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CTAN package update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 12 Mar '11

12 Mar '11

the daemon tells me ... but i am no more than half awake ... but i get around to it in the end. > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: achemso > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso > Summary description: Support for submissions to American Chemical Society journals > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v3.5g: > - Typo in .bst fixed thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/achemso/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: ptserif
by CTAN Announcements 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 Pavel Farar submitted an update to the ptserif package. Summary description: PT Serif font and LaTeX support. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains LaTeX support for the font PT Serif. - Added several Cyrillic letters to the encodings: 1) The letter Cyrillic letter reversed ZE was added to the slot for Cyrillic letter epsilon. They are actually the same. Thanks to Vladimir Volovich for confirming this and for other useful comments about Cyrillic encodings. 2) Somewhat dirty is adding letters Cyrillic letter short I with tail and Cyrillic letter short EM with tail to the slots for the same letters but with descender. They are similar but used by other languages. Related package: ptsans ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ptserif . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ptserif (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: ptsans
by CTAN Announcements 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 Pavel Farar submitted an update to the ptsans package. Summary description: PT Sans font and LaTeX support. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains LaTeX support for the font PT Sans. - Added several Cyrillic letters to the encodings: 1) The letter Cyrillic letter reversed ZE was added to the slot for Cyrillic letter epsilon. They are actually the same. Thanks to Vladimir Volovich for confirming this and for other useful comments about Cyrillic encodings. 2) Somewhat dirty is adding letters Cyrillic letter short I with tail and Cyrillic letter short EM with tail to the slots for the same letters but with descender. They are similar but used by other languages. Related package: ptserif ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ptsans . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ptsans (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: gmp
by CTAN Announcements 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

the daemon pops up, again, and cries aloud... my hearing is so bad that the cry went unheard, but i spotted the upload fairly soon, nevertheless. > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: gmp > Author's name: Enrico Gregorio > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/gmp > Summary description: The gmp package allows integration between > MetaPost pictures and LaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The gmp package allows integration between MetaPost > pictures and LaTeX, the main feature is that passing > parameters to the MetaPost pictures is possible and > the picture code can be put inside arguments to > commands, including ewcommand. thanks for the upload; i have 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/gmp.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gmp/ The catalogue entry will not appear until some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: pgfgantt
by CTAN Announcements 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 Wolfgang Skala submitted the pgfgantt package. Summary description: Draw Gantt charts with TikZ License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package provides an environment for drawing Gantt charts that contain various elements (titles, bars, milestones, groups and links). Several keys customize the appearance of the chart elements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfgantt . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pgfgantt (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: filehook
by CTAN Announcements 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the filehook package. Summary description: v0.5a -- Bug fix (addded long) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This small bug fix release adds a needed `long` for the definition of and internal macro used by `AtEndOfPackageFile` and `AtEndOfClassFile`. Thanks goes to GL of comp.text.tex for reporting this issue. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/filehook . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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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New package on CTAN: bondgraph
by CTAN Announcements 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 Jean-Francois Dupuis submitted the bondgraph package. Summary description: Class to create bond graph figures in LaTeX documents. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package draws bond graphs using PGF and TikZ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bondgraph/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bondgraph (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: tabvar
by CTAN Announcements 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the tabvar package. Summary description: Typesetting of tables showing variations of functions License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This new version corrects a bug (an error message was issued when tabvar was used with XeLaTeX) and offers three new shapes for the arrows thanks to Michel Bovani. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tabvar . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=tabvar (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: pst-sigsys
by CTAN Announcements 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

the daemon creeps out again, crying: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: pst-sigsys > Author's name: Farshid Delgosha > Location on CTAN: > Summary description: An update to the existing pst-sigsys package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package is a collection of useful macros for disciplines related > to signal processing. It defines macros for plotting a sequence of > numbers, drawing the pole-zero diagram of a system, shading the region > of convergence, creating an adder or a multiplier node, placing a > framed node at a given coordinate, creating an up-sampler or a > down-sampler node, drawing the block diagram of a system, drawing > adaptive systems, sequentially connecting a list of nodes, and > connecting a list of nodes to one node using any node-connecting > macro. 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/pst-sigsys.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-sigsys/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: verdana
by CTAN Announcements 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

