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CTAN Update: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 Josef Kleber submitted an update to his pdfcomment package. Summary description: A user-friendly interface to PDF annotations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For a long time pdflatex has offered the command pdfannot for inserting arbitrary PDF annotations. However, the command is presented in a form where additional knowledge of the definition of the PDF format is indispensable. This package is an answer to the – occasional – questions in newsgroups, about how one could use the comment function of Adobe Reader. At least for the writer of LaTeX code, the package offers a convenient and user-friendly means of using pdfannot to provide comments in PDF files. Since version v1.1, pdfcomment.sty also supports: LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf, LaTeX -> dvipdfmx and XeLaTeX. Unfortunately, support of PDF annotations by PDF viewers is sparse to nonexistent. The reference viewer for the development of this package is Adobe Reader. License: LPPL Changes in v2.0: - Bugfix: unwanted whitespace before comment commands [jk] -> added unskip This removes whitespace before comment commands and may change the reference point for hoffset -> added global option version (1|2(default)) version=1 will preserve the old behavior for old documents reported by: Stefan Pinnow - added local option disable to all comment commands [jk] to switch off single comments feature request by: Stefan Pinnow - changed definitions of options open and disable [jk] to choicekey* to check valid option values (true|false) feature request by: Jannis von Buttlar ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdfcomment (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: Interfaces
by CTAN Announcements 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

that daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Interfaces > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/interfaces > Summary description: pgfkeys interface for document settings provided by other packages > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Interfaces v2.0 > - compatibility with pgfkeys in pgf v2.1 > - also compatible with pgf v2.0 > > interfaces-pgfkeys handlers have been improved > + possibility to change the toc depth along the document > + some corrections in > interfaces-fancyhdr (offset, colors) > interfaces-marks > interfaces-hypbmsec thanks for the upload; i have installed the update in the previously agreed location, and tweaked the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/interfaces.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/interfaces/ the catalogue entry on the web will be updated some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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corrigendum: elsevier and elsevier-bib packages
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

i wrote: > the elsevier and elsevier-bib packages have been superseded by > elsarticle. however, elsevier's web site seems to be accruing updates > to the obsolete packages, but elsevier seem unwilling to upload newer > versions to ctan. > > the ctan team has therefore deleted both packages, in order to minimise > confusion. since posting this message, i have received mail from the relevant person within elsevier. he assures me that i was wrong to think that changes were appearing for the elsevier* packages. nevertheless, given that the packages are long obsolete, he concurs with the decision to remove them from ctan. my apologies are due to elsevier for the misinformation. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN updates: new package luacode & update of luatextra
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard <mpg(a)elzevir.fr> wrote: > I just uploaded to the UK node an updated version of luatextra: > > > 2010/10/08 v0.99 > > * delegate definition of {luacode} and luadirect to package luacode > > * raise an error rather than a warning when not running LuaTeX > > * load fixltx2e under LaTeX thanks for the update; 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/luatextra.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. > and a new LLPL'ed package that grew out of luatextra: luacode. > > > Executing Lua code from within TeX with directlua can sometimes be > > tricky: there is no easy way to use the percent character, counting > > backslashes may be hard, and Lua comments don't work the way you expect. > > This package provides the luaexec command and the luacode(*) > > environments to help with these problems. > > > > For an introduction to the most important gotchas of directlua, see > > lualatex-doc.pdf. Before you start using the tools in this package, let me > > insist that the most robust way to manage a non-trivial piece of Lua code is > > to use an external file and source it from Lua, as explained in the cited > > document. > > > > 2010/11/08 v1.0 > > * initial version i've installed this new package and committed an entry to the catalogue repository for it. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/luacode.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/luacode/ The catalogue will not appear on the web until some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: dktools
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 Dirk Krause submitted an update of his dktools package. Summary description: Tools and libraries by Dirk Krause. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix release. Due to an if(stat64(...)) instead of an if(stat64(...) == 0) in the dksf_must_rebuild() function the make mode of bmeps, fig2vect and tracecc did not work properly on systems with the stat64() function available. This is fixed now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/dktools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dktools (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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elsevier and elsevier-bib packages
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

