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CTAN Update: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 Xavier Danaux submitted an update to the moderncv package. Summary description: A modern curriculum vitae class. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/moderncv (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: mychemistry
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the mychemistry package. Summary description: create reaction schemes with LaTeXe and chemfig License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - fixed conflict with pdfpages package - reduced package dependencies - robustified user commands ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mychemistry . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mychemistry (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: pst-optexp
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 Christoph Bersch submitted an update to the pst-optexp package. Summary description: Drawing optical experimental setups License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes for version 3.2: * Added component glanthompson * Added access to beam vectors with oeBeamVec, oeBeamVecUp and oeBeamVecLow * Fixed wrong computation of node distance in fiberbox * Fixed bug in wdmsplitter for coupleralign=b and couplertype=none * Fixed bug when filling components placed with position=end/start * Added value absolute to parameter labelref * Added examples ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-optexp (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: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

quoth the daemon: > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.4 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ > Summary description: Name authority macros improve consistency and flexibility in body text and index. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I am pleased to announce version 1.4 of the nameauth package (1.28 was > not released, as it necessitated the present changes). New features > include more robustness in places like marginpar and list material, a > CapThis macro that works for all instances of Name, and an > alwaysformat option that allows calling out names as one might find in > some older German reference works. With documentation extensively > rewritten for readability and accessibility, this marks a milestone in > my quest to automate the formatting and indexing of names. I hope > others may find it useful. > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ thanks for the upload; i have installed and updated the catalogye

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New CTAN package: odsfile
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

the daemon told me: > Name of contribution: odsfile > Author's name: Michal Hoftich > Package version: 0.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/odsfile/ > Summary description: LuaLaTeX package for reading opendocument > spreadsheet documents as LaTeX tables > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is LuaLaTeX package and lua library for reading > opendocument spreadsheet (ods) documents from Open/Libre > Office Calc and typeseting them as LaTeX tables. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the new package; i've installed it and created an entry in the CTAN catalogue for it. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/odsfile.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/odsfile/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: regexpatch
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

the daemon tells us: > Name of contribution: regexpatch > Author's name: Enrico Gregorio > Package version: 0.1b > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/regexpatch/ > Summary description: High level patching commands > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This version fixes a few bugs in the macros related to patching > biblatex bib macros (`xpatchbibmacro' and friends). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and tweaked the catalogue appropriately. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/regexpatch.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/regexpatch/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: chemmacros
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

the daemon tells me: > Name of contribution: chemmacros > Author's name: Clemens Niederberger > Package version: 3.3d > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/chemmacros/ > Summary description: macros and commands for chemists > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - additional picture file type `pdf' for the GHS pictograms > - default bond length set to 1.1667ex, new option `chemformula/bond-style' > - added kerning to cip commands, new option `iupac/cip-kern' > - bug-fixes thanks for the upload; i've installed and tweaked the catalogue entry for the package > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/chemmacros.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chemmacros/ Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: xpinyin
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Qing Lee submitted an update to the xpinyin package. Summary description: Automatically add pinyin to Chinese characters License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update needed to keep in sync with the up to date version of the l3kernel bundle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xpinyin . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xpinyin (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: zhnumber
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Qing Lee submitted an update to the zhnumber package. Summary description: Typeset Chinese representations of numbers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update needed to keep in sync with the up to date version of the l3kernel bundle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/zhnumber . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/zhnumber (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 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Qing Lee submitted an update to the xecjk package. Summary description: Support for CJK documents in XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update needed to keep in sync with the up to date version of the l3kernel bundle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: chextras
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Boris Oriet submitted an update to the chextras package. Summary description: A companion package for the Swiss typesetter. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package simplifies the preparation of Swiss documents and letters by setting up linguistic and common packages. While it is a useful addition to the chletter document class, it is not tied to it and may be used as a general purpose package. This is version 1.01 which adds compatiblity with TeX Live 2012 and LuaTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chextras . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chextras (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: poetrytex
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Sam Whited submitted the poetrytex package. Summary description: A package for typesetting anthologies of poetry License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PoetryTeX is a TeX package designed to aid in the management and formatting of anthologies of poetry and other writings. Unlike other environments related to poetry (eg. `verse'), PoetryTeX is geared more towards creating and maintaining a collection of poems, and less about typesetting the verse itself. Development of PoetryTeX occurs on GitHub: https://github.com/samwhited/poetrytex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/poetrytex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/poetrytex (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: nlctdoc
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

