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CTAN update: aomart
by CTAN Announcements 13 Aug '26

13 Aug '26

Boris Veytsman submitted an update to the aomart package. Version: 1.38 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Typeset articles for the Annals of Mathematics Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.38 New command \IfColorTF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/aomart More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/aomart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Vincent Goulet CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs.

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New on CTAN: tikzphysics
by CTAN Announcements 13 Aug '26

13 Aug '26

Vaibhav Blayer submitted the tikzphysics package. Version: 1.0.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: TikZ-native shapes and anchors for classical physics diagrams Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The new tikzphysics package provides reusable TikZ shapes, styles, and geometric anchors for classical-physics diagrams. It includes continuous contact surfaces and inclined planes, configurable blocks and pulleys with exactly tangent strings, and a curved optical lens. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikzphysics More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/tikzphysics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: marginalia
by CTAN Announcements 13 Aug '26

13 Aug '26

Alan J. Cain submitted an update to the marginalia package. Version: 0.84.3 2026-08-12 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Marginal content anywhere with automatic adjustment for LuaLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fix: Rename two internal macros that did not follow the naming convention and could have (theoretically) conflicted with other code. Documentation improvements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/marginalia The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/marginalia/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: suanpan-l3
by CTAN Announcements 13 Aug '26

13 Aug '26

Nan Geng submitted an update to the suanpan-l3 package. Version: 2.1.1 2026-08-12 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Traditional Chinese 7-beads suanpan (abacus) package based on l3draw Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.Optimized the suanpan environment to avoid unnecessary computations and operations. 2.Cached 21 rod unit for values 0–20 to improve compilation speed. 3.Added range syntax (start-end, start-end-step) and repetition syntax (value[count]) support for \rods. 4.Added range syntax (start-end) support for the position list of \bead. 5.Further improved the error reporting mechanism. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/suanpan-l3 The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/suanpan-l3/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: hawkdraw
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the hawkdraw package. Version: 0.7.0 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Draw vector graphics using l3draw with a simple syntax Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Adding option to apply patterns to strokes; - Adding pattern and shading support to nodes; - Adding support for text rendering modes; - Adding soft mask support to ConTeXt module. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/hawkdraw More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/hawkdraw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Vincent Goulet CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs.

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CTAN update: fontspec
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the fontspec package. Version: 2.9h 2026-08-11 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## v2.9h (2026/08/11) * Drop loading `xparse` -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/unicodetex/latex/fontspec More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/fontspec -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Vincent Goulet CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs.

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CTAN update: KKsymbols
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

KKTeX submitted an update to the KKsymbols package. Version: 2.2.2 2026-06-26 License: mit Summary description: LaTeX commands for enclosing characters in circles, squares, diamonds, or brackets Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 2.2.2 is a documentation release. The manual adds a comparison with luatexja-otf (command-by-command examples and a practical selection guide), a section on roman numerals, and an expanded description of the automatic reference box: the automatic reference is based on the current font’s x-height and is not identical to \vphantom{\Rrnum{6}}, so an explicit \kksref{\Rrnum{6}} should be used when lowercase roman numerals have to be aligned exactly. There are no functional changes to the package code. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/kksymbols The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/kksymbols/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: keisennote
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

KKTeX submitted an update to the keisennote package. Version: 1.2.1 2026-02-02 License: mit Summary description: TikZ-based Japanese-style notebook ruled lines for LaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 1.2.1 replaces the four separate parameter setters (\SetNoteLineWidth, \SetNoteDotRadius, \SetNoteLineDistance and \SetNoteTriangleSize) with a single key-value command, \SetKeisenNote[linewidth=..., radius=..., distance=..., triangle=...]. The old commands are no longer defined, so documents written against earlier versions have to be adapted; the manual now contains a migration table for this. The documentation has also been brought back in line with the code, and the package internals were cleaned up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/keisennote The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/keisennote/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: cmgraded
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

