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CTAN update: standalone
by CTAN Announcements 05 May '12

05 May '12

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: standalone > Author's name: Martin Scharrer > Package version: v1.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/standalone/ > Summary description: Fixed conversion option for MiKTeX > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update fixes an issue which made the 'convert' option unusuable > under MiKTeX, due to the way quotes in write18 calls are interpreted. 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/standalone.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/standalone/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: biblatex-ieee
by CTAN Announcements 04 May '12

04 May '12

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-ieee > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v1.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-ieee/ > Summary description: A biblatex implementation of the IEEE bibliography style > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1: > - Add alphabetic style ieee-alphabetic using same basic > bibliography formatting as ieee style 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-ieee.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) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: codicefiscaleitaliano.dtx
by CTAN Announcements 03 May '12

03 May '12

the daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: codicefiscaleitaliano > Author's name: Claudio Beccari > Package version: 1.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/codicefiscaleitaliano > Summary description: Test the consistency of the Italian personal Fiscal Code > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The alphanumeric string that forms the Italian personal Fiscal Code is > prone to be misspelled thus rendering any legal document invalid. This > small package quickly verifies the consistency of the fiscal code > string. Very useful for lawyers and accountants that use fiscal codes > very frequently. 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/codicefiscaleitalia… > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/codicefiscaleitaliano/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: lstaddons
by CTAN Announcements 03 May '12

03 May '12

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: quoth the daemon: > Name of contribution: lstaddons > Author's name: Martin Scharrer > Package version: lstlinebgrd.dtx- v0.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/lstaddons/ > Summary description: Add-on packages for listings: autogobble and line > background colours > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This bundle contains a small collections of add-on packages for > the 'listings' package. > These packages patch internal macros to provide additional features > to 'listings'. > > The add-ons are so far: > > > lstlinebgrd > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > Provides 'linebackground' options for 'lstlisting' which > can be used to color the background of each line of the listing. > The use of conditionals which depend on the line number is supported, > which allows zebra-effects etc. > > This package was originally written in response to the question > Creating a zebra effect using listings > (http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/18969/2975). > > > lstautogobble > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Provides an 'autogobble=true|false' option for 'listing' which will set the > standard 'gobble' option to the indention of the first line. This allows > people to indent their listings code in the source file without having to > use a suitable value for 'gobble' themselves. > > This package was originally written in response to the question > How to automatically skip leading white spaces in listings > (http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/19953/2975) 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/lstaddons.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/lstaddons/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: mwe
by CTAN Announcements 03 May '12

03 May '12

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: mwe > Author's name: Martin Scharrer > Package version: v0.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mwe/ > Summary description: Package and images files for MWEs > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 'mwe' provides several files useful to create a minimal working > examples (MWEs). A 'mwe' package is provided which loads a small set > of often used packages for MWEs. In addition several different images > are provided which will be installed in the TEXMF tree, so that they > can be used in any (La)TeX document. This allows different users to > easily share MWEs which include images commands without requiring to > share image files or use replacement code. 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/mwe.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mwe/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New class on CTAN: articleingud
by CTAN Announcements 03 May '12

03 May '12

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: articleingud > Author's name: Omar Salazar Morales > Author's email: osalazarm(a)correo.udistrital.edu.co > Package version: 0.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/articleingud > Summary description: articleingud is a LaTeX class for articles > published in INGENIERIA review > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > articleingud is a LaTeX class for articles published in > INGENIERIA review (http://www.udistrital.edu.co). This class > is derived from the standard LaTeX class article 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/articleingud.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/articleingud/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: texdef
by CTAN Announcements 02 May '12

