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CTAN update: xits
by CTAN Announcements 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

the daemon wrote: > Name of contribution: xits > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Package version: 1.101 > Location on CTAN: / > Summary description: A Scientific Times-like font with support for > mathematical typesetting. > License type: other-free > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Support for numr and dnom features in XITS Regular > - Add Arabic comma to XITS Math > - Sync with STIXv1.1.0-beta1: > - New values for StackBottomShiftDown and StackBottomDisplayStyleShiftDown > - Sync PS private table in XITS Math > - Sync relevant glyph changes thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and tweaked the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xits.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/xits/ Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/P.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/P The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: filehook
by CTAN Announcements 07 Oct '11

07 Oct '11

On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the filehook package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update adds some fall-back code for the change added in v0.5b to allow for non-eTeX compilers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/filehook . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/filehook (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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 07 Oct '11

07 Oct '11

the daemon tells me, as i mix my horlicks drink: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: v2.3g > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.3g: > - Fix erroneous leading zero in some rounding cases 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: texliveonfly
by CTAN Announcements 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

On Sun, 2 Oct 2011 submitted an update to the texliveonfly package. Summary description: providing MikTeX-like package downloading on the fly for TeX Live License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- texliveonfly.py should now work both on python 2.6+ and 3, and on OS X and Linux. Default compiler is now pdflatex, to cater to the mainstream user. In addition, many new features added: -User can now set --texlive_bin=LOCATION -Graphical privilege escalation is now default, and the script will no longer escalate unless necessary (i.e. local texlive installs are now viable) -Now displays output from the compiler, allows the user to interact directly with it (e.g. when -interaction=nonstopmode is unset), and inherits the exit code. -Now capable of speech-synthesized notifications; turn on using: --speech_when=always/installing/failed/some combination. Finally, default options have been placed near the top of the script; feel free to modify them as you wish! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/texliveonfly/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/texliveonfly (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 04 Oct '11

04 Oct '11

On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 Marco Daniel submitted an update to the mdframed package. Summary description: auto split frame environment License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v0.9f - fixes bugs (thanks to Lars Madsen) - added option hidealllines - fixed documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: translation-enumitem-de
by CTAN Announcements 04 Oct '11

04 Oct '11

On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 Christine Römer submitted the translation-enumitem-de package. Summary description: New documentation: German translation of enumitem License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- German translation of enumitem. The translation was created by Matthias Ludwig (FSU Jena) and Christine Römer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/translations/enumitem/de . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/translation-enumitem-de (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: invoice
by CTAN Announcements 04 Oct '11

04 Oct '11

On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 Oliver Corff submitted an update to the invoice package. Summary description: A Package for writing invoices. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The invoice package is used for generating invoices. Supports Afrikaans, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. Includes invisible expense items and deductions. While invoice is primarily targeted at charging combinations of fees and expenses in a variety of currencies (as might be the case with a consultant), there is also the package facture which is more geared towards sales invoices. Unlike facture which relies on xelatex, invoice is not bound to a specific platform. The package depends on fp and calc. The author is Oliver Corff. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org//macros/latex/contrib/invoice . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/invoice (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 04 Oct '11

04 Oct '11

On Sun, 2 Oct 2011 RaphaÃ«l Pinson submitted an update to the moderntimeline package. Summary description: Add timelines to moderncv entries License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.4 adds firstyear and lastyear options at load time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: ledmac and ledpar
by CTAN Announcements 04 Oct '11

04 Oct '11

On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 Maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the ledmac / ledpar packages. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For ledpar, fix a bug who made impossible to use autopar on the right side. For ledmac and pstart, propose to insert a number on every pstart command. Use umberpstarttrue to enable it and umberpstartfalse to disable it. To change the apparence of the numbering, redefine the command hepstart, hepstartL and hepstartR. To reset the numbering, made : setcounter{pstart}{1} and if you use ledpar setcounter{pstartL}{1} setcounter{pstartR}{1} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ledmac . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ledmac (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: texapi
by CTAN Announcements 02 Oct '11

