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Re: CTAN submission -- eso-pic 1.1b
by Rainer Schoepf 17 Nov '02

17 Nov '02

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Rolf Niepraschk wrote: > I uploaded a new version of my `eso-pic' package to `/incoming' > on ftp.dante.de (file: `eso-pic.zip'). This version has new options for > drawing background grids and changing the zero point of the coordinate > system. Thanks for the upload. The package has been installed in macros/latex/contrib/supported/eso-pic and the previous version removed from macros/latex/contrib/supported/ms/contrib For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: new version of bpchem
by Rainer Schoepf 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Bjoern Pedersen wrote: > + what you've uploaded > bpchem.tgz > > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ctan.dante.de > > + where you want the files to go > unpack the archive and put the files into > macros/latex/contrib/other/bpchem, > replacing any old files > > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software (see list > below). > lppl > > BPchem is a package for typesetting chemical names and (sum) formulae, and > numbering of chemical compounds. > > This release of bpchem contains some added features, as requested by > users, and fixes some bugs. Thanks for the upload, I installed the new files. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- memfixc package
by Robin Fairbairns 11 Nov '02

11 Nov '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memfixc.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixc.sty, and announce > on ctt. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > The memfixc package provides temporary fixes and updates to v1.2 of the > memoir class, until the next release of the class. > > Changes in version 1.3 (2002/11/11): > o ableofcontents, listoffigures, etc., can be used multiple times > o pages where a section heading has been moved to the next page can be > typeset raggedbottom > o Fixed indexing when filenames are analphabetic (names have characters > other than letters) 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
by Rainer Schoepf 07 Nov '02

07 Nov '02

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 Dirk Krause wrote: > Name of contribution: bmeps > Suggested location on CTAN: /support/bmeps > Summary description: bmeps 1.0.6 - Converter from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS > License type: Free > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Overview: > This package contains a library and a command line program > to convert from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM to EPS. Different > compression and encoding mechanisms are available > when producing the EPS output file. > > Update: > - Documentation was enhancend. Now we have hyperlinks > from options examples in usage.html to sample > output pages. > - TIFF support was removed because the TIFF graphics file > format uses LZW compression. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN submission --- memfixc package
by Robin Fairbairns 07 Nov '02

07 Nov '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memfixc.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixc.sty, and announce > on CTT. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > The memfixc package provides temporary updates to version 1.2 of the > memoir class until the next version of the class is released. > > Changes in v1.2 (2002/11/06) > o Fix double definition of (lof|lot)depth counters when the subfigure > package is used. i've installed the file as required; thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Submission -- lettrine
by Rainer Schoepf 06 Nov '02

06 Nov '02

On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Daniel Flipo wrote: > I have just uploaded into ftp.dante.de/incoming a file lettrine.tar.gz, > which contains an upgrade (V 1.4) of the lettrine package designed to > typeset various sorts of dropped capitals. > > It should replace the old version in 'macros/latex/supported/lettrine'. > > The license is unchanged (LPPL). > > This is a bug fix release to correct wrong linelengths in abstract/ > quote/quotation environments (bug found by Matthias C. Schmidt). > I have also updated the documentation and the demo file in the 'doc' > directory is now in PDF format instead PS format. Thanks for the upadte, I installed it in macros/latex/contrib/supported/lettrine For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN submission -- mtype13-1.13, i-ching-20021102
by Reinhard Zierke 05 Nov '02

05 Nov '02

----- Forwarded message from Bzyl Wlodzimierz ----- I have just uploaded (ftp.dante.de) packages mentioned in the Subject line. I want mtype13-1.13.tar.gz package to got to: systems/unix/mtype13 directory. The package is somehow similiar to ps2mf package located in this directory. The package i-ching-20021102.tar.gz I want to go to: fonts/psfonts/i-ching directory. The licensing for these packages is GPL. Below I include readme files, which are part of packages. --Wlodek Bzyl. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ``I-CHING package'' by Wlodek Bzyl <matwb(a)univ.gda.pl> November 2002 The package contains I-Ching-Regular -- Type 1 font, iching.sty and icircle.eps -- macros and graphics for typesetting divinations, and dod.sh -- shell script to make divinations with computer. The English translation of ``I Ching'' divinations is written by Alan M Stanier (see the file iching.tex on the CTAN) The I-Ching-Regular font was programmed with MTYPE13 tools (available from CTAN's). The package is distributed under GPL. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ``MTYPE13'' package by Wlodek Bzyl <matwb(a)univ.gda.pl> November 2002 The package contains MetaPost libraries, bash and Perl scripts which help in programming and creation of Type 1 and Type 3 fonts under Linux. The Type 1 part was written for DOS by JNS team (B. Jackowski, J. M. Nowacki, and P. Strzelczyk). and is available from <ftp://bop.eps.gda.pl/metatype1> ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the two packages as suggested in the directories CTAN:/tex-archive/systems/unix/mtype13/ CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/i-ching/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN Submission --- memfixc package
by Robin Fairbairns 04 Nov '02

