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CTAN Update: mhchem
by CTAN Announcements 16 Jun '10

16 Jun '10

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 Martin Hensel submitted an update to the mhchem package. Summary description: Typeset chemical formulae/equations and Risk and Safety phrases License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Currently, the mhchem bundle consists of two packages: mhchem and rsphrase. The mhchem package provides two commands: one for typesetting chemical molecular formulae and one for typesetting chemical equations with these formulae. The rsphrase package contains the text of all official Risk and Safety (R and S) Phrases that are used to label chemicals. At the time being, these phrases are available in Danish, English, French, German (current spelling), Italian, and Spanish. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=mhchem (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: chronology
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Chronology Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Levi Wiseman Summary description: Provides a horizontal timeline with per day granularity. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A new timeline package. Allows labeling of events with per day granularity. Other features include relative positioning with unit specification, adjustable tick mark step size, and scaling to specified width. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chronology . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chronology (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: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '10

14 Jun '10

that old daemon wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries > Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.06: > > * Added altnewglossary > > * added facility to customise acronyms if the predefined styles > don't fit the user's requirements. > > * Serbian dictionary added (provided by Zoran Filipovic) > > makeglossaries: > > * Scans aux file for @input in case printglossary is in an > imported file. thanks for the upload. i've installed the files and updated the catalogue repository (in the usual minuscule way). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries and the catalogue entry on the web will change overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jun '10

14 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: Asymptote Version number: 1.98 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Memory usage and garbage collection were greatly improved, and many optimizations were made. Labels are now aligned using the rotational instead of the shiftless part of the transform. A portable CYGWIN memory limit fix was implemented. Noncyclic stokepaths are discarded to work around a bug in gs 8.71. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 update: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jun '10

13 Jun '10

This update 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: moderncv Version number: 0.10 Author's name: Xavier Danaux Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/moderncv Summary description: A modern curriculum vitae class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.10, with compatibility issues with natbib and etoolbox (and packages relying on it like csquotes) solved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/moderncv (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: beamer
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jun '10

12 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: LaTeX Beamer class Version number: 3.09 Author's name: Vedran Miletic Summary description: Translator and bugfixes License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Couple of days after 3.08, here is 3.09. One of early adopters noticed that subsusbsection toc code was broken. In addition, I also implemented reals support for section title pages and subsection title pages, in style of part pages. Also, this package now includes translator and it's translations, since it was tied to Beamer from the start and since it's easier to maintain it this way. This will also (hopefully) increase number of translations we have. Translator user guide is now merged with Beamer's, and it was a nontrivial merge; if you note any errors, please report. One more noteworthy change is that now we have a logo for Beamer. I took and image available in public domain and modified it a bit to use Beamer colors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/LaTeX Beamer class (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 12 Jun '10

12 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: Asymptote Version number: 1.97 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A new render.labelfill option (enabled by default) fills subdivision cracks in unlighted labels. The dependence on gcc-4.3 was removed. Offscreen detection and zoom bugs in the OpenGL renderer were fixed. Three-dimensional grouping was improved. The symbol table was replaced with a custom hash table. Portability updates were made. The Cygwin memory limit fix for MSWindows now works even on systems that lack a complete Cygwin installation. The examples were updated to exploit the new PRC rendering options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 update: ly1
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jun '10

11 Jun '10

This change should reach your local mirror in a day or so. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ly1 Version number: 2010/06/11 Author's name: Karl Berry Location on CTAN: /fonts/psfonts/ly1/ Summary description: support all 35 standard ps fonts License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Previously, the ly1 package only supported Times, Helvetica, and Courier. This update adds support for the rest of the standard 35 PostScript fonts. The new files are from the Y&Y distribution, previously on CTAN in /fonts/psfonts/ly1/lw35nfsx.zip. Neither the old files nor the new ones have been altered -- just merged together into one package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/ly1/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/ly1 (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: mylatexformat
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jun '10

11 Jun '10

that old daemon lifts a hoof with weary acceptance, and writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: mylatexformat > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/mylatexformat > Summary description: Use mylatexformat.ltx to make a format based on the preamble of any LaTeX file > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Revision 2. > > listfiles is now available in the preamble, after > cs{endofdump}, when the document is compiled with its > format. > > AtEndOfDump macro to include some code in the format, just > before cs{dump}. thanks for the upload. for once, i've installed it rapidly and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mylatexformat.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mylatexformat though the catalogue will change overnight, it's not worth checking for... Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: highlight
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jun '10

