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CTAN Update: chemstyle
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jul '13

06 Jul '13

Joseph Wright submitted an update to the chemstyle package. Version number: v2.0m License type: lppl Summary description: schemes and style for chemistry Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.0m: - New Italian translations for 'fixed strings', thanks to Dario Cambié ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chemstyle (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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New on CTAN: uowthesistitlepage
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

Thomas M Griffiths submitted the uowthesistitlepage package. Version number: 1.1 License type: lppl Summary description: Typesets the title page of your thesis in accordance with the UOW branding guidelines. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This Package redefines the maketitle command for LaTeX documents and generates a title page for a University of Wollongong thesis, in accordance with the uow branding guidelines. Use this package with the book class to typeset your thesis. Implimented in version 1.1 is the declaration command. This typesets the declaration that this thesis is your own work etc, required in the front of each PhD Thesis. This package is also available to download on the University of Wollongong website, albeit as a slightly different zip file, it contains a copy of the UOW logo. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/uowthesistitlepage . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/uowthesistitlepage (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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CTAN Update: selnolig
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

Mico Loretan submitted an update to the selnolig package. Version number: 0.250 License type: lppl Summary description: Selective suppression of typographic ligatures for English and German texts Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tweaks to the English and German language sample lists of words for which ligatures should be suppressed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/selnolig . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/selnolig (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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New on CTAN: changes
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

Ekkart Kleinod submitted an update to the changes package. Summary description: Manual change markup License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The changes-package allows the user to manually markup changes of text, such as additions, deletions, or replacements. Changed text is shown in a different colour; deleted text is striked out. The package allows free defining of additional authors and their associated colour. It also allows you to change the markup of changes, authors, or annotations. Release 2.0.0 changes the output of the list of changes. Default is a list similar to the list of tables or figures. The summary of v1.* can be achieved using listofchanges[style=summary]. Several bugfixes were introduced as well. See version info in documentation for more information. Please inform me about any errors or improvements as you see fit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/changes . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/changes (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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new on ctan: lplfitch
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

another upload appears: > Name of contribution: lplfitch > Author's name: Richard Zach > Package version: 0.9 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/lplfitch/ > Summary description: Fitch-style natural deduction proofs a la mode de > Language, Proof, and Logic > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package lplfitch provides macros for typesetting natural deduction > proofs in Fitch style, with subproofs indented and offset by scope > lines. It produces proofs in the format used in the textbook > Language, Proof, and Logic by Dave Barker-Plummer, Jon Barwise, and > John Etchemendy. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lplfitch > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/lplfitch/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: datatool
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

quoth the daemon: > Name of contribution: datatool > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Package version: 2.14 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datatool/ > Summary description: Tools to load and manipulate data > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * datatool: > > - fixed bug in @dtl@updatekeys > (Bug report: http://www.dickimaw-books.com/cgi-bin/bugtracker.cgi?action=view&key=20) > > - fixed DTLsaverawdb so that it works when there are fragile > commands in database entries > > > * dataplot: > > - refactored DTLplot to help prevent large data values exceeding > TeX's maximum dimensions > > - aded tikz calc library as a requirement > > * datagidx: > > - added 'condition' key to printterms > > - added postnewtermhook, ewtermfield, ifnewtermfield, > datagidxdb > > - fixed bug in 'gloss' style that displayed multiple see also > lines for entries that have children. > > * Fixed minor typos in user manual > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/datatool > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/datatool/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan update: exsheets
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

the daemon tells us: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: exsheets > Author's name: Clemens Niederberger > Package version: 0.9h > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/exsheets/ > Summary description: Create exercise sheets and exams > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > exsheets - some minor internal changes > translations - various fixes concerning language aliases and dialects > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/exsheets > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/exsheets/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new on ctan: ExPex
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

the daemon cried: > Name of contribution: ExPex > Author's name: John Frampton > Package version: 4.1b > Location on CTAN: j.frampton(a)neu.edu/ > Summary description: Macros for formatting linguistic examples and > glosses, with a mechanism for example and example part > reference. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Macros for typesetting linguistic examples and glosses, with a refined > mechanism for referencing examples and parts of examples. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Uploader's additional comments: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Similar packages are in ../latex/contrib and most users will be LaTex > users. But expex.tex is Plain Tex. There is a simple LaTex wrapper > for LaTex users. So I am unclear what directory ExPex should be > placed in. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/expex > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/plain/contrib/expex/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: paracol
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jun '13

