tex users worldwide don't give up -- the daemon says:L
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: LaTeX cheatsheet - castellano
> Author's name: Luis Rivera
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> Summary description: Translation of Winston Chang's cheatsheet for LaTeX
> License type: lppl
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time tonight.
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For the CTAN team
This should soon be at your local mirror.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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Name of contribution: Asymptote
Version number: 1.91
Author's name: John Bowman
Location on CTAN: /
Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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The precision of the 3D perspective sizing routines were
improved. The offset in transformed 3D labels with render=0
was fixed. 3D planar arrowhead gaps were fixed; a duplicate
3D arrow angle factor was removed. Pen width contributions
to the box and ellipse envelopes were fixed. A more robust
contour algorithm based on paraboloid approximation was
implemented. A polargraph routine for arrays was
implemented. Default font problems were fixed. The
pdfborder={0 0 0} option was added to
settings.hyperrefOptions; the hypersetup command is now used
to avoid hyperref option clashes. The size of pngalpha
images was fixed; the pngalpha driver is used only if
antialias=2. The -alpha Off default convert option was
removed in favour of convertOptions=-alpha Off. Inlinetex
support for xelatex was updated. Picture transformations
are now respected by latticeshade. The Bessel functions J
and Y were renamed to Jn and Yn. An operator --(block,
block) was implemented to simplify the flowchart syntax. The
expression % expands to the last result returned at the
interactive prompt. The GLU-1.3 library included in the
MSWindows distribution was fixed.
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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 Martin Scharrer submitted an update of the
tikz-timing
package.
This package provides macros and an environment to generate timing diagrams
(digital waveforms) without much effort. The TikZ package is used to produce
the graphics. The diagrams may be inserted into text (paragraphs, hbox, etc.)
and into tikzpictures. A tabular-like environment is provided to produce larger
timing diagrams.
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing/
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This update fixes a couple of smaller bugs in v0.7 and adds
some functionality.
The changes in detail are:
General:
* Fixed scaling behaviour of timing node shape.
* Fixed scaling of reference coordinates.
* Added `timing/unit`, `timing/xunit` and `timing/yunit` options.
Parser:
* Added local scopes `{ }` incl. push and pop of saved options.
Documentation:
* Changed manual to screen optimised format.
* Updated examples.
* Updated documentation.
* Added figure to illustrate nodes inside a tikztimingtable.
* Added subsection about how to scale the complete table.
tikztimingtable:
* Added alias for last row: '`last row`'. Renamed old internal node with the same name.
* Changed ` ableheader` definition to allow two extra optional arguments for the two mandatory ones.
* Updated table header macro in `nicetabs` library.
* Added rectangle node '`all rows`' around all rows of a tikztimingtable.
* Added label node names incl. 'all labels' node.
`advnodes` library:
* Fixed wrong border coordinates. Enabled old node centers for existing example code.
* Fixed `EE` and `DH` anchor points.
`counters` library:
* Updated `counters` library to use macro instead of TeX counters to avoid
problems with multiple definitions of the same counter character.
* Added several new options for `counters` library.
* Internal code improvements for `counters` libraries.
* Added counter styles.
`interval` library:
* Fixed interval boundaries.
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The upload daemon spouteth yet again:
> 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:
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> v1.3g:
> - Fix issue with collection of braced tokens in tables
> - Detect LaTeX2e robust commands when expanding table contents
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the
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> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
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For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-platon.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put
> the files into the _new_ directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-platon/
>
> pst-platon (v.0.01) is a PSTricks related package for
> drawing the five Platonic solids in a 3D view.
>
> the authors are Manuel Luque and Herbert Voß. The license
> is as usual LPPL
i have installed the package and made an entry for the catalogue.
thanks for the upload -- i think the first i've dealt with on christmas
day, ever!
Users may view the package's catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-platon.html
or browse the package's directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-platon
The catalogue entry will appear overnight tonight.
> thanks and merry christmas to all of you ...
and to you and manuel.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This should within a day be at your local mirror.
Thanks again,
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: tikz-qtree
Version number: 1
Author's name: David Chiang
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/
Summary description: Simple syntax and smarter layout for trees in TikZ
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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This package provides a macro for drawing trees with TikZ using the
easy syntax of Alexis Dimitriadis' Qtree. It improves on TikZ's
standard tree-drawing facility by laying out tree nodes without
collisions; it improves on Qtree by adding lots of features from TikZ
(for example, edge labels, arrows between nodes); and it improves on
pst-qtree in being usable with pdfTeX and XeTeX.