02 May '12

the daemon distracts me from cleaning the dishes. oh dear... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: texdef > Author's name: Martin Scharrer > Package version: v1.6 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/texdef/ > Summary description: Update to v1.6: Better source code and environment support. > License type: gpl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This updates improves the --source/-s option to follow `let`s and to > support LaTeX environments. > > The new option --Environment/-E can be used to state that the given > command is an environment. > > Without -s this automatically adds the 'end<command>' command to the list. > This is also done if -s can't find a LaTeX environment definition > (e.g. ewenvironment etc.). 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/texdef.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/texdef/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: imsproc
by CTAN Announcements 02 May '12

02 May '12

that little daemon script tells me: > Name of contribution: imsproc > Author's name: Vafa Khalighi > Package version: 0.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/required/imslatex/imscls/ > Summary description: Typesetting papers for IMS (Iranian Mathematical > Society) conferences proceedings > License type: lppl 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/imsproc.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/imscls/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 01 May '12

01 May '12

as my wife played telemann in the background, the daemon cried: > Name of contribution: achemso > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v3.7 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/achemso/ > Summary description: Support for submission to American Chemical Society journals > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.7: > - Rename option usetitle to articletitle > - New chaptertitle option for bibliographies > - Updated some journal configuration files 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/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: texdef
by CTAN Announcements 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the texdef package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update adds the experimental --source option which will try to display the original source code used for the macro definition. For this the (first) package/file which defines this macro is searched and scanned for the definition. This option will work for normal definitions but break for special ones like for verbatim macros etc. This update fixes two issues which made this script run in an endless loop under MS Windows. It has been now successfully tested under MS Windows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/texdef . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/texdef (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: substitutefont
by CTAN Announcements 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

the daemon said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: substitutefont > Author's name: GÃ¼nter Milde > Package version: 0.1.1 > Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ > Summary description: Combine font families > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Many free fonts are extensions of a basic font family with > new glyphs or shapes. Sometimes they are given a new name > due to license reasons or the creators preference. > > The `substitutefont` package facilitates the task to set up > a font family as substitute for another one by providing > a substitutefont command. 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/substitutefont.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: Polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

in his terse way, the daemon says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Polyglossia > Author's name: Arthur Reutenauer > Package version: 1.2.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/ > Summary description: Babel replacement for XeTeX > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Polyglossia is the Babel replacement for XeLaTeX. > > Version 1.2.1 adds an option to the Hebrew calendar package and > corrects a couple of bugs. 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/polyglossia.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: jpgfdraw
by CTAN Announcements 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

quoth the daemon... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: jpgfdraw > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Package version: 0.5.6b > Location on CTAN: graphics/jpgfdraw/ > Summary description: Vector graphics application for LaTeX users > License type: gpl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Home page moved to http://www.dickimaw-books.com/apps/jpgfdraw/ > FAQ moved to: http://www.dickimaw-books.com/apps/jpgfdraw/faq/ > > Files: > > jpgfdraw-0.5.6b-setup.exe - Windows installer > jpgfdraw-0.5.6b.zip - Manual installation > jpgfdraw-0.5.6b-src.zip - source > > Changes: > * Added convert to pattern function > > * Added new cap marker styles: bulge caps, leaf caps, ball cap, > club cap > > * Added Windows installer > > * Added facility to switch default language used by resources and > manual > > * Added lute rose tutorial > > * Added radial grid option > > * Added experimental mode > > * Added fade function > > * Added delete last vertex function (backspace) when constructing a > path. > > * Refactored code > > Bug fixes: > > * Fixed bug in bitmap export to pgf > > * Fixed bug occurring when separating text path with added symmetry > > * Fixed null stroke bug in convert outline to path function > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/jpgfdraw.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/jpgfdraw/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 28 Apr '12

