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New CTAN package: cm-unicode
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 Nikola Lečić submitted the new package cm-unicode to CTAN. Summary description: Computer Modern Unicode font family License type: ofl The font author is Andrey Panov. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Modern Unicode fonts were converted from metafont sources using mftrace with autotrace backend and fontforge. Some characters in several fonts are copied from Blue Sky type 1 fonts released by AMS. Currently the fonts contain glyphs from Latin (Metafont ec, tc, vnr), Cyrillic (lh), Greek (cbgreek when available) code sets and IPA extensions (from tipa). This font set contains 33 fonts. This archive contains AFM, PFB and OTF versions; the OTF version of the Computer Modern Unicode fonts works with TeX engines that directly support OpenType features, such as XeTeX and LuaTeX. License: OFL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cm-unicode/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=cm-unicode (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: oldstandard
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 Nikola Lečić submitted a new package oldstandard to CTAN. Summary description: Old Standard: A Unicode Font for Classical and Medieval Studies License type: ofl Author of the font is Alexey Kryukov. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Standard is supposed to reproduce the actual printing style of the early 20th century, reviving a specific type of Modern (classicist) style of serif typefaces, very commonly used in various editions of the late 19th and early 20th century, but almost completely abandoned later. It supports typesetting of Old and Middle English, Old Icelandic, Cyrillic (with historical characters, extensions for Old Slavonic and localised forms), Gothic transliterations, critical editions of Classical Greek and Latin, and many more. Old Standard works with TeX engines that directly support OpenType features, such as XeTeX and LuaTeX. License: OFL, GFDL (manual) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/oldstandard/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=oldstandard (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: Bulgarian translation of the pst-eucl documentation
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

On Sun, 4 Jul 2010, Stefka Karakoleva submitted the pst-eucl package documentation in Bulgarian language (Euclidean Geometry with PSTricks) to CTAN. License type: fdl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/translations/pst-eucl/bulgarian/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pst-eucl-translation-bg (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: thumbpdf v3.11
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the thumbpdf package > License remains LPPL. > > Changes: > * pdfcompresslevel=0 and pdfminorversion=4 added for thumbpdf.tex. > * input is used with file name extension for thumbpdf.tex. > * Warning if pdfobjcompresslevel>0. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: bibleref
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

quoth the daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: bibleref > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/bibleref > Summary description: Format bible citations. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1.13: > * Changed @ifnextchar to ew@ifnextchar to prevent spaces being > ignored after bible references. (amsgen.sty now a required > package.) > > * Removed spurious space when setting some of the styles 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/bibleref.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibleref the catalogue entry will twitch slightly, in the small hours of tomorrow morning. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: gentium
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Gentium Version number: 2010.07.07 Author's name: Thomas A. Schmitz, Mojca Miklavec Location on CTAN: /fonts/gentium Summary description: Gentium font and support files. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package includes TrueType fonts from SIL, files needed to use them in pdfTeX in multiple encodings (agr, t2a, ec/T1, texnansi, l7x, qx, t5) and support files for ConTeXt. Support for LaTeX is pending (we got two different solution using completely different approach and someone needs to decide which one is better). This was a bugfix version: - use proper fonts (some ttf files were half-broken) - use lowercase extention - add complete documentation from SIL - fix dcroat/Idotaccent (Mojca still claims that it's a bug in pdfTeX) - fix some typos in ConTeXt typescripts - add source for generating TFM files ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/gentium . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/gentium (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 .

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CTAN upload: venturisadf
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: venturisadf Version number: version 1.005 of the Venturis ADF Font Collection; updated TeX/LaTeX support Author's name: Clea F. Rees Location on CTAN: /fonts/venturisadf/ Summary description: Venturis ADF fonts collection. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Serif and sans serif complete text font families in Adobe Type 1 format (OTF now available separately) for publication. The family is based on the Utopia family, and has been modified and developed by the Arkandis Digital foundry. Support for using the fonts, in (La)TeX, is also provided (and makes use of the nfssext-cfr package). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/venturisadf/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/venturisadf (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 .