Alain Stalder submitted an update to the cmgraded package. Version: 1.0.2 License: ofl lppl1.3c Summary description: Classic LaTeX look and feel in different grades of blackness Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiny fix in the OpenType font files: Added FontBBox to the CFF table. The missing box could have led to clipped-off glyphs in some viewers, even though that had not been observed experimentally so far. Documented exploration results for graded OpenType math fonts: All in all, this would only seem feasible with quite significant drawbacks, most notably without visual defects only when used in LuaLaTeX with several tweaks in *.sty and *.lua, but not when using the fonts in other places like MathML or Typst. See the section "OpenType Math Fonts?" for more details. Added an example with lowered umlauts as babel does in pdfLaTeX. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/cmgraded More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/cmgraded -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: l3kernel-dev
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3kernel-dev package. Version: 2026-08-10 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Development pre-release of l3kernel Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [2026-08-10] ### Changed - Integrate `l3backend` files into `l3kernel` distributionw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/l3kernel More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel-dev -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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New on CTAN: nehgs-register
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

James P. Howard, II submitted the nehgs-register package. Version: 1.1 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: NEHGS-style genealogical register typesetting for LaTeX Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial release of nehgs-register, a LaTeX package for typesetting genealogical registers in the NEHGS Register System style. Version 1.1 provides key-value person definitions with vital records, automatic generation numbering, NGSQ-compatible numbering, multiple-marriage support, gender-aware pronoun macros, approximate date qualifiers, cross-referenced child listings, source and endnote commands, and four ready-to-compile examples. It requires datetime2 and hyperref. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nehgs-register More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/nehgs-register -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: luamplib
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the luamplib package. Version: 2.42.6 2026-08-11 License: gpl2 Summary description: Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * withshadingstroke works with picture object as well as path object. See the documentation 1.2.12 for details. * new optional macro for tiling pattern: withpatternstroke See the documentation 1.2.14 for details. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/luamplib -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: resphilosophica
by CTAN Announcements 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

Boris Veytsman submitted an update to the resphilosophica package. Version: 1.40 2026-08-10 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Typeset articles for the journal Res Philosophica Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New DOI prefix ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/resphilosophica The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/resphilosophica/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: tlc-article
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '26

11 Aug '26

Gary A. Howard submitted an update to the tlc-article package. Version: 1.2.43 2026-08-10 License: bsd3 Summary description: LaTeX document class for consistently formatted formal documents Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.2.43 updates tlc-article, a LaTeX class for consistently formatted formal documents. This release refreshes the class and its documentation, improves configurable layout support, modernizes installation instructions, and corrects documentation examples and dependency information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tlc-article More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/tlc-article -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Vincent Goulet CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs.

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New on CTAN: dichromacy
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '26

11 Aug '26

Johan Larsson submitted the dichromacy package. Version: 0.3.0 License: mit Summary description: Simulation of color vision deficiency, using LuaLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is the first release of dichromacy on CTAN. It is a package for simulating color vision deficiency (CVD) in LaTeX documents. It is currently limited to LuaTeX. Except for loading the package, all the user has to do is to set the type of CVD via `\cvdtype{}` and the severity with `\cvdseverity{}`, for instance: \usepackage{dichromacy} \cvdtype{deuteranopia} \cvdseverity{0.5} The package will then automatically adjust the colors in the document to simulate the specified type and severity of CVD. This can be useful for testing the accessibility of documents for individuals with color vision deficiencies. Currently the package supports colors defined via the standard LaTeX color commands (e.g., `\color{red}`) as well as PDF images included via `\includegraphics`. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/dichromacy The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/dichromacy/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: dental-palmer
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '26

11 Aug '26

Yosuke Yamazaki submitted the dental-palmer package. Version: 2.0.0 2026-07-07 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Typeset Zsigmondy-Palmer dental notation with TikZ Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The dental-palmer distribution provides the palmer LaTeX package for typesetting Zsigmondy-Palmer dental notation using TikZ. It provides the \Palmer command with a key-value interface for alignment, spacing, midline-bar suppression, and quadrant-order control, plus \palmerset for document-wide defaults. It is intended for dental professionals, educators, and researchers preparing clinical and academic documents. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/dental-palmer The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/dental-palmer/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: fontawesome6
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '26

11 Aug '26

Daniel Nagel submitted an update to the fontawesome6 package. Version: 6.7.2-4 2026-08-10 License: ofl lppl1.3c Summary description: Font Awesome 6 with LaTeX support Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Includes some bug fixes and improvements: better XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX support, fixed digit-containing glyph names, improved support for regular-icons encoding, and updated copyright and support links. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/fontawesome6 The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/fontawesome6/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: fontawesome7
by CTAN Announcements 11 Aug '26

