schöpf 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Harald Harders wrote: > I have uploaded subfloat.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new > version of the subfloat package. Please replace the old version in > macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfloat/. > License is LPPL. > The new version avoids a problem with tabularx. > > From the README and the ChangeLog: > > subfloat.sty -- subnumbering for figures and tables > > This package enables subnumbering of different floats (figures and > tables) simular to the subequations-environment of the amsmath > package. It does not the same as the subfigure package which > generates subfigures within one normal figure. > > 2002-12-16 v2.13 <h.harders(a)tu-bs.de> > Remove error message of incorrect usage of the counters for > maximal float number due to an incompatibility to tabularx. Thanks for the update. I installed the files as requested, in macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfloat For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: lshort and PTLshort uploads
by Robin Fairbairns 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

in the last two days, both english (info/lshort/english) and portuguese (info/lshort/portuguese) versions of lshort have been upgraded to v4.00 on ctan. thanks to Tobias Oetiker and Alberto Simões for their uploads. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: Pitkänpuoleinen johdanto LaTeX2e:n käyttöön
by Rainer Schoepf 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 Timo Hellgren wrote: > Name of contribution: Pitkänpuoleinen johdanto LaTeX2e:n käyttöön > Suggested location on CTAN: /info/lshort/finnish (replaces the previous contents) > Summary description: The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e v.3.22 Finnish edition > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is an update of the Finnish edition of Tobias Oetikers dokument > The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e. In addition to translating > the original I have added emphasis on things you should consider when > making Finnish documents with LaTeX2e. This version adds all the stuff > in version 3.22 of the original text. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I replaced the files in info/lshort/finnish For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- patch for the memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 10 Dec '02

10 Dec '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded mempatch.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to > replace the current > macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/mempatch.sty. Please also > _advertise_ the patch upload. > > mempatch v1.0 fixes some minor infelicities in version 1.3 of > the memoir class. i've installed the file as requested; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: tif2eps on dante:/incoming
by Rainer Schoepf 09 Dec '02

09 Dec '02

On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Staszek Wawrykiewicz wrote: > I've just uploaded to dante:/incoming > tif2eps.zip > > Please unzip it in > support/pstools/ > and remove > support/pstools/tiff2ps/ > > The name of package was changed to avoid conflicts with tiff2ps available > in tiff tools (e.g. Linux distributions). > > tif2eps.xml goes directly to Graham. By the way, I'd suggest removing > obsolete help/Catalogue/entries/antyktor.html|xml (we have antt.html|xml) Thanks for the upload, I installed the new files in support/pstools/tif2eps and removed the old version in support/pstools/tiff2ps For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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new CTAN package: javascript TeX editor JS-TeX.hta]
by Jim Hefferon 06 Dec '02

06 Dec '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should make its way to a fovorite mirror near you 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: javascript_TeXed Author's name: Nick Yas'ko Location on CTAN: support/javascript_TeXed Summary description: Small MikTeX-editor for Win32 Intel platform. IE5.0+ need. License type: nocommercial Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a small editor for MikTeX as an HTML application (~20kb). It'll work on a Win32 Intel platform if you have Internet Explorer ver 5.0+. You can run it as JS-TeX.hta from command line or start JS-TeX.hta filename.tex If you have help for LaTeX in HTML, you can fill the HELP field in Options. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission -- Greek CB fonts in Type 1 format
by Reinhard Zierke 06 Dec '02

06 Dec '02

----- Forwarded message from Apostolos Syropoulos ----- I have just uploaded the latest version of the Greek CB fonts (by Claudio Beccari). The font bundle includes a Type 1 version for each METAFONT driver file (i.e., 888 Type 1 font files!). ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed it in CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/greek/cb/ replacing the previous version. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: upload (new version of) mimetex.zip to ftp.tex.ac.uk
by Robin Fairbairns 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