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CTAN update: libertine
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michale's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Font Linux Libertine Version number: 4.8.1 Author's name: Michael Niedermair Location on CTAN: /fonts/libertine Summary description: new version of the linux libertine font package License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- new version of the linux libertine font package - new font version (4.8.1) - bug fixes - first alpha release for lualatex - new font names (PSFontName, TTF-Names, ...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/libertine . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/libertine (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 .

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CTAN has a new package: dktools
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 Dirk Krause submitted the new package dktools to CTAN. It supersedes the bmeps and fig2vect packages. Summary description: Tools by DK (including bmeps and fig2vect) License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tools and libraries by Dirk Krause, licensed under BSD-Style license conditions. Among others this package contains bmeps (conversion from PNG/JPEG/NetPBM/TIFF to EPS/PDF) and fig2vect (conversion from FIG to MetaPost/EPS/PDF/TeX/BoundingBox). Project page: http://dktools.sourceforge.net Original download source: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dktools ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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CTAN update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 2.01 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The normal vector for perspective projections was fixed. Individual processing of each figure within a LaTeX document is now supported. The fontsize package uses type1cm.sty again since fix-cm.sty does not appear to work as advertised. Uninitialized item bits are cleared. Extended for statements now support the var type. PenMargin is used in drawing a binarytree. Minor optimizations were made. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN has a new package: simplecd
by CTAN Announcements 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: simplecd Version number: v1.0 Author's name: Dániel Majoros Summary description: simple cd, dvd covers for printing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The simplecd package The simplecd package provides printable cut-outs for various CD,DVD and other disc holders. The name of the package comes from it's implementation and ease of use. The simplecd package was created for producing cut-outs for creating covers, inlets for optical disc packaging such as jewel cases, keepcases. The covers were aimed for containing only simple text with different font sizes, but since it is only a parbox in a tabular enviroment's cell, it can contain anything that a parbox can contain. There are also macros which can resize ready-to-print images to the appropriate size. The supported covers are -jewel case front, back and individual spine -two-page jewel case front -slim DVD keepcase -normal DVD keepcase -Blu-Ray keepcase -costum-sized keepcase -disk sleeve -one sided DVD keepcase inlay -one sided Blu-Ray keepcase inlay -costum-sized inlay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/simplecd . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/simplecd (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 .

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Re: Serious error
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

very early this morning, i wrote: > just before midnight in cambridge, a serious incident happened on the > cambridge ctan node, resulting in the loss of much of the > macros/latex/contrib tree. because of the nature of the incident, the > losses propagated to the other ctan sites. > > i have since then been doggedly restoring stuff from backups (not easy, > since it involves juggling files across three machines), but at 0530, > i'm starting to fail. > > i've made quite a lot of headway, but there is stil much to do -- i > shall restart when i've had a bit of sleep. > > apologies to one and all. with much help from rainer schoepf, the ctan central archives are now entirely restored. i went to sleep last night turning over schemes to avoid this sort of thing in future, but i am of the opinion that while this particular problem should be avoidable, there are in general no absolute guarantees. i have for some time been designing a new archive setup for cambridge. i have added one new requirement, today: that recovery from backup should be easier (and hence faster) than i found it last night. once again, please accept my apologies for the troubles. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: Discourse Representation Structures (DRS)
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

the daemon calls while i'm otherwise engaged ... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: drs > Author's name: Alexis Dimitriadis > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/drs/ > Summary description: Commands to draw Discoure Representation Structures (DRS) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This package draws Discourse Representation Structures > (DRSs). It can draw embedded DRSs, if-then conditions and > quantificational “duplex conditions” (with a properly scaled > connecting diamond). Formatting parameters allow the user to > control the appearance and placement of DRSs, and of DRS > variables and conditions. i've installed the new package, and created a file describing it in the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/drs.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/drs/ the catalogue entry won't appear until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: gb4e
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

the daemon, cackling in anticipation of chaos to come, wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: gb4e > Author's name: Alexis Dimitriadis > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/gb4e > Summary description: An environment for linguistic examples > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The style file gb4e provides an environment for linguistic examples, a command > for glossed sentences, and a grab-bag of various other goodies. > > This is a bug-fix release, with no new features. If you use gb4e, > you should update to this version. > > Authors: Hans-Peter Kolb and Craig Thiersch thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version and made a minor change to the catalogue repository. the installation was delayed by the destruction of the m/l/contrib sub-tree last night. with a lot of help from rainer schoepf, the tree is now back and working. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/gb4e.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gb4e the change to the catalogue will happen some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Serious error
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

just before midnight in cambridge, a serious incident happened on the cambridge ctan node, resulting in the loss of much of the macros/latex/contrib tree. because of the nature of the incident, the losses propagated to the other ctan sites. i have since then been doggedly restoring stuff from backups (not easy, since it involves juggling files across three machines), but at 0530, i'm starting to fail. i've made quite a lot of headway, but there is stil much to do -- i shall restart when i've had a bit of sleep. apologies to one and all. robin fairbairns