11 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: highlight Version number: 2.16 Author's name: André Simon Location on CTAN: /support/highlight Summary description: Highlight is a code to formatted text converter License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package updates highlight to the latest stable release ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/highlight . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/highlight (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: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jun '10

11 Jun '10

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010, Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. The latest release 1.0.1 is a minor update that fixes a couple of issues. 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 Update: pstricks-add
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jun '10

11 Jun '10

On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pstricks-add package. Summary description: Additional features for pstricks License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pstricks-add is a PSTricks relatex package with additional features like tangent lines, plots of differential equations, large braces, etc pstricks-add.tex v 3.40 2010-06-05 - add macros for ticks on curves (ms) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pstricks-add (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: pst-magneticfield
by CTAN Announcements 11 Jun '10

11 Jun '10

On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Herbert Voß submitted an update to the pst-magneticfield package. Summary description: magnetic field lines and density plots of Helmholtz coils License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version has a PostScript prologue file and a new optional argument for density plots. The documentations in EN/FR/DE are now created with pst2pdf to reduce the file size of the pdf -> see README pst-magneticfield.tex -------- 1.12 - allow density plots - move PS code into a pro file - change order for the different lines in the 3d view (dashed lines first) (hv) pst-magneticfield.pro -------- 0.01 - initial pro file ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-magneticfield . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pst-magneticfield (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: svg-inkscape
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

This package 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: SVG images and LaTeX Version number: 2010-06-10 Author's name: Johan B. C. Engelen Location on CTAN: /info/svg-inkscape Summary description: How to include an SVG image in LaTeX using Inkscape License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This work demonstrates the use of SVG images in LaTeX documents. Using the PDF + LaTeX output option of Inkscape 0.48, it is possible to include SVG images in LaTeX and have LaTeX typeset the text. This results in the same text style in the images as in the text. Moreover, LaTeX commands can be used in the image's text, such as math or references. The document also describes how to automate the conversion from SVG to PDF+LaTeX using Inkscape. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/svg-inkscape . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/svg-inkscape (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: hrefhide
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: hrefhide Version number: 1.0b Author's name: Hans-Martin Münch Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/hrefhide Summary description: Provides the command hrefdisplayonly . License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides the command hrefdisplayonly (instead of href). While the (hyperlinked) text appears like an ordinary href in the compiled pdf-file, the same text will be hidden when printing the text. It is not really invisible, but just has the same colour as the background (default: white). Therefore the layout is not changed when printing the document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/muench/hrefhide . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hrefhide (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: papermas
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jun '10

10 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: papermas Version number: 1.0b Author's name: Hans-Martin Münch Summary description: Compute the mass of a printed version of a document License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows to compute the mass of a printed version of a document, usefull e. g. when sending it by mail to determine the postage. Further it allows to compute base to the power of exponent inside LaTeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/papermas/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/papermas (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: undolabl
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: undolabl Version number: 1.0b Author's name: Hans-Martin Münch Location on CTAN: /package: macros/latex/contrib/undolabl Summary description: This package allows to override existing labels, especially automatically generated ones. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package allows to override existing labels, especially automatically generated ones. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/undolabl . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/undolabl (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: pageslts
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '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: pagesLTS Version number: 1.1b Author's name: Hans-Martin Münch Summary description: Puts the labels LastPage (AtEndDocument) and VeryLastPage (AfterLastShipout) into the .aux file, allowing the user to refer to the (very) last page of a document..number of pages in the current page numbering scheme. hepage and heCurrentPageLocal are different e. g. when addtocounter{pageg}{...} or setcounter{page}{...} were used. At the first page of the document a label pagesLTS.0 is created. This label can be referred to, too. Further labels are provided for special cases. The alphalph package is supported, i. e. page numbers alph or Alph > 26 and fnyambol > 9 can be used (with according options set). Even zero and negative page numbers can be used with ara License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package puts the labels LastPage (AtEndDocument) and VeryLastPage (AfterLastShipout) into the .aux file, allowing the user to refer to the (very) last page of a document. This might be particularly useful in places like headers or footers. When more than one page numbering scheme is used, these references do not give the total number of pages. For this case the label LastPages is introduced. Additionally, at the last page of each page numbering scheme a label pagesLTS.<numbering scheme> is placed, where <numbering scheme> is e. g. arabic, roman, Roman, alph, or Alph. For fnsymbol please use lastpageref{pagesLTS.fnsymbol} instead of pageref{pagesLTS.fnsymbol}. When the same numbering scheme is used twice, the page numbers are either reset to one or continued automatically, depending on the option given when the package is called. The command heCurrentPage prints the current total/absolute page number - in contrast to hepage, which gives only the page name in the current page numbering scheme. heCurrentPageLocal gives the current number of pages in the current page numbering scheme. hepage and heCurrentPageLocal are different e. g. when addtocounter{pageg}{...} or setcounter{page}{...} were used. At the first page of the document a label pagesLTS.0 is created. This label can be referred to, too. Further labels are provided for special cases. The alphalph package is supported, i. e. page numbers alph or Alph > 26 and fnyambol > 9 can be used (with according options set). Even zero and negative page numbers can be used with arabic, alph, Alph, roman, Roman, and fnsymbol page numbering (with alphalph package and according options). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pageslts . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pageslts (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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

