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CTAN Update: comfortaa
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jan '12

10 Jan '12

On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 Mohamed El Morabity submitted an update to the comfortaa package. Summary description: Sans serif font, with LaTeX support License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog for version 2.2: - update fonts to version 2.002 As announced by Johan Aakerlund, All characters (yes all) have been redone / re-thought at a higher quality. Especially people using Comfortaa at large sizes will appreciate this. Spacing and kerning has also been re-thought. Some characters have changed more than others - you may notice changes to especially s and f. The Cyrillic character set has also been greatly improved. Overall the quality of the font has just gone up a notch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/comfortaa . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/comfortaa (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: mdframed
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jan '12

10 Jan '12

On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the mdframed package. Summary description: auto split frame environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I recognize that the update of mdframed in TeX Live is wrong and the package doesn't show any more. I changed the dtx to fix this bug. - fixes bug with parskip ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdframed . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mdframed (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: mdframed
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the mdframed package. Summary description: auto split frame environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - new option to handle the frame title - new commands for working with mdframed. Please have a look at the documentation to see all changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdframed . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mdframed (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 CTAN Package: check-parens
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 Jaap Eldering submitted the check-parens package. Summary description: Simple program to check LaTeX code for matching parentheses, etc. License type: gpl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- check-parens is a simple program written in C++ to check LaTeX code for matching parentheses, etc. I wrote it because I got annoyed trying to find difficult to trace mismatched braces. It reports any errors/warnings with precise compiler-like line:pos numbers to ease finding LaTeX compilation problems as well as mismatches of parentheses in mathematical formulas. It also checks matching delimiter sizes (i.e. left, ig etc.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/check-parens . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/check-parens (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: thumbs
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the thumbs package. License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix: Used a @tempcnta where a @tempdima should have been. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/thumbs/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/thumbs (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: regstats
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the regstats package. License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix, package produced error without option timer due to one misplaced command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/regstats/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/regstats (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 CTAN: mdsymbol
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 Sebastian Schubert submitted the mdsymbol package. Summary description: A font of mathematical symbols designed as a companion to Adobe Myriad Pro License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MdSymbol is a font of mathematical symbols designed as a companion to Adobe Myriad Pro, but it might also fit well to other contemporary typefaces. It is used by the MyriadPro package: https://github.com/sebschub/FontPro ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/mdsymbol . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mdsymbol (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 Updated: blindtext
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 Knut Lickert submitted an update to the blindtext package. Summary description: Create dummy text. License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Can be used to create examples with a lot text to become a feeling for the look of classes, packages... Changes 2.0: New languages: - Catalan - American (Copy of English) Changes: - correction of typos. - language definition in own dtx-file New features: - second and later paragraphs in multiple paragraphs get start sequences (american, english, (n)german) - Option bible changes the blind text - Option pangram changes the blind text - Option random changes the blind text ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/blindtext . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/blindtext (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 package update: aebxmp
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

the daemon awakes again... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: aebxmp > Author's name: D. P. Story > Author's email: dpstory(a)uakron.edu > Package version: 2.2 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/aebxmp/ > Summary description: Insert additional metadata into the PDF > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > New feature: Define Keywords for inserting the keywords of a > document, essentially as an array of keywords. The individual keywords > can be accessed through the JS function aKeywords() 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/aebxmp.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/aebxmp/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v2.4g > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.4g: > - Track changes in expl3: some internal code updated 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/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: ec fonts
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 Jörg Knappen submitted an update to the ec package. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On request of the Free Software Foundation, the licence does no longer require that the original ec fonts are distributed together with a changed version. Note that all other licence conditions remain intact, including the condition that the changed file names nor file names must not start with ec or tc. The new licence should satisfy the FSF's criteria for a free licence. There are no changes to the fonts themselves. The version is still 1.0. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ec . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ec (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: jmlr
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: jmlr > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Package version: 1.12 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/jmlr/ > Summary description: Class files for the Journal of Machine Learning Research > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Changes: > > * jmlr.cls > > - removed prehyperref package option. > > - renamed jmlr@prehyperref to jmlrprehyperref > > - added tabularx to list of problem packages. > > - provided default value of @shortitle > > - added itlebreak > > - added optional argument to Name > (jmlrauthors now redefines @jmlr@authors instead of > @jmlrauthors) > > - added chapter number to heHsection to ensure unique > hyperlinks in book > > * jmlrbook.cls > > - Moved loading setspace and fink before jmlr.cls loaded > > - changed hechapter to heHchapter in definition of > heHalgorithm etc > > - added heHfootnote, heHtable, heHfigure > > - in importpubpaper etc, changed @shortitle to @title in toc > > * makejmlrbook v0.31 > > - footnotes in abstract files changed to in-line parentheses. > > - --batchtex option now also passes -interaction=batchmode to > htlatex > > - added debugging option --noexecute 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/jmlr.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/jmlr/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: reotex
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