quoth the daemon: > Name of contribution: nlctdoc > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Package version: 1.02 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nlctdoc/ > Summary description: Package documentation class > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Minor updates. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/nlctdoc.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nlctdoc/ 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 package update: datatool
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: datatool > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Package version: 2.10 > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.10 (2012/07/18): > > * datatool.sty: > > - Split package into datatool-base.sty, datatool-fp.sty and > datatool-pgfmath.sty > > - Added package option math (math=fp -> use fp.sty, > math=pgfmath -> use pgfmath.sty) > > - datatool.sty now requires etoolbox (changed commands like > @ifundefined to etoolbox equivalents) > > - Added 'omitlines' option when loading csv file (from patch > supplied by Bruno Le Floch > at: > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/22942/skipping-the-first-line-of-a-d… ) > > - DTLloaddb : adds default column header if missing > > - Added optional argument to DTLdisplaydb > > - Added omit key to DTLdisplaylongdb > > - added environment dtlenvgforint > > - added environments DTLenvforeach and DTLenvforeach* > > - added check for at least version 1.2 (2009/10/20) of substr.sty > > - added DTLassign > > - added DTLnumitemsinlist > > - added dtlrecombine, dtlrecombineomitcurrent, > dtlreplaceentryincurrentrow, dtlswapentriesincurrentrow, > dtlremoveentryincurrentrow, dtlappendentrytocurrentrow > > - Rewritten @dtl@ifDigitOrDecimalSep (code provided by Bruno Le Floch) > > - ensured first argument of DTLconverttodecimal gets one-level > expansion in commands like DTLaddall > > - Fixed DTLloaddb to work if % used at the start of a row in CSV file. > > - Fixed @dtl@qlopoff to substitute escaped CSV delimiters > > - Fixed bug in DTLloadrawdb, which only performed a single > substitution per line > > - Added long before edef in DTLsubstituteall > > - Fixed bug in @dtl@getkeyforcolumn (affects > DTLgetkeyforcolumn) > > - Changed tab character to ^^I > > - Fixed bug in DTLloaddb and DTLloadrawdb when CSV file only > contains one column > > * databib.bst: > > - Added eprints field > > * datatool-user.tex (User guide): > > - fixed typo value{DTLbibrow}<11 => value{DTLbibrow}<10 > > - added section Operating on Current Row > > - added remark on using etoolbox to check for empty values > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/datatool.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/datatool/ thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: amiri-font
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

the daemon wrote: > An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20120719-104024/ > > Name of contribution: amiri-font > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Package version: 0.104 > Location on CTAN: /fonts/amiri > Summary description: Amiri is a classical Arabic typeface, Naskh > style, for typesetting books and other running text. > License type: other-free > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ------------------------ > * New glyphs: > - New localised slash glyph, to align better with Arabic digits. > - New, less bulky Arabic @ sign. > - Proportional digits (â€˜pnumâ€™ feature). > > * Fixes: > - Give some room to the low small waw. > - Fix seen tooth with ss02. > - Fix raa with inverted v above. > - Improve medial kaf of kaf-mem-alef > - Make subtending marks work with Firefox (and other HarfBuzz based applications). > - Arabic number sign (U+0600) now accepts a 4th digits, and is made > a bit wider, to avoid collision with wide digits. > - Fix combining Qur'anic madda with inverted damma. > - Drop the Th ligature. > - Other miscellaneous fixes. > > * Kerning: > - Kern final lam-alef with kaf. > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/amiri-font.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/amiri/ 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: bguq
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

On Thu, 19 Jul 2012, J.J. Green submitted the bguq package. Summary description: An improved quantifier stroke for Begriffsshrift packages License type: lppl/gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The bguq font contains a single character: the Begriffsshrift quantifier (in several sizes), as used to set the Begriffsshrift (concept notation) of Frege. This package is not intended for end users, instead it is expected that it will be used by other packages which implement the Begriffsshrift. An (unofficial) modified version of Josh Parsons' begriff.sty is included as an example of implementation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/bguq . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/bguq (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: biblatex-fiwi
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