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CTAN update: The Memoir class
by CTAN Announcements 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

the daemon writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: The Memoir class > Author's name: Lars Madsen > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ > Summary description: Latest updates for the memoir class > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Latest updates for the memoir class. > > Most notably several issues with hyperref have been fixed. > > Two changes that effects current documents: > (1) if in 'article' mode, the default page style is now 'plain', not 'headings' > (2) The toc precis text is no longer indented by default. A separate > macro has been added to control this > > Manual changes: We changed the manner in which we handle the manual > source at our end. This enables us to mark each chapter with > information as to when this chapter was last changed. This feature > relies on a yet unreleased version of svn-multi (that we have been > testing), and thus these markers are disabled in the supplied source > of the manual. 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/memoir.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ but the (minor) change to the catalogue won't appear until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: paperTeX
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

the daemon's been busy today, again: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: paperTeX > Author's name: Nacho Llopis > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/papertex/ > Summary description: Class for newspapers, etc. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bug fix in paperTeX class thanks to Janosch Maier. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the update; 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/papertex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/papertex/ the change to the catalogue (such as it is) will appear some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: jmlr
by CTAN Announcements 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

quoth the daemon, while i was in the doctor's surgery: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: jmlr > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/jmlr > Summary description: Class files for the Journal of Machine Learning Research > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.07: > > * Added check for two column thanks for the upload; i've installed the update and made the usual tiny change to the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/jmlr.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jmlr and the usual tidy change won't appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: listings-ext
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 Jobst Hoffmann submitted an update to the listings-ext package. Summary description: Automated input of source code (C, Java, LaTeX, ...) into LaTeX documents. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package provides means for marking up source code (e.g. C, C++, Fortran, Java, LaTeX, ...), so that samples of it may be included in a document (by macros of the listings package) in a stable fashion, regardless of any change to the source. The markup in the source text defines tags for blocks of source. These tags are processed by a shell script to make a steering file that is used by the package when LaTeX is being run. The author is Jobst Hoffmann. The package is Copyright 2008-2010 Jobst Hoffmann. If one is working with (X)emacs and AUCTeX the including of the parts is supported by listings-ext.el, a style file which knows the syntax of most of the commands from the listings-ext package. Version v67 of the package is supposed to work also on Mac OS X. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/listings-ext/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=listings-ext (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: locality
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

the daemon's always happier with something new and different: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: locality > Author's name: Jason Gross > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/locality > Summary description: Various macros for keeping things local > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The locality package is primarily for (La)TeX programmers. It > provides various macros which implement basic scoping, so that > the programmer has more control over scoping than whether > something is local to the current group, or global to the > entire file. i've installed the new package, and made an entry in the catalogue repository for it. thanks for the contribution. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/locality.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/locality/ the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until tonight's processing run. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Joseph Wright submitted an updtae to the siunitx package. Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.0h: - Improve handling of complex root printing - Repair broken 'bracket-numbers' option - Fix issue with complex numbers in quotients (add brackets when in numerator) - Introduce localisation for text values (range-pharse and list-final-separator options) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=siunitx (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 v. 6.0
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: prerex v. 6.0 > Author's name: Bob Tennent > Author's email: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca > Location on CTAN: /graphics/prerex > Summary description: Interactive editor for prerequisite charts, macro support. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > prerex source files now organized as a gzipped tarball with an > autoconf-generated configure script. 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/prerex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/prerex/ a minuscule change will be visible on the catalogue entry, some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team --===============1956298751==--