the daemon wrote, as i waited anxiously in hospital: > Name of contribution: reotex > Author's name: Nuno Oliveira > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf/contrib/ > Summary description: Draw Reo Channels and Circuits using the pgf/tikz libraries > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Definition of macros and other utilities to design Reo Circuits using > the pgf (tikz) by Till Tantau (pgf manual for v2.10) > > This is version 1.0!! thanks for the upload; i have 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/reotex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/reotex/ The catalogue entry will first appear on the web (some time) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN Package: parnotes
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 Michael Hughes submitted the parnotes package. Summary description: Notes after every paragraph, or elsewhere License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package adds a new note type, parnote. Parnotes are set as normal, running paragraphs and may be placed two ways: (1) Automatically, at the end of the paragraph (2) Manually, using the parnotes command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/parnotes . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/parnotes (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 has a new package: happy4th
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 at 08:07 +0100, Brian Blackmore submitted the happy4th package. Summary description: Fireworks display License type: pd Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Created for July 4, 2007, this block of goop with give you a hundred-page fireworks display. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/plain/contrib/happy4th . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/happy4th (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 CTAN package: pst-tools
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-tools.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put > the files into the _new_ directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-tools/ > > pst-tools (v. 0.01) is a PSTricks related package > with helper functions for other PSTricks packages. > > I am the author and the license is as usual LPPL thanks for the upload; i've installed the package, and made an entry in the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-tools.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-tools/ The catalogue entry will first appear, on the web, some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: prerex
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: prerex > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 6.3 > Location on CTAN: graphics/prerex/ > Summary description: Macros for prerequisite charts, with associated > editor and viewer applications. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The vprerex viewer now sets the working directory to that > of the tex file it is opened with, and right-clicking on a > course box or arrow *appends* coordinates to the > clipboard (to simplify multiple deletes/shifts). 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/prerex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/prerex/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN Package: hanoi
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 Brian Blackmore submitted the hanoi package. Summary description: Towers of Hanoi / Brahma License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Surely you want to practice your TeX skills by solving the Towers of Hanoi with (up to) 15 discs, or maybe you just want to know the 32767 moves. Take a day off, solve the tower, and learn about TeX category codes! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/plain/contrib/hanoi . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hanoi (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: latexfileversion
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 renamed the getfileversion package to latexfileversion Summary description: Prints the version and date of a LaTeX input file License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011-12-31 v0.3 Harald Harders - Rename from getfileversion to latexfileversion - Add support for arbitrary tex input file types 2011-12-30 v0.2 Harald Harders - Avoid special characters as guillemets ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latexfileversion . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexfileversion (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: fnbreak
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 Harald Harders submitted an update to the fnbreak package. Summary description: Detects footnotes that are split over several pages. License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New features since version 1.10: - Add options `nonverbose' and `label' and macros to switch behaviour after loading the package - Distinguish between split over double page or with flipping the page. - Allow commands in page number (non-numeric pages and footnote labels). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fnbreak . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fnbreak (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 CTAN Package: romanbar
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 H.-Martin Münch submitted the romanbar package. Summary description: Write Roman numbers (or any other text) with bars. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This LaTeX package allows to write Roman numbers (or any other text) with bars. (Additionally, commands for converting Arabic numbers into Roman ones are provided and an ifnumeric test function.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/romanbar/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/romanbar (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: regstats