11 Aug '26

Daniel Nagel submitted an update to the fontawesome7 package. Version: 7.3.1-1 2026-08-09 License: ofl lppl1.3c Summary description: Font Awesome 7 with LaTeX support Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fontawesome7 has been upgraded to the latest version v7.3.1 with 70+ new icons and fixed digit handling in icon names. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/fontawesome7 The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/fontawesome7/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: verse
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 10 Aug '26

10 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the verse package. Version: 2.5 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Aids for typesetting simple verse Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to verse package to support LaTeX tagging code -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/verse More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/verse -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: marginalia
by CTAN Announcements 10 Aug '26

10 Aug '26

Alan J. Cain submitted an update to the marginalia package. Version: 0.84.1 2026-08-09 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Marginal content anywhere with automatic adjustment for LuaLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New feature: Support right-to-left text and documents bound on the right-hand side (in which case the default placement of marginal content and the semantics of configuration options that refer to outer/inner margins will change appropriately). Documentation improvements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/marginalia The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/marginalia/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: suanpan-l3
by CTAN Announcements 10 Aug '26

10 Aug '26

Nan Geng submitted an update to the suanpan-l3 package. Version: 2.0.1 2026-08-09 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Traditional Chinese 7-beads suanpan (abacus) package based on l3draw Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.Removed the numrods option and lifted the restriction on abacus size. 2.Fixed a bug in the rod value range checking code. 3.Optimized code for improved maintainability. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/suanpan-l3 The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/suanpan-l3/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: babel
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '26

09 Aug '26

Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the babel package. Version: 26.10 2026-08-08 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Changes in version 26.10 are described in: https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-26.10.html Here is a summary: * Breaking change (bidi texts): Now the option layout=tabular has been made the default. * New locale: persian-latin, thanks to @RamtinMoslemi. * Fix: Variant was ignored with BCP 47 tags. * Support for the new lua-calendrica package. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/babel The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/babel/base/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: LuaTeX-CN
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '26

09 Aug '26

Frank Lin submitted an update to the LuaTeX-CN bundle. Version: 0.4.1 License: apache2 Summary description: A LuaTeX based package to handle Chinese text typesetting Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ luatex-cn 0.4.1 -- first update on CTAN since 0.3.1. luatex-cn typesets Chinese with LuaLaTeX in both writing directions: faithful reproduction of classical (guji) page layouts, and modern Chinese typesetting following the W3C Requirements for Chinese Text Layout (clreq). Highlights since 0.3.1: * Unified entry point: \usepackage{luatex-cn} now loads the new horizontal clreq pipeline by default (options are passed through, e.g. [style=taiwan]); the [vertical] option or any ltc-* document class selects the vertical engine, with 0.3.x semantics unchanged. * Horizontal clreq pipeline (new): CJK-Western spacing (1/4 em, compressible to 1/8, stretchable to 1/2, with the exceptions clreq specifies), punctuation width adjustment with Mainland China / Taiwan / untouched presets, quote-style conversion, four-level line-breaking prohibitions and non-separation rules, intra-line compression/stretching in clreq priority order, half-width punctuation at line end, hanging punctuation, interlinear marks (proper-name mark, book-title mark, emphasis dots), word-aligned pinyin ruby, paragraph/page controls (orphan handling, hanging indentation, last-line alignment). * Vertical clreq conformance: 1/4 em CJK-Western boundary spacing, \Sideways (rotated Western text), \CombineUpright (tate-chu-yoko), hanging punctuation at column end, clreq-conformant emphasis dots per document class. * A shared rules kernel used by both directions (single source for the clreq punctuation table, space-distribution solver and prohibition rules), a published conformance matrix (doc/CLREQ-CONFORMANCE.md), and 119 PDF-content-stream metric assertions run in CI. * Installation-free fonts: \setmainfont with a bare font file name, registry aliases, and a helper script that installs fonts into TEXMFHOME without touching the system font library. * Typesetting additions from the 0.3.x series: tables with cross-page support and horizontal bands, European-style genealogy charts, gongche (traditional musical notation), illustration pages, colophon (paiji) boxes, multi-level headings, and a modern vertical book layout in the style of Zhonghua Shuju (footnotes, first-line indentation, alternating running heads). * 0.4.1 fixes: Western words in annotations/textboxes are no longer hyphenated and mis-columned; in fixed-grid mode \Sideways now sizes rotated words by their advance width. Full changelog: https://github.com/open-guji/luatex-cn/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/luatex-cn The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/language/chinese/luatex-cn/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: xecjk
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 09 Aug '26