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009, Pedro Quaresma submitted an update to the
dcpic
package.
Location on CTAN: /macros/generic/diagrams/dcpic
Summary description: Commutative diagrams in a (La)TeX or ConTeXt document.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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DCpic is a package of TeX macros for graph modeling (e.g.
commutative
diagrams) in a (La)TeX or ConTeXt document. Its
distinguishing features are: the use of PiCTeX a powerful
graphical engine, and a simple specification syntax. A graph
is described in terms of its objects and its edges. The
objects are textual elements and the edges can have various
straight or curved forms.
The author is Pedro Quaresma.
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>
> Name of contribution: Copernicus
> Author's name: Copernicus
(who'ld have thought it, after all this time?)
> Location on CTAN:
> Summary description: for Copernicus publications
> License type: nosell
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> package for for Copernicus publications
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i have installed the bundle, and made an entry 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/copernicus.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/copernicus/
the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until some time tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote:
> I uploaded pst-poly.tgz to the uk mirror. Please delete all
> files in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-poly/
> and put the new ones in there
>
> pst-poly is a PSTricks related package for drawing
> polygons
>
> 1.61 2009/12/20 - use NormalCoor for IntemediatePoint setting
> - allow SpecialCoor for a length
> - updated documentation with some more examples
thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and checked the
catalogue (which appears to have been declaring it had v1.61 for some
time...).
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Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This should reach your local mirror in a day or so.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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Name of contribution: cleveref
Version number: 0.15.3
Author's name: Toby Cubitt
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref
Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This version includes new Dutch translations, and bug-fixes
to the poorman option, varioref support, and others.
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Name of contribution: pagerange
Version number: 0.3
Author's name: Ahmed Musa
Location on CTAN: /
Summary description: Splits page ranges into start page and end page intelligently.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Page labels (eg, label{page:one}) can now be used in
expandable contexts to get page ranges.
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Name of contribution: nkarta
Version number: 0.2
Author's name: Daniel Luecking
Location on CTAN: /fonts/nkarta/
Summary description: A metafont and metapost file of map symbols, based on karta.mf.
License type: pd
Announcement text:
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The font has been repackaged and its code streamlined. A
version number has been assigned. The documentation (i.e.,
the README file) has been improved and the license statement
clarified (I hope). Also, about 100K of garbage following
end in nkarta.mp have been removed.
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Name of contribution: algorithm2e
Version number: 4.01
Author's name: Christophe Fiorio
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/algorithm2e
Summary description: Floating algorithm environment with algorithmic keywords
(re)definition feature
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is a major release which add a lot of new features and a number of fixes.
It is important to note that some commands have been renamed to have consistent
naming (CamlCase syntax) and old commands are no more available. If you doesn't
want to change your mind or use old latex files, you can use oldcommands option to
enable old commands syntax back.
Algorithm2e is an environment for writing algorithms. An algorithm is defined as a
floating object like figures.It provides macros that allow you to create different sorts
of key words, thus a set of predefined key word is given. You can also change the
typography of the keywords.The environment allows you to have vertical lines
delimiting block of instructions.It defines also different sort of algorithms such as
Procedure or Function allowing name of this functions to be reused in common text
or other algorithms.
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Name of contribution: ccicons
Version number: 1.1
Author's name: Michael Ummels
Location on CTAN: /fonts
Summary description: LaTeX support for Creative Commons icons
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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New font with additional glyphs
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Name of contribution: kpfonts
Version number: 3.11
Author's name: Caignaert Christophe
Location on CTAN: /fonts
Summary description: Full set of fonts for text and math typesetting
License type: fdl
Announcement text:
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The 3.11 release fix a bug when using the germandbls symbol
(ss) with the largesmallcaps option of kpfonts.
>From the 3.1 release, the shorter is to download the
kpfonts-large-sc.enc
file.
Christophe C.
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Name of contribution: Tufte-LaTeX
Version number: 3.5.0
Author's name: Kevin Godby
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tufte-latex
Summary description: Document classes inspired by the work of Edward Tufte.
License type: apache2
Announcement text:
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Provided are two classes inspired, respectively, by handouts
and books created by Edward Tufte.
Changes from 3.0.0 include:
* Added a [nohyper] document class option that suppresses
loading of the hyperref package.
* Added three commands to modify the positioning of the
captions.
* Now automatically recalculates the lengths in case you've
modified the page size or margins.
* Added a B5 paper size.
* The justification of sidenotes, margin notes, captions,
and citations can be set individually now.