the daemon was at work while i was still in night-clothes, and said: > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0d: > - Documentation concerning behaviour of last cell in table > row > - Fix bug in table-format option thanks for the upload. i've installed the files and made the necessary trivial change to the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ the catalogue entry will change (trivially) overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: csquotes 5.0a
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jun '10

09 Jun '10

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. There's > also a csquotes.tds.zip file. Please delete the old files, install the > new ones, and announce the upload. > Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and > display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging > from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of > formal quotations. > > CHANGES > > See the changelog in the manual for a list of changes. thanks for the upload. i have installed the files, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/csquotes.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jun '10

09 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: luaotfload Version number: 1.11 Author's name: Khaled Hosny Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * when asking for a font with style that doesn't exist, we would return nothing, now we fallback to the regular font. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: xeCJK
by CTAN Announcements 09 Jun '10

09 Jun '10

On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Jiang Jiang submitted an update to the xecjk package. Summary description: Support for CJK documents in XeLaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fix fontspec 2.0 support 2. Add definition of ormalfont 3. Remove indentfirst like functions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/xecjk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=xeCJK (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: xypdf
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '10

08 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: xypdf Version number: v1.4 Author's name: Daniel Müllner Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xypdf/ Summary description: PDF output for the Xy-pic package License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The xypdf package is now integrated with Xy-pic version 3.8. Moreover, it is now a “driver” to Xy-pic and not a separate “LaTeX package” as in previous versions. The current update of the xypdf package reduces the file “xypdf.sty” to a wrapper for “xypdf.tex”. It also issues a warning message saying that the LaTeX style file “xypdf.sty” has become obsolete. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xypdf/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/xypdf (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: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '10

08 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 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version adds support for the algorithm and listings packages, adds a new crefalias command for aliasing a counter to a different cross-reference type. It also fixes various small bugs, particularly in the hyperref and amsmath support. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: fontspec v2
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

the daemon cries (and i respond): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fontspec v2 > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > After a short testing period, I'm happy to call this v2 of the > fontspec package. > > Since the last beta on CTAN the following changes have been made: > > - New feature: with xcolor loaded you may now select colours by name > - Typeset examples have been re-added to the documentation > - Better compatibility with other packages that use internal functions > of fontspec pre-v2 (polyglossia is still broken, however) > - Added a test suite, with few tests so far > - A number of bug fixes > > This release coincides with version 1.10 of the luaotfload package; > please update both packages together. i've installed the new version and updated 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/fontspec.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fontspec don't stay up to watch the catalogue entry change, on the web. i shan't. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: biblatex-chem
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

the daemon mutters away so quietly, again, that i missed his words of wisdom: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: biblatex-chem > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-chem/ > Summary description: biblatex styles for chemistry > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v0.9e: > - Fix for patents with no holder thanks for the upload. remind the daemon to speak up, would you -- my hearing is failing, and that's the second of yours i'm late with. anyway, i've now (finally) 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-chem.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-chem/ and again, there's nothing much to see, when the catalogue entry is updated overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