the elsevier and elsevier-bib packages have been superseded by elsarticle. however, elsevier's web site seems to be accruing updates to the obsolete packages, but elsevier seem unwilling to upload newer versions to ctan. the ctan team has therefore deleted both packages, in order to minimise confusion. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Re: new package: lualatex-doc
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard wrote: > This document is a map, or touristic guide, for the new world of > LuaLaTeX. Though focusing on LuaLaTeX, it includes relevant > information about LuaTeX with the Plain format, too. > > The intended audience ranges from complete newcomers (with a working > knowledge of conventional LaTeX) to package developers. This guide is > intended to be comprehensive in the following sense: it contains > pointers to all relevant sources, gathers information that is > otherwise scattered, and adds introductory material. > > Feedback and suggestions for improvement are most welcome. i have installed the bundle and created an entry for it in the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/lualatex-doc.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/luatex/lualatex-doc/ The catalogue entry will firs appear some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: ytableau
by CTAN Announcements 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

This should be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ytableau Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Ryan Reich Summary description: Many-featured Young tableaux and Young diagrams License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ytableau provides several functions for drawing Young tableaux and Young diagrams, extending the young and youngtab packages but providing lots more features. Skew and colored tableaux are easy, and keyval-syntax configuration is provided. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ytableau . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ytableau (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN Update: installfont
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the installfont package. Summary description: A bash script for installing a LaTeX font family. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With this script you can install a LaTeX font family (Postscript Type1, Truetype, Opentype). It supports font series from light to ultra bold + (faked) small caps + faked slanted, but no expert fonts. The script will rename the fonts automatically (optinal) or will otherwise expect *.afm files and the font files (in Postscript Type1 format!) named in the Karl Berry scheme (e.g. 5nar8a.pfb). After running the script, you should have a working font installation in your local TeX tree. License: LPPL New in v1.6a: - Bugfix: RequirePackage{softmakerfreefont} got lost in the last update ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/installfont . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=installfont (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 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: fontspec
by CTAN Announcements 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

i woke up suddenly in the early morning, but couldn't work out why. it was that daemon, being noisy at it stirred: > Name of contribution: fontspec > Author's name: Will Robertson > Author's email: wspr81(a)gmail.com > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fontspec > Summary description: Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I am pleased to announce an update to the fontspec package. > > Version 2.1d is a minor update with the following change notes: > * Bug fix when itdefault is sl rather than it. > E.g., when using the slides class. > * Minor internal changes, including merging some code from unicode-math. thanks for the update: i have 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/fontspec.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fontspec the (minor) change to the web translation of the catalogue entry will appear some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-circ
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-circ.tgz to the uk CTAN node. Please delete all > files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > pst-circ is a PSTricks related package for drawing > dipoles, some tripoles and quadrupoles and logical > elements used in elecronic or electric theory. > > 1.57 2010-11-06 - new optional argument for a schottky diode > - improved FET transistor symbol thanks for the upload. i have 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-circ.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-circ/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: dtk.cls
by CTAN Announcements 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I've uploaded dtk.tgz to the uk CTAN node. > Please delete _all_ files in the directory > > usergrps/dante/dtk > > and put the new ones in there. > > This new version 1.22 uses the typewriter beramono > instead of luximono, if this font is not installed 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/dtk.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/usergrps/dante/dtk/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 05 Nov '10

05 Nov '10

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 2.08 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legend markers now work again. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN updates: lua* packages
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard wrote: > I just uploded three packages to your node's incoming. Here are suggested > announcement texts. (Nothing to be changed in the catalogue, except the version > number.) > > luainputenc v0.971 > * improved documentation > * no longer loading luatextra > > luatexbase (unchanged version number) > * minor doc fixes > * luatexbase.sty was broken due to some mysterious docstrip error > > luatextra v0.98 > * load metalogo under LaTeX; don't define logos under Plain TeX > * documentation overhaul; added a planned changes section > * rm luatextra-reference.pdf; will be back separatly as lualatex-doc.pdf > * WARNING: a few backward-incompatible changes are planned for the next > release, please read the corresponding section in the documentation! thanks for the uploads. i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository entries for luainputenc and luatextra. Users may view the packages' catalogue entries at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/luainputenc.html http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/luatexbase.html http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/luatextra.html or browse the packages' directories at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luatexbase/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/ The catalogue entries for luainputenc and luatextras will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: dfgproposal
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