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CTAN update: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

the daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: luaotfload > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Location on CTAN: macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload > Summary description: OpenType layout system for Plain TeX and LaTeX > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * anum feature did not work as advertised > * add system shipped TTC fonts on Mac OS X to the blacklist, until the > culprit ones are isolated thanks again 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/luaotfload.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload a (minuscule) catalogue entry change will happen some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: lualibs
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

the daemon is delighted to tell us all that > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: lualibs > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Location on CTAN: macros/luatex/generic/lualibs > Summary description: Lualibs is a collection of Lua modules useful for > general programming. > License type: lgpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * don't use kpse.set_program_name(), people loading lualibs with > texlua should set it themselves, to avoid possible clashes > * drop deprecated functions and aliases > * update the documentation > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/lualibs.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/lualibs/ the catalogue entry will be updated (in a small way) overnight, tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 Joseph Wright submitted an update to the siunitx package. Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.0f: - Fix issue with spacing of multiplication sign in text mode ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=siunitx (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: ctable
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 Wybo Dekker submitted an update to the ctable package. Summary description: Option-driven typesetting of table/figure floats License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ctable.sty provides commands to easily typeset centered or left or right aligned tables and (multiple-)figure floats, with footnotes. Instead of an environment, a command with 4 arguments is used; the first is optional and is used for key,value pairs generating variations on the defaults and offering a route for future extensions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: idxlayout
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 Thomas Titz submitted an update to the idxlayout package. Summary description: Configurable index layout, responsive to KOMA-Script and memoir License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Corrected option justific=RaggedRight - Package ragged2e now loaded automatically ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/idxlayout/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=idxlayout (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: Asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 John Bowman submitted an update to the asymptote package. Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.00 The construction of 3D TeX labels was sped up greatly. Plain TeX page numbers were suppressed. Dotted 3D lines and 3D sizing problems were fixed. A general search function for sorted structures was implemented; the lexorder functions in math.asy now return strict partial orders. Additional GSL functions were added. The correct PRC units (PostScript pt units, properly called bp) are now displayed in Adobe Reader. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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CTAN Update: achemso
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 Joseph Wright submitted an update to the achemso package. Summary description: Support for submissions to American Chemical Society journals License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- v3.5: - Completely revised BibTeX style file, clearing up internal issues and improving compliance with The ACS Style Guide - Fix issue with bibliography labels ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/achemso . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=achemso (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: stex
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Thank you again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: sTeX Version number: 0.9.2 Author's name: Michael Kohlhase Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/stex/ Summary description: Semantic TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sTeX: An Infrastructure for Semantic Preloading of LaTeX Documents The sTeX package collection, a version of TeX/LaTeX that allows to markup TeX/LaTeX documents semantically without leaving the document format, essentially turning it into a document format for mathematical knowledge management (MKM). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/stex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/stex (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 .

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CTAN update: struktex
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

This should within the day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: struktex Version number: v101 Author's name: Jobst Hoffmann Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/struktex/ Summary description: A package for the creation of Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package provides a collection of LaTeX macros to create Nassi Shneiderman diagrams. It is based on the LaTeX picture environment, but by the use of additional packages (e.g. pict2e) the limitations of the picture macros concerning fixed slopes are nullified. Version v101 contains a new set of macros to display parallel tasks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/struktex/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/struktex (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 .

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CTAN Update: Xy-pic
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010, Kristoffer Rose submitted an update to the xypic package. Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/diagrams/xypic Summary description: Typeset beautiful mathematical graphs and diagrams License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 3.8.2 fixes a problem with the xypic.map file where some installations did not pick up the Xy-pic special fonts thus resulting in diagrams with lines replaced by repeated characters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/diagrams/xypic . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=Xy-pic (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: teubner
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

the upload daemon has been busy again: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: teubner > Author's name: Claudio Beccari > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/teubner/ > Summary description: Upgrade of the teubner package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This major upgrade allows the user to use all fonts series and shapes > available with the default LGR Greek encoded CBfonts; it contains the > extended accent macros that avoid the kerning problems that sometimes > arise with the built in font ligature mechanism; it is compatible for > use together with CM, EC, LM, TX, and PX vector fonts, and it contains > the necessary macros for working with other vector fonts; > capitalization and uppercasing are working correctly with a minimum of > attention by the typist; provide classical number rendereng in both > Milesian and Attic form; plus many other minor enhancements. 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/teubner.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/teubner/ the catalogue entry will be refreshed from the repository overnight, tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cleveref Version number: 0.17.1 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version fixes bugs in the amsmath and babel support. It also adds a new labelcref command which produces only the label part of a cross-reference (complementing the amecref command, which produces only the name part). Like cref (and unlike the standard ef), labelcref supports multi-references. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cleveref (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 .