* The font and style of sidenotes, margin notes, captions,
and citations can now be set individually.
* The caption command now accepts an optional vertical
offset argument.
* Added the morefloats command that works in the same way
the morefloats package does.
* Fixed a number of bugs.
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Name of contribution: censor
Version number: 1.00
Author's name: Steven Segletes
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib
Summary description: Tools for Producing Redacted Documents
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The censor package allows a convenient redaction/censor
capability to be employed, for those who need to protect
restricted information, as well as for those who are
forced to work in a more inefficient environment when
dealing with restricted information.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: tikz-timing
Version number: v0.7
Author's name: Martin Scharrer
Location on CTAN: /(existing one)
Summary description: Update to v0.7
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Changes:
* New libraries:
clockarrows: Library for clock arrows.
columntype: Library providing a timing column type for tabular.
nicetabs: Library to format tikztimingtable like a booktab tabular.
counters: Library to defined counter characters which display an incrementing
counter: value every time there are used.
advnodes: Library for advanced nodes with multiple anchor points.
ifsym: Library providing the same timing symbols and characters as the
ifsym package when loaded with the electronic option.
* Additional experimental libraries:
interval: Library to change color of 'ZL', 'ZH' etc. transitions to indicate
borders of an interval.
beamer: Library providing some marginal beamer overlay support.
* 'overlays' library:
+ Overlays can now be cascaded, i.e. an overlay can be inside another one.
+ The second braces around the second part are now optional.
+ Fixed issues with 'T' and 'C' characters inside overlays.
* Meta-characters can now have arguments.
* Added more variety for in-line options: '[[ ]]', '[+ +]' and '[| |]'.
* Handling of in-line options and nodes got modified. Options are now placed
directly where placed and are valid until the next ';'. Please note that
[/utils/exec={..}] now needs to be written as [|/utils/exec={..}|].
Otherwise it is re-executed every time the drawing path is renewed.
* Added star version of ablegrid.
* Added background to 'E' character ('either' library).
* Some fixes for placing of 'D{}' texts.
* Fixed wrong slopes (e.g. lslope instead of zslope) for some transitions.
* Major changes on internal character definition macros, parser and output
routine.
* Fixed problems with expanding code content in user input.
* The exttiming macro now uses a iming macro internally.
* The iming macro is now only defined inside tikzpictures. This includes
tikztimingtable.
* Added TikZ style timing/draw grid for grids behind iming macros.
* Replaced macros exttimingbefore, exttimingafter and exttiminggrid
with TikZ settings 'timing/before text', 'timing/after text' and
'timing/draw grid'.
* Added separators 'timing/outer sep' around exttiming.
* Graphical improvements for 'double line' characters like 'D', 'U' and 'E'.
The whole character including both edges is drawn in a single process.
* Character width can now be scaled using wscale.
* Character width can now be calculated by placing code inside '$ $'.
* Fixed issue with horlines macro.
* The 'tikztimingtable' environment and associated macros got enhanced:
+ The content is no longer read as macro argument and can now include
paragraphs.
+ Multiple extracode sections can be now included between rows, not
only a single section at the very end.
+ A 'extracode' environment has been added. Both macro and environment
have now an optional argument for TikZ settings.
+ Added ableheader macro to label both columns. The ablerules
macro got adjusted to detect the header line and draw also a middle
line.
+ Added {background} environment to draw things in the background.
+ Fixed broken optional argument of ablegrid.
+ Added macro marknodes and associated debug/nodes style to mark
in-line nodes for debug purposes/orientation during the diagram
creation.
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Name of contribution: xwatermark
Version number: 1.3
Author's name: Ahmed Musa
Location on CTAN: /
Summary description: Puts user-defined text and graphic watermarks on select document pages.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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1. Some package options are now disabled just before
egin{document} to avoid being set by users within the
document body, since resetting some options within the
document body can give wrong outcome. Attempting to (re)
set those options will flag errors.
2. The configuration file for the user guide and example
files is now included in the bundle.
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Name of contribution: pst-thick
Version number: 1.0
Author's name: Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-thick
Summary description: drawing very thick lines ansd curves
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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pst-thick is a PSTricks related package, which supports drawing of
very thick lines and curves with a special filling.
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Name of contribution: biblatex-apa
Version number: 0.6
Author's name: Philip Kime
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa/
Summary description: Biblatex style for APA (American Psychological Association)
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Version 0.6 (bugfix release)
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Name of contribution: pst-mirror
Version number: 1.0
Author's name: Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-mirror
Summary description: 3D objects on a spherical mirror
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The new package pst-mirror can show three dimensional objects
like lines, polygons, cubes, dies, circles, pyramides, cylinders
and spheres, ... on a spherical mirror.