This has been installed at tug.ctan.org Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: dfgproposal Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Michael Kohlhase Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/dfgproposal Summary description: A Class (and examples) for writing proposals to the German Research Council (DFG) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A Class (and examples) for writing proposals to the German Research Council (DFG) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dfgproposal . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/dfgproposal (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: refstyle
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

This has been installed at tug.ctan.org Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: refstyle Version number: 0.5 Author's name: Danie Els Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/refstyle Summary description: Advanced formatting of cross references License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The refstyle provides a consistent way of producing references throughout a project. Enough flexibility is provided to make local changes to a single reference. The user can configure his or own setup. Changes from version 0.3 to 0.4 (Major update): (1) List of references can now distinguish between two and more than two items. For example: equation (1) equations (1) and (4) equations (1), (2), and (5) (2) Option nokeyprefix is added to remove all the prefixes in the <type>label commands. The user has now the option to use the standard latex label command everywhere (especialy for old documents), for example: label{tab:xxx} and then abref{tab:xxx} with refstyle (3) Languages added: French, Italian and Portuguese, Brazilian Changes from version 0.4 to 0.5: (1) Workaround for active characters such as :;? in the reference argument (french) (2) Documentation update ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/refstyle . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/refstyle (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN: ftp://tug.ctan.org is back
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

The FTP download service at tug.ctan.org is back after an outage of a couple of days, caused by a security notice issued for the program that runs the downloads. Thanks to Rainer for the report and help with fixing the problem. Ordinary users are not directly affected by this outage and reset. (Except, those mirror sites that rely on FTP may take a day to sync their entire holdings to this site and so a user trying to get quite recent material at a mirror may see a day's delay.) I'll note that in the reconfiguration I've abandoned anonymous FTP uploads. Those days are gone. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College

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CTAN update: bytefield
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

This has been installed at tug.ctan.org. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: bytefield Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/bytefield Summary description: Create illustrations for network protocol specifications License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The bytefield package helps the user create illustrations for network protocol specifications and anything else that utilizes fields of data. These illustrations show how the bits and bytes are laid out in a packet or in memory. Version 1.3 adds support for e-TeX's larger dimen pool using code provided by Heiko Oberdiek. When used with the etex package, bytefield should now be far less likely to abort LaTeX with a No room for a new dimen error. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bytefield . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bytefield (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: mdputu
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

This has been installed at tug.ctan.org. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mdputu Version number: 1.2 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /fonts/mdputu Summary description: Unslanted Digits in Adobe Utopia Italics License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Annals of Mathematics uses italics for theorems. However, slanted digits and parentheses look disturbing when surrounded by (upright) math. This package provides virtual fonts with italics and upright digits and punctuation. Changes: Version 1.1 - Changed the location of TFM and VF files per request by Karl Berry Version 1.2 - Corrected the bug that lead to wrong size in italics (thanks to AoM staff for noticing!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/mdputu . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mdputu (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: musixtex
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

This has been installed at tug.ctan.org. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: musixtex Version number: T-114 Author's name: Bob Tennent Summary description: Sophisticated music typesetting using TeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several small extension packages, including curly.tex, tuplet.tex, underbracket.sty, and musixcrd.tex now install under doc/generic/musixtex/addons ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/musixtex . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/musixtex (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: teubner
by CTAN Announcements 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

This has been installed at tug.ctan.org. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: teubner Version number: 3.1 Author's name: Claudio Beccari Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/teubner/ Summary description: Important upgrade of the teubner package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This important upgrade solves the conflict with the txfontsb package. Now who uses teubner and selects the TX fonts as default Latin ones, does not get trapped any more in with the font description files of the txfontsb package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/teubner/ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/teubner (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace all > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ > > > pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot > of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a... > > v 3.45 2010-11-01 - modified Put for checking coor type (hv,ms) thanks for the upload; i have 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/pstricks-add.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pstricks - base
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace all > files with the ones in the main directory > /graphics/pstricks/base/ > > 2.13 2010-11-01 > - new macro and counter for the type of read coordinates > pstCheckCoorType{#1} sets the macro pst@C@@rType > % pst@C@@rType = 0 cartesian (x,y) > % = 1 polar (r;phi) > % = 2 PS (! x y) > % = 3 mixed ((x,y)|(x,y)) > % = 4 algebraic (*x f(x)) > % = 5 node (A) > % = 6 special node ([...]A) > % = 7 node (>A) > > - new optional argument for setflat > - fix bug with doubled linecap definition > - fix bug with missing linejoin in psls@solid > > > read the file /base/doc/pst-news10.pdf for more informations > about this update to the base part of PSTricks or read > the other Changes files which lists all what's new in > the other files. 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/pstricks.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/base/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: linegoal
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