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the regstats package. License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + Now supports (but does not require) lua(la)tex for option timer. + Due to the use of temporary counters, no longer a new counter is used (except when option proof=true is chosen, of course). + Circumvention of the incompatibility of the atveryend package with seminar class and slidesec package introduced. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/regstats/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/regstats (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: calxxxx-yyyy
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 H.-Martin Münch submitted an update to the calxxxx-yyyy package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Happy new year and all the best for 2012! (Calender examples updated to 2012-2029.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/calxxxx-yyyy/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/calxxxx-yyyy (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: pst-solarsystem
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-solarsystem.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put > the files into the _new_ directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solarsystem/ > > pst-solarsystem (v. 0.12) is a PSTricks related package > for drawing a solar system. > > the authors are Manuel Luque and Herbert Voß. The license > is as usual LPPL > > pst-solarsystem plots the visible planets, projected on the plane of > the ecliptic. As we can not represent all the planets in the real > proportions, only Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars have the correct > proportions of the orbits and their relative sizes are observed. > Saturn and Jupiter are in the right direction, but not in correct size. thanks for the upload; i have installed it and made a new entry in the catalogue. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-solarsystem.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solarsystem/ The catalogue entry will first appear, on the web, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: getfileversion
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 Harald Harders submitted an update to the getfileversion package. Summary description: This simple shell script prints the version and date of a LaTeX input files (e.g., class or style files). License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011-12-31 v0.3 Harald Harders - Add support for arbitrary tex input file types 2011-12-30 v0.2 Harald Harders - Avoid special characters as guillemots ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/getfileversion . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/getfileversion (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: typogrid
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 Harald Harders submitted an update to the typogrid package. Summary description: Print a typographic grid. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011/12/31 0.21 Harald Harders (harald.harders(a)gmx.de) - Change Makefile in order to produce pdf documentation - Set date and version explicitly in ProvidesPackage 2003/11/09 0.20 Harald Harders (harald.harders(a)gmx.de), Rolf Niepraschk - Reimplementation, provide grid for headings and a frame for the margin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/typogrid . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/typogrid (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: lato
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 Mohamed El Morabity submitted an update to the lato package. Summary description: Lato font fanily and LaTeX support License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog for version 2.2: - update .ttf files to version 1.104 - update documentation to mention latofonts.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/lato/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lato (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: comfortaa
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 Mohamed El Morabity submitted an update to the comfortaa package. Summary description: Sans serif font, with LaTeX support License type: lppl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changelog for version 2.1: - fix bad weight substitution when using light weight and slanted shape ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/comfortaa/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/comfortaa (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 CTAN Package: xcookybooky
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 Sven Harder submitted the xcookybooky package. Summary description: typesetting (long) recipes with pictures and background images License type: free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is intended for typesetting recipes, which could be greater than one page. Above the recipe text two (optional) pictures can be displayed. You could enter recipe name, energy content, portions, preparation and baking time, baking temperatures, recipe source and of course preparation steps and required ingredients. At the bottom you can insert a optional hint. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xcookybooky . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xcookybooky (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: acrosort
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