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CTAN update: frontespizio
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: frontespizio Version number: 1.2 Author's name: Enrico Gregorio Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/frontespizio Summary description: The frontespizio package lets you typeset a frontispiece (suitable for Italian university style) independently of the page layout of the main document. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is version 1.2 of the package Changes from version 1.1 o A Preambolo* environment to collect things that had to be argument of several Preambolo commands o Option nouppercase to avoid uppercasing the second line o The package honors the inputenc option in the main document also in the frn file o Implementation modifications (use atbegshi instead of eso-pic and others) o Documentation update ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/frontespizio . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/frontespizio (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 .

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CTAN has a new package: chemfig
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chemfig Version number: v0.1 Author's name: Christian Tellechea Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemfig Summary description: Draw molecule with an easy syntax License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- ChemFig v0.1 2010/06/23 --------------- Among other features, this package provides the following command: chemfig{<code>} This command draws 2D molecules with the tikz package. The <code> contains instructions for the drawing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chemfig . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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CTAN: Update package hypdvips
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

This should reach your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College Update summary: ........................................................................ v2.00 - supports newer versions of hyperref and cleveref - new package option `emptypagelabels': allows to choose whether empty PDF pagelabels are created if pagestyle is set to `empty' (thanks to Sebastian Bomberg for the suggestion) - uses ackrefalt for back-referencing system (thanks to Benedikt Leinss for the bug-report) - changes mstyle to use ookmarkdefinestyle ........................................................................ Basic package information, as sent by the contributer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package name: hypdvips Authors: Raimund Niedrist Caption: Hyperref extensions for use with dvips Description: The hypdvips package is a collection of add-ons and fixes for problems when using hyperref with dvips. It adds support for breaking links, hyperlinked tablenotes, file attachments, embedded documents and different types of GoTo-links. The cooperation of hyperref with cleveref is improved, which in addition allows an enhanced back-referencing system. Location: /macros/latex/contrib/hypdvips License: lppl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hypdvips (the 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: pst-func
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-func.tgz to the uk CTAN node. > Please delete the files in the directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-func/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > pst-func is a PSTricks related package for drawing > special mathematical functions like distributions, > polynomials, a.s.o. > > ..... pst-func.tex > 0.69 2010-06-21 - fix bug with markZeros for psPolynomial > > ..... pst-func.pro > 0.13 2010-06-21 - run FindZeros in a local dictionary > - return [zeros] on stack 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/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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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

the daemon stirred too late last night... > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0e: > - Correct behaviour of pm in numbers when abbreviations > configuration is loaded: problem introduced in v2.0c. today, i've got the time to install the update, and to update the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > 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 (minuscule) catalogue update won't appear until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pst-sigsys
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-sigsys Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Farshid Delgosha Summary description: An update to the pst-sigsys package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-sigsys . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-sigsys (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 .

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CTAN update: circuit-macros
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Circuit_macros Version number: 6.8 Author's name: Dwight Aplevich Summary description: Updated Circuit_macros package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New configuration file svg.m4 and other changes to support dpic svg output. Inkscape-aware changes. Opamp option. New macros ptrans and tgate. Tweaks to switch macros, color, variable, centerline, intersect_, inductor(,W), inductor(,L). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/circuit_macros . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/circuit-macros (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 .

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CTAN update: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

This should be at your local mirror within the day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luaotfload Version number: 1.12 Author's name: Khaled Hosny Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * populate MathConstants table for OpenType math fonts, now such fonts can be really used in math mode. * sync with ConTeXt beta 2010.06.18 * change cache dir to $TEXMFCACHE/luatex-cache/generic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload (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 .