the daemon creeps out and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: linegoal > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/linegoal > Summary description: A new ``dimen'' corresponding to the remainder of the line > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > linegoal can be loaded now even if pdfTeX is not used: > > linegoal is then equal to linewidth in any case. > > linegoal can be used in dvi mode with pdfTeX. > > This improves compatibility with other packages thanks for the upload; i have 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/linegoal.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linegoal/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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FTP Service on dante.ctan.org resumed
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

The FTP service for the CTAN main node dante.ctan.org is working again, after replacing the ftp server software (proftpd) by another one (vsftpd). With this change, FTP uploads on dante.ctan.org are no longer possible. Uploads should be done via the web interface: http://upload.ctan.org/ For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please replace the > files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ > > pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing > special mathematical functions like distributions, > polynomials, a.s.o. > > ..... pst-func.tex > 0.71 2010-11-03 - allow option dotstyle for psGaussI thanks for the upload; i have 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-func.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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tug.ctan.org also down due to security problem with FTP server program.
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

A security flaw has been found in the the FTP server program that is used at the tug.ctan.org node of CTAN, as noted earler by Rainer. Consequently I shut off this service. I expect that it will be off for a few days, for lack of time to repair it. I apologize for the inconvienence. Individuals who use HTTP would not be immediately affected by this change. Jim

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ftp.dante.de shut down due to security problem with ftp server program.
by CTAN Announcements 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

A serious bug has been detecetd in proftpd: http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3521 As a consequence, ftp access to ftp.dante.de a.k.a. dante.ctan.org will be disabled, effective immediately. http or rsync access to dante.ctan.org are not affected. Service will be resumed only after this bug is corrected. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: Asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 John Bowman submitted an update to the asymptote package. Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The -P option required by ghostscript 9.00 was added. The limits command now works correctly with reversed axes. The asyinclude command of asymptote.sty was improved so that asy source files do not need to be sent to publishers; the asy extension is now optional. A mktemp function was implemented. Further MSWindows installer problems were addressed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=asymptote (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: textgreek
by CTAN Announcements 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 Leonard Michlmayr submitted the new textgreek package. Summary description: upright greek letters in text License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Use upright greek letters as text symbols, e.g. extbeta. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/textgreek/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=textgreek (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: prerex-6.0.4
by CTAN Announcements 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

the daemon creeps up on me, unawares, again > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: prerex-6.0.4 > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Author's email: > Location on CTAN: graphics > Summary description: Interactive editor and macro support for prerequisite charts. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This release fixes an initialization bug in some of the prerex.sty macros. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload. i have installed the files and updated the entry in 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 Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

i go out for a sociable cup of coffee with a friend, and the daemon creeps in, saying: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.1: > - table-align-exponent and table-align-uncertainty > options for additional choices of table formatting > - copy-complex-root option for moving input complex root > to output > - power-font option for controlling whether superscript > powers are treated as numbers or units > - scientific-notation option for to use exponent form for > numbers in all cases > - table-omit-exponent option for simplifying tables by > removing exponents entirely > - round-INT-to-decimal option to convert integers to > decimals on rounding > - input-comparators option for numbers greater than, less > than and so on > - table-comparator option for reserving space for > comparators in tables > - round-minimum option to set a floor for rounding > numbers downward (whew!) thanks for the upload; i have 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 be updated on the web, overnight tonight ... but there's not much change to see. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: ijmart
by CTAN Announcements 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College Update summary: Changes: Version 1.1: Added environments namedprop and namedprop* for special named propositions. Version 1.1a: Minor documentation updates. Version 1.2: New table of contents formatting. Version 1.3: Changed the typesetting of proofs that end by a math display. This involves interface changes. Changed table of contents formatting (again). Version 1.4: Fixed the bug inherited from amsart: now appendices do not cause large indentations in table of contents Version 1.5: Added compatibility with babel Version 1.6: Bibliography style now understands fjournal field. Documentation update Basic package information, as sent by the contributor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location: /macros/latex/contrib/ijmart Caption: LaTeX Class for the Israel Journal of Mathematics. Description: The Israel Journal of Mathematics is published by The Hebrew University Magnes Press. This class provides LaTeX support for its authors and editors. It strives to achieve the distinct “look and feel” of the journal, while having the interface similar to that of the amsart document class. This will help authors already familiar with amsart to easily submit manuscripts for The Israel Journal of Mathematics or to put the preprints in arXiv with minimal changes in the LaTeX source. Author: Boris Veytsman License: lppl Name: ijmart Version: 1.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ijmart (this link may take a day to sync). Our archive service is sponsored by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN update: rmannot
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