28 Apr '12

the daemon cries: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: polyglossia > Author's name: Arthur Reutenauer > Author's email: arthur.reutenauer(a)normalesup.org > Package version: 1.2.0e > Location on CTAN: macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/ > Summary description: Babel replacement for XeTeX > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Polyglossia is the Babel replacement for XeTeX. > > Version 1.2.0e adds two Romance languages, Romansh and Friulan, > contributed by Claudio Beccari, and corrects a number of outstanding > bugs. 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/polyglossia.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: shadowtext
by CTAN Announcements 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 Yori Zwols submitted the shadowtext package. Summary description: Shadowtext adds a drop shadow behind text License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The shadowtext package introduces a new command, namely the shadowtext command, which adds a drop shadow to the text that is given as its argument. E.g. shadowtext{hello world} would produce the text hello world with a drop shadow. The color and positioning of the shadow are customizable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/shadowtext . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/shadowtext (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: moderntimeline
by CTAN Announcements 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 RaphaÃ«l Pinson submitted an update to the moderntimeline package. Summary description: Add timelines to moderncv entries License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Allow fractional years in tllabelcventry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/moderntimeline . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/moderntimeline (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: changes
by CTAN Announcements 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 Ekkart Kleinod submitted an update to the changes package. Summary description: The changes-package allows the user to manually markup changes of text, such as additions, deletions, or replacements. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.0 is the first stable version. All commands have a new key-value-interface which provides more stability in evolving the package. Fixed some errors too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/changes . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/changes (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: sansmathaccent
by CTAN Announcements 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 Ariel Barton submitted an update to the sansmathaccent package. Summary description: Corrects placement of math accents in beamer and sfmath License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sans serif math (produced by the beamer class or the sfmath package) often has accents positioned incorrectly. This package fixes the positioning of math accents when the default font (cmssi) is used for sans serif math. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/sansmathaccent . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/sansmathaccent (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: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

the daemon cries: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Author's email: charles.schaum(a)att.net > Package version: 1.26 > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This version fixes the sorting of names with suffixes in the > index. For Western names, the pattern is Surname, Forename, Suffix > (See Mulvany, etc.) while for mononyms the suffix simply follows the > name. 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 change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: l3kernel,l3packages,l3experimental
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

the daemon reports three closely-related uploads: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: l3kernel > Author's name: The LaTeX3 Project > Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org > Package version: SVN3570 > Locations on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/l3kernel/ > macros/latex/contrib/l3packages/ > macros/latex/contrib/l3experimental/ > Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Snapshot of SVN3570 > =================== > > - Message filtering system overhauled, with clearer subdivisions > and faster performance when messages are used > - xparse option log-declarations = false now works as > documented > - Refactor low-level msg_... code to allow insertion of tokens > using interactive prompt > - New functions (dim|skip|muskip)_const:(Nn|cn) > - Better error recovery for int_compare:n(TF) and > dim_compare:n(TF) > - Add DeclareExpandableDocumentCommand to the list of 'stable' > xparse features > - Documentation improvement for prop_map_tokens thanks for the uploads; i've installed the new versions, and updated the catalogue repository as needed. > 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 directories 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) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: japanese-otf-uptex
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

On Mon, 23 Apr 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012.04.21 Ver0.10 For otfbeta (v1.7b5 2012/04/11), upTeX in TeXLive svn r24922 or later Enhance: support burasage on uplatex. umakeotf_brsg, basepl/ubrsg-{h,v}.pl :: Add. The files generate vf and tfm for burasage on uplatex. The vf and tfm consume about 16.7 Mbytes in total. sty/otf.sty :: Adopt otf.sty [2012/04/11 v1.7b5 psitau] in otfbeta (v1.7b5 2012/4/11). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: tikz-qtree
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