John Forkosh writes: > As per your README.uploads instructions... > + what you've uploaded > mimetex.zip > (version 1.00, to replace support/mimetex/mimetex.zip) > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > support/mimetex > Please REPLACE all existing files (mimetex.zip and README) in > support/mimetex (please unzip mimetex.zip README and place > this separate copy of README alongside mimetex.zip in the > support/mimetex directory) > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > GNU GPL > > + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > Bug fix and new features. > From the original submission... > MimeTeX parses LaTeX math expressions, emitting either > mime xbitmaps or gif images of them, which can be used in html > documents in the form, e.g., > <img src=../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=int_{-infty}^x~e^{-t^2}dt > border=0 align=absmiddle> > This allows you to embed math directly in html, reducing > the need for lots of external gif images, and making your html > documents more readable and easily maintained. See > http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html#examples > for examples demonstrating mimeTeX's features and usage. > MimeTeX isn't primarily meant for latex2html-like tasks > where you're maintaining native LaTeX documents that are later > redistributed in several formats, including html. Rather, mimeTeX > is primarily meant to help maintain native html documents containing > math. In this sense it's a kind of lightweight alternative to > MathML, with the advantage that mimeTeX preserves LaTeX syntax. > Similar non-MathML packages, like textogif and gladTeX, > require setup procedures that use TeX to help generate external > gif (or png) images of your equations, which are later included > in your html document as it's being rendered. MimeTeX, as far > as I know, is the only such non-MathML package that has its > own built-in parser and rendering engine, entirely independent > of TeX, and therefore requires no setup procedure or external > images whatsoever. It renders realtime, on-the-fly images > directly from your LaTeX math embedded in html documents. i've installed the files as required. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: latex4jed
by Jim Hefferon 03 Dec '02

03 Dec '02

A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its way to a mirror near you 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: latex4jed Author's name: Guido Gonzato, Ph. D. Location on CTAN: support/jed Summary description: A much enhanced LaTeX mode for the Jed editor. License type: gpl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This S-Lang file for the Jed editor provides a much enhanced LaTeX mode a la AUCTeX: menus, shortcuts, templates, syntax highlighting, document outline, integrated debugging, symbol completion, full integration with external programs, and more. It was designed with both the beginner and the advanced LaTeX user in mind. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN submission - preview-latex-0.7.5.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 29 Nov '02

29 Nov '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.7.5.tar.gz and preview-0.7.5.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL. I would recommend installing it in the following way: Put the packed archive preview-latex-0.7.5.tar.gz under support/preview-latex/ (...) Unpack preview-0.7.5.tar.gz in the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ It contains just README-preview, preview.dtx and preview.ins. The reason is that the preview.dtx file can also be used as a standalone LaTeX style for extracting selected elements from a LaTeX source into separate pages of a DVI file. Previous versions of preview-latex can be deleted. Here are the release notes: Release notes for version 0.7.5 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex dresses up your LaTeX source by placing judiciously selected chunks (such as single formulas) chopped from unwieldy preview pages right into its Emacs/XEmacs buffer, while keeping the original source readily accessible. You get to have your eye candy and edit it, too. The employed style file preview.sty is independently useful for extraction of selected text elements as images. The package is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, at least GNU Emacs-21.1 under the X window system, AUC TeX (11.11 recommended, see below), a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. This version also supports XEmacs-21, best in version 21.4.9 or later. The various Windows ports of XEmacs should work out of the box. Recent CVS versions of Windows GNU Emacs could conceivably be made to work, too, but the jury is still out on that one. Release 0.7.5 is a bug fix release for XEmacs. Compatibility macros caused several conflicts with other packages when preview-latex was loaded after them. In addition, the preview icon could appear doubly in the toolbar. GNU Emacs users were not affected by either bug and need not upgrade from 0.7.4. The README file provides adequate information for firing up preinstalled distributions, and pointers how to provide feedback. The INSTALL file contains a special section with advice for package providers. The home page is <URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net>, the SourceForge project page that among others offers anonymous CVS access is located at <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex>. If you can spare the time, you can also comment on or rate this project at <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/preview-latex>. Additional files can be found at <URL:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/preview-latex>: * If you don't have texinfo 4.0 or later installed, prebuilt documentation files can be found there. * AUC TeX can be found at several places, but if you want the latest 11.11 (alpha, but stable AFAIK) with no known issues concerning preview-latex, you can find it there as well. * RPMs for preview-latex and AUC TeX are provided for users of RedHat Linux. For the binary RPMs, you will need the preview-latex-common RPM as well as the Emacs-flavor specific RPM. The RPMs require a few packages that should be readily available in current distributions. RedHat 7.3 contains Emacs-21.2 and GhostScript-6.52 which are about the minimum versions to be recommended. Later releases should work fine. XEmacs in current distributions will still be affected with a serious display bug, see the PROBLEMS file or the respective manual section. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new version as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/preview-latex/ and CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ replacing the old version Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- Euler-VM fonts v2.9a
by Rainer Schoepf 27 Nov '02

27 Nov '02

On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Walter Schmidt wrote: > I have uploaded the file eulervm.zip to the /incoming directory > at dante.ctan.org. Please, unpack it to the CTAN directory > > fonts/eulervm. > > Doing so will replace all present files there. > > This is version 2.9a of the Euler-VM fonts and the related > LaTeX package eulervm.sty. Euler-VM is a set of generic > math fonts, based on the Euler and CM typefaces. > > With version 2.9a, both the fonts (*.vf, *.tfm) and the > macro package have changed. Main news is, that epsilon and > varepsilon were exchanged for each other; they were mixed up > in all previous versions. Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: mk-1.0.tar.gz
by Rainer Schoepf 27 Nov '02