02 Oct '11

the daemon crawls out and cries: > Name of contribution: texapi > Author's name: Paul Isambert > Package version: 1.04 > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/ > Summary description: Macros to write format-independent packages. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Added: > - ifwhatever: evaluates a conditional no matter whether it's a TeX > conditional (expecting else... fi) or a conditional with <true> > and <false> as arguments; > - ifexpression: evaluates a conditional expression, i.e. conditionals > separated by & (and) and | (or), possibly negated with - and > grouped into subexpressions; > - ifelseif: takes any number of conditional/statement pairs and > executes the statement associated with the first true conditional. > > Modified: > - everse now defaults to unless instead of producing an error if > the following command isn't recognized as a texapi conditional. 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/texapi.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/texapi/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: TQFT
by CTAN Announcements 02 Oct '11

02 Oct '11

i was out at a concert, and the daemon left a note for me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: TQFT > Author's name: Andrew Stacey > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf/contrib/ > Summary description: Drawing TQFT diagrams with TikZ/PGF > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package defines some node shapes useful for drawing TQFT diagrams > with TikZ/PGF. That is, it defines highly customisable shapes that > look like cobordisms between circles, such as those used in TQFT and > other mathematical diagrams. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package, and created 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/tqft.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tqft/ The catalogue entry will first appear on the web overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: moderntimeline
by CTAN Announcements 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 RaphaÃ«l Pinson submitted an update to the moderntimeline package. Summary description: Add timelines to moderncv entries License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix: initialize tlsince by default ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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New CTAN package: xecolor
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Vafa Khalighi submitted the xecolor package. Summary description: color for bidirectional texts in xelatex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xecolor package is a simple package which defines about 140 different colors by XeTeX's font colour feature that can be used in bidirectional texts without any problem. The xecolor package is a replacement for xecolour package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/xecolor . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xecolor (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: rtsched
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Giuseppe Lipari submitted the rtsched package. Summary description: A package for drawing GANTT charts (chronograms). License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains the rtsched package for drawing GANTT charts (chronograms). The package can be useful for drawing real-time timing diagrams in LaTeX, as often needs to be done for preparing articles, lectures and presentation in the Real-Time Scheduling research community. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/rtsched . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/rtsched (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: cursolatex
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 Carlos A. P. Campani submitted an update to the cursolatex package. Summary description: A LaTeX tutorial (in portuguese) License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New version of the portuguese LaTeX tutorial, now a Beamer presentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/portuguese/cursolatex/ . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cursolatex (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: moderntimeline
by CTAN Announcements 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 RaphaÃ«l Pinson submitted the moderntimeline package. Summary description: Add timelines to moderncv entries License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- moderntimeline is a new package to typeset time lines in moderncv entries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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New CTAN package: modiagram
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '11

27 Sep '11

On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 Clemens Niederberger submitted the modiagram package. Summary description: Easy drawing of molecular orbital diagrams. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The environment 'MOdiagram' and some commands are provided to create molecular orbital diagrams using the TikZ package. The MO diagram of Dihydrogen would be set like: egin{MOdiagram} atom{left}{ 1s = {0;up} } atom{right}{ 1s = {0;up} } molecule{ 1sMO = {1;pair, } } end{MOdiagram} MOdiagram loads the packages 'expl3', 'xparse' and 'l3keys2e', which means it needs LaTeX3 support as provided by the package bundles 'l3kernel' and 'l3packages'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/modiagram . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/modiagram (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 27 Sep '11

27 Sep '11

On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 Gerd Neugebauer submitted an update to the bibtool package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release mainly fixes a problem on MacOS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: xetex-itrans
by CTAN Announcements 27 Sep '11

27 Sep '11

On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 Shrisha Rao submitted an update to the xetex-itrans package. Summary description: ITRANS input maps for use with XeLaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- One small fix to the itrans-kan and itrans-sankan mappings, and the itrans-tamil mapping has been added, with a small example for the Tamil mapping. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/generic/itrans . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xetex-itrans (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 bundle update: Circuit_macros
by CTAN Announcements 25 Sep '11