On Mon, 23 Apr 2012, David Chiang submitted an update to the tikz-qtree package. Summary description: Use existing qtree syntax for trees in TikZ. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New features for adjusting the shape of trees, allowing, for example, different levels to have different heights, or for all leaves of a tree to be horizontally aligned at a fixed depth. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-qtree . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tikz-qtree (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: biblatex-swiss-legal
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012, Adrien Vion submitted the biblatex-swiss-legal package. Summary description: Bibliography and citation styles for biblatex following swiss legal citation standards. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides bibliography and citation styles for documents written in accordance with swiss legal citation standards. Currently, the package is only for french documents. However, translations to german and italian are a project for next versions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-swiss-l… . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-swiss-legal (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: chemnum
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012, Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the chemnum package. Summary description: a comprehensive approach for the numbering of chemical compounds License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - new option ref-pos that allows to specify how psfrag places the label created with cmpdref - the order of the optional arguments of cmpdref has changed! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chemnum . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chemnum (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: luatexja
by CTAN Announcements 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 Hironori Kitagawa submitted an update to the luatexja package. Summary description: A macro package for typesetting Japanese documents with Lua(La)TeX License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Renamed some files for avoiding possible conflicts. e.g. base.lua => ltj-base.lua, man-en.pdf => luatexja-en.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatexja . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/luatexja (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: pgfkeyx
by CTAN Announcements 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

no-one in the house but the cat and me, so it was nice when the daemon popped up to say... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: pgfkeyx > Author's name: Ahmed Musa > Author's email: amusa22(a)gmail.com > Package version: 0.0.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/pgfkeyx/ > Summary description: Patches for pgfkeys, to increase robustness and functionality. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The pgfkeyx package provides extensions and robustness to the pgfkeys > package. In particular, it can deal with active comma, equality sign, > and slash in key parsing. This has been a long-standing problem with > the pgfkeys package. It also introduces new handlers. 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/pgfkeyx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pgfkeyx/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.24 > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This version reverts the functionality to 1.2 due to a unintended side > effect. I suggest a manual workaround in the docs. I will cease adding > functionality until I study more about ways to improve and restructure > the 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/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 change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: nameauth
by CTAN Announcements 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

the daemon muttered: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nameauth > Author's name: Charles P. Schaum > Package version: 1.22 > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This maintenance release allows capitalization of particles in > mononyms, e.g., du Cange, to be capitalized in first references. 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 change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: pgf-blur
by CTAN Announcements 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, Martin Giese submitted the pgf-blur package. Summary description: pgf-blur adds blurred/faded/fuzzy shadows to TikZ/PGF License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pgf-blur is a library for the TikZ/PGF graphics package. It adds blurred/faded/fuzzy shadows to TikZ/PGF. The method is similar to the pst-blur package for PSTricks (and the author is the same) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgf-blur . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgf-blur (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the tcolorbox package. Summary description: colored text boxes, LaTeX examples, theorems, documentation License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- new library 'skins' added for changing the colorbox appearance ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New on CTAN: LuaTeX-ja
by CTAN Announcements 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

On Thu, 19 Apr 2012, Hironori Kitagawa submitted the luatex-ja package. Summary description: A macro package for typesetting Japanese documents with Lua(La)TeX License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The LuaTeX-ja package is a macro package for typesetting Japanese documents with Lua(La)TeX. This package supports both the plain format and LaTeX2e. Developed by the LuaTeX-ja project. <http://sourceforge.jp/projects/luatex-ja/wiki/FrontPage(en)> Note that this package is still alpha stage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/generic/luatexja . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/luatex-ja (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 upload and rename: ucs replaces unicode
by CTAN Announcements 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