On Wed, 18 Jul 2012, Simon Spiegel submitted an update to the biblatex-fiwi package. Summary description: biblatex styles for German humanities – especially film studies License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a rather large update to biblatex-fiwi. The package now requires biblatex 2.0 or later and biber 1.0 or later (some basic functionality will still work with bibtex, but most of the more advanced options rely on biber). Version 1.2 - Support of the new related functions: * Translations and reprints * Adapted the option 'partofcited' * Adapted the document type @review * Adapted the option 'germ' and renamed it as 'translatedas' * All of the above functions now only require one biber run - Add a new entrysubtype forr tv shows - New command citeepisode - Added new sorting scheme 'title' - New option 'ignorearticle' - If the date of an entry is missing the bibstring 'undated' is used - Various bugfixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-fiwi/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-fiwi (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: pst-optexp
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 Christoph Bersch submitted an update to the pst-optexp package. Summary description: Drawing optical experimental setups License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in version 3.1 * Added component fiberbox * Extended connection macros to not required curly braces around node parenthesis any more * Modified fibercollimator to have allowbeaminside=false by default * Extended fiber couplers to allow using only two nodes * Fixed a bug concerning node expressions with drawfiber ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-optexp (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: lastbib
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 Berik I. Tuleuov submitted the lastbib package. Summary description: Allows to use bibliographic references count by new counter LastBib License type: free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is to use bibliographic references count by new counter LastBib, to make things like |... LastBib references in the work| to get `... 25 references in the work' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/lastbib . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lastbib (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: randomwalk
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 Bruno Le Floch submitted an update to the randomwalk package. Summary description: Customizable random walks using TikZ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update needed to keep in sync with l3kernel update today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/randomwalk . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/randomwalk (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: morewrites
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 Bruno Le Floch submitted an update to the morewrites package. Summary description: Always room for a new write License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update needed to keep in sync with the update of the l3kernel bundle today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/morewrites . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/morewrites (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: l3kernel, l3packages and l3experimental
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

the daemon sent 3 messages; i've conflated them here. > Names of contributions: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Package version: SVN3990 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Snapshot of SVN 3990 > -------------------- > > This snapshot features a number of significant improvements to > expl3. > > *New FPU* > > The entire l3fp module (the LaTeX3 floating point unit) has been > rewritten to allow expandable floating point operations. This > allows the introduction of 'floating point expressions', for > example > > fp_set:Nn l_tmpa_fp { sin ( 3 / 4 ) } > > The older non-expandable operations such as fp_sin:Nn are > therefore deprecated: fp_add:Nn and fp_sub:Nn are retained. > > *Wider review of consistency* > > The team have taken advantage of introduction of the new FPU to > review consistency across the l3kernel modules. This has > resulted in a number of functions being either renamed or > deprecated. These changes have been detailed on the LaTeX-L > list, along with a small number of other deprecations which > reflect a general improvement in the logic of expl3. The > removals are: > > - ExplSyntaxNames(On|Off) > - clist_if_eq:NN(TF) > - clist_use:N, seq_use:N > - msg_two_newlines: > - msg_class_set:nn > - quark_if_recursion_tail_break:(N|n) > - skip_if_infinite_glue:n(TF) > - l_tmpc_int > - <type>_length => <type>_count > - if_num:w => if_int_compare:w > - ior(_str)_(g)to:NN => ior_get(_str):NN > - prg_case_<type>:nnn => <type>_case:nnn > - prg_stepwise_... => int_step_... > - prop_del => prop_remove > - msg_newline: => \ or iow_newline: > > The team have also reviewed the use of x-type arguments in > kernel-defined functions. In some cases, functions had been > given x-type arg specs even though the expansion carried out was > not exactly of this form. This has led to the deprecation of a > one function and renaming of three others: > > - l_if_empty:xTF > - iow_wrap:xnnnN => iow_wrap:nnnN > - str_case:xxn => str_case_x:nnn > - str_if_eq:xx(TF) => str_if_eq_x:nn(TF) > > It also means that some functions have been revised so that the > x-type versions are based on n-type base functions in the > standard way. These are all within the message system. > > *Improving status details* > > The revisions above mean that some modules of l3kernel have now > been reviewed carefully by the team. For those modules, we have > removed the 'Experimental' statement from the description; thus > for example l3int is now simply > > L3 Integers > > rather than > > L3 Experimental integers > > At the same time, there are more experimental additions to be > made to l3kernel which we want to include in the distribution > whilst allowing some flexibility. We also want programmers to be > able to find which functions have this status by reading the > documentation. A new l3candidates module has therefore been > added, and all distributed experimental additions to the kernel > have been moved here. > > *Marking up internal code* > > Separating out functions which are documented and thus generally > usable from those for 'internal' use only is an important part > of the LaTeX3 work. To aid this, the team have introduced a new > convention to indicate all internal material using two > underscore characters. At the same time, an 'extended DocStrip' > program has been added to LaTeX3 to simplify this process. Full > details are included in the documentation. > > In general, making this change should not affect existing code > from third parties. However, some kernel-internal functions may > have been used by others as the status of these was not > previously made clear. The renaming may therefore require > adjustments. Issues in this area should as usual be raised on > the LaTeX-L mailing list. > > *General changes* > > The snapshot includes the usual list of more general changes in l3kernel: > > - The && operator now binds more tightly in boolean expressions > than the || operator, as in other programming languages. > - Breaking mappings and similar structures has been improved so > that the break is always to the appropriate end point. > - Indexing of all structures is now from one, not zero. This > reflects the fact that LaTeX programming is used to support > 'natural' lists and so forth, and so offset indexing is > inappropriate. > - Vertical coffins should now set linewidth and columnwidth > correctly. > - The errorcontextlines primitive is now not altered in > package mode so that users setting are respected. > - Getting and popping from an empty sequence or comma list now > returns q_no_value, consistent with property list behaviour. > - All get and pop operations on property lists, sequences and clists > now support variants with TF branches (i.e., the check for > q_no_value is done internally and the appropriate branch > selected). They are the recommended interfaces for normal use. > - New l_concat:NNN family of functions. > - Added experimental (clist|seq)_use:Nnnn for more nuanced use > of list structures. > - Added .initial:(n|V) to l3keys > - Improved appearance of ...show:n functions at the terminal. > - Updated ox_show:N and new ox_show:Nnn to provide more > information, including full box contents with ox_show:N, > also new ox_log:N and ox_log:Nnn for writing to the log. > - Remove a number of 'expired' functions. > - Native drivers improved to now support pdfTeX 1.30 onward, > matching engine coverage stated for expl3 in general > - Drop loading of color package and load graphics as late as > possible, to avoid option clashes. > - Protected all variants involving an x-type expansion, and > made cs_generate_variant:Nn, the cs_(new|set|gset):Nn > family of functions, and prg_new_protected_conditional:Npnn > more resilient against invalid input. > - Provide two local and two global scratch variables for each > type. > > *xparse* > > - Bug in expandable functions fixed so that they will > correctly accept par tokens is the argument signature is > appropriate. > - Revise definition of 'NoValue' such that it does not use a > document-level token at all. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Users may view the package catalogue entries at > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html > http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html > or they may browse the packages' directories at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ 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: frege
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '12