27 Nov '02

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Wybo Dekker wrote: > - I have uploaded mk-1.0.tar.gz > - at ftp.dante.de > - I suggest to unpack in support/mk > - GPL > - mk (make for latex) is a Perl script that, in close collaboration with > vpp (short for View and Print PostScript/PDF) is helpful in the cyclic > process of editing, viewing, and printing a latex document. > Essentially, mk uses the make utility for the management of file > dependencies, texi2pdf for compilation, gv (or any other viewer you > like) for viewing, and context's texexec for printing in various > formats. mk has been tested under linux only. Adaptation to othes OS's > should be not too complicated. Thanks for the upload, i installed the files in directory support/latex_maker For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: vpp-1.0.tar.gz
by Rainer Schoepf 27 Nov '02

27 Nov '02

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Wybo Dekker wrote: > - I have uploaded vpp-1.0.tar.gz > - at ftp.dante.de > - I suggest to unpack in support/vpp > - GPL > - vpp (View and Print Postscript/PDF) displays a pdf document or a > postscript document (after conversion to pdf using gv, xpdf, or > acrobat reader (in that order of choice), or perhaps another pdf > viewer. One can use the viewer to print the document but, > alternatively, leave the viewer and use vpp's facilities to print > selected pages to a one- or two-sided hardcopy or an A5-booklet. Thanks for the upload. I installed the files in the directory support/view_print_ps_pdf For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload notification: SplitIndex
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Nov '02

26 Nov '02

----- Forwarded message from Markus Kohm ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20021125.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: SplitIndex Name and email: Markus Kohm Suggested location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/splitindex Summary description: Using a unlimited number of indices with almost every LaTeX-class License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SplitIndex consists of a LaTeX package, splitidx, and a small program, splitindex. The package may be used to produce one index or several indices. Without using the program the number of indices is limited by the number of TeXs output streams. But using the program you may use even more than 16 indices. At this case, splitidx outputs only a single file jobname.idx and the program splits that file into several raw index files and calls your favorite index processor for each of it. The splitindex program is available as perl-program (splitindex.pl), java-program (splitindex.java/class), Windows-CYGWIN binary (splitindex.exe), Linux-i386-ELF binary (splitindex-Linux-i386), OpenBSD-3.0-i386 binary (splitindex-OpenBSD-i386) and even as TeX program (splitindex.tex with some limitations). The source splitindex.c is also part of the distribution. There's an installation documentation (install.txt) and an installation script (install.sh) at the package. The package was testet with the standard LaTeX classes and the KOMA-Script classes. This version is intended to be stable though the version number is less than 1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the new package as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/splitindex Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CYAN submission -- preview-latex-0.7.4.tar.gz
by Reinhard Zierke 26 Nov '02