29 Jun '13

Hiroshi Nakashima submitted an update to the paracol package. Summary description: a multi-column package to typeset columns in parallel License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Emergency update to fix two serious bugs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/paracol . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/paracol (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: librecaslon
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: librecaslon > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Author's email: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca > Package version: 1.0 (2013-06-25) > Location on CTAN: fonts/librecaslon/ > Summary description: Libre Caslon fonts, with LaTeX support > License type: ofl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Libre Caslon fonts are designed by Pablo Impallari. Although they > have been designed for use as web fonts, they work well as > conventional text fonts. A bold italic variant is not yet available. > As a stopgap, an artificially slanted bold variant has been created > and treated as an italic. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/librecaslon > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/librecaslon/ (a bundle of the font is already available for use with tex live 2013.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: udesoftec
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

J. Peter M. Schuler submitted the udesoftec package. Summary description: UDE-Softec documentclass and bibstyle for students License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ude-softec documentclass and bibstyle Initial CTAN upload for the LaTeX template (full documentclass) for written theses at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Research Group for Business Informatics and Software Engineering. It is based on pdflatex and bibtex using utf-8 files. It was thorougly tested on Windows/MikTeX, works as well under sharelatex.com and should be plattform independent. For more information see the (currently only german) instructions at udesoftec-doc.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/udesoftec . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/udesoftec (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: apa6
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Brian Beitzel submitted an update to the apa6 package. Summary description: Format documents in APA style (6th Edition) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes (apacite and natbib reference heading now respects the babel entry; itemize and enumerate environments now passed to LaTeX so they nest properly) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/apa6 . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/apa6 (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: pstricks
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pstricks package. Summary description: An extensive collection of macros for generating PostScript License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pstricks.tex -------- 2.44 2013-06-24 -add macros pssetMonochrome/pssetGrayscale -added coor option ** for (f(y) y) pstricks.pro -------- 1.16 2013-05-22 -save color functions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pstricks (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: ijmart
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Boris Veytsman submitted an update to the ijmart package. Summary description: LaTeX Class for the Israel Journal of Mathematics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.7: Changes in sample file ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ijmart . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ijmart (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: cabin
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

there's a whisper down the line... > Name of contribution: cabin > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 2013-01-24 > Location on CTAN: fonts/cabin/ > Summary description: a humanist sans font, with LaTeX support > License type: ofl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For type1 use with other fonts, the semibold and medium options are > now implemented without re-defining fdefault or mddefault. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (CTAN comment) in addition, the package inconsolata.sty has apparently been replaced by a package zi4.sty > Announcement required: Yes > > Uploader's additional comments: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > cabin.tds.zip should be installed at /install/fonts/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cabin > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cabin/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: mhchem
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

the creature that whispers in my ear reports: > Name of contribution: mhchem > Author's name: Martin Hensel > Package version: 2013-06-23 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/ > Summary description: Typeset chemical formulae/equations, H and P > Statements, and R and S Phrases > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - compatibility with many more babel languages > - fraction possible in amounts (0.5H2O) thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mhchem > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: luaintro
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