my faithful daemon popped out last night. while i was cooking. again... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: verdana > Author's name: Walter Daems > Location on CTAN: fonts/verdana > Summary description: pdfTeX wrapper for verdana font > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package contains a T1-encoded wrapper for the verdana font. The > truetype files are not part of the package; they come with your > operating system or may be downloaded separately (see documentation). > The package contains the required tfm-files, fd-file, map-file and a > convenient style file verdana.sty. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and created an entry in the catalogue repository for the package. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/verdana.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/verdana/ The catalogue entry will not appear on the web until some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: systeme
by CTAN Announcements 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 Christian Tellechea submitted an update to the systeme package. Summary description: Mise en forme de systemes d'equations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- systeme v0.2 2011/03/08 Cette petite extension permet de saisir des systèmes d'équations ou inéquations de façon intuitive, et produit un affichage où les termes et les signes sont alignés verticalement. This small package allows you to enter systems of equations or inequalities in an intuitive way, and produces typeset output where the terms and signs are aligned vertically. Nouveau : * le premier argument optionnel met en place de nouvelles fonctionnalites * numérotation automatique des equations * colonne supplémentaire eventuelle * gestion des inconnues avec indices * substitution post traitement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/systeme . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=systeme (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: aomart
by CTAN Announcements 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 Boris Veytsman submitted an update to the aomart package. Summary description: LaTeX Class for The Annals of Mathematics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides the class for typesetting articles for The Annals of Mathematics, http://annals.princeton.edu/. Changes: Version 1.7 Suppressed end page number in the header for one-page documents Version 1.6 Appendix letter is now upright in the refs, even inside italics Bibliography style change: aomalpha.bst now respects the key field ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/aomart . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=aomart (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: musixguit
by CTAN Announcements 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 Clemens Niederberger submitted the musixguit package. Summary description: Easy notation for playing guitar with musixtex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- musixguit provides commands for typesetting notes for guitar, especially for simplifying guitar notation with musixtex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/musixguit . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=musixguit (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 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

on days like this, it's just dilbert cartoons keeps me going in the face of the daemon's nagging... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: frontespizio > Author's name: Enrico Gregorio > Location on CTAN: latex/contrib/frontespizio/ > Summary description: Create a frontispiece for Italian theses > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Here is version 1.3 of the package: compatibility with memoir has been added > and the documentation has been slightly polished thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository (ever so slightly...) > 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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CTAN bundle update: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

i cook, the daemon flags jobs for me to do... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3 > Summary description: Packages supporting LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This release (SVN 2184) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The expl3 release fixes a bug in the token list variable > search-and-replace functions (thanks to Bruno Le Floch for the > bug report). There are also ongoing changes with the automated > test system, which is reflected in parts of the documentation. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/expl3/ The catalogue entry on the web will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: chemfig
by CTAN Announcements 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 Christian Tellechea submitted an update to the chemfig package. Summary description: Draw molecule with an easy syntax License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- chemfig v0.4 2011/03/07 The package provides the command chemfig{<code>}, which draws 2D molecules using the tikz package. The <code> contains instructions for the drawing. What's new: * code rewritten in TeX (chemfig can be used with plain eTeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt) * bugfixes Please note the new CTAN path. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/chemfig . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=chemfig (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: gincltex
by CTAN Announcements 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted the gincltex package. Summary description: Include TeX files as graphics (.tex support for includegraphics) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This small package builds on the standard LaTeX packages graphic and/or graphicx and allows external LaTeX source files to be included like graphic files, i.e. adds support for the `.tex' extension. includegraphics[<options>]{somefile.tex} Some of the lower level operations like clipping and trimming are implemented using the pgf package which supports both DVI/PS and PDF output. This package uses a very similar technique than the author's other package adjustbox, but provides a different interface. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/gincltex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=gincltex (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: chemexec
by CTAN Announcements 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 Clemens Niederberger submitted the chemexec package. Summary description: creating (chemical) exercise sheets License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package provides environments and commands that the author needed when preparing exercise sheets and other teaching material. In particular, the package supports the creation of exercise sheets, with separating printing of solutions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/chemexec . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=chemexec (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: fixlatvian
by CTAN Announcements 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 Andrey Vihrov submitted the fixlatvian package. Summary description: Improved Latvian support for LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package attempts to go further than Polyglossia with the Latvian language support. Latvian ordinal number format, word order in captions, proper alphabetic numbering and support for a few other packages is included. The current focus is on the standard document classes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/fixlatvian . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=fixlatvian (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: urwchancal
by CTAN Announcements 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