26 Nov '02

----- Forwarded message from David Kastrup ----- I have uploaded preview-latex-0.7.4.tar.gz and preview-0.7.4.tar.gz to the incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Its license is the GPL. I would recommend installing it in the following way: Put the packed archive preview-latex-0.7.4.tar.gz under support/preview-latex/ (...) Unpack preview-0.7.4.tar.gz in the directory macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ It contains just README-preview, preview.dtx and preview.ins. The reason is that the preview.dtx file can also be used as a standalone LaTeX style for extracting selected elements from a LaTeX source into separate pages of a DVI file. Previous versions of preview-latex can be deleted. Here are the release notes: Release notes for version 0.7.4 of the preview-latex package: preview-latex dresses up your LaTeX source by placing judiciously selected chunks (such as single formulas) chopped from unwieldy preview pages right into its Emacs/XEmacs buffer, while keeping the original source readily accessible. You get to have your eye candy and edit it, too. The employed style file preview.sty is independently useful for extraction of selected text elements as images. The package is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). At the current point of time, at least GNU Emacs-21.1 under the X window system, AUC TeX (11.11 recommended, see below), a working LaTeX installation and GhostScript are required. This version also supports XEmacs-21, best in version 21.4.9 or later. The various Windows ports of XEmacs should work out of the box. Recent CVS versions of Windows GNU Emacs could conceivably be made to work, too, but the jury is still out on that one. Release 0.7.4 is a consolidation release containing mostly bug fixes. Several interoperatibility problems under Windows and with various GhostScript versions have been dealt with. The previous release lead to problems when buffers without associated file name were put into LaTeX-mode. If this occured while first loading preview-latex, compatibility macros caused further problems with XEmacs. As a promotional measure, preview-at-point has been added to the tool bar. The README file provides adequate information for firing up preinstalled distributions, and pointers how to provide feedback. The INSTALL file contains a special section with advice for package providers. The home page is <URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net>, the SourceForge project page that among others offers anonymous CVS access is located at <URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex>. If you can spare the time, you can also comment on or rate this project at <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/preview-latex>. Additional files can be found at <URL:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/preview-latex>: * If you don't have texinfo 4.0 or later installed, prebuilt documentation files can be found there. * AUC TeX can be found at several places, but if you want the latest 11.11 (alpha, but stable AFAIK) with no known issues concerning preview-latex, you can find it there as well. * RPMs for preview-latex and AUC TeX are provided for users of RedHat Linux. For the binary RPMs, you will need the preview-latex-common RPM as well as the Emacs-flavor specific RPM. The RPMs require a few packages that should be readily available in current distributions. RedHat 7.3 contains Emacs-21.2 and GhostScript-6.52 which are about the minimum versions to be recommended. Later releases should work fine. XEmacs in current distributions will still be affected with a serious display bug, see the PROBLEMS file or the respective manual section. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I replaced the contents of CTAN:/tex-archive/support/preview-latex/ CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/preview/ with the new version as suggested. Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission -- cmbright fonts v0.6
by Rainer Schöpf 24 Nov '02

24 Nov '02

On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Harald Harders wrote: > file: hfbright.tar.gz > node: ftp.dante.de > location: CTAN:fonts/ps-type1/hfbright/ > license: LPPL > > Please replace all files in the directory by the contents of the tar > archive. Please remove the hfbright-beta directory. > > From the README: > > This package contains the cmbright fonts in Type1 format. Only the > fonts are included that are not part of the cm-super bundle > (thus, math and OT1 fonts). > This package contains the ready Postscript Type1 fonts in PFB format as > used by dvips and pdflatex, as well as a map file and a config file for > dvips. > > This version is tested with dvips and pdflatex. It will be quite stable > with the exception that the UniqueIDs will change someday. But this change > shouldn't cause any trouble. Thanks for the update, I installed the new version as requested, in fonts/ps-type1/hfbright For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 22 Nov '02

22 Nov '02

Peter Wilson writes: > Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhh > > I have just discovered a vicious intermittent gremlin in the memoir > class that is not fixable by a patch file. > > My apologies to all memoir users. > > I have uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir, and announce on CTT. > > Changes in version 1.3a > o Fixed figure/table numbering gremlin i've installed the replacement as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memoir.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > Memoir is a configurable class for typesetting general fiction, > non-fiction and mathematical books. It encompasses the standard book and > report clasees, and can simulate the article class and a double spaced > typewritten manuscript. > > It provides a variety of predefined page, chapter and caption styles and > easy means of creating new ones. There is an intuitive way of setting page > margins, etc., with an option for printing trimming marks. Documents can use > 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 or 17pt as the nomal font size. > > Changes in version 1.3 > o More flexibility in defining chapter styles, and Part and Chapter listings > in the ToC > o ableofcontents and friends can be used multiple times > o Major extensions for indexing, including multiple and single column > indexes > o Major extensions to trim marks > o Can do N of M page numbering > o Added automatic inclusion of a patch file > o No change to he ser Manual, but an Addendum is supplied i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: mbboard
by Jim Hefferon 20 Nov '02

20 Nov '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way to a mirror near you 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: mbboard Author's name: Anthony Phan Location on CTAN: fonts/mbboard Summary description: blackboard bold fonts License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The distribution mbboard defines new blackboard bold fonts intended to be used with TeX both in text or math mode. This distribution has only version number 0.4. but is quite stable. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: ctable-1.3.tar.gz
by Rainer Schoepf 20 Nov '02

20 Nov '02

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Wybo Dekker wrote: > - I have uploaded ctable-1.3.tar.gz > - at ftp.dante.de > - It should replace ctable-1-2.tar.gz and should > be unpacked in /texmf/source/latex/ctable > - GPL > - changes: > * if the caption key is not used, no caption will be typeset, instead > of (previously) an empty caption > * several syntactic corrections Thanks for the upload. It repalces the old version of ctable at macros/latex/contrib/supported/ctable For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN Upload - BaKoMa TeX 5.10
by Robin Fairbairns 20 Nov '02