09 Aug '26

Liam Huang submitted an update to the xecjk package. Version: 3.10.5 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Typeset CJK in XeLaTeX Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This release fixes several bugs related to CJK glue handling, brace-group consumption, hyperlink anchors, and underline/strikethrough decorations, and adds a new transparent wrapper variant for brace-delimited argument forwarding. BUG FIXES - `\CJKecglue` inserted at source-space positions now uses a portable code path, preventing its shrink component from being frozen inside the fixed-width segment boxes produced by `ulem` (#1037). - Before boundary detection, category-code-4 `&` in the parameter copy is replaced with `\scan_stop:`, fixing compilation errors when commands like `\colorbox` receive arguments containing `&` inside `\halign` (#1043). - `\sbox` now uses a dedicated adapter: prefixes such as `\global` must immediately precede `\setbox`, but assignments placed in the `cmd/sbox/before` hook consumed the prefix, causing `\global\sbox` to silently degrade to a local assignment (#1029). - Only the single triggering left brace is now absorbed instead of swallowing the entire group and re-emitting it, fixing the `Improper alphabetic constant` error when `中文¥¥` appears in `tabular` (#1038). - Inline anchor outputs `¥hyper@anchor`, `¥Hy@raisedlink`, and `¥__hyp_target_raise:n` are registered as transparent captures so that `¥hypertarget`, `¥phantomsection`, `¥MakeLinkTarget`, unnumbered heading anchors, and manually wrapped anchors no longer mask the actual boundaries on either side; the path via `¥hyper@anchorstart` (e.g. `¥pdfbookmark`) is not yet covered (#1047). - The stream capture for `l3doc` is moved from the internal `¥__codedoc_meta:n` up to the public `¥meta`, so that `¥CJKecglue` on both sides is evaluated using the font metrics outside the command (#1046). - Period-style decorations now save end-of-segment state per nesting level, preventing an inner command from overwriting the right end of an outer one (#1012). - Body text now always enters `ulem` arguments as literal tokens: only "math followed by a trailing source space" is reformatted, and reformatting first assembles then expands once, preventing `¥CJKecglue` to the right of Latin words from being trapped in a fixed-width decoration segment box and losing its shrink component (#1026). - The user manual now explains that a nested segment inside line-style commands cannot break across lines, distinguishes line-style from symbol-style commands, and provides alternative approaches; a regression guard for the `¥UL@onin` path is added using "ability to line-break" as the observable (#1057). - Wavy underlines and diagonal strikethroughs now use a quarter-em drawing unit that scales with font size and ordinary `¥leaders`; the minus-sign variant insets by half a period at each end to prevent adjacent commands from merging (#1012). - Decoration content is wrapped in an empty `ActualText` marker, and LaTeX tagging is suspended during decoration box construction, preventing glyphs used by wavy underlines and diagonal strikethroughs from appearing in PDF text extraction results (#1017). NEW FEATURES - A new transparent wrapper variant is added that forwards arguments delimited by braces, for use by target functions that consume their argument as `¥hbox:n` content (#1047). Source code: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit Issue tracker: https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit/issues -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/xecjk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: unicode-data
by CTAN Announcements 09 Aug '26

09 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the unicode-data package. Version: 1.20 2026-08-07 License: lppl1.3c other-free Summary description: Unicode data and loaders for TeX Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Adjustments to support HiTeX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/generic/unicode-data More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/unicode-data -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: luamplib
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 08 Aug '26

08 Aug '26

Dohyun Kim submitted an update to the luamplib package. Version: 2.42.5 2026-08-07 License: gpl2 Summary description: Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- clean up color-related codes (adapt to recent version of l3kernel) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/luamplib -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: repere
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 08 Aug '26

08 Aug '26

Olivier Péault submitted an update to the repere package. Version: 26.07 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: MetaPost macros for secondary school mathematics teachers Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - code change in spline macro - orthogonal projection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/repere More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/repere -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: latex-*-dev
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted updates to the latex-base-dev latex-amsmath-dev latex-graphics-dev latex-tools-dev latex-lab-dev latex-firstaid-dev bundles. Version: pre-release 1 2026-11-01 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Development pre-release of the LaTeX kernel Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ See draft LaTeX News 44 https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews44.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The packages’ Catalogue entries can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-base-dev https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-amsmath-dev https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-graphics-dev https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-tools-dev https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-lab-dev https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-firstaid-dev The packages’ files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/base/ https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/amsmath/ https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/graphics/ https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/tools/ https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/latex-lab/ https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/firstaid/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: biblatex-asa
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