yesterday morning, i missed the daemon saying: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: siunitx > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ > Summary description: A comprehensive (SI) units package > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0c: > - Fix issue with mixed unit and literal macros (for example > DeclareSIUnitexample{volt~vs.~NHE}) > - Minor changes to version-1 configuration thanks for the upload, and sorry about the delay. i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ the catalogue entry on the web will change overnight tonight. i shan't be waiting up. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: eso-pic
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Rolf Niepraschk submitted an update to the eso-pic package. Summary description: eso-pic adds one or more user commands to LaTeX's shipout actions (e.g. background pictures) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version adds the macros AddToShipoutPictureFG and AddToShipoutPictureFG*. Now it is possible to put picture commands also above the normal document content. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eso-pic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=eso-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: dvisvgm
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Martin Gieseking submitted an update to the dvisvgm package. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dvisvgm is a command-line utility that converts DVI files to SVG. Finally, dvisvgm has reached version 1.0 with the following additions: * conversion of multiple pages * evaluation of transparency operators in PostScript specials * improved PostScript handler * DVI special to compute local bounding boxes * improved optional progress indicator 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 Update: Iwona and Kurier fonts
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the iwona and kurier packages. > ---- > Package: Iwona fonts > Version: 0.995 (June 2010) > Authors: Janusz M. Nowacki > License: GUST Font Nosource License > Location on CTAN: fonts/iwona > > ---- > Package: Kurier fonts > Version: 0.995 (June 2010) > Authors: Janusz M. Nowacki > License: GUST Font Nosource License > Location on CTAN: fonts/kurier > > Recent changes in both packages: > -- changed the names of small caps characters > A.small --> a.sc > B.small --> b.sc > C.small --> c.sc > etc.; > -- added previously missing characters: > Aogonekacute, Ddotbelow, Dlinebelow, E.reversed, Eogonekacute, > Germandbls, Hbrevebelow, Hdotbelow, Htilde, Iogonekacute, Jacute, > Ldot, Oogonek, Oogonekacute, Rdotaccent, Sdotbelow, Tcedilla, > Tdotbelow, Tlinebelow, Ttilde, Zdotbelow, ain, angleleft, angleright, > aogonekacute, bigcircle, brevebelow, cent.oldstyle, centigrade, > copyleft, ddotbelow, dieresis.alt, dlinebelow, dmacron, e.reversed, > ell, eogonekacute, hamza, hbrevebelow, hdotbelow, htilde, hyphen.alt, > hyphen.prop, hyphendbl, hyphendbl.alt, i.TRK, imacron.alt, iogonekacute, > jacute, ldot, linebelow, macron.alt, nomero, oogonek, oogonekacute, > permyriad, perthousandzero, rdotaccent, sdotbelow, servicemark, > tcedilla, tdotbelow, tlinebelow, ttilde, zdotbelow > -- added proportional digits (xxx.prop), as well as oldstyle proportional > digits (xxx.oldstyle); > > ---- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: vntex
by CTAN Announcements 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

the daemon was primed and ready for: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: vntex > Author's name: Reinhard Kotucha > Location on CTAN: language/vietnamese > Summary description: Fonts and Macros for typesetting Vietnamese > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > New Version 3.2: > The font support files for the Microsoft core fonts and Comicsans were > removed because we can't provide the actual (TrueType)fonts > (requirement for TeX Live). > > These packages will be distributed separately. 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/vntex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/language/vietnamese the catalogue entry will change (a bit) overnight. (more work on that still needed.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jun '10

07 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: luaotfload Version number: 1.10 Author's name: Khaled Hosny Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * provide a fonts.names.scan(dir) function that temporally loads fonts from the specified dir into the names database * Log loaded font file before attempting to open it * fix XeTeX's square brackets syntax so that it doesn't trigger database update * fix loading fonts with absolute path * add fontdimen8 support, for XeTeX compatibility * be more verbose when updating the font database * improve fonts.conf parsing * make sure when a TFM font is requested we don't end up loading a non-TFM font with a similar name instead * Remove --fc-cache option from mkluatexfontdb.lua, since we no longer use fontconfig tools * misc. bug fixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 has a new package: pstricks_calcnotes
by CTAN Announcements 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Thank you, Jim Hefferon ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Two applications of macros in PSTricks Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Le Phuong Quan Summary description: To draw Riemann sums of an integral and to draw the vector field of an ordinary differential equation. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Illustrates using PSTricks codes for LaTeX typesetting of lecture notes on Calculus. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/pstricks_calcnotes . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pstricks_calcnotes (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: spreadtab
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jun '10