the ethereal agent reported: > Name of contribution: luaintro > Author's name: Herbert Voß > Package version: 0.02 > Location on CTAN: info/examples/luaintro/ > Summary description: Examples from of the book Einfuung in LuaTeX und LuaLaTeX” > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Updated examples to work with TL 2103 and LuaTeX 0.76 thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/luaintro > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/info/examples/luaintro/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: babel-greek
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: babel-greek > Author's name: Günter Milde > Package version: 1.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/greek/ > Summary description: Babel support for Greek > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Q new version of the Babel support files for the Greek language and > script with partial support for Unicode-aware TeX engines > (XeTeX/LuaTeX). > > * bugfixes and cleanup, > * LICR macros in string definitions, > * LGR font encoding not used with XeTeX/LuaTeX. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel-greek > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/greek/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: create-struktex
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Peter Lenser submitted the create-struktex package. Summary description: Create a Tex-File from Java Code to build Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams with struktex. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The program structgen.jar translates methods, written in Java, in a Tex-File to build Nassi Shneidermann structure charts with struktex written by Jobst Hoffmann. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/create-struktex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/create-struktex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the tcolorbox package. Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems, documentation License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - bug fix: 'ams nodisplayskip lower' was applied to upper. - new option 'check odd page' - new environments for the 'skins' library: 'tcbclipinterior', 'tcbclipframe', 'tcbcliptitle' - new keys for the 'skins' library: 'watermark overzoom', 'clip watermark' 'clip title', 'clip upper', 'clip lower' - NOTE: watermarks are now clipped by default. To get the old behaviour add the option 'clip watermark=false' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: chess-problem-diagrams
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Stefan Hoening submitted an update to the chess-problem-diagrams package. Summary description: A package for typesetting chess problem diagrams License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added code to use Equihopper in diagrams. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chess-problem-diagrams . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chess-problem-diagrams (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '13

23 Jun '13

Stephane Galland submitted an update to the autolatex package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The action makeflat cannot retreive the images that are not automatically generated by AutoLaTeX, ie. the images that must be included as-is in the PDF document. This release fixes this bug by using the image search path of the graphicx package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/autolatex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/autolatex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: stackengine
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '13

23 Jun '13

Steven B. Segletes submitted the stackengine package. Summary description: Highly customized stacking of objects, insets, baseline changes, etc. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The stackengine package provides a versatile way to vertically stack objects in a variety of customizable ways. A number of useful macros are provided, all of which make use of the stackengine core. These macros allow a wide variety of tasks, including: -creating aligned stacks of specified inter-item gap; -creating aligned stacks of specified inter-item baselinse shift; -stacking both above and below the baseline; -overlaying character glyphs; -insetting graphical images atop larger background images; -top and bottom lapping; shifting the horizontal axis of a stack; -changing the baseline of an object; -subfigure labeling; This package is primarily intended for text mode, thought it can be adapted for use in math mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/stackengine . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/stackengine (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: mathdesign
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

Paul Pichaureau submitted an update to the mathdesign package. Summary description: High quality, free mathematical fonts that match with existing text fonts. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v 2.6 * distribution splitted in free and commercial-fonts * fontdimen corrected (for fractions) * infinity symbol redesigned * afm files no longer distributed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/mathdesign . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mathdesign (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: ctanify
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

Scott Pakin submitted an update to the ctanify package. Summary description: Prepare a package for upload to CTAN License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ctanify is intended for developers of LaTeX packages who want to distribute their packages via the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN). Given a list of filenames, ctanify creates a tarball (a .tar.gz file) with the files laid out in CTAN's preferred structure. The tarball additionally contains a ZIP (.zip) file with copies of all files laid out in the standard TeX Directory Structure (TDS), which facilitates inclusion of the package in the TeX Live distribution of TeX. Version 1.4 of ctanify replaces jobname in the .ins file with the base name of the package (requested by Marco Daniel) and corrects some troff macro usage in the man page (requested by Eric S. Raymond). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/ctanify . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ctanify (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: xecjk
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

Qing Lee submitted an update to the xecjk package. Summary description: Support for CJK documents in XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Enhanced support for the listings package. * No longer change the catcode of CJK Unified Ideographs. * Sort out character classes of CJK punctuation. * Resolve the conflict between `CheckSingle` option and tablists package. * Fix a couple of bugs for header and footer. * Provide four TECkit mapping files used for the conversion of Chinese full stop and conversion between Simplified and Traditional Chinese. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xecjk (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: beamer
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