the daemon alerts me to an eagerly awaited upload: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ucs > Author's name: Wolfgang Jeltsch > Package version: 2.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ucs/ > Summary description: Extended UTF-8 input encoding support for LaTeX > License type: lppl > >=20 > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The ucs package provides advanced support for using UTF-8 as the input > encoding of LaTeX files. It goes much beyond the standard UTF-8 > support of LaTeX. For example, it supports much more characters, > provides facilities for efficiently handling this large number of > characters, and allows glyph production to be controlled by various > options. As a result, the ucs package is also suitable for using > non-ASCII characters when entering mathematical formulas.=20 > > Before version 2.0, the ucs package was called =91unicode=92 in certain > contexts. Starting with version 2.0, it should always be called =91ucs= =92. thanks for the upload; i've installed the package as if it were new, 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/ucs.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ucs/ The new catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: upquote
by CTAN Announcements 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 Markus Kuhn submitted an update to the upquote package. Summary description: upright-quote and grave-accent glyphs in verbatim License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix: removed two spurious space characters from @noligs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/upquote/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/upquote (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: Font package Countries Of Europe
by CTAN Announcements 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded CoE.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put > the files into the _new_ directory > > /macros/latex/contrib/countriesofeurope/ > > ContriesOfEurope (v. 0.21) is a package for supporting > the Type 1 font of the same name. It has all european > countries as single characters. The size of a country is > relative to the other ones. > > The author of the Type 1 (.pfb file) font is Ingo Zimmermann. > It is copyrighted by the (OFL) Open Font Licence > > The authors of all other files are Rolf Niepraschk and Herbert Voß > and the files are published under the LPPL thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/countriesofeurope.h… or browse the package's directory at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/countriesofeurope/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- vpe 0.2
by CTAN Announcements 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Heiko Oberdiek wrote: > I have uploaded vpe.zip in the /incoming directory > of ftp.cam.ctan.org. After unzipping it updates the files > in the directory > CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/vpe/ > and it additionally provides `vpe.tds.zip'. > > Also file `vpe.txt' is renamed to `README', because > it seems to me that `README' is the preferred naming convention. thank you ;-) > License remains LPPL. > > Changes: > * Option --version added. > * File `vpe.txt' renamed to `README'. > * Email address updated. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/vpe.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/vpe/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update -- pkfix 1.7
by CTAN Announcements 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Heiko Oberdiek wrote: > I have uploaded pkfix.zip in the /incoming directory > of ftp.cam.ctan.org. After unzipping it updates the files > in the directory > CTAN:support/pkfix/ > > License remains LPPL. > > Changes: > * Option --version added. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pkfix.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/pkfix/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: hyph-utf8
by CTAN Announcements 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 Mojca Miklavec, Khaled Hosny, and Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard submitted an update to the hyph-utf8 package. Summary description: Hyphenation patterns expressed in UTF-8 License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - patch adddialect in hyphen.cfg to also register language synonyms at lua end; fixes a problem in LuaTeX with missing synonyms defined by Babel (brazilian, brazil, austrian, ...) - get upstream changes for hyphen.cfg from Babel 2008/07/08 v3.8m ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/language/hyph-utf8 . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hyph-utf8 (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: chemnum
by CTAN Announcements 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 Clemens Niederberger submitted an update to the chemnum package. Summary description: a comprehensive approach for the numbering of chemical compounds License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bug fix: new labels can now correctly be created with cmpdref ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chemnum/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chemnum (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 rearrangement: fundus
by CTAN Announcements 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

last week, the daemon told me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fundus > Author's name: Gerd Neugebauer > Author's email: gene(a)gerd-neugebauer.de > Package version: 2012-04-17 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fundus/ > Summary description: Reorganization of the former fundus bundle > License type: lppl (but see below) > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I have reorganized the files in fundus and put the packages into > sub-directories. The documentation has been updated. PDF files are > contained for (nearly) all packages. The license has been clearly > specified as LPPL. The content of the zip archive replaces the > content of the existing fundus directory thanks for the upload; i have finally completed installing and cataloguing the new material. (note that not everything in the bundle is available under lppl; the _startrek_ part of the bundle contains fonts, for which no licence information is available.) > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fundus.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fundus/ the fundus bundle is represented in more detail in catalogue entries: > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fundus-calligra.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fundus-cyr.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fundus-la.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fundus-outline.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fundus-pvscript.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fundus-startrek.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fundus-suetterl.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fundus-twcal.html > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fundus-va.html most of these entries are already up-to-date on the archive; the remaining ones will follow. as usual, all information will be up to date after tonight's processing run. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: featpost
by CTAN Announcements 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 L. Nobre G. submitted an update to the featpost package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is probably the final version of FeatPost. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/featpost . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/featpost (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: BibTool
by CTAN Announcements 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 Gerd Neugebauer submitted an update to the bibtool package. Summary description: BibTool: A Tool for Manipulating BibTeX Data Bases License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a maintenance release with a few enhancements and bug fixes, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtool . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/bibtool (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: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