there i was, innocently buying food for the weekend, and the daemon said: > Name of contribution: rmannot > Author's name: D. P. Story > Author's email: dpstory(a)uakron.edu > Location on CTAN: tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rmannot/ > Summary description: Package to create rich media annotations for > version 9 or later > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update to the rmannot package includes support for cue points and > for certain third party video players. > > The support video players are VideoPlayerPlus.swf and > VideoPlayerX.swf. Both of these can play multiple videos in the same > rich media annotation, dynamically change skins and change skin > colors, as well as several other features. > > Demos of these new features are found at the AeB Blog, > http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/aebblog.html thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/rmannot.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rmannot/ the change to the catalogue entry is hardly worth waiting for, but will appear on the web sometime overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: musixtex
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

i was out of the office yesterday, longer than i expected (train failure that made national news!), and wasn't able to report the following effusion from the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: musixtex > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Author's email: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca > Location on CTAN: macros > Summary description: Sophisticated music typesetting using TeX > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The musixflx components have been updated to incorporate several minor > bug fixes and improvements from TeXLive and teTeX. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository (about 0130 this morning). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/musixtex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros since my installation seems to have happened after the catalogue regeneration run, the (minutely) updated catalogue entry won't appear on the web until some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: ctable
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. Summary description: Easily typeset tables using key,value options License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fixed option doinside, which propagated in subsequent ctable calls ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ctable (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: tfrupee
by CTAN Announcements 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 Palle Jørgensen submitted an update to the tfrupee package. Summary description: A font offering the new (Indian) Rupee symbol. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Correction of typo in tfrupee.map ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/tfrupee . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tfrupee (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: adobemapping
by CTAN Announcements 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

the daemon comes up with: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: adobemapping > Author's name: Karl Berry > Author's email: karl(a)freefriends.org > Location on CTAN: support/adobemapping > Summary description: Adobe cmap and pdfmapping files > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Propagating an update to the CMap and PDFmapping tables made by Adobe > a few days ago. > > The original files are now kept on sourceforge, in the subprojects > http://sourceforge.net/adobe/cmap and > http://sourceforge.net/adobe/mapping-for-pdf. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and (minimally) updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/adobemapping.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/adobemapping/ there is no point in waiting for the catalogue on the web to change, overnight... Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pgf
by CTAN Announcements 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pgf Version number: 2.10 Author's name: Christian Feuersänger Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/base Summary description: Create PostScript and PDF graphics in TeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PGF 2.10 contains a huge bulk of additional libraries, improved node placement, lots of bug fixes and smaller improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/base . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pgf (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: Interfaces
by CTAN Announcements 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

the daemon wakes me up from rest after a hard day's work: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Interfaces > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/interfaces > Summary description: Set parameters for other packages, conveniently. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Revision 1.2 2010/10/27 > > First annoucement didn't came on comp.text.tex > Is it possible to announce now ? users who don't subscribe to the mailing list may read the original announcement at https://lists.dante.de/pipermail/ctan-ann/2010-October/004852.html for this revision: > interfaces-hypbmsec now works properly > interfaces-fancyhdr: bug fixed while setting offsets > Conversion from points to mu (1em/18): bug fixed (catcodes) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/interfaces.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/interfaces/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: shipunov
by CTAN Announcements 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: shipunov Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Alexey Shipunov Summary description: Small improvements License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Packages autolist (thanks to Martin Muench) and flower were updated, along with minor corrections in the documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/shipunov . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/shipunov (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: xecyr
by CTAN Announcements 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xecyr Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Alexey Shipunov Summary description: Minor corrections License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The most important is a correction of several Ukrainian letters (thanks to Alexey Bondarchuk) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xecyr . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xecyr (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN update: xits
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