06 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: spreadtab Version number: v0.3b Author's name: Christian Tellechea Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/spreadtab Summary description: Spreadsheet features for LaTeX table environments. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- spreadtab v0.3b What's new ? * macro function id * bugfixes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/spreadtab . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/spreadtab (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: translator
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jun '10

06 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: Translator package Version number: 1.01 Author's name: Vedran Miletic Summary description: New Translator version! License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Added Croatian and Serbian dictonary and some bugs fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/translator . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/translator (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: beamer
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jun '10

06 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: LaTeX Beamer class Version number: 3.08 Author's name: Vedran Miletic Summary description: New Beamer version! License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally, a new version of Beamer. Notable new features and bugfixes include: * notes about lualatex and xelatex in documentation, * improve Linux distribution-specific information, * add support for more professional fonts (suppresses Beamer internal replacements), * add support for 16:9, 16:10, 14:9, 5:4, 3:2 layout using screensize class option (e.g. screensize=169) * fix utf8, utf8x, ucs class options, * add (an undocumented for now) option [noframenumbering] to skip numbering a specific frame, * merge lots of patches scattered around the Internet (see ChangeLog if you are interested). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/beamer . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/beamer (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 06 Jun '10

06 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: Asymptote Version number: 1.95 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The PRC driver has been overhauled to support model tree groups, lossy compression, efficient representations of elementary geometrical objects, and specialized rendering options. More efficient OpenGL thick tubes were implemented; the capping of 3D curves was improved. The SIGQUIT signal was replaced by SIGTERM. Under MSWindows, the 384MB Cygwin memory limit is now automatically disabled by the Asymptote installer. Inferred variable types were added and operator symbols are now pretranslated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 update: chemstyle
by CTAN Announcements 06 Jun '10

06 Jun '10

the daemon's grumbling about not being allowed a lie=in on a sunday morning, and says: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: chemstyle > Author's name: Joseph Wright > Author's email: joseph.wright(a)morningstar2.co.uk > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle > Summary description: Schemes and style for chemistry > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0i: > - Update to match siunitx v2 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/chemstyle.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chemstyle the catalogue entry will change overnight tonight. i wouldn't recommend waiting up for the event. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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ctan update: linegoal
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jun '10

05 Jun '10

the daemon's had a quiet day, and then something nice turns up: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: linegoal > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/linegoal > Summary description: A new ``dimen'' corresponding to the remainder of the line > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v1.1 > Small corrections onto the first release ! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated 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/linegoal.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/linegoal the updated catalogue entry won't appear until some time in the night (i have nocturnal daemons as well...). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pstricks - base
by CTAN Announcements 05 Jun '10

05 Jun '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk CTAN node. Please replace > the files with the ones in the main directory > /graphics/pstricks/base/ > > /generic/ > pstricks.tex -------- > 2.07 2010-05-24 - fix bug with uput and node setting (ms) > 2010-04-27 - fix bug with trailing space in pst@isnum > 2010-04-26 - fix bug with missing psk@rot for Ellipse > 2010-04-24 - take psk@rot into account for psellipse (hv) > - new version of pst@divide (ms) > > /latex/ > pstricks.sty -------- > 0.44 2010-04-24 - change version number of pstricks.pro > 2010-03-20 - rename pst@tempa to pat@sty@tempa to prevent > problems with pst-fill > > /dvips/ > pstricks.pro -------- > 1.07 2010-04-30 - take psk@rot into account for psellipse > - new helper function concatstring > > /doc/ > pst-doc.cls -------- > 2010-05-15 - extensions to pst-doc.cls v 0.15 thanks for the upload. i've installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. 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/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: xy-pic
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jun '10

03 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: Xy-pic Version number: 3.8 Author's name: Kristoffer Rose Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/diagrams/xypic/ Summary description: Xy-pic is a package for typesetting diagrams License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New release of Xy-pic after ten years - now includes PDF generation in addition to several improvements! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/diagrams/xypic/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/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 .