15 Jul '12

On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 Quirin Pamp submitted the frege package. Summary description: Latex package for typesetting Frege's Begriffsschrift License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package frege defines a number of new commands for typesetting fregean Begriffsschrift in LaTeX. It is loosely based on the package begriff with the same purpose. However it offers a number of improvements including better relative lengths of the content stroke with respect to other strokes, content strokes that point at the middle of lines rather than the bottom, a greater width for the assertion stroke as compared to the content stroke, a more intuitive structure for the conditional, greater care taken to allow for the linewidth in the spacing of formulas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/frege . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/frege (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: bibleref-french
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '12

15 Jul '12

On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the bibleref-french package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Accent on the book of Ésaïe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bibleref-french . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/bibleref-french (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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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: showcharinbox
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '12

14 Jul '12

On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 Vafa Khalighi submitted the showcharinbox package. Summary description: Show characters inside a box License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package typesets a character inside a box, showing where reference point is. It also displays width, height, and depth information of the character. This produces the output like the one in page 63 of The TeXBook or page 101 of The METAFONTbook. The package is motivated by Knuth macros in file manmac.tex. Please note that using this package means that you should put a character in large size inside a box and putting small size of a character inside the box does not make any sense. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/showcharinbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/showcharinbox (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 package on CTAN: biblatex-phys
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-phys > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v0.9 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-phys/ > Summary description: A biblatex implementation of the AIP and APS > bibliography style > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The biblatex-phys package provides an implementation of the > bibliography styles of both the AIP and the APS for biblatex. > This implementation follows standard biblatex conventions, and > can be used simply by loading biblatex with the appropriate option > > usepackage[style=phys]{biblatex} > > A demonstration database is provided to show how to format > input for the style. Style options are provided to cover the > minor formatting variations between the AIP and APS bibliography > styles. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-phys.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/bibl… The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN and the TeX Directory Structure
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