after a quiet week end, the daemon pops up with something as i sleep: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: urwchancal > Author's name: Michael Sharpe > Location on CTAN: fonts > Summary description: A virtual font implementation of Zapf Chancery as > a math alphabet that works with math accents and subscripts. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This allows (the URW clone of) Zapf Chancery to function as a math alphabet, > the target of mathcal or mathscr, with accents appearing where they > should, and other spacing parameters set to reasonable (not very tight) > values. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package and created an entry in the catalogue repository for it. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/urwchancal.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/urwchancal/ The catalogue entry will first appear on the web some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: texdef
by CTAN Announcements 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted the texdef package. Summary description: Perl script to display the definition of TeX commands License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'texdef' Perl script is displays the definition of given (La)TeX command sequences/macros. Various options allow the selection of the used class and package files and other things which can have influence on the definition (before/after the preamble, inside an environment, ...). The script creates a temporary TeX file which is then compiled using (La|*)TeX to receive the `meaning` of the command sequence. The result is formatted and presented to the user. Length or number command sequences (dimensions, char..., count registers, ...) are recognized and the contained value is also shown (using ` he`). Special definitions like protected macros are also recognized and the underlying macros are shown as well. The 'texdef' script will show plainTeX definitions by default. LaTeX and ConTeXt are supported, including flavors (pdf(la)tex, lua(la)tex, xe(la)tex, ...). The flavor can be selected using an command line option or over the script name: 'latexdef' will use LaTeX as default, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/texdef . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=texdef (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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New CTAN package: mpgraphics
by CTAN Announcements 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 Vafa Khalighi submitted the mpgraphics package. Summary description: Inline and display metapost figures in LaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mpgraphics allows users to typeset metapost inline and display figures in their LaTeX documents with only and only one run of LaTeX, or PDFLaTeX, or XelaTeX (no separate runs of mpost). mpgraphics achieves this by using shell scape or write 18 feature so the whole process is automatic and the end user do not need to carry out the long process. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mpgraphics . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mpgraphics (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: uri
by CTAN Announcements 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 Hans-Martin Münch submitted the uri package. Summary description: Hyperlinks URIs of type arXiv, ASIN, DOI, HDL, NBN, PubMed, OID, TINY, TINY with preview, and XMPP and provides com- mands citeurl, mailto, ukoeln, and uref. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows to automatically hyperlink URIs of type arXiv, ASIN, DOI, HDL, NBN, PubMed, OID, TINY, TINY with preview, and XMPP in such a way that they are resolved to an address understood by web browsers without native support or add-ons for such types of uri and provides commands citeurl, mailto, ukoeln, and uref. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/uri/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=uri (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: mychemistry
by CTAN Announcements 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 Clemens Niederberger submitted the mychemistry package. Summary description: Creating reaction schemes with LaTeX and ChemFig License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- myChemistry provides commands for typesetting complex chemical reaction schemes with LaTeX and ChemFig. myChemistry also bundles the packages ChemFig, mhchem and chemcompounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mychemistry . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mychemistry (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. Summary description: dvisvgm 1.0.5 has been released License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The latest release 1.0.5 is a maintenance update that fixes a couple of minor issues. Additionally, command-line option -n has been extended to choose between two conversion variants. For further information including a list of recent changes and pre-compiled binaries for Windows/MiKTeX see the project page http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvisvgm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=dvisvgm (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN package update: ltxnew (v1.3)
by CTAN Announcements 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

the daemon respectfully waits while i digest my lunch, and then tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ltxnew (v1.3) > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/ltxnew > Summary description: Provides the ew enew and provide > prefixes for checking definitions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > chardef and mathchardef were missing : > ewchardef enewchardef providechardef > ewmathchardef enewmathchardef providemathchardef > > now work properly, as well as ewglobalmathchardef etc. 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/ltxnew.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ltxnew/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: apa6e
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