04 Nov '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded memfixc.sty to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir/memfixc.sty, and announce > on CTT. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > The memfixc package provides temporary updates to version 1.2 of the > memoir class until the next version of the class. > > Changes in v1.1 (2002/11/01) > o Ensures that printchapternonum is initialised > o Supports the natbib package citation indexing. done, in all particulars. thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN upload notification: datetime
by Robin Fairbairns 04 Nov '02

04 Nov '02

my upload daemon tells me that Nicola Talbot wrote: > The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: > > Name of contribution: datetime > Name and email: Nicola Talbot <...> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/other > Summary description: Changes format of oday. Provides commands for current time. > License type: Generic DFSG > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package datetime.sty provides various different formats for the > command oday, and also provides commands for displaying the > current time, either in 12hr, 24hr or text format. In addition, > there are macros for displaying the value of LaTeX counter as an > ordinal (e.g. ordinal{page} would print 3rd if the current value of > page is 3, and ordinalstring{page} would print third) as well as > macros for displaying the value of LaTeX counter as a string > (e.g. umberstring{page} would print three). > > Since version 1.1, the command hedate has been changed to > formatdate to avoid name clashes with some class files. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've replaced the older version, as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN installation: University of Wisconsin-Madison Slide Class File
by Jim Hefferon 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and 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: University of Wisconsin-Madison Slide Class File Author's name: Eric Benedict Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/uwmslide Summary description: Produces slides with a simple Power Point like appearance. Several different slide enviroments are included. License type: artistic Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A slide format which produces slides with a simple Power Point like appearance. Several useful features include: - - uses standard titlepage to produce title slide - - several slide environments including: - plain slide (page with a title) - double slide (two column page with slide title) - item slide (item list with title) - left item slide - right item slide - - places a logo on the upper left corner of each slide if the logo file logo.eps is present. - - preconfigured in landscape mode - - uses Times Roman by default for simple conversion to *.pdf format. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional announcement information, by the package's author. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This slide class is different from what I found (when I wrote it a few years ago) first in that it has a different 'look and feel' for the output format. I wanted a simple base slide format which would mimic the format of the Power Point slides which my collegues were producing. This class also adds different slide environments which simplify the construction of the presentation. While I saw the idea of egin{slide} ... end{slide} in other classes; I added the ability to put in slide titles as well as creating different `stock format' slides. The preformatted slides allow for quicker presentation creation and are unique to my knowledge. For example to make an itemized list slide: egin{itemslide}{Example Itemized List} item First Point item Second Point item Third Point end{itemslide} Philosphically, I also was trying to minimize the amount of formating tricks which were needed by the user. I wanted the slide class to take care of those issues as cleanly as possible. I've also included a sample presentation which puts the class through its paces as it were. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CTAN installation: University of Wisconsin-Madison Thesis Class File
by Jim Hefferon 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ====================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Thesis Class File Author's name: Eric Benedict Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/withesis Summary description: MS/PhD Thesis/Disseration format for UW-Madison. Includes example thesis with numerous LaTeX examples and beginner's introduction. Class heavily commented for easy modification! License type: artistic Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yet another thesis style file. The withesis.cls LaTeX class file produces MS/PhD theses in a format for UW-Madison. The class and example manual are based on the Purdue University style. Several useful features include: - - Draft mode with * diagonal draft screen for draft copy * optional margin box to locate margin violations * page source file listed on bottom of each page - -source code (Matlab, C, etc) inclusion command - -automatic generation of additional abstract in the format for the UMI microfilming abstract - -numerous degrees/majors included as defaults. - -example thesis illustrating * basic LaTeX usage (Essential LaTeX by Jon Warbrick) * different LaTeX styles/techniques for -equations -pictures/figures -general formatting *BibTeX usage guide/example - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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removal of mpfnmark
by Robin Fairbairns 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

the package macros/latex/contrib/other/mpfnmark seemed to offer interesting functionality, but unfortunately had a bug that meant that in many cases it simply didn't work. the author has not responded to suggestions that the bug be mended. i therefore added a working version of the functionality to the latest version of footmisc (macros/latex/contrib/supported/footmisc), some time ago. the ctan team has now decided that the mpfnmark package itself should be removed; it will disappear from mirrors over the next few days. users should switch to using footmisc, instead. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: upload of mimetex.zip to ftp.tex.ac.uk
by Robin Fairbairns 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