Joseph Wright submitted an update to the beamer package. Summary description: A LaTeX class for producing presentations and slides License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.27: - Fix bug in font selection for example blocks - Correctly handle xkeyval package - Some fixes for subsubsection handling - Only add non-zero section numbers to TOC - Use sansmathaccent if available - New 141 aspect ratio (1.41:1) - Allow for custom font weights - Use string-based test for selecting lectures to allow jobname-based tests ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/beamer (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the tcolorbox package. Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems, documentation License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - several internal changes - library loading mechanism revisited - internal label change for ' cbmaketheorem' - new library options 'most' and 'all' - cbline now also works for ragged environments - new keys: 'flushleft title', 'flushleft upper', 'flushleft lower', 'flushright title', 'flushright upper', 'flushright lower' - new key 'no listing options' for the 'listings' library - new shadow features for the 'skins' library with the options: 'shadow', 'fuzzy shadow', 'drop shadow', 'drop fuzzy shadow', 'halo', 'fuzzy halo' - shadows for the 'beamer' skin changed to fuzzy - new library 'fitting' for the content fit operations. NOTE: ' cboxfit' and the fit options introduced in version 2.30 are moved to this new library - the fit algorithm is completey revisited and extended - new macro ' cbfontsize' ('fitting library') for relative font sizes - new keys for the 'fitting' library: 'fit fontsize macros', 'fit height plus', 'fit width plus', 'fit width from', 'fit height from' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update impnattypo
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '13

18 Jun '13

Raphaël Pinson submitted an update to the impnattypo package. Summary description: Typographic utilities inspired by the French Imprimerie Nationale License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor fixes in French documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/impnattypo . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/impnattypo (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '13

18 Jun '13

Stephane Galland submitted an update to the autolatex package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Display only the first error message in place of the entire TeX log. Remove the background in the SVG generated by Astah Pro. Minor enhancements and bug fixes were also released. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/autolatex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/autolatex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: xint
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

the daemon reports > Name of contribution: xint > Author's name: Jean-Franc{c}ois Burnol > Package version: 1.08b > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/xint/ > Summary description: Expandable operations on long numbers > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1. a bug with spaces inside xinttheexpr... elax is fixed. > 2. some new improvements in the handling of floating point > numbers. > 3. the previously non-documented possibilities for using > count registers and infix operations with them directly > in the arguments to the macros of xintfrac.sty are > explained. > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/xint/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-circ
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: pst-circ > Author's name: Herbert Voss > Package version: 2.04 > Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ > Summary description: drawing electrical circuits > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > version 2.04 2013-06-13 > - added new optional argument mathlabel and labelstyle > - added new symbol newSwitch and new option ison (cs) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Uploader's additional comments: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > please delete Christophe Jorssen as maintainer > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-circ > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: metapost
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

Taco Hoekwater submitted an update to the metapost package. Summary description: The MetaPost graphic language interpreter License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlights of metapost 1.80x: * A new PNG output format * support for IEEE Floating point as core data type * direct C API for solving the control points of a path in the same way the metapost language does For more details, see CHANGES. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/base . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/metapost (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: latex-git-log
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

Robin Schneider submitted the latex-git-log package. Summary description: Generates the version history of a git project as LaTeX source code. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This program will output the entire version history as table written in LaTeX if it is executed within a git repository. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latex-git-log . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/latex-git-log (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: xint
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

Jean-François Burnol submitted an update to the xint package. Summary description: Expandable operations on long numbers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (1.08b) 1. a bug with spaces inside xinttheexpr... elax is fixed. 2. some new improvements in the handling of floating point numbers. 3. the previously non-documented possibilities for using count registers and infix operations with them directly in the arguments to the macros of xintfrac.sty are explained. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/xint . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: selnolig
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