20 Nov '02

Basil K. Malyshev writes: > I have uploaded to `ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/bakoma' directory > update for BaKoMa TeX 5.10 (issued 17-Nov-2002). > > Please put the files to 'CTAN:systems/win32/bakoma' directory. i have (finally) completed installation of this new version. thanks for the uploads. > --------------- About BaKoMa TeX 5.10 ---------------------- > > CONTENTS > * Highlights > * Graphical Capabilities > * Fonts > * User Interface > * PDF Generation Features > * HTML Generation features > * New Features of BaKoMa TeX 5.10 > > 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. > ** Generates HTML (TeX4HT, DVI2HTML), also supports Hevea and TTH. > * 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. > It reformats (and preview) selected part of document on the fly, > when you edit it. This feature accelerates tuning paragraphs, > mathematics, pictures, etc. > * Flexible window docking lets you optimize splitting your screen > for using Dynamical Preview efficiently. > * 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, > * HTML. > > 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. > > HTML GENERATION FEATURES > > BaKoMa TeX 5 supports several ways for conversion of (La)TeX > documents into HTML files. > * `TeX|Generate HTML ...' text editor menu command lets you launch > `TeX4HT' convertor with numerous options. > * `File|Generate HTML ...' DVI viewer menu command lets you convert > pages of a DVI file into PNG files wrapped into navigation HTML > pages. This approach is useful for documents with complex graphics, > such as slides. > > In advance, BaKoMa TeX is ready to use `HEVEA' and/or `TTH' convertors. > Launching of these convertors is available via extra TABS of > `TeX|Generate HTML ...' editor command. > > Including graphics is well integreated with BaKoMa TeX graphical engine. > In this reason, you can insert everithing supported by BaKoMa TeX > into generated HTML pages. > > *** NEW FEATURES OF BAKOMA TEX 5.10 in comparison with BAKOMA TEX 5.0 *** > > User Interface > -------------- > * `Font Setup Wizard' for installing TrueType/OpenType fonts under BaKoMa TeX. > `Options|Install TrueType fonts for (La)TeX' editor menu command > opens a dialog to choose TrueType fonts files. > In advance `Drop and Drag' may be used to install a fonts. > This tool makes everithing to use TrueType font in LaTeX. > * `Undo buffer size' may be defined in `Options|Editing Settings' dialog. > * `Document Info' and `Outline' defined in `Document Properties' > dialog have immediate effect. Reopenning DVI file isn't required. > * Refined switching between windows under Windows XP. > * Fixed several problems under Windows 98: Alt+Space, redocking and exit crash. > > Graphics > -------- > > * Improved handling of fig2dev output (PostScript produced by XFig) > * Refined handling of complex clip pathes (GDI). > * Refined stroking on display (GDI) meterlimit, linecap, etc. > * Added support (for GDI output) for > + arbitrary transformed text (skewing, reflection), > + rotated/skewed bitmaps, > + elliptical pens. > * Improved text output in `Accurate' and `Readable' modes. > Fixed problem with using `Readable' mode under Windows 95/98. > * Fixed CropBox in PDF files generated with Prosper package. > > Fonts > ----- > > * Mathematica fonts are ready to use (TFM/VF/FD and STY files are included). > Encoding vectors for some fonts was fixed. > * Pazo fonts - fixed encoding definition. > * BBDING10 font was updated by Type1 version [LATEX2E.BKZ]. > * BG font was updated for elliptical pens [GAMES.BKZ]. > > For more information about changes see > <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/programs/changes5.html> > > ---------- End of BaKoMa TeX Information ---------- Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: threeparttable
by Robin Fairbairns 19 Nov '02

19 Nov '02

Donald Arseneau writes: > There was a recent complaint that threeparttable didn't work with > tabularx. I had a version that does work, but neglected to send > it to CTAN. It is now uploaded to > > Ctan_UK incoming > > Please replace macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/threeparttable.sty > with the version in incoming. i've installed the new version as requested. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: bmeps 1.0.6a
by Rainer Schoepf 17 Nov '02

17 Nov '02

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 Dirk Krause submitted to CTAN: > Name of contribution: bmeps 1.0.6a > Suggested location on CTAN: /support/bmeps > Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Overview: > bmeps is a library and command line tool to convert > PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS levels 1, 2 and 3 supporting > flate compression, run-length compression and ASCII85 > encoding. > > Update contents: > The Win32 binary shipped in the 1.0.6 package used DLLs > to read images. Some users asked for a Win32 static binary > to avoid problems coming from different DLL versions used > by bmeps and the LaTeX distribution. > The WIN32BINstatic directory contains the static binary, > the old binary (using DLLs) is in WIN32BINdynamic. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed the new version as support/bmeps For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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