John Forkosh writes: > + what you've uploaded > mimetex.zip > + which CTAN node you've uploaded to > ftp.tex.ac.uk > + where you want the files to go > support/mimetex (README is the first file in the mimetex.zip > archive, which you may want to keep a separate > copy of alongside mimetex.zip) > + what licensing conditions you apply to your software > GNU GPL > + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do. > 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> > allowing you to embed math directly in html, which reduces > the need for lots of external gif images and makes your html > documents more readable and easily maintained. > 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 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. > You can think of mimeTeX as kind of a lightweight MathML, > with somewhat less functionality but also with fewer requirements. > MimeTeX's syntax is very TeX-like, requiring only a short learning > curve (maybe 30 minutes) for a LaTeX-aware user to learn the > occasional exceptions. And mimeTeX should work with almost any > (graphical) browser and server. thanks for the (interesting-looking ;-) upload. i've installed it as suggested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN submission -- pdfcrop 1.1
by Reinhard Zierke 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

----- Forwarded message from Heiko Oberdiek ----- I have uploaded `pdfcrop.tar.gz' in the /incoming directory of ftp.dante.de. Please create the directory CTAN:support/pdfcrop/ and unpack the files there (`README' and `pdfcrop.pl'). License: LPPL >From the README: PDFCROP takes a PDF file as input, calculates the BoundingBox for each page by the help of ghostscript and generates a output PDF file with removed margins. ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the package as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/support/pdfcrop/ Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: notes
by Reinhard Zierke 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20021030.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: notes Name and email: Duncan Webb Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/supported Summary description: A package to highlight important sections of text with graphics License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A style for highlighting notable sections of text in a document by putting the text in a boxed frame and placing a small graphic in the margin. It has been specifically designed to work with double sided pages, placing the 'icon' in the correct margin. A LyX style is also provided. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. I installed the package as suggested in CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/notes Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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FoilTeX 2.1.4a fixed!
by Rainer Schoepf 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

The first copy of FoilTeX 2.1.4 that was uploaded to CTAN recently was corrupted. A new version has been uploaded and we hope that all the problems have been fixed. My sincere apologies to all who downloaded the bad copy and had problems. Regards, Jim Hafner

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Re: new upload of FoilTeX 2.1.4a
by Rainer Schoepf 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Jim Hafner wrote: ****************************************************************** ****** ANNOUNCING the release of FoilTeX 2.1.4a for LaTeX2e ******* ****************************************************************** I have recently uploaded the latest release of the FoilTeX system for generating foils (transparencies, slides) using TeX. You should find it on your nearest CTAN in /nonfree/macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex ******************* About the package *************************** Its features include simplicity of use, compatibility with LaTeX, large sans serif font as default, extra macros to start foils with bold headings and special mechanisms to control footer and header. This new version (from 2.1.4 to 2.1.4a) mostly fixes an landscape orientation problem with dvips and Ghostview. James (Jim) Hafner IBM Research Division Almaden Research Center, K56-B2 650 Harry Road San Jose, CA 95120-6099 email: hafner(a)almaden.ibm.com ...................................................................... The history of science rewrites itself each day. We're living in days of wonder, Simon says. Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe ...................................................................... For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: CTAN upload notification: ebezier
by Rainer Schoepf 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20021029.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ebezier Name and email: Gerhard A. Bachmaier Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/ebezier Summary description: Extended version 3 for ebezier License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ebezier supports plotting bezier curves in the picture environment. Highlights of the new version are .) Implementing line thickness. .) Different plot symbols. .) Lbezier for equally thick lines in all directions. .) Qbezier implementation to be used with new plot symbols and some others (see Section Changes). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the update, I installed it. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN upload notification: yfonts-t1
by Reinhard Zierke 28 Oct '02

28 Oct '02

----- Forwarded message ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20021025.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: yfonts-t1 Name and email: Torsten Bronger Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/gothic/ps/ Summary description: Y. Haralambous' yfrak, yswab, and ygoth in Type1 font format License type: Free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This bundle contains the broken typefaces yfrak, ysawb, and ygoth, originally created by Yannis Haralambous, in Type-1 font format. It also includes the files necessary for use with pdftex and dvips. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the submission. I installed the Type 1 fonts in CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/yfonts/ plus a symbolic link from CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/fonts/gothic/ps/yfonts pointing to this directory Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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CTAN upload notification: psfragger
by Reinhard Zierke 28 Oct '02