Yuqi Liang submitted the biblatex-asa package. Version: 1.0.0 2026-08-06 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: American Sociological Association (ASA) citation style for biblatex Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial release of biblatex-asa 1.0.0: ASA Style Guide (7th ed.) citation and bibliography style for biblatex/biber, with documentation and examples. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-asa More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-asa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Vincent Goulet CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs.

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New on CTAN: siicusp-abstracts
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

Guilherme Ivo submitted the siicusp-abstracts package. Version: 1.1.0 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX package for formatting scientific abstracts according to SIICUSP Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial release of the siicusp-abstracts package. The package provides LaTeX support for formatting scientific initiation papers according to the SIICUSP guidelines. It includes commands for document layout, title formatting, typography, headers, and other required elements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/siicusp-abstracts More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/siicusp-abstracts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: latex-tagging-status
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the latex-tagging-status package. Version: 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: The LaTeX Tagging Status data Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to the tagging status of abntex2 abntex2abrev aligned-overset apacite chbibref cmgraded csvsimple-l3 csvsimple-legacy currvita curves defpattern duplicat etl everyhook expkv expkv-cs expkv-def expkv-opt expkv-pop exscale fapapersize filedate floatbytocbasic floatrowbytocbasic fp-addons fp-basic fp-eqn fp-eval fp-exp fp-pas fp-random fp-snap fp-trigo fp-upn futurans genealogytree gobble gobble-user grabbox hawkdraw hfontsel hypgotoe incgraph isotope lgrmath libgreek longtwocolumn lsabon lscapeenhanced ltugcomn lualineno lucbmath lucidbrb lucidbry lucmin lucmtime luctime makelabels marginnote mathcomp mathstone mathtime matlab-prettifier memhangul-common memhangul-patch memhangul-ucs memhangul-x memucs-enumerate memucs-gremph memucs-interword memucs-interword-x memucs-setspace multienv nanumfontsel newpx newtx newtxsf numerica-plus ob-koreanappendix ob-mathleading ob-nokoreanappendix ob-toclof ob-unfontsdefault obchapterstyles obchaptertoc oblivoir-misc oldstyle optidef pb-diagram pbalance pcarl pdfcol pdfcolparallel pdfcolparcolumns pdfsync pgfmath-xfp picins pxgreeks rcs-multi scalerel scraddr setouterhbox setspaceenhanced settobox simplecv simpler-wick simplewick snotez spanish srcltx svn-multi tascmac tikzfill tikzfill.geomarray tikzfill.hexagon tikzfill.image tikzfill.rhombus titlepic tweaklist txgreeks typearea uarial units vector verdana verifycommand verse versions vmargin xetexko-var xob-amssymb xob-dotemph xob-font xob-hyper xob-lwarp xob-paralist xsimverb zhlineskip zhspacing zref-dotfill zref-hyperref zwgetfdate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/latex-tagging-status More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-tagging-status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: pkgcheck
by CTAN Announcements via ctan-ann 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

Manfred Lotz submitted an update to the pkgcheck package. Version: 4.1.0 2026-08-05 License: apache2 mit Summary description: CTAN package checker Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## pkgcheck 2026-08-05 (4.1.0) ### Added New errors detection - E0044: wrong permissions for directory in a TDS zip archive - E0045: wrong permissions for a file in a TDS zip archive - E0046: file or directory in a TDS zip archive has special bits on - setuid/setgit bits on files - sticky bit on directories Actually this should not create problems as unpacking a TDS zip archive skips those bits - E0047: file or directory in a package has special bits on - setuid/setgit bits on files - sticky bit on directories In practice this should not happen as unpacking a zip or tar archive skips these bits - Add DetectResult::Pe (Portable Executable) which is `application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable` - file types registered are `.exe`, `.dll`, `.sys`, `.scr`, `.cpl`, `.efi` - permission can be anything as long as the file readable ### Fixed - in some cases the error message for bad permissions was an incomplete output instead of E0002 - many documentation improvements - thanks to @quark67: https://codeberg.org/ManfredLotz/pkgcheck/issues/14 ### Changed - Rust crate updates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/pkgcheck More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/pkgcheck -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: ltx-talk
by CTAN Announcements 07 Aug '26