the daemon wrote: > An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20111231-135208/ > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: acrosort > Author's name: D. P. Story > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/acrosort/ > Summary description: Bubble sorting of images/tiles > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a package that uses Adobe Distiller as the PDF creator as well > as Acrobat itself. > > The AcroSort is a novelty LaTeX package for importing a series of > sliced images of a picture. The sliced images are randomly arranged, > then resorted before the user's eyes using a bubble sort. > > Images can be sliced using AcroSlice, also available through CTAN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/acrosort.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/aeb_pro/acrosort/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new CTAN package: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

the daemon proclaims: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 0.7 > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Publications that reference many names require editors and > proofreaders to track those names in the text and index. These name > authority macros allow authors and compilers to normalize occurrences > of names, variant name forms, and pen names in the text and > index. This may help minimize writing and production time and cost. 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/nameauth.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nameauth/ The catalogue entry will first appear on the web some time early in 2012. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: Endheads
by CTAN Announcements 31 Dec '11

31 Dec '11

the daemon said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Endheads > Author's name: John Burt > Package version: 1.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/endheads/ > Summary description: Running headers of the form Notes to pp. xx--yy > for endnotes > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Endheads provides running headers of the form Notes to pp. xx-yy for > endnotes. It is designed to work with endnotes.sty. Version 1.5 fixes > a bug in the interaction of Endheads and the page styles for memoir > class. 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/endheads.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/endheads/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: libertine-legacy
by CTAN Announcements 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

the daemon offers a late-night goodie: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: libertine-legacy > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 5.1.2 (2011-12-30) > Location on CTAN: fonts/libertine-legacy/ > Summary description: Linux Libertine fonts for TeX and PdfTeX users. > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To avoid conflicts with the otf fonts of the > libertine package, the otf fonts and some associated files > have been removed. (La)TeX and Pdf(la)TeX users should have > no need for these. thanks for the upload -- rapid reaction, indeed, to the concerns of the user community. 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/libertine-legacy.ht… > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/libertine-legacy/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: pgfplots
by CTAN Announcements 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 Christian Feuersänger submitted an update to the pgfplots package. Summary description: pgfplots - Create normal/logarithmic plots in two and three dimensions for LaTeX. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pgfplots version 1.5.1 comes with several bugfixes and a couple of new features, including - more operations for FPU library (==, !=,<=,>=,?) - fixed bug in usage of decorations in addplot - bugfix for contour prepared format=matlab - added 'const plot mark mid' and 'jump mark mid' plot handlers - nodes on a plot (addplot ... node[pos=<fraction>] {};) - 'trim axis group left' and 'trim axis group right' - bugfixes for polar axes and log+stacked plots - added style 'log ticks with fixed point' - introduced patched tikz paths to simplify circles and ellipses within an axis - patchplots lib: patch type=polygon - some more bugfixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfplots/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgfplots (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: luacode
by CTAN Announcements 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard submitted an update to the luacode package. Summary description: Helper for executing lua code from within TeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011/12/29 v1.2 * new helper macros luastring, luastringO, luastringN * new debug (logging) feature ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/luacode . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/luacode (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 CTAN package: reverxii
by CTAN Announcements 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 Bruno Le Floch submitted the reverxii package. Summary description: Playing Reversi in TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the lead of xii.tex, here is a little (938 chars) game of Reversi for New Year. WIth a primitive AI. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/plain/contrib/reverxii . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/reverxii (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 packages updated: l3kernel, l3packages, l3experimental
by CTAN Announcements 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

the daemon's been up to one of his mammoth sessions... > Name of contribution: l3kernel > Name of contribution: l3packages > Name of contribution: l3experimental > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Package version: SVN 3109 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ > Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Snapshot of SVN 3109 > -------------------- > > - New tl-analysis module for decomposing and analysing token lists > on a token-by-token basis. > - Extend l3regex to work with tokens where appropriate. In > particular, the syntax c{<csname>} can be used to match > control sequences. > - Improved robustness of regex system. > - Improve behaviour of DeclareExpandableDocumentCommand such > that optional arguments (o, O, d and D) can contain > nested delimiter tokens in the same way as happens for > non-expandable functions. > - No longer accept l type arguments for > DeclareExpandableDocumentCommand, as this was not reliable. > - Added expandable l_if_empty:x(TF) test. > - Add experimental 'list comprehension' functions > seq_(g)set_filter:NNn and seq_(g)set_map:NNn. > - Improve the behaviour of vbox_... and vtop... functions so > that they always end with a par rather than the internal TeX > /end_graf/ procedure. > - Revise cs_to_str:N such that it requires exactly two > expansions and is faster. > - Revise register allocation such that a full set of registers > are accessible using the native allocator when using LuaTeX. > - Revise cs_show:c and cs_meaning:c to test explicitly for > undefined arguments. > - Revise some internals of ior/iow stream allocations. > - Make l_replace_... functions robust inside halign. > - Fix bugs in the l_rescan... functions to handle & > correctly and to preserve braces under all circumstances. > - Fix bugs in LuaTeX-only catcode table allocator (IniTeX mode > only). > - Test that catcode tables are new when allocating in package > mode. > - Tighten up on use of _nopar so that it is only applied to > functions with no arguments. > - Documentation fixes for prg_(new|set)_eq_conditional:NNn. thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new versions, and updated the three entries in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entries at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3kernel.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3packages.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/l3experimental.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ The catalogue entries will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: endfloat
by CTAN Announcements 28 Dec '11