28 Oct '02

----- Forwarded message ----- A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20021028.001/. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: psfragger Name and email: Primoz Cermelj Suggested location on CTAN: support Summary description: Psfrag graphical interface on win32 system used to modify existing eps files and create pdf files. License type: Nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PSFragger is a free tool used to replace labels in eps files by using psfrag and LaTeX. The result is modified eps file that can be further converted to PDF file for use with PDFLaTeX (eps to pdf conversion is included in this tool). Use of Ghostscript is assumed a priori. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- Thanks for the upload. After stripping the text files of CR characters, I installed the package in CTAN:/tex-archive/nonfree/support/psfragger with a link from CTAN:/tex-archive/support/psfragger Reinhard Zierke for the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- memfixc package
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Oct '02

25 Oct '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have now uploaded a proper version of memfixc.sty, and memhfixc.sty, > to UK incoming. Please install these in the > macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir directory. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > Description: > ------------ > > memfixc is a package providing bug fixes and extensions to version 1.2 > of the memoir class. This release of memfixc provides: > > o Fix so that control over Part entries in the ToC work as advertised > o Extra controls for Part and Chapter ToC entries > o Extra control for chapter styles > > o Fix for poemtitle when hyperref package is used > > o Major extensions to trim marks > o Provides a `sheet' counter as well as the standard page counter > o Supports N of M page numbering, and N of M sheet numbering (e.g., for use > with trim marks) > > o Indexing extended to provide multiple indexes and indexes using other than > page counters > o Provides one column indexes in addition to the standard two column indexes > o Raw index entries from `excluded' include files are retained > o Raw index entries can be shown in the margins > > The memhfixc package provides a modification to the hyperref package to > enable it to work with memfixc. > > I will be away the week starting 28 October so will not be able to > respond to any plaudits or brickbats. thanks for the upload: i've installed the files as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team [readers should know that peter had sent a message to say that i shouldn't install the original memfixc.sty, but i missed it in my backlog of 600-odd mails that awaited me when i returned from a few days away. this installation fixes that memfixc.]

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Re: CTAN submission --- memfixc package for memoir class
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Oct '02

25 Oct '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have just uploaded memfixc.sty to UK incoming. Please install this in > the macros/latex/contrib/supported/memoir directory. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > Description: > ------------ > > memfixc is a package providing bug fixes and extensions to version 1.2 > of the memoir class. This first release of memfixc provides: > > o Fix to make control over Part entries in the ToC work as advertised > o Extra controls for Part and Chapter ToC entries > o Extra control for chapter styles > > o Fix for poemtitle when hyperref package is used > > o Major extensions to trim marks > o Provides a `sheet' counter in addition to the standard page counter. > o Supports N of M page numbering, and N of M sheet numbering for use with > trimming marks > > o Indexing extended to provide multiple indexes and indexing using counters > other than the page (hyperref will work with page numbers but not others). > o Raw index entries from `excluded' include files are retained > o Provides one column indexes in addition to the standard two column > indexes. thanks for the upload: i've installed the file as requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: CTAN submission --- epigraph package
by Robin Fairbairns 25 Oct '02

25 Oct '02

Peter Wilson writes: > I have uploaded epigraph.tar to UK incoming. Please use this to replace > the current macros/latex/contrib/supported/epigraph. > > The distribution is under the LPPL. > > From the README: > > The epigraph package is designed for typesetting epigraphs --- the pithy > quotations often found at the start (or end) of a chapter. Various aspects > are easily configurable. > > Changes in version 1.5a > o replaced flushleftright environment by flushepinormal to avoid clash with > the ccaption package's flushleftright i've installed the files (sorry about the delay...i've been a little preoccupied); thanks for the upload. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN install: brokent1
by Jim Hefferon 24 Oct '02

24 Oct '02

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and it should soon make its way to your favorite mirror. Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon ftpmaint(a)tug.ctan.org ===================================================================== The following information was provided by our fellow contributor. Name of contribution: brokent1 Author's name: Torsten Bronger Location on CTAN: fonts/brokent1 Summary description: The typefaces yfrak, yswab, and ygoth in T1 encoding License type: lppl Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package provides virtual fonts for T1-like variants of the broken typefaces published in 1990 by Yannis Haralambous, namely yfrak, yswab, and ygoth. Additionally, this package embeds these fonts nicely into LaTeXe's font selection scheme. The structure of this package allows for further broken typefaces from other sources to be made usable for LaTeX in a similar way, too. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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announcing frenchle and French Pro V5.08
by Rainer Schoepf 21 Oct '02

21 Oct '02

I'm sending this on behalf of Bernard Gaulle Rainer Schöpf ------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is just a little announce for the new version 5.08 of the frenchle (LPPL) package and of the frenchpro (shareware) package for LaTeX. The first one was released weeks ago but never announced. The last one was a little delayed for Windows but is now quite ready with a complete unix-like installation procedure. Major changes in the installation makefiles for Unix and MacOS X. All this stuff will go their way through the CTAN servers in few hours or days. --bg

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