25 Sep '11

yesterday, the daemon told me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Circuit_macros > Author's name: Dwight Aplevich > Author's email: aplevich(a)uwaterloo.ca > Package version: 7.1 > Location on CTAN: graphics/Circuit_macros/ > Summary description: Updated Circuit_macros package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The distribution has been simplified for easier installation and use. thanks for the upload; i actually installed the new version yesterday (and updated the catalogue repository), but when tidying my mailbox this evening i noticed i hadn't announced the new version. sorry about that, folks. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/Circuit_macros.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/Circuit_macros/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: relsize
by CTAN Announcements 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

the daemon stirs, just after i had gone early to bed: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: relsize > Author's name: Donald Arseneau > Package version: 4.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/relsize/ > Summary description: Update to relsize.sty > License type: pd > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > relsize.sty introduces LaTeX commands for changing the font size > relative to the current size. > > Version 4 changes the fall-back definitions used when existing > font-size commands are unrecognized. > Version 3.2 patched ext____ commands adding leavevmode. 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/relsize.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/relsize/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: storebox
by CTAN Announcements 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted the storebox package. Summary description: New package to store multiple used content only once License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides store boxes which have the same user interface like normal LaTeX save boxes, but only store the content once in the output file even if it is used several times. At the moment only native PDF output is supported (i.e. pdflatex and lualatex). If the stored content is not used in the document after all it is not written to the PDF (at least the pdftex manual says so). For any other TeX and output format the package simply falls back to use the normal savebox equivalents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/storebox . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/storebox (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: beamer
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

quoth the deamon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: beamer > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Package version: 3.12 > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.12: > - Fix a bug in 'multimedia' introduced by v3.11 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) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: nowidow
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

the daemon strides forth, and proclaims: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: nowidow > Author's name: RaphaÂ«l Pinson > Author's email: raphink(a)gmail.com > Package version: v1.0 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/nowidow/ > Summary description: Easily prevent widows and orphans > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Improve 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/nowidow.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/nowidow/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: impnattypo
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 RaphaÃ«l Pinson submitted an update to the impnattypo package. Summary description: Typographic utilities inspired by the French Imprimerie Nationale License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The documenation has been translated into English. impnattypo.pdf is now the English version of the documentation, while impnattypo-fr.pdf is the French version of it. The package description has also been translated and adapted for a broader public. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/impnattypo . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/impnattypo (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: musuos
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 Tobias Weh submitted an update to th musuos package. Summary description: Typeset papers for the department of music, Osnabrück. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New in this version: * Replaced examiner by examinerI * new environment {block} * new float {music} * extended environment {verse} * new options for footnotes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/musuos . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/musuos (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: msu-thesis
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 Alan Munn submitted an update to the msu-thesis package. Summary description: Thesis Class for Michigan State University Master's and PhD theses. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added hyperref support. Thanks to Florent Chervet for the helping with the code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/msu-thesis . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/msu-thesis (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: frontespizio
by CTAN Announcements 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