07 Aug '26

Joseph Wright submitted an update to the ltx-talk package. Version: 0.5.3 2026-08-05 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A class for typesetting presentations Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [v0.5.3] - 2026-08-05 ### Fixed - Correct appearance of material which is alerted without an explicit overlay specification (see issue [\#244](https://github.com/josephwright/ltx-talk/issues/244)) - Detect and error on over-specified overlay (see issue [\#245](https://github.com/josephwright/ltx-talk/issues/245)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ltx-talk More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/ltx-talk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: luadraw
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Patrick Fradin submitted an update to the luadraw package. Version: 3.4 2026-08-04 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Lua-based mathematical graphs for LuaLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Addition of functions specific to 2D or 3D paths (conversions). For the method *g:Beginclip(path, inverse)*, the *path* can be a 2D or 3D path. Addition of methods returning the characteristic elements of cylinders, cones, truncated cones, and spheres (outline, visible edge, hidden edge, tangency points, etc.). In the *luadraw_spherical* module: addition of the *g:DSregion()* method. Bug fixes... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/luadraw The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/luadraw/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: arabdoc
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Nibras Abo Alzahab submitted the arabdoc bundle. Version: 1.0.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: One-line Arabic RTL setup for XeLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A new package collection, arabdoc, provides a one-line Arabic right-to-left setup for XeLaTeX, replacing 15–25 lines of fragile preamble with a single \usepackage call. The collection consists of four packages: arabdoc-setup (core RTL stack), arabdoc document classes (arabdoc-article, arabdoc-book, arabdoc-report, arabdoc-thesis), arabdoc-glossary (bilingual glossary and acronym management), and arabdoc-bib (Arabic bibliography with biblatex). Options include font selection, numeral style, calendar, caption overrides, and legal-style section numbering. Requires XeLaTeX with bidi, polyglossia, and fontspec. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/arabdoc The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/arabdoc/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: modernclassnotes
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Aurghyadip Kundu submitted an update to the modernclassnotes package. Version: 1.1.0 2026-08-04 License: lppl1.3c mit Summary description: Typesetting course notes, lecture handouts, and assignment worksheets Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. New Features & Enhancements: - Chapter Notes Mode (mode=chapternotes): Added layout preset tailored for chapter-based lecture notes and course modules. - Chapter & Objective Tracking: Introduced \chapter{number}{title}{objectives} with optional learning objectives list, plus \subchapter{number}{title} tracking. - Footer Metadata Toggle (official=true/false): Added boolean option to show or hide instructor and institution details in page footers. - Expanded Typography Options: Added support for 7 additional font packages (kpfonts, pagella, sourceserif, helvet, fira, libertine, utopia) with fallback handling. - New Color Theme: Introduced the purple color palette option. 2. Bug Fixes & Rendering Improvements: - Vector Font Rendering: Loaded lmodern (Latin Modern Type 1 vector fonts) in both modernclassnotes.cls and modernclassnotes.sty to eliminate bitmapped Type 3 font fallback under T1 encoding. 3. Documentation & Examples: - Synchronized package (.sty) and document class (.cls) implementations. - Updated complete user manual PDF and LaTeX source (doc/modernclassnotes-doc.tex). - Added new chapter notes example template (examples/04-chapter-notes.tex). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/modernclassnotes More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/modernclassnotes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: suanpan-l3
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Nan Geng submitted an update to the suanpan-l3 package. Version: 2.0.0 2026-08-04 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Traditional Chinese 7-bids suanpan (abacus) package based on l3draw Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Renamed the bid command to bead. 2.Added range syntax support for the \rods command, supporting both start-end and start-end-step forms. 3.Added an optional counting point parameter for the \rods command. 4.Added the numrods option to set the maximum number of rods, allowing flexible control over the size of the abacus. 5.Implemented static component caching to reduce redundant drawing. 6.Improved the error reporting mechanism. 7.Revised and enhanced the documentation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/suanpan-l3 More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/suanpan-l3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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New on CTAN: hadith
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '26