Mico Loretan submitted an update to the selnolig package. Summary description: Selective suppression of typographic ligatures for English and German texts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (i) New user command: uselig, to force the use of a ligature on a one-off, ad hoc basis. (ii) Various clarifications and simplifications in package's user guide (selnolig.pdf). (iii) Minor updates to German language ligature suppression rules ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/selnolig . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/selnolig (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: ctable
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. Summary description: Flexible typesetting of table and figure floats using key/value directives License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- footerwidth option was inactive when notespar option was active ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ctable (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: mandi
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: mandi > Author's name: Joe Heafner > Package version: 2.2.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mandi/ > Summary description: Macros for physics and astronomy > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This release contains newly formatted documentation and many new commands. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mandi > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mandi/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: feupphdteses
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Mario S.E. submitted the feupphdteses package. Summary description: Style and template for PhD Thesis of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A complete template for thesis/works of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) Faculty of Engineering University of Porto ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/feupphdteses . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/feupphdteses (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: lengthconvert
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Marco Daniel submitted the lengthconvert package. Summary description: Convert a length to an other unit License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A small package to convert a length to another unit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/lengthconvert . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lengthconvert (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: eledmac and eledpar
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the eledmac and eledpar packages. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release fix a bug when using ledsection and other with autopar. It also complete ledsidenote documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eledmac . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/eledmac (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: paralist
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Julian Gilbey submitted an update to the paralist package. Summary description: Provides customisable enumerate and itemize environments, and also in-paragraph versions. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The enumerate environment now allows an extra optional argument which specifies the item number to be used to determine the maximum label width in place of the default 7. Usage example: egin{enumerate}[(i)][13] item ... end{enumerate} This updated package is backwards compatible with earlier documents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/paralist . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/paralist (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update:: inconsolata
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Michael Sharpe submitted an update to the inconsolata package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This enhancement of the Inconsolata package, provides regular and bold weights, additional glyphs and options to control slashed zero, upright quotes and a shapelier lower-case L. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/inconsolata . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/inconsolata (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: nox
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Matthias Borck-Elsner submitted the nox package. Summary description: Arrays of data, text, commands or environments transformed to a variety of well structured and splitable tables. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arrays of data, text, commands or environments are transformed to a variety of well structured and splitable tables. Notes and references are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/nox (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: autolatex
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Stephane Galland submitted an update to the autolatex package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Add translators from SVG and Dia combined with TeX macros. Fixing the macros inside autolatex.sty to provide an interface similar to graphicx.sty. Several major bugs are fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/autolatex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/autolatex (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: xint
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Jean-François Burnol submitted an update to the xint package. Summary description: Expandable operations on long numbers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (1.08a: ) 1. improved efficiency of the basic conversion from exact fractions to floats, giving speed gains especially for the power function; 3.1415^3000000000 as a float is now within the package powers (sic), 2. the comparison routines handle much better inputs with big powers of ten, 3. the xintseries package has macros for floats, (1.08: ) 4. square root extraction, both for floats, and in a variant for integers. 5. new package xintbinhex.sty for expandable conversions of arbitrary length data to and from binary and hexadecimal. Many improvements to the pdf documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/xint . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: thalie
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: thalie > Author's name: Louis Paternault > Author's email: spalax(a)gresille.org > Package version: 0.5 > Location on CTAN: / > Summary description: A package to typeset drama plays > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > First publication of thalie: A package to typeset drama plays. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/thalie > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/thalie/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xint
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xint > Author's name: Jean-François Burnol > Package version: 1.08 > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/xint/ > Summary description: Expandable operations on long numbers > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is release 1.08. > 1. Square root extraction, both for floats, and in a variant > for integers. > 2. New package xintbinhex.sty for expandable conversions of > arbitrary length data to and from binary and hexadecimal. > 3. Various improvements in the documentation. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/xint/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: acro
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: acro > Author's name: Clemens Niederberger > Package version: 1.3b > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/acro/ > Summary description: typeset acronyms > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package now obeys if@filesw > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/acro > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/acro/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: fontawesome
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

the daemon reports: > Name of contribution: fontawesome > Author's name: Xavier Danaux > Package version: 3.1.1 > Location on CTAN: fonts/fontawesome/ > Summary description: High quality web icons > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Updated to reflect release 3.1.1 of Font Awesome > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontawesome > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/fontawesome/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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