the daemon nudges me into action after a sociable lunch... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: frontespizio > Author's name: Enrico Gregorio > Package version: 1.4a > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/frontespizio/ > Summary description: The frontespizio package lets you typeset a > frontispiece (suitable for Italian university style) > independently of the page layout of the main document. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The frontespizio package lets you typeset a frontispiece (suitable for > Italian university style) independently of the page layout of the main > document. > > This is version 1.4a of the package (a maintenance release > because the documentation was missing on TeX Live; no change > from version 1.4) 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/frontespizio.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/frontespizio/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: pgfmolbio
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 Wolfgang Skala submitted the pgfmolbio package. Summary description: Molecular biology graphs with LuaLaTeX and TikZ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pgfmolbio draws graphs typically found in molecular biology texts. Currently, the package contains one module, which creates DNA sequencing chromatograms from files in standard chromatogram format (scf). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/pgfmolbio . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgfmolbio (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-musuos
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 Tobias Weh submitted the biblatex-musuos package. Summary description: A biblatex style for musuos.cls License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a biblatex style based on the recommendations of prof. Hanheide from the University of Osnabrück. It is intend to be used with musuos.cls but it shoudl word with other classes to. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-musuos . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-musuos (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: l2tabu
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 Marc Ensenbach submitted an update to the l2tabu package. Summary description: Collection of LaTeX sins (German) License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- l2tabu is a collection of LaTeXe sins with hints how to correct them (in German). This update includes some new hints for an up-to-date handling of glossaries, units, subfigures and the Utopia font. The section on graphicspath has been reworked. Furthermore, the presented KOMA-Script options have been adapted to the new key-value syntax. l2tabu ist eine Sammlung von LaTeXe-Suenden mit Hinweisen, wie diese korrigiert werden koennen. Dieses Update enthaelt einige neue Hinweise zu Glossaren, physikalischen Einheiten, Subfigures und zur Schriftart Utopia. Der Abschnitt zu graphicspath wurde überarbeitet. Weiter wurden die vorgestellten KOMA-Script-Optionen an die neue Key-Value-Syntax angepasst. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/l2tabu/german . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/l2tabu (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: bibleref-french
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 Maïeul Rouquette submitted an update to the bibleref-french package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cette maj propose des nouvelles options pour trier les index selon des ordres classiques, voir la documentation. This upgroad provides new options to sort indexes following some classical order. See the documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bibleref-french . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/bibleref-french (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: chscite
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 Simon Sigurdhsson submitted an update to the chscite package. Summary description: Bibliography style for Chalmers University of Technology. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Critical bugfix to chscite-v2.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chscite . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chscite (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: beamer2thesis
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 Claudio Fiandrino submitted an udpate to the beamer2thesis package. Summary description: Thesis Beamer theme License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Beamer2Thesis is a Beamer theme that allows you, through specific commands, to make your own thesis presentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer-contrib/themes/beamer2th… . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/beamer2thesis (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: dhua
by CTAN Announcements 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the dhua package. Summary description: German abbreviations using thin space License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- .cfg message fix for blog.sty, doc. fix; s. o., s. u. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/dhua . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/dhua (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: tabfigures
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 Michael Ummels submitted the tabfigures package. Summary description: Using tabular figures with LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The tabfigures package is a collection of patches for using tabular figures in some LaTeX environments where numbers should line up vertically such as the table of contents and enumerations. An older version is bundled with the MinionPro package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tabfigures . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tabfigures (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: fontaxes
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 Michael Ummels submitted the fontaxes package. Summary description: Additional font axes for LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The fontaxes package adds several new font axes on top of LaTeX's New Font Selection Scheme. In particular, it splits the shape axis into a primary and a secondary shape axis, and it adds three new axes to deal with the different figure versions offered by many professional fonts. An older version of this is bundled with the MinionPro package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fontaxes . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontaxes (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: filemod
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the filemod package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update adds two macros Filemodtoday and FilemodToday which print the file modification date of a given file in the current oday style. The second macro additionally prints the time part. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/filemod . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/filemod (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: unicode-math
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 Will Robertson submitted an update to the unicode-math package. Summary description: Unicode mathematics support for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix! How embarrassing: left. and ight. were displaying incorrectly. Also added an experimental package option to suppress warning messages on an individual basis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/unicode-math . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/unicode-math (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: texliveonfly
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 Saitulaa Naranong submitted the texliveonfly package. Summary description: Script for downloading missing TeX Live packages on the fly similar to MiKTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This script performs on the fly downloads of missing packages on compilation, a feature that many missed from MiKTeX. To use it, replace your lualatex/pdflatex/etc command with a call to this script, e.g. texliveonfly.py file.tex [Current default options are --engine=lualatex and --arguments=-synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode; these can be changed.] The script was written on Ubuntu and should (hopefully) be compatible with linux distributions. Because it is strongly dependent on tlmgr, it can only be used with TeX Live 2010 or later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/texliveonfly . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/texliveonfly (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: powerdot
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded powerdot.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please > delete all files in the directory > > /macros/latex/contrib/powerdot/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > v 1.4h 2011-09-15 - fix for the latest enumitem package > (see documentation for more details) thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/powerdot.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/powerdot/ The catalogue entry is unchanged. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: pst-coil
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-coil.tgz to the uk CTAN mirror. Please replace > all files in the directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-coil/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > pst-coil is a pstricks related package which plots > zigzag lines, coils or any possible trigonometrical > function as a line or node connection. > > pst-coil.tex -------- > v. 1.06 2011-09-18 - fix bug with pszigzag for wrong BB > - added optional argument bow for circular zigzags 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/pst-coil.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-coil/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: impnattypo
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