the daemon hauls himself out into the open air, and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xits > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Location on CTAN: > Summary description: Scientific Times-like font with support for > mathematical typesetting > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Add TopAccentHorizontal position to U+00B7, U+0131, U+0237, U+203E, U+22C5 > - Add spaces and control characters U+0000-001F, U+2000-200F, U+2028-202F > - Tune script positioning for display integrals > - Disable smaller that text size integrals > - Rename fj ligature glyph to f_j for PDF search > - Assign un-encoded glyphs PUA code points > - Use U+23B7 slot for the glyph uni221A.base > - Change integral glyphs name suffixes to small and display > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated its details in 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/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan update: refstyle 0.4
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

there seems at last to be a lull in the daemon's work ... but not before: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: refstyle 0.4 > Author's name: Danie Els > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/refstyle > Summary description: Advanced formatting of cross references > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The refstyle provides a consistent way of producing references > throughout a project. Enough flexibility is provided to make local > changes to a single reference. The user can configure his or own > setup. > > Changes from version 0.3: > > (1) List of references can now distinguish between two and more than > two items. For example: > > equation (1) > equations (1) and (4) > equations (1), (2), and (5) > > (2) Option nokeyprefix is added to remove all the prefixes in the > <type>label commands. The user has now the option to use the standard > latex label command everywhere (especialy for old documents), for > example: > > label{tab:xxx} and then abref{tab:xxx} with refstyle > > (3) Languages added: French, Italian and Portuguese thanks for the upload. i have 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/refstyle.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/refstyle/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new ctan package: catchfilebetweentags
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

that daemon's proving a hard taskmaster ... this time it's: > Name of contribution: catchfilebetweentags > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Author's email: florent.chervet(a)laposte.net > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/FC/catchfilebetweentags > Summary description: Catch (into a macro) a portion of a file delimited by two docstrip tags > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > If you know the package catchfile, upon which catchfilebetweentags is > written, you've understood yet the purpose of this package. > > The macro catchfilebetweentags acts like catchfile but extract a > portion of the file instead of the complete file. The extracted > portion can be delimited by strings or by docstrip tags : > %<*tag> .... .... %</tag> > > Comments inside the portion can be ignored or catched. > > ExecuteMetaData is a shortcut to execute immediately the > extracted portion. thanks for the upload; i have installed this new package and made an entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/catchfilebetweentag… > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/catchfilebetweentags/ the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 2.06 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Compilation problems and build issues were fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/asymptote (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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new ctan package: parselines
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

the daemon heard someone whispering: > Name of contribution: parselines > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/FC/parselines > Summary description: A simple line parser for files or text inside environment > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a simple line parser. > > For files: dofilebyline{filename} expands do (a user macro > with 1 parameter) > on each line of the given file, reading lines one after > another with ead. > > For text: > egin{parse lines}{ ow: #1} > ... > ... > end{parse lines} > > will add the number of the row before each line in the > environment. > > Other funny things can be done (see the .pdf ;-)) > > (c) lppl - 2010 (FC) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/parselines.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/parselines/ thanks for the upload; i have installed the new package and made an an entry for it in the catalogue repository. (the web version of the entry will not appear until some time tonight.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new ctan package: interfaces
by CTAN Announcements 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