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New on CTAN: unicode-math
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

the daemon perks up with the appearance of the following (which he had previously imagined to be a myth concocted by people on the net): > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: unicode-math > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/unicode-math > Summary description: Unicode math support for XeTeX and LuaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Well, I guess it's now or never. With an archive of emails about the > thing going back to 2006, I think it's finally time to release this > package. (Sorry about the hold-up, really.) > > This is the initial release of the unicode-math package for inclusion > in TeX Live 2010. It is designed to typeset mathematics with unicode > input and using OpenType math fonts. (There is very very little > compatibility with older maths packages.) XeTeX support is fully > tested but LuaTeX not quite so much. (At least the example file > runs...) > > You can typeset with the STIX fonts with the present version of the > package, but there is no support yet for its extra alphabets in the > Unicode `private use area'. I hope to add support for them soon. > > Thanks to all the people who've provided valuable feedback over the > years, and especially to Barbara Beeton for laying the foundations > with her work with the STIX fonts. > > Good luck; I hope it works. Let me know if it doesn't. Finally, this > package is by no means complete (it's called the initial release for > a reason). Your feedback and suggestions now are greatly > appreciated. Anyone coming along to the TUG 2010 conference will have > the opportunity to hear me speak about it in a couple of weeks. (But > will I be able to muster up a full 30 minutes? Actually, yeah, I > probably will.) > > Time for a beer. have a good one! i have installed the package 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/unicode-math.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/unicode-math though, of course, the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: savetrees
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jun '10

03 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: savetrees Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/savetrees Summary description: Pack as much as possible onto each page of a LaTeX document. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of the savetrees package is to pack as much text as possible onto each page of a LaTeX document. Admittedly, this makes the document far less attractive. Nevertheless, savetrees is a simple way to save paper when printing draft copies of a document. It can also be useful when trying to meet a tight page-length requirement for a conference or journal submission. Version 1.3 of savetrees adds support for pdfTeX's font-expansion mechanism via the microtype package. Documents built with pdflatex should therefore shrink even more than with previous versions of savetrees. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/savetrees . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/savetrees (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: hepthesis
by CTAN Announcements 03 Jun '10

03 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: hepthesis Version number: 1.4.3 Author's name: Andy Buckley Summary description: A class for academic reports, especially PhD theses. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hepthesis is a LaTeX class for typesetting large academic reports, in particular PhD theses. It was originally developed for typesetting the author’s high-energy physics PhD thesis and includes some features specifically tailored to such an application. In particular, hepthesis offers: * Attractive semantic environments for various rubric sections; * Extensive options for draft production, screen viewing and binding-ready output; * Helpful extensions of existing environments, including equation and tabular; and * Support for quotations at the start of the thesis and each chapter. The class is based on scrbook, from the KOMA-Script (koma-script) bundle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hepthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/hepthesis (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: xltxtra
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jun '10

02 Jun '10

and again, up comes that daemon again: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xltxtra > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra > Summary description: Extras for XeLaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Remove all the features that have been incorporated into fontspec v2. > No user-level changes. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for this one, too. 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/xltxtra.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/xltxtra the catalogue entry (which has actually changed a bit) won't appear on the web until after i've retired to bed tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: fontspec v2.0b2
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jun '10

02 Jun '10

that daemon pops up at the most inconvenient times. while i was working hard on my day job, it said: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fontspec v2.0b2 > Author's name: Will Robertson > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/fontspec > Summary description: Font loading in XeTeX and LuaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Second beta release of fontspec v2, which supports LuaTeX. > > Minor changes since the previous release: > - No longer need to run mkluatexfontdb manually; > update documentation to reflect this > - Fix a bug with automatic font scaling in LuaTeX > - Two new XeTeX features: AutoFakeBold and AutoFakeSlant > for generating poor man's bold and poor man's oblique > shapes for a family (these are extensions of FakeBold/FakeSlant) > - An internal programmer's interface command for creating > new LaTeX font families. > - Minor internal and documentation changes. > - For XeTeX: many functions of xltxtra are now incorporated > into fontspec. > - The makefile can now automatically install fontspec without > needing the path to your texmfhome. > > (Note we no longer have a .ins file but Manuel assures me that's > okay. You can extract everything from the dtx using the Makefile > or by running `tex fontspec.dtx`.) 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/fontspec.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fontspec though the catalogue entry won't change (in so far as it changes at all) until some time while i sleep tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: csquotes 5.0
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jun '10