28 Dec '11

i wake up to find the daemon saying: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: endfloat > Author's name: Axel Sommerfeldt > Package version: 2.5d > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/endfloat/ > Summary description: Place all figures on pages by themselves at the > end of the document, optionally leaving markers like [Figure 3 > about here] in the text near to where the figure (or table) would > normally have occurred. > > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Improved compatibility to version 2.4 of the endfloat package 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/endfloat.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/endfloat/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: amiri-font
by CTAN Announcements 28 Dec '11

28 Dec '11

the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: amiri-font > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Package version: 0.101 > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > See 'documentation/NEWS.txt' 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/amiri-font.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/amiri/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 26 Dec '11

26 Dec '11

the daemon tells us: > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v2.4f > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.4f: > - Bug fix for font changes in tables > - Better handling of 'escaped' material in tables when > parse-numbers = false is set > - Some performance enhancements 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/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 24 Dec '11

24 Dec '11

> The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: cleveref > Author's name: Toby Cubitt > Package version: 0.18.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ > Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fix compatibility with recent versions of caption. 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/cleveref.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: keyreader
by CTAN Announcements 24 Dec '11

24 Dec '11

as i was out doing last-minute shopping, the daemon popped up to say: > Name of contribution: keyreader > Author's name: Ahmed Musa > Package version: 0.4a > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/keyreader/ > Summary description: Robust and compact interface to the xkeyval package. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bug fix. Not really a bug, but a matter of wrong logic or concept. 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/keyreader.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keyreader/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: kantlipsum
by CTAN Announcements 24 Dec '11

24 Dec '11

the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: kantlipsum > Author's name: Enrico Gregorio > Author's email: Enrico.Gregorio(a)univr.it > Package version: 0.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/kantlipsum/ > Summary description: The kantlipsum package spits out sentences in > Kantian style > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is version 0.5 of the package. Just a cleanup of the macros to > make them more efficient. 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/kantlipsum.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/kantlipsum/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: endfloat
by CTAN Announcements 24 Dec '11

24 Dec '11

the daemon writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: endfloat > Author's name: Axel Sommerfeldt > Author's email: axel.sommerfeldt(a)f-m.fm > Package version: 2.5c > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/endfloat/ > Summary description: Place all figures on pages by themselves at the > end of the document, optionally leaving markers like [Figure 3 about > here] in the text near to where the figure (or table) would normally > have occurred. > > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Increased compatibility to version 2.4 of the endfloat package 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/endfloat.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/endfloat/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: rmannot
by CTAN Announcements 23 Dec '11

23 Dec '11

the daemon summons me from my evening slumbers: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: rmannot > Author's name: Don Story > Package version: 2.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/rmannot/ > Summary description: creates rich media annotations, now supports 3d > models (distiller PDF creator required) > License type: lppl > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > What's New for Version 2.0: I've added support for 3D models (U3D and > PRC). These models are presented within a rich media annotation rather > than a 3D annotation. This allows you to bind SWF applications to the > background or foreground of the scene, or to materials of the model > itself. 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/rmannot.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rmannot/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package reinstated: keyreader
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '11

22 Dec '11

the daemon wrote, yesterday: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: keyreader > Author's name: Ahmed Musa > Author's email: amusa(a)gmail.com > Package version: 0.4 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/keyreader/ > Summary description: A robust interface to the xkeyval package. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Some of the features of the package have been moved to the ltxkeys > package, where more robustness can be found. But the keyreader package > continues to be used by some TeXnicians, long after I abandoned it. I > don't know how TeXLive kept it on long after it disappeared from > CTAN. Now it is officially back anew. > > 2. I used it as a testing platform for the ltxkeys package because the > xkeyval package, for all its shortcomings, has been stable and widely > used for years. Even now I send the keyreader package to users of > ltxkeys package to benchmark problems with the ltxkeys package. So it > is right that it returns to CTAN. > > 3. New interfaces for defining and setting keys have been introduced. > > 4. The alternate/admissible values of choice keys can now have > individual callbacks. Incidentally, the implementation of this feature > in the keyreader package is more optimized than that of the ltxkeys > package. In the future there will be a need to return to the ltxkeys > package on this matter. > > 5. The selective sanitization procedure of the xkeyval package has > been replaced by the new list normalization scheme of the keyreader > package. The relevant macros of the xkeyval package have been hacked. > > 6. For some users of xkeyval's define@key command, the fact that a > space between the key name and its callback/function can cause > problems in key definition has been annoying. But this isn't the fault > of the xkeyval package. Well, the keyreader package has addressed this > concern: the space causes no more headache. > > 7. Still, as in the xkeyval package, it isn't possible to pass > unbalanced conditionals as key values in the keyreader > package. ltxkeys to the rescue. 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/keyreader.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keyreader/ The catalogue entry (at the address above) will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. (For some reason it remained when the previous package was removed from the archive -- at other sites, the web entry will no doubt reappear overnight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: biblatex-fiwi
by CTAN Announcements 22 Dec '11