* TDS layout on CTAN: the problem. CTAN was developed as a means of unifying access to TeX-related material; in pre-CTAN days, packages to use with TeX were dotted on ftp sites around the net, according to the whim of the sites' maintainers. To find a file, you prowled the mailing lists and news groups until someone mentioned the file. CTAN, therefore, provides uniform access to a range of files, and those files may be found at the same place on any conforming CTAN site or mirror. The structure of the directory tree on a CTAN site is designed to ease browsing: packages form the leaf nodes of the tree (either as single files or as directories containing several files). The big distributions can be viewed, in this sense, as packages. Above all, the interested user can browse the tree to find out what CTAN offers. Methods of access have changed, too; CTAN sites originally offered no more than FTP access. Today's archives offer web access as well (and rsync access for mirrors), and the CTAN team and its helpers provide many other related services, including a catalogue, an index of packages by topic (i.e., by subject and usage areas). However, CTAN remains careful not to lose sight of a vital part of its original brief: an archive that users may browse. Separately from the development of CTAN, a TUG working group defined the TeX Directory Structure (TDS), which makes possible TeX systems that offer efficient access to huge numbers of TeX-related files, in an efficient way. Most (if not all) modern TeX distributions lay out files in TDS-compiant way; but constructing a TDS-compliant form of a package is not trivial. How, then, is the user to decide where to put files of a new package? An obvious solution is to provide packages on the archive laid out according to TDS format. Unfortunately, this conflicts with the requirement that people may browse CTAN; TDS layout could have been designed to discourage people from browsing -- it is typically dominated by directories whose only contents are links to other directories. * The CTAN team's solution The CTAN team have decided that packages on the archive shall remain in a browsing-friendly layout. In parallel, a new install tree has been created. The install tree's structure parallels those of the main trees: for any package foo/bar/baz/... on the main tree foo, a TDS-structured ZIP file would be found at install/foo/bar/baz.tds.zip which may be used to update a TeX system. The CTAN team will check that baz.tds.zip correctly covers the package material, when each version of baz is uploaded. The check is not guaranteed to spot every problem, but it detects gross errors (such as updating a file zot.tex in the main tree, but not updating the copy in baz.tds.zip) Note that, in most cases, the usefulness of the .tds.zip is transitory: most modern distributions provide most (free) packages, so that after a day or so, a new (version of a) package will be available via the distribution's update mechanism. * Anomalies. Overall, banishing TDS-format layouts remains our aim, but we can't possibly claim that the policy has always been applied as we would like. All over the archive there are packages that are variously wrong (by our reckoning above). We shall not be correcting these packages, unless new versions are uploaded, or some other imperative arises. Another (inevitable) anomaly is the TeX distributions. CTAN archives provide a repository from which users load a distribution, and which supplies updates as parts of the distribution are upgraded. We do not expect to improve the distributions' layout (that is, any change will come from the distribution managers). The CTAN Team (What is left of it)

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CTAN Update: japanese-otf-uptex
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 Norbert Preining submitted an update to the japanese-otf-uptex package. Summary description: upLaTeX support of japanese-otf License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012.07.09 Ver0.11 ## Thank ZR san for great contribution. sty/otf.sty, sty/mlutf.sty :: Apply new code to support surrogate pairs when macros UTF{}, UTFT{}, UTFC{} and/or UTFM{} are used with hyperref package. The new code is written by ZR san. test/uplatex/uotftest-utf8.tex :: Revise. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/japanese/japanese-otf-uptex . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/japanese-otf-uptex (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: pst-optexp
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 Christoph Bersch submitted an update to the pst-optexp package. Summary description: Drawing optical experimental setups License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a new major release with substantial changes: * Modified beam connections with drawbeam to support raytracing * Added wide beams with drawwidebeam * Added drawfiber for fiber connections * Added optexp environment for layering of components and connections * Added german documentation See file Changes for a full list. Not all changes are backward compatible, please see the documentation before upgrading! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optexp . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pst-optexp (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: biblatex-apa
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 Philip Kime submitted an update to the biblatex-apa package. Summary description: APA style for biblatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- APA style for biblatex, using some of the major new biblatex 2.0 features. This version of the style requires biblatex 2.0 and biber 1.0. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-apa (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: latexpand
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '12