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CTAN update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

This should within the day 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: 1.99 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A segmentation fault was fixed. Perspective animations were fixed. A bug in the bezulate topological sorting algorithm was fixed. A settings.framedelay parameter was added for working around OpenGL animation rendering buffer overruns. Further optimizations were made. A portability issue was addressed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/asymptote . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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Another item new on CTAN: jmlr
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

i was busy on other matters last night, and couldn't act on the daemon's message until this morning: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: jmlr > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/jmlr > Summary description: Class files for the Journal of Machine Learning Research > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > jmlr bundle v1.06 provides: > > * jmlr class (for authors) > * jmlrbook class (for production editors) > * makejmlrbook Perl script > > The jmlr class is a LaTeX2e class for articles for the Journal of > Machine Learning Research (JMLR) or for the JMLR Workshop and > Conference Proceedings (JMLR W&CP). > > The jmlrbook class is a LaTeX2e class that can be used to combine > articles written using the jmlr class into a book. The jmlrbook class > uses the combine class and the hyperref package to produce either a > colour hyperlinked book for on-line viewing or a greyscale > nonhyperlinked book for printing. > > The makejmlrbook Perl script can be used to create the colour > hyperlinked and greyscale nonhyperlinked PDFs of a document using the > jmlrbook class. It can also create a set of HTML files that list the > included papers with links to their abstracts and the individual > articles as PDFs. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and created an entry in the catalogue source repository > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/jmlr.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jmlr though the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until tonight's processing run. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: pst-electricfield
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-electricfield.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please > put all files into the _new_ directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-electricfield/ > > pst-electricfield is a PSTricks related package and provides > macros for drawing electric field and equipotential lines. > There can be any number of charges which can be placed in > a cartesian coordinate system by (x,y) values. > > the authors are > Juergen Gilg > Manuel Luque > Patrice Megrét > Herbert Voß > > pst-electricfield.tex -------- > 0.13 2010-06-09 - first CTAN version > > pst-electricfield.pro -------- > 0.05 2010-06-09 - first CTAN version > > pst-electricfield.sty -------- > 2010-05-28 - first CTAN version thanks for the upload. i've installed the new files and made an entry in the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-electricfield.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-electricfiel… The catalogue entry will first appear some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team [4 new packages today -- marvellous what a tex live closing date will do!]

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CTAN update: ryethesis
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ryethesis Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Jason Lassaline Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ryethesis Summary description: Bug fixes to existing Ryerson University Thesis class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes for the Ryerson University Thesis class including: - Fix for location of previous degrees - Fix for including List of Appendices - Updated sample usage, including output of additional required commands ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ryethesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ryethesis (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 .

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New CTAN package: texapi
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

the weather's almost like summer, and the daemon staggers in with a new package: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: texapi > Author's name: Paul Isambert > Location on CTAN: macros/generic > Summary description: Macros to write format-independent packages. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Texapi provides utility macros to write format-independent (and > -aware) packages. It is similar in spirit to Philipp Lehman's > etoolbox, except it isn't tied to LaTeX. > > Tools include: engine and format detection, expansion control, command > definition and manipulation, various testing macros, string > operations, and highly customizable while and for loops. > > The package requires e-TeX. thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and created an entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/texapi.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/texapi/ the catalogue entry won't appear until after the processing run some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: yax
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

the daemon's struggling to keep up: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: yax > Author's name: Paul Isambert > Author's email: zappathustra(a)free.fr > Location on CTAN: macros/generic > Summary description: Yet Another Key System. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > At first sight, YaX is just a key-system (and at second sight > too). However, YaX rather organizes attributes in parameters, and the > latter can be executed, so that YaX is halfway between key management > and macro definition (and actually aims at being a user's interface). > > Values to attributes can be retrieved and tested in various ways, with > full expandability ensured as much as possible. > > Finally, YaX's syntax is a quite peculiar (as few braces as possible), > but can be customized. > > It is based on texapi and thus requires e-TeX. thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and created an entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/yax.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/yax/ the catalogue entry will appear some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '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/ i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot > of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a... > > This update has a modified macro psComment > > v 3.41 - fix bug with psComment and the if@star > added another optional argument for the > put command Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/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 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk CTAN node. Please replace > the two files with the ones in the main directory > > /graphics/pstricks/base/latex/ > > 0.45 2010-06-16 - add option pdf for using auto-pst-pdf together > with pdflatex (needs an option -shell-escape > for TeXLive or -enable-write18 for MiKTeX i've installed the update; nothing in the catalogue needed to be changed. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pstricks.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/base Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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