the daemon mutters: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: impnattypo > Author's name: RaphaÂ«l Pinson > Package version: v0.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/impnattypo/ > Summary description: Recommendations typographiques de l'Imprimerie > Nationale FranÂ§aise > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 0.5 adds automatic detection of homeoarchies for LuaTeX 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/impnattypo.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/impnattypo/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: MakeGlossariesGUI
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

> Name of contribution: MakeGlossariesGUI > Author's name: Nicola Talbot Author's email: N.Talbot at uea.ac.uk > Package version: 1.0 > Location on CTAN: indexing/makeglossariesgui/ > Summary description: Java GUI alternative to makeglossaries > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > A Java GUI alternative to the makeglossaries Perl script (supplied by > the glossaries package). It's mainly intended for people who don't > want to use the command prompt but can't get their editor to run > makeglossaries. It can also be used as a diagnostic tool when there > are problems with the document glossaries. > > Contents: > makeglossariesgui.zip - manual install > makeglossariesgui-setup.exe - Windows installer > makeglossariesgui-src.zip - source code thanks for the upload; i've installed the package, and created a new entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/MakeGlossariesGUI.h… > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/indexing/makeglossariesgui/ The catalogue entry will first appear overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: chscite
by CTAN Announcements 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 Simon Sigurdhsson submitted the chscite package. Summary description: Bibliography style for Chalmers University of Technology. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package, heavily based on the harvard package for Harvard-style citations, provides a citation suite for students at Chalmers University of Technology that follows given recommendations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chscite . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/chscite (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: chemfig
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '11

18 Sep '11

the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: chemfig > Author's name: Christian Tellechea > Package version: 1.0a > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/chemfig/ > Summary description: Draw molecule with an easy syntax > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ChemFig v1.0a > > * new optional argument for lewis and Lewis > * new macro setlewisdist 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/chemfig.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/chemfig/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team [second attempt at announcing...]

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CTAN Update: bidi
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '11

18 Sep '11

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 Vafa Khalighi submitted an update to the bidi package. Summary description: Support for bidirectional typesetting in plain TeX and LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Documentation for usage of bidi package in Plain XeTeX is added. 2) New command eqnewif is added that makes old and new bidi conditionals identical, e.g. if@rl and if@RTL. Generally this new command eqnewif makes two conditionals identical such that whenever first conditional is true, the second one is also true and whever the first conditional is false, the second contional is also false. For more details see the documentation. 3) Support for lettrine package is added. 4) Support for the new package paracol by Hiroshi Nakashima is added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bidi . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/bidi (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: translation-filecontents-de
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '11

18 Sep '11

On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 Christine Römer submitted the translation-filecontents-de package. Summary description: New documentation: German translation of filecontents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- German translation of filecontents. The translation was created by Ronny Berndt (FSU Jena). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/translations/filecontents/de . More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/translation-filecontents-de (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: currfile
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '11

18 Sep '11

the daemon writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: currfile > Author's name: Martin Scharrer > Package version: v0.5 > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/currfile/ > Summary description: Support for files with multiple dots in their > names and for input@path. > License type: lppl > > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update adds support for file name with multiple dots. Before everything after the first dot was taken as the file extension. > Now only the part after the last dot is taken as the extension. If no > dot is included 'tex' is used as extension (in catcode 12 other to > match with jobname). > > Support for the input@path feature, used by packages like 'import', > got added as well. > > Thanks goes to Heiko Oberdiek for pointing out the missing support on > comp.text.tex. 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/currfile.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/currfile/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xits
by CTAN Announcements 18 Sep '11

18 Sep '11

this time, i was out shopping when the daemon cried: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xits > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Package version: 1.012 > Location on CTAN: fonts/xits > Summary description: A Scientific Times-like font with support for mathematical typesetting. > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fix bug in scriptscriptstyle primes with XeTeX thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xits.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/xits/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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