05 Aug '26

Nibras Abo Alzahab submitted the hadith package. Version: 1.1.0 License: lppl1.3c pd Summary description: An easy way to typeset Hadith text using XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A new package, hadith, provides an easy way to typeset Hadith text with full Arabic diacritics (tashkeel) from the canonical collections of Islamic tradition in XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX documents. The package is modeled after the quran package and follows the same architecture: text data in .def files, macros in .sty. The package includes 7 collections (36,390 hadiths total): Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Ibn Majah, and Muwatta Malik. English translations and hadith authenticity grades are included. Key features include on-demand chapter loading to avoid TeX memory limits, case-insensitive collection names, inline citation commands, and metadata commands for section/chapter names. The package requires XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX with the bidi and polyglossia packages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/hadith The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/unicodetex/latex/hadith/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: tikz-chemlab
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '26

04 Aug '26

Aihua Wang submitted the tikz-chemlab package. Version: 1.0.0 2026-08-03 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A TikZ-based reimplementation for drawing chemical laboratory glassware Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tikz-chemlab provides macros for a variety of devices used mainly for chemical applications. tikz-chemlab works with any LaTeX engine that supports TikZ. No PostScript dependency. No `latex → dvips → ps2pdf` pipeline needed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/tikz-chemlab The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-chemlab/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: dfg-crc
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '26

04 Aug '26

Lukas C. Bossert submitted the dfg-crc package. Version: 0.1.0 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Create DFG Collaborative Research Centre proposals and CVs Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial CTAN release of dfg-crc. The LuaLaTeX class provides a data-driven template for DFG Collaborative Research Centre proposals and CVs, including generated project heads, staff and funding tables, project lists, collaboration plots, Gantt charts, and proposal-wide calculations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/dfg-crc More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/dfg-crc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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New on CTAN: propositions
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '26

04 Aug '26

Cian Dorr submitted the propositions package. Version: 0.9 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Typeset and cross-reference named and numbered propositions Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The propositions package is a new LaTeX package for typesetting and cross-referencing named and numbered displayed propositions (examples, theses, premises...). Cross-references can include customizable formatting; the appearance of proposition labels and cross-references is controlled by a flexible key-value interface. For example: if one writes \begin{prop} \item[Monism, format=\textsc{#1}] \label{mon} All is one \end{prop} \ref{mon}, one will get a description-like list with 'Monism' in small caps, and the subsequent \ref{mon} will also produce 'Monism' in small caps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/propositions More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/propositions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: l3backend-dev
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '26

04 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3backend-dev bundle. Version: 2026-08-02 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX3 backend drivers (dev) Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ### Added - `l3backend-hitex.def` ### Changed - Support for `raw` color export mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3backend-dev The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/l3backend/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: l3kernel-dev
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '26

04 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3kernel-dev bundle. Version: 2026-08-02 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Development pre-release of l3kernel Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ### Added - `raw` export format for `\color_export:nn(n)N` (see issue \#1934) - Basic HiTeX support: names for new primitives, engine and format detections - `\sys_if_engine_hitex:(TF)` - `\sys_if_engine_unicode:(TF)` - `\sys_if_output_hnt:(TF)` - Support for loading `hitex` backend ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel-dev The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex-dev/required/l3kernel/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: beastie
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '26

03 Aug '26

Norman Gray submitted the beastie package. Version: 0.14.1 License: bsd2 0bsd Summary description: Beastie is an experiment in parsing and processing BibTeX files Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beastie is an experiment in parsing and processing BibTeX files * A parser for .bib files, amongst others. * An implementation of the .bst BibTeX Style Language. * That .bst implementation is hosted in a dialect of Scheme, extended with suitable parsing and processing primitives. The goals of this project are: * to explore ways of processing .bib files which aren't exclusively based on .bst; * to provide a second implementation of the BST language; and * to initiate some sort of conversation about BibTeX standards, broadly construed. There was an article about Beastie v0.12 in TUGBoat, 46:2, pp.220–227 (2025), doi:10.47397/tb/46-2/tb143gray-beastie. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/biblio/beastie More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/beastie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: l3build
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '26

03 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3build package. Version: 2026-08-02 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A testing and building system for (La)TeX Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [2026-08-02] ### Added - Variable `typesetwarnings` to fail typesetting on overfull/underfull boxes reported in the log (issue \#470) - Introduce the `\BEGINBOXTEST`/`\ENDBOXTEST` to avoid boilerplate for box tests -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3build More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3build -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: l3backend
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '26