22 Dec '11

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-fiwi > Author's name: Simon Spiegel > Package version: 1.1d > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-fiwi/ > Summary description: biblatex styles for German humanities, especially film studies > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is mainly a bugfix release. The last releases always introduced small > errors, this should now have been taken care of. > > - Many small inconsistencies have been eliminated. > - A new testing environment should make sure that future releases don't > introduce new inconsistencies > - Separate example files now show the output for different setups 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/biblatex-fiwi.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 change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: standalone
by CTAN Announcements 21 Dec '11

21 Dec '11

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the standalone package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This major update adds the following new features: standalone class: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * New 'crop' option as an alternative to 'preview'. * New 'varwidth' option to wrap content in a 'varwidth' environment. * Support for multiple pages using the 'multi' option. * Standalone environments (very similar to PreviewEnvironment's) are supported, including the possibility to ignore extra material (see the 'ignorerest' option). * New dedicated options for TikZ and PSTricks. * Floats (table, figure) are turned automatically to non-floating replacements. See the 'float' option for more details. * Options to allow for easy conversion to raster images by external tools like Image Magick and Ghostscript were added. standalone package: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * New includestandalone[<options>]{<file>} macro which allows to include standalone files similar to images. * New 'build' option to automatically build standalone output files (like PDFs) which can be included as such in the main document. * New 'mode' setting to switch between using the source code of standalone files or build images from it. * New 'obeyclassoptions' option which will apply most class options to the source code of standalone files when included with includestandalone in source code mode. * New 'group' option to control if input'ed standalone files are wrapped in a group (default) or not (group=false). Files included using includestandalone are always placed in a group. See the newly redesign manual for further details. Please do not hesitate to report bugs and feature requests to the author, either by email to martin(at)scharrer-online.de or using the issue tracker at https://bitbucket.org/martin_scharrer/standalone/issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/standalone . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/standalone (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: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '11

20 Dec '11

On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. License type: gpl Announcement text: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The most noticeable changes in the latest maintenance release are: * The new environment variable DVISVGM_COLORS allows user-defined message colorings. * A linking issue concerning the FreeType library has been fixed. * The ID format used to reference glyphs and paths has been updated in order to avoid potential ID collisions. For further information including a list of recent changes and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project page http://dvisvgm.sf.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/dvisvgm (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: libertine-legacy
by CTAN Announcements 20 Dec '11

20 Dec '11

The daemon told me yesterday: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: libertine-legacy > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 5.1.2 (2011-12-19) > Location on CTAN: fonts/libertine-legacy/ > Summary description: Linux Libertine fonts for TeX and pdfTeX users. > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > From December 11, 2011, the libertine package supports only xetex and > luatex users (opentype-format fonts). This package provides the last > version that still supported tex and pdftex users (type 1 > fonts). Except for a small number of directory and file re-namings to > avoid conflicting with more recent distributions, the files in this > package are identical to those of the libertine package version 5.1.2 > distributed at CTAN before December 2011. > > It is believed that this package can be installed and used as before, > without conflicting with newer libertine packages, except that the > latter have a dummy libertine.sty that should be deleted or > avoided. Xetex and luatex users should use libertineotf.sty in the > more recent libertine packages. 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/libertine-legacy.ht… > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/libertine-legacy/ The catalogue entry will first appear (some time) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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