i was still working in the garden, when the daemon cried: > Name of contribution: cleveref > Author's name: Toby Cubitt > Author's email: toby-cleveref(a)dr-qubit.org > Package version: 0.18.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ > Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fixes compatibility with: > - listing package > - algorithm package > - memoir's internal subfig reimplementation 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) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: regexpatch
by CTAN Announcements 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

as i laboured in the garden, the daemon idly cried: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: regexpatch > Author's name: Enrico Gregorio > Package version: 0.1 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/regexpatch > Summary description: High level patching for commands > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The regexpatch package generalises the macro patching commands > provided by P. Lehmann's `etoolbox'. The difference between this > package and its sibling `xpatch' is that this package sports a very > powerful ` egexpatchcmd' based on the `l3regex' module of LaTeX3 > experimental packages. 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/regexpatch.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/regexpatch/ The catalogue entry will have appeared on the web by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: beamer
by CTAN Announcements 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

the daemon came to call, but i was out shopping... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: beamer > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: 3.17 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/beamer/ > Summary description: A LaTeX class for producing presentations and slides > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 3.17: > - Allow for starred form of ef > - Correctly create links for navigation symbols with XeTeX > - Remove spurious ? from captions > - Add option to beamerarticle to skip loading AMSsymb > (thanks to JÃ¼rgen SpitzmÃ¼ller) 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/beamer.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20120415-112752/ > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v2.5 > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 2.5: > - New omit-uncertainty option > - New zero-decimal-to-INT option > - Reduced number of intrinsically- mathematical options > - Slight alteration of code order so that fixed-exponent > can be used to remove an exponent part from numerical > input > - Minor change to table code to give fewer underfull boxes > when comparators are used 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) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pedigree-perl
by CTAN Announcements 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

we were entertaining a friend to tea, and the daemon cried out: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: pedigree-perl > Author's name: Boris Veytsman > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: graphics/pstricks/contrib/pedigree/pedigree-perl/ > Summary description: A Program for Generating TeX Pedigrees From CSV Files > License type: gpl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Compatibility with TeXLive distribution 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/pedigree-perl.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pedigree/pedigre… The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: usebib
by CTAN Announcements 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

the daemon's at it again: > Name of contribution: usebib > Author's name: Enrico Gregorio > Package version: 1.0a > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/usebib/ > Summary description: Reusing bib data > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.0a corrects the macro names in the documentation 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/usebib.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/usebib/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: prerex
by CTAN Announcements 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

that daemon's been making noises again, and waking me up... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: prerex > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Package version: 6.4.0 > Location on CTAN: graphics/prerex/ > Summary description: Interactive editor and macro support for prerequisite charts > License type: gpl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > vprerex now uses QThread::sleep rather than an undeclared sleep function. > > The prerex editor now used editline (libedit) instead of readline, and > the libedit sources are embedded in the prerex tarball; this may make > it possible for the prerex executable to be distributed in TeXLive. 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) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN Package: friulan
by CTAN Announcements 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

On Fri, 13 Apr 2012, Claudio Beccari submitted the friulan package. Summary description: Language description file for typesetting in Friulan (furlan) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Recently polyglossia and babel were enriched with new hyphenation patterns for typesetting in still more languages, among which the Friulan language, official regional language of North Eastern Italy in the autonomous Region Friuli - Venezia Giulia; this package provides the necessary language descritpion files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/friulan . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/friulan (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: standalone
by CTAN Announcements 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: standalone > Author's name: Martin Scharrer > Package version: v1.0b > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/standalone/ > Summary description: Minor bugfixes; Added simple math and SVG support. > License type: lppl thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue entry. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/standalone.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/standalone/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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