08 Jul '12

On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 Matthieu Moy submitted an update to the latexpand package. Summary description: Flatten LaTeX file by expanding include and input, remove comments License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a complete rewrite of latexpand. It now manages several command-line options to fine-tune the behavior, and many corner-cases have been fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latexpand . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexpand (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: substitutefont
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '12

08 Jul '12

On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 Günter Milde submitted an update to the substitutefont package. Summary description: Easy font substitution License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix, version was 0.1.2 broken due to uncommented example. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/substitutefont . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/substitutefont (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 package on CTAN: enotez
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '12

08 Jul '12

On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 Clemens Niederberger submitted the enotez package. Summary description: Endnotes for LaTeX2e License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The enotez package allows nested endnotes, supports hyperref and provides means for easy customization of the list of notes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/enotez . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/enotez (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: embrac
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '12

08 Jul '12

On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the embrac package. Summary description: Upright Brackets in Emphasized Text License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- renamed RenewEmph => ChangeEmph and added new RenewEmph ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/embrac . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/embrac (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: fnpct
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '12

08 Jul '12

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fnpct > Author's name: Clemens Niederberger > Package version: 0.2d > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fnpct/ > Summary description: footnote kerning > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > add adapted note kinds are recognized as multiple footnotes now > (instead of only ones of the same type) 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fnpct.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fnpct/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: substitutefont
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

On Thu, 5 Jul 2012, Günter Milde submitted an update to the substitutefont package. Summary description: Easy font substitution License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dokumentation update, more examples. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/substitutefont . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/substitutefont (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: biblatex-chicago
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

On Thu, 5 Jul 2012, David Fussner submitted an update to the biblatex-chicago package. Summary description: Biblatex style files for both Chicago specifications License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release implements the specifications of the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, both in the notes & bibliography style and in author-date. The 15th-edition files are still available in the package for those needing them. In addition to the upgrade to the new edition, I have included many enhancements and bug fixes. The styles are designed for use with biblatex 1.7. All the details, as usual, are in the README, RELEASE, and biblatex-chicago.pdf files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chica… . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-chicago (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: lgrx
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

On Thu, 5 Jul 2012, Günter Milde submitted an update to the lgrx package. Summary description: Greek text with the LGR font encoding License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New version of the lgrx bundle: New package alphabeta.sty to make alpha, eta, ... math commands available in text mode, too. Support for accented Greek unicode characters with textalpha.sty. Documentation update. Note: the TeXLive 2012 pre-release had the file lgrenc.dfu in the wrong place, resulting in non-functional Unicode support. This is fixed in the latest pre-release (and also in the texlive-lang-greek package in Debian/unstable). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/lgrx . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lgrx (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: pst-barcode
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-barcode.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete _all_ > files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > there is no version number change in the main file. > > pst-barcode is a PSTricks related package for drawing > barcodes for all important modes. > > This new version comes with following changes in > the PostScript file: > > ----- pst-barcode.pro > 2012-06-26 - The QR Code encoder was modified so that Micro QR Code > symbols do not require the use of raw mode. > - Support for the alphanumeric, numeric, and kanji encodings > was added to the QR Code encoder. > - The PZN symbology was extended with support > for PZN8. > - Support for the GS1 DataMatrix symbology was added. > - A bug in double digit ASCII encodation of the Data Matrix > symbology was fixed. > - The EDIFACT, C40, TEXT, and X12 encodation schemes were > removed from the Data Matrix symbology, as > these were buggy. > - Support for FNC1 character as added to the Data Matrix > symbology. Thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-barcode.html or browse the package's directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-barcode/ Changes in the archive should have reached all mirrors within 24 hours. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package maintainer changed: silence
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: silence > Author's name: Michael Pock > Package version: 1.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/silence/ > Summary description: Selective filtering of error messages and warnings. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > New maintainer: Michael Pock thanks for the upload; i've installed the revised version, and updated the catalogue repository to note that Michael is now the maintainer. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/silence.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/silence/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: The fitr Package
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