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This package is located at
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Name of contribution: pst-am
Version number: 1.01
Author's name: Manuel Luque and Herbert Voss
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Summary description: Modulation and demodulation of signals
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The new package pst-am allows the modulation and demodulation
of radio waves. The output can be drawn in the same ways as an
oscilloscope will shown such curves. For more information read
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Name of contribution: tex-label
Version number: 0.1.1
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Summary description: Label parts of your Latex document.
License type: lppl
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This package can be used to label pages of a document just like
labelling e-mail to classify them. This is useful when you are
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keywords.
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Version number: 1.0
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License type: lppl
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Name of contribution: dashundergaps
Version number: 1.1
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Summary description: Underline with dotted or dashed lines
License type: lppl
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Name of contribution: minutes
Version number: 1.8d
Author's name: Knut Lickert
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/minutes
Summary description: Package for writing (collection of) minutes
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Version 2.8d:
*Add Polish texts
*Correction French texts
*Correction in example file Protokol.tex (after error message in d.c.t.t.)
*Extend samples with attachments with label.
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Name of contribution: flashmovie
Version number: 0.0
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Summary description: This package allows direct embedding of flash movies into PDF files.
License type: lppl
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This package allows direct embedding of flash movies into PDF files. It is
designed for use with pdflatex.
Basically it uses the fact that the Adobe Reader 9 contains
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rich media annotation feature which is described in
Adobe Supplement to the ISO 32000 BaseVersion: 1.7
ExtensionLevel: 3.
advantages:
- You can directly embed videos into the pdf (external window is optimal and not necessary).
- You can play back videos without worrying about platform dependencies.
disadvantages:
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I apologize; the prior announcement had a typo. Thank you for the correction.
The correct name is jablantile. The corrected announcement is below.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: jablantile
Version number: 3dec09
Author's name: Karl Berry
Location on CTAN: /fonts/jablantile
Summary description: Metafont tiles a la Slavik Jablan, from Don Knuth
License type: pd
Announcement text:
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This is a small Metafont font created by Don Knuth to implement the
modular tiles described by Slavik Jablan. See the dearjablan.tex file
for a description from DEK, and jablantile.mf for the sources.
jablantile.pdf is the formatted version of dearjablan.tex.
Karl Berry (merely the uploader on behalf of DEK)
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: jablantine
Version number: 3dec09
Author's name: Karl Berry
Location on CTAN: /fonts/jablantile
Summary description: Metafont tiles a la Slavik Jablan, from Don Knuth
License type: pd
Announcement text:
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This is a small Metafont font created by Don Knuth to implement the
modular tiles described by Slavik Jablan. See the dearjablan.tex file
for a description from DEK, and jablantile.mf for the sources.
jablantile.pdf is the formatted version of dearjablan.tex.
Karl Berry (merely the uploader on behalf of DEK)
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: latexmk
Version number: 4.11
Author's name: John Collins
Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk
Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine V. 4.11
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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1. Corrects a long-standing bug that when the main file
uses bibtex, and uses include for subdocuments, changes in
bibliography citations did not always trigger a rerun of bibtex.
2. Fixed a problem that latexmk did not detect changed aux
files etc on a small document when the run of (pdf)latex was
within the 1-second granularity of filetimes.
3. Improved start-up times on some large documents by
avoiding unnecessary recalculations of md5 checksums.
4. Deals better with eps-to-pdf conversions reported by
epstopdf package.
5. Minor fixes and improvements.
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On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 Russell Standish submitted the new
pnas2009.bst
to CTAN.
Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/contrib/misc/pnas2009.bst
License type: other-free
Announcement text:
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Update to PNAS bibliograohy style to include journal article
title, as per new requirements.
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On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Josef Kleber submitted an update to the
softmaker-freefont
package.
Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/
Summary description: Support files for SoftMaker free fonts available at www.freefont.de
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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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:
Congress (regular + bold + italic), Delano-Caps, Flagstaff, Henderson,
Iceberg (regular + bold), Old Blackletter, Stone Handwriting
License: LPPL (not the fonts themselves)
New in v1.6:
- added support for the blackletter font Old Blackletter
(This font offers additional ligatures for ch, ck, ft, tz!)
Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the
month (December 2009) and can be downloaded for free (at least
this month) at: http://www.freefont.de
Later you can buy it from Softmaker
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This should be at your local mirror within a day.