quoth the daemon, again: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: apa6e > Author's name: Nathaniel J. Smith > Location on CTAN: latex/contrib/apa6e > Summary description: Format manuscripts to APA 6th edition guidelines. > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This release adds support for formatting appendices. thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/apa6e.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/latex/contrib/apa6e/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: catoptions
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

and they keep rolling in, sighs the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: catoptions > Author's name: Ahmed Musa > Location on CTAN: > Summary description: Preserving catcodes and parsing options > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This version 0.2 gains some efficiency in declaring futurelet > canonical controls of/for 'other' characters. Following suggestions > from users, it also introduces additional interfaces for declaring new > package options. 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/catoptions.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/catoptions/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: systeme
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 Christian Tellechea submitted the systeme package. Summary description: Mise en forme de systemes d'equations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- systeme v0.1 2011/02/27 Cette petite extension permet de saisir des systèmes d'équations ou inéquations de façon intuitive, et produit un affichage où les termes et les signes sont alignés verticalement. L'extension fonctionne avec plain TeX ou LaTeX, mais e-TeX est requis. ( This small package allows you to enter systems of equations or inequalities in an intuitive way, and produces typeset output where the terms and signs are aligned vertically. The package works with plain TeX or LaTeX, but e-TeX is required. ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/systeme . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=systeme (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: bashful
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Yossi Gil submitted the bashful package. Summary description: Invoke bash commands from within latex License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- makes it possible to execute bash scripts from within LaTeX. The main application is in writing computer-science texts, in which you want to make sure the programs listed in the document are executed directly from the input. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/latex/bashful . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bashful (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: PT Serif
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

On Tue, 1 Mar 2011, Pavel Farar submitted an update to the ptserif package. Summary description: PT Serif font and LaTeX support. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains LaTeX support for the font PT Sans. - Added several Cyrillic letters that were missing in the encoding files but present in the fonts (some Cyrillic letters are not in Unicode or Adobe Glyph List). - The encoding files have more descriptive names now. Related package: ptsans ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ptserif . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ptserif (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: PT Sans
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

On Tue, 1 Mar 2011, Pavel Farar submitted an update to the ptsans package. Summary description: PT Sans font and LaTeX support. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package contains LaTeX support for the font PT Sans. - Added several Cyrillic letters that were missing in the encoding files but present in the fonts (some Cyrillic letters are not in Unicode or Adobe Glyph List). - The encoding files have more descriptive names now. Related package: ptserif ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ptsans . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ptsans (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: Piano diagram
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

my daemon tells me (with a sly smile on his face): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: Piano diagram > Author's name: Émile Daneault > Location on CTAN: > Summary description: Draws basic 2 octaves keyboard diagrams > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I'm by no mean a TeX expert, but since it works okay I though it > should be out there. > > This package adds the keyboard[1][2]..[7] command to your > project. When used, it draws a small 2 octaves piano keyboard on your > document, with up to 7 keys highlighted. > > Keys go : Co, Cso, Do, Dso, Eo, Fo, Fso, Go, Gso, Ao, Aso, Bo, Ct, > Cst, Dt, Dst, Et, Ft, Fst, Gt, Gst, At, Ast and Bt. > > Suggested use : > egin{figure}[thpb]\n> centering > keyboard[Co][Eo][Gso][Ct][Et] > caption{C aug chord} > label{Chord1} > end{figure} thanks for the upload; i've installed the new package and made an entry for it in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/piano.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/piano/ The catalogue entry will first appear overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: unisugar
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 Yossi Gil submitted an update to the unisugar package. Summary description: Selected Unicode characters employed in some very common LaTeX commands License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Using this package, you may find yourself typing a bit less, provided you can configure your text editor or keyboard driver to generate the handful of Unicode characters defined by this package. More importantly, the package is useful in defining macros whose name is composed of right-to-left characters and in minimizing mixed directionality text in right-to-left documents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/unisugar . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=unisugar (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: standalone
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the standalone package. Summary description: Update to v0.4: New option 'border' to set preview border License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The update adds an option to set the preview border when preview is enabled. This avoid manual adjustments of PreviewBorder or PreviewBbAdjust. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/standalone . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=standalone (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: collcell
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 Martin Scharrer submitted an update to the collcell package. Summary description: Update to v0.5: Some bug fixes and removed limitations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This updated fixes some limitations of the previous version. The following uses are now supported: * Empty cells before \ * Missing \ * Use inside multicolumn * Use of # inside collected cells (except inside multicolumn which doesn't support this by itself) * Use around or inside other >{} <{} material * Cascaded use of collectcell * The argument of collectcell can now consist of multiple tokens * Material inside <{} before endcollectcell is now also collected if it is part of the last column * An almost-verbatim version of verb is provided (uses the version of the 'tabularx' package) * supports 'tabular', 'tabularx', 'array' as well as 'tabularx' in the LaTeX or TeX syntaxes as well as in csname ... endcsname (except 'tabularx' which doesn't support this by itself). And some more smaller features. See the manual for details. The code has been improved and more documentation has been added. Acknowledgements and Thanks goes to: Heiko Oberdiek, GL, Joseph Wright and Hendrik Vogt for their feedback and help on comp.text.tex, using PM and on http://tex.stackexchange.com . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/collcell . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=collcell (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: aomart
by CTAN Announcements 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 Boris Veytsman submitted an update to the aomart package. Summary description: LaTeX Class for The Annals of Mathematics License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides the class for typesetting articles for The Annals of Mathematics, http://annals.princeton.edu/. Changes: Version 1.5 Typo corrected: arXiV is now arXiv Bibliography style change: added sortyear field ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/aomart . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=aomart (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: tikz-3dplot
by CTAN Announcements 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