02 Jun '10

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded 'csquotes.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/contrib/csquotes. There's > also a csquotes.tds.zip file. Please delete the old files, install the > new ones, and announce the upload. > Thank you very much. > > ABOUT > > The csquotes package provides advanced facilities for inline and > display quotations. It is designed for a wide range of tasks ranging > from the most simple applications to the more complex demands of > formal quotations. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file RELEASE for release notes. Note that this release > includes some changes which are not backwards compatible. However, > there is a new package option which emulates older versions of the > package to ease the transition. The release notes have all the > details. > > CHANGES > > See the changelog in the manual for a verbose list of changes. 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/csquotes.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csquotes/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jun '10

02 Jun '10

On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the softmaker-freefont package. Summary description: Support files for SoftMaker free fonts available at www.freefont.de License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In June 2009 www.freefont.de offered a beautiful handwriting font for free download: The Softmaker Stone Handwriting. As handwriting fonts are a quite limited resource in the LaTeX world, i decided to create support files for this beautiful font. Therefore, Stone Handwriting will be the starting point for the softmaker-freefont bundle. Other fonts will be included in future. Supported fonts at the moment: Artistic, Baskerville-Nova (regular + bold + italic + bold italic), Canossa (regular + bold + light), Congress (regular + bold + italic), Delano-Caps, Flagstaff, Helium (regular + bold), Henderson, Iceberg (regular + bold), Jugendstil, Old Blackletter, Stone Handwriting, Sunset (regular + bold) License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves) New in v1.12: - added support for the font Softmaker Helium (regular + bold + faked slanted + faked small caps) Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (June 2010) and can be downloaded for free (at least this month) at: http://www.freefont.de Later you can buy it from Softmaker - renamed font families (5xx -> 6xx) to avoid naming conflict with LaTeX support for Softmaker FontSite 500 CD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/softmaker-freefont/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=softmaker-freefont (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: newcommand
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jun '10

02 Jun '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: newcommand Version number: 2.0 Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/newcommand Summary description: Easily create macros utilizing sophisticated argument processing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LaTeX's ewcommand is fairly limited in the way it processes optional arguments, but the TeX alternative, a batch of defs and futurelets, can be overwhelming to the casual LaTeX user. newcommand.py is a Python program that automatically generates LaTeX macro definitions for macros that require more powerful argument processing than ewcommand can handle. newcommand.py is intended for LaTeX advanced beginners (i.e., those who know how to use ewcommand but not internal LaTeX2e commands such as @ifnextchar) and for more advanced users who want to save some typing when defining complex macros. With newcommand.py, the user specifies a template for a macro's arguments. newcommand.py then custom-generates a macro definition according to the user's specifications and includes a user-friendly Put code here comment to indicate where the macro's main code should appear. newcommand.py supports arbitrary interleavings of required and optional arguments, starred macros, mandatory literal text, macros with more than nine arguments, optional arguments delimited by parentheses instead of square brackets, and optional arguments whose value defaults to the value given for a prior argument. The generated macros can easily be pasted into a LaTeX document and edited as desired. This version (2.0) represents a major rewrite of newcommand.py. New features include improved code generation, support for starred macros, and support for more than nine macro arguments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/newcommand . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/newcommand (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: epspdfconversion
by CTAN Announcements 02 Jun '10

02 Jun '10

On Wed, 2 Jun 2010, Daniel Becker submitted an update to the epspdfconversion package to CTAN. Summary description: On-the-fly conversion of EPS to PDF License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- epspdfconversion.sty facilitates the use of the epspdf tools (on CTAN in pub/tex/support) from within PDFLaTeX. EPS graphic files are converted on the fly. It is similar to and based on the epstopdf package and allows to pass several options such as grayscale, prepress, pdfversion etc. to the epspdf conversion-command. Can also be used to trigger a conversion of PDF- and PS-files. New in version 0.61: * new options pdftopdf and pstopdf. Uses epspdf to do pdf-to-pdf and ps-to-pdf conversions. Allows grayscaling, calculation of bounding boxes etc for pdf's that already exist an for .ps-files. Disabled by default. * bugfix for the outdir-option (converted files in subdirectories are again saved in those subdirectories) (Thanks to Stefan Pofahl for the feedback.) * small improvement of the documentation (on the windows epspdf.bat file, on epstopdf's option 'outdir') * now uses epstopdf's epstopdfDeclareGraphicsRule ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/epspdfconversion/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=epspdfconversion (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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