03 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3backend package. Version: 2026-07-20 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX3 backend drivers Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [2026-07-20] ### Fixed - Setting of `\current@color` for separations in DVI-based routes (including XeTeX) (see \#1938) ## [2026-06-19] ### Changed - Set `\current@color` from `\color_select:N`, etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/l3backend More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3backend -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: l3kernel
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '26

03 Aug '26

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3kernel package. Version: 2026-07-20 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [2026-07-20] ### Fixed - Setting of `\current@color` for separations in DVI-based routes (including XeTeX) (see \#1938) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/l3kernel More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: cmgraded
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '26

03 Aug '26

Alain Stalder submitted an update to the cmgraded package. Version: 1.0.1 License: ofl lppl1.3c Summary description: Classic LaTeX look and feel in different grades of blackness Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiny fix to make cmgraded workable with the old latex->dvips->ps2pdf. Note that since the package normally loads Type 1 fonts at runtime, for the above use case you have to enable the desired map files in advance with updmap; see the package documentation for details. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/cmgraded More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/cmgraded -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: spacingtricks
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '26

03 Aug '26

Antoine Missier submitted an update to the spacingtricks package. Version: 1.9 2026-08-02 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Addressing various spacing issues Announcement text: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ What’s new in this release: - new implementation of the juxtapose environment (works better), - comments on the foreign package, - setspace isn't loaded anymore. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/spacingtricks The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/spacingtricks/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: pgf
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '26

03 Aug '26

The PGF/TikZ Team submitted an update to the pgf package. Version: 3.1.12 License: lppl1.3c gpl2 fdl Summary description: Create PostScript and PDF graphics in TeX Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [3.1.12] - 2026-08-01 Henri Menke ### BREAKING CHANGES - PGF/TikZ now requires support for the braced `\input{...}` syntax, i.e. TeX built with Web2C 2020 or newer. - When using LaTeX the internal functions `\pgfutil@IfFileExists` and `\pgfutil@InputIfFileExists` are now aliases to their counterparts from the LaTeX format. This could potentially change the precedence in file lookup. - The precision of the scaling operation from bp to pt has been improved, which changes all the values emitted in the PDF literals. #1434 ### Fixed - Resolve parsing ambiguity in general shadow #1435 - Fix clobbered register in `bending` library #896 - Fix handling of closepath command in svg.path library #1189 - Use luatexbase to register pgfsys@strcmp to not sidestep their allocation counting - Allow XOR and XNOR gates to have more than 2 inputs #376 - Fix missing inclusion of libraries in `graphdrawing` examples - Fix missing inclusion of libraries in the examples at https://tikz.dev/gd-trees and https://tikz.dev/gd-usage-tikz - Fix mis-spelled Kellermann to Kellerman - Support an apply-all feature (suggested in issue #640) to apply a single definition of options to multiple examples. - Support directions in LuaTeX and LuaMetaTeX - Fix unused variable in tikzmath example #1142 - Correct source comment on `\pgfshadepath` #437 - Mention `\pgfinterruptpath` in the documentation of `\pgfextra` #1327 - Prevent math active character from causing infinite loops #1391 - Extended the valid range of `\pgfmathscientific` #1444 ### Added - Comprehenive testsuite generated from the examples in the manual #666 - Documentation of `\pgfkeysifassignable` #1423 - Add a new monotonic interpolation plot handler #1358 - The keys `actualtext`, `alt`, and `artifact` are now pre-defined in both `tikz` and `pgf` as no-ops for usage in tagging #1370 #1453 - Documentation of the default z-axis vector #611 - The manual now has PDF bookmarks for the index sections #1307 - New expansion helpers and emptiness check in pgfkeys #1254 ### Changed - Typo fixes in the manual - Replace `\begingroup`...`\endgroup` by an explicit brace group in `pgfscope` to fix usage in alignments #1417 - Update the engine requirements in the manual #1242 ### Removed - The long deprecated `vtex` and `textures` drivers have been removed - The long deprecated `pgfutil-common-lists` (part of pgfplots since 1.18.2) has been removed - Removed duplicate definition of `\pgfmath@tempdima` in pgfutil #1384 ### Contributors - Dominik Peters - Erin Cold - Hanson Char - Udi Fogiel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/base More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/pgf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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