the daemon likes coloured shapes, and was grinning when he said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: tikz-3dplot > Author's name: Jeff Hein > Author's email: jeffrey.d.hein(a)gmail.com > Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-3dplot > Summary description: 3D coordinate transformations and plotting using TikZ > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The tikz-3dplot package provides straightforward ways to define > three-dimensional coordinate frames through which to plot in TikZ. The > user can specify the orientation of the main coordinate frame, and use > standard TikZ commands and coordinates to render their tikzfigure. A > secondary coordinate frame is provided to allow rotations and > translations with respect to the main coordinate frame. In addition, > The tikz-3dplot package can also handle plotting user-specified > functions in spherical polar coordinates, where both the radius and > fill color can be expressed as parametric functions of polar angles. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tikz-3dplot.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-3dplot/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package upload: fwlw
by CTAN Announcements 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

the daemon hasn't had a lot to say, in the last few days, but has today offered: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fwlw > Author's name: Donald Arseneau > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fwlw > Summary description: Facilitates headers with first word/last word > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Added a brief license statement -- simple permissive BSD-like. (Also > modified the manual, which someone had created -- THANKS!) thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository to reflect its new status and all. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fwlw.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fwlw The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: bibtex book examples
by CTAN Announcements 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded LATeX-Bib.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please > put all files in the new directory > > /info/examples/LaTeX-Bib/ > > It contains all examples from the 1st edition of the book > Bibliografien mit LaTeX, published by DANTE and lehmanns media. thanks for the upload; i have installed the collection as suggested and made an entry in the catalogue repository for the collection. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/latex-bib-ex.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/examples/LaTeX-Bib/ The catalogue entry will first appear on the web, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: biblatex-ieee
by CTAN Announcements 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

the daemon cries (frustrated that he's no more for me, this morning...) > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-ieee > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-ieee > Summary description: A biblatex implementation of the IEEE bibliography style > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.0: > - First stable release (.bbx file from v0.9a) 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/biblatex-ieee.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-ieee The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: biblatex-nature
by CTAN Announcements 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

here comes that daemon ... do you hear him muttering? > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-nature > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-nature > Summary description: A biblatex implementation of the Nature bibliography style > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1: > - Rework styles to follow core biblatex styles more closely > - Locations and volumes printed in more cases, where > Nature seems to allow this > - Rearrange CTAN/TDS locations to reduce unnecessary folder > use > > This version requires biblatex v1.2 or higher. thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository, somewhat > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-nature.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-nature/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: tabu (v2.8)
by CTAN Announcements 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