the daemon alerts me to yet more great new stuff: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: The fitr Package > Author's name: D. P. Story > Package version: 1.2 > Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fitr/ > Summary description: Set a rectangular destination and jumps to it > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package is an implementation of the FitR view-type destination as > described in the PDF Reference. The package defines one new command > jdRect. The command (optionally) sets a jump to and/or sets a > destination of a FitR (Rectangle). (Can you see where jdRect comes > from?). > > The package requires eforms (part of the AeB) and collectbox (by > Martin Scharrer). Drivers supported are dvips and dvipsone (using > Adobe Distiller as the PDF creator); pdftex (which includes luatex); > and dvipdfm, dvipdfmx, and xetex. > > The package was developed in response to a user of the AeB Bundle who > was interested in developing documents for students with low vision; > the idea is to magnify regions of the document so the student can read > more comfortably. Optional special effects are included (JavaScript > functions) to help focus one the rectangle as it is magnified, and as > the previous view is restored. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fitr.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fitr/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: aeb_mobile
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

the daemon also told me: > Name of contribution: aeb_mobile > Author's name: D. P. Story > Package version: 1.2 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/aeb_mobile/ > Summary description: Format PDF files for use on a smartphone > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Added a feature that automatically scales graphics. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/aeb_mobile.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/aeb_mobile/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: AcroTeX eDucation Bundle (AeB)
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

further to yesterday's installations, the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: AcroTeX eDucation Bundle (AeB) > Author's name: D. P. Story > Author's email: dpstory(a)uakron.edu > Package version: 6.4 > Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/acrotex/ > Summary description: Multicomponent bundle for creating exercises, > interactive quizzes, strong support for JavaScript > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The bundle now supports lualatex, dvipdfmx, and xelatex. It does > auto-detection on pdftex and xetex. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/acrotex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/acrotex/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: mf2pt1
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 Scott Pakin submitted an update to the mf2pt1 package. Summary description: Produce PostScript Type 1 fonts from Metafont source. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mf2pt1 facilitates producing PostScript Type 1 fonts from a Metafont source file. mf2pt1's advantage over tools such as TeXtrace and mftrace is that it does not rely on bitmap tracing and therefore can produce higher-quality Type 1 fonts than trace-based tools. The catch is that mf2pt1 imposes a number of restrictions on the Metafont input so it is not, as the name may imply, an automatic converter of arbitrary Metafont fonts to Type 1 format. Version 2.5 fixes a pair of bugs that led to glyph widths being slightly larger than intended. Thanks to Michael Ummels for the corrections. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/mf2pt1 . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mf2pt1 (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: newtx
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

the daemon plays, while i am away: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: newtx > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Package version: 1.00 > Location on CTAN: fonts/newtx > Summary description: New version of txfonts, with improved metrics and options. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Same as previous upload, but with all all metrics for MinionPro moved to a > separate package, minion2newtx. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/newtx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/newtx/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: minion2newtx
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

while i was away in the luxurious surroundings of East Kent, the daemon said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: minion2newtx > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Author's email: msharpe(a)ucsd.edu > Package version: 1.00 > Location on CTAN: fonts/minion2newtx > Summary description: Metrics for MinionPro v2 for use as add-on in newtxmath. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package contains just the metrics files required to use the minion option > in newtxmath, plus instructions for their installation. 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.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/minion2newtx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/minion2newtx/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: footnotebackref
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jul '12

01 Jul '12

On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 Holger Lange submitted the footnotebackref package. Summary description: Backreferences from footnotes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The footnotebackref package allows the creation of hyperlinks from the footnote at the bottom of the page back to the occurence of the footnote in the main text. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/footnotebackref . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/footnotebackref (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: embrac
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

On Fri, 29 Jun 2012, Clemens Niederberger submitted the embrac package. Summary description: Upright Brackets in Emphasized Text License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package redefines emph and extit so that parentheses and squared brackets are typeset upright. It is strongly based on an article by Dominik Waßenhoven in “Die TeXnische Komödie” 2 (2012), pp. 51--53 which introduced code by Bruno Le Floch (see http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/13048/upright-parentheses-in-italic-…). Code parts and idea used with their kind permission. Many thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/embrac . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/embrac (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: newtx
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

the daemon tells me: > Name of contribution: newtx > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Package version: 1.00 > Location on CTAN: fonts/newtx > Summary description: New version of txfonts, with improved metrics and options. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > New option 'minion' provides an alternative to MinionPro+MnSymbol, offering > distinct math italic v, nu, plus scalability. Option 'libertine' has > been improved substantially, thanks to feedback from users. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. the font set is being recommended a lot -- good to see something really useful getting the recognition it deserves! > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/newtx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/newtx/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning (Cambridge time). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: fnpct
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the fnpct package. Summary description: footnote kerning and punctuation interaction License type: free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bugfix: now works with `bigfoot' out of the box ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fnpct/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fnpct (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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