the daemon's been working away again, and reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Interfaces > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/interfaces > Summary description: A few pgfkeys-macros to modify a large number of > parameters in LaTeX documents > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Interfaces provides a small number of macros to modify > the settings > ^^^^^^^^^^ of a large number of parameters provided by Most > Frequently > Used Packages (MFUP!) for typesetting beautiful documents > with LaTeX. > > The macros shares a standardized syntax of the form key=value. The key > names are intuitive: font, top, bottom, left, right, bookmark, bold, > italic, color, twocolumns, title, pagestyle, before, after, indent > etc. > > Interfaces DOES NOT provide any new feature, except epeatcell, > owfont, and ookmarksetup (as long as the bookmark package does not > `steal' them to interfaces... what whould be considered as a favour!) > > A few macros are modified. The complete list is included in > interfaces.pdf, with explainations. > > * * * * > Interfaces is organised in different modules which are loaded after > the master package is loaded. Each module can be loaded separately. > > Commands provided: (each in a distinct module) ------------- > ---------- > > sectionformat: interface for package titlesec to modify > the titles > produced by the sectionning commands (and their > bookmarks). > replaces itleformat, itlespacing and > itleclass and > is compatible with them. > > pagesetup: interface for package fancyhdr to modify the > current page > style or create new page styles. Replaces > fancypagestyle > fancyhf, fancyhfoffset, > enewcommandheadrulewidth etc. > > ocsetup: interface for package tocloft to fine tune the > aspect of > the table of contents, list of figures / of tables. > ocsetup also > applies to shorttableofcontents provided by the > shorttoc package. > Facility to make multi-columns table(s) of contents > is included, > give a label for the table of contents/of figures/of > tables... > give them a bookmark. Replaces a lot of tocloft' control > sequences. > > epeatcell: to create `dynamic' tabulars, possibly > with formulas > computation: umexpr, pgfmathparse or FPeval > formulas can be > plugged in the tabular or array, with the possibility to > transpose. > > owfont: to modify the font and/or the alignment of > each cell in a > tabular/array row. Modification of the alignment has some > limitations. > Compatible with all package compatible with > array.sty,colortbl,hhline, > arydshln,delarray etc. > > + some macros to make easier the use of e-TeX marks > registers (useful > with sectionformat and > pagesetup). > > runctext and htruncadjust are provided in order to take > advantage of > the code provided by the package > truncate.sty > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------- > > Interfaces is mainly based on scrlfile.sty ( provided in > the Koma- > Script bundle, but Koma-Script classes are not required), > on pgfkeys > and etoolbox. > > Interfaces defines some pgfkeys handlers designed > specially to make > key-value interfaces for other packages. Using those > handlers permit > the design of an interface in a few minutes... (well, > good knowledge > of pgfkeys is required ;-) > > . ookmarksetup is also enhanced with starred keys. > > . Facility to load TikZ libraries and pgf modules is > provided via usetikz. > > . pgfkeys is enhanced with a new ``default'' value in case > the value is blank. > > . scrlfile's AfterFile and BeforeFile have starred forms. thanks for the upload; i have installed the package, and made an entry in the catalogue repository giving a brief outline. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/interfaces.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/interfaces the catalogue entry will not appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pkfix-helper
by CTAN Announcements 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pkfix-helper Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/pkfix-helper Summary description: Preprocess old PostScript files so pkfix can replace their fonts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pkfix is a useful utility for replacing resolution-dependent bitmapped fonts in a dvips-produced PostScript file with the corresponding resolution-independent vector fonts. Unfortunately, pkfix needs to parse certain PostScript comments that appear only in files produced by dvips versions later than 5.58 (ca. 1996); it fails to work on PostScript files produced by older versions of dvips. pkfix-helper is a program that attempts to insert newer-dvips comments into an older-dvips PostScript file, thereby making the file suitable for processing by pkfix. pkfix-helper can sometimes process documents fully autonomously but does require the user to verify and, if needed, correct its decisions. Version 1.3 introduces a --keep option to prevent specified bitmapped fonts from being replaced with vector fonts. This is useful for logos and other graphics that were created as single-character fonts. Version 1.3 also fixes a divide-by-zero error caused by forced fonts that match only on zero-width characters. Both the request for a --keep option and the bug report are due to Rogério Brito. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/pkfix-helper . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pkfix-helper (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN tug.ctan.org upload: xetex-itrans
by CTAN Announcements 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: xetex-itrans Version number: 2.0 Author's name: Shrisha Rao Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/generic/itrans/ Summary description: Baraha/ITRANS input mappings for XeLaTeX, for Devanagari, Kannada, and Telugu. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Baraha mapping for Kannada is added, as is an ITRANS Telugu mapping. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/generic/itrans/ . Information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xetex-itrans (it may take a day for the information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . For your users group see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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