the daemon greeted me (after i came home from a food-shopping trip): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: tabu (v2.8) > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tabu > Summary description: Flexible LaTeX tabulars > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > . Bug in {longtabu*} the starred form of the environment > {longtabu} which used scantokens to insert verbatim > text. > > Fixed after Ahmed Musa bug report. 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/tabu (v2.8).html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tabu The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: fontspec
by CTAN Announcements 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

the daemon told me, when i woke up this morning. > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fontspec > Author's name: Will Robertson > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Right before the start of a busy semester, I'm happy to release a small > improvement to fontspec for probably the last time in quick a while: > > Changes introduced in the new version are: > > * Finally add a real error message when a font cannot be found! > * Add Letters=Random feature. > * Fix bug in which Unknown feature `'... warnings > were shown in the log file. > * Some small documentation improvements. thanks for the upload, and sorry for the delay in installing (a machine vital to my tool-chain failed to switch on this morning -- fortunately, a colleague was going into work, and was able to start the machine for me). 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/fontspec.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fontspec/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: tabu (v2.7 release)
by CTAN Announcements 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

and yet another the daemon's slipped past me... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: tabu (v2.7 release) > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tabu > Summary description: Flexible LaTeX tabulars > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > . Automatic par after the end of the tabu environment > when used with its default target is removed in the case > of {tabu} spread (this was a bug) > > . Some ignorespaces were missing (after everyrow, > aburulecolor, aburowcolors and abulinestyle) 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/tabu.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tabu/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: linegoal (v2.9)
by CTAN Announcements 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

i don't remember what i was doing, but it was obviously terribly interesting work, because i didn't notice the daemon saying: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: linegoal (v2.9) > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/linegoal > Summary description: A ``dimen'' that corresponds to the remainder of the line > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > . Modification of the expansion process for setting the > linegoal in order to allow the use of linegoal inside > the arguments of tabular column : > p{ .4linegoal} m{ .2linegoal } b{ .15linegoal } > > when the calc.sty package is loaded. > > This is because such arguments are expanded by array.sty > during the rewriting process and hence, before setlength. > > This can be handy for multicolumn in some cases: > > egin{tabu}{|XX[2]X|} > Hello > & > multicolumn2{p{linegoal}|} > {vskip-htstrutboxstrutlipsum[5]} \ > abuphantomline > end{tabu} thanks for the upload; i have installed the new files and updated the catalogue repository entry. > 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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CTAN package update: tabu (v2.6 release)
by CTAN Announcements 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

the daemon obviously noticed i was out of the office, and so it pounced: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: tabu (v2.6 release) > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/tabu > Summary description: Flexible LaTeX tabulars > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - savetabu now also saves abulinesep (ie > abovetabulinesep > and elowtabulinesep) > > - Bug fixed for custom environments when nested > > - aburulecolor now works for the longtabu environment even > if colortbl is not loaded > (same behaviour as for the tabu environments then: > . colored rules only require xcolor.sty, > . colored cells (and columns and rows) require colortbl.sty) 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/tabu.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tabu The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: adjmulticol, v1.0
by CTAN Announcements 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote: > An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20110224-042550/ > > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: adjmulticol, v1.0 > Author's name: Boris Veytsman > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/adjmulticol > Summary description: Adjusting Margins for Multicolumn and Unicolumn Output > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package provides an extension of the multicol package with the > option to change the margins for multicolumn and unicolumn layout. > The package understands the difference between the even and odd > margins for two side printing. thanks for the upload; i have 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/adjmulticol.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/adjmulticol/ The catalogue entry will first appear on the web overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: PSTricks examples
by CTAN Announcements 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded PSTricks6_de.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please > put all files in the new directory > > /info/examples/PSTricks_6_de/ > > It contains all examples from the 6th edition of the german > version. > > The existing /PSTricks5_de/ can be deleted thanks for the upload. i have installed the new files and deleted the old, and converted the catalogue entry to refer to the new version. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-examples.h… or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/examples/PSTricks_6_de/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: notes2bib
by CTAN Announcements 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

the daemon tells me, as i stagger in from the pouring rain: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: notes2bib > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib > Summary description: Integrating notes into the bibliography > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0f: > - Update to work with biblatex v1.2 thanks for the (second!) upload; i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/notes2bib.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/notes2bib/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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