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Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: luaotfload
Version number: 1.06
Author's name: Elie Roux
Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luaotfload/
Summary description: ConTeXt OTF loading system for Plain and LaTeX.
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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Bugfix: last update broke compatibility with LuaTeX version
0.40.6. This version is compatible with version 0.40 and
more recent versions.
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Saint Michael's College
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Name of contribution: tablor
Version number: 4.06-c
Author's name: Guillaume Connan
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablor
Summary description: Create tables of signs and of variations.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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New tablor.cfg which allows to set giac's epsilon (1e-100 by
default) and fix a minor bug.
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Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: pstdoc
Version number: 1.0
Author's name: Michael Sharpe
Location on CTAN: /info/pstdoc/
Summary description: pstricks help system
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This version adds an updated pstricks help database plus a web interface to
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On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the
pdfcomment
package.
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment
Summary description: A user-friendly interface to PDF annotations
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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For a long time pdflatex has offered the command pdfannot for inserting
arbitrary PDF annotations. However, the command is presented in
a form where additional knowledge of the definition of the PDF format is
indispensable. This package is an answer to the – occasional – questions
in newsgroups, about how one could use the comment function of Adobe
Reader. At least for the writer of LaTeX code, the package offers a
convenient and user-friendly means of using pdfannot to provide comments
in PDF files. Since version v1.1, pdfcomment.sty also supports:
LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf, LaTeX -> dvipdfmx and XeLaTeX.
Unfortunately, support of PDF annotations by PDF viewers is sparse to
nonexistent. The reference viewer for the development of this package is
Adobe Reader.
License: LPPL
Changes in v1.5b:
- new option deadline
-> new list styles with deadline
feature request by: Michael Niedermair
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Rainer Schöpf
This should within a day be at your local mirror.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: autolatex
Version number: 8.0
Author's name: Stephane GALLAND
Location on CTAN: /
Summary description: GXL support for AutoLaTeX
License type: gpl
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AutoLaTeX 8.0 is able to automatically convert GXL files
(Graph eXtended Language) into PDF or PNG pictures.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: inconsolata
Version number: 2009/11/28
Author's name: Karl Berry
Location on CTAN: /fonts/inconsolata
Summary description: Fix spacing font dimensions.
License type: ofl
Announcement text:
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This update of the Inconsolata monospaced support corrects
the spacing-related fontdimen values so that there is no
stretch and shrink, and end-of-sentence extraspace is equal
to the word space. (Same as in cmtt.)
Thanks to Enrico Gregorio and Eddie Kohler.
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and again, the daemon says:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: luainputenc
> Author's name: Elie Roux
> Author's email: elie.roux(a)telecom-bretagne.eu
> Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc/
> Summary description: Replacing inputenc for use in LuaTeX.
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> fixing a bug with endlinechar introduced with recent versions of LuaTeX.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks for this also; 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/luainputenc.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/luainputenc/
the web catalogue entry will change minutely, overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This should reach your local mirror within a day.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: cleveref
Version number: 0.15
Author's name: Toby Cubitt
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref
Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This version adds support for the amsthm package, and fixes
a subtle bug that could occasionally cause page numbers to
be reset.
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quoth the daemon:
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>
> Name of contribution: xetex.def 0.94
> Author's name: Karl Berry
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/xetex-def
> Summary description: merge big-point and eps changes
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This xetex.def 0.94 combines the two different 0.93 releases:
> big-point incompatibility (from Ross Moore) and EPS support from
> dvipdfmx.def (from Jonathan Kew). It does not include any additional
> changes.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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/xetex.def 0.94.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xetex-def
as always, the catalogue will change, in a small way, overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Daniel Luecking submitted an update to the
mfpic
package.
Location on CTAN: /graphics/mfpic/
Summary description: A package for creating pictures in TeX with the aid of MetaPost or Metafont.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Mfpic version 1.03.
Bugs fixed since 1.00:
-- Polar vector fields extending past picture boundaries.
-- Problem with handling of verbatimtex.
-- Color handling broken for MetaPost version < 0.900
-- Flawed detection of amstex format.
-- Corrupted PDF files in documentation.
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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Massimo Redaelli submitted an update to the
circuitikz
package.
The package provides a set of macros for naturally typesetting electrical and
(somewhat less naturally, perhaps) electronic networks.
It is designed as a tool that is easy to use, with a lean syntax, native to
LaTeX, and directly supporting PDF output format.
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/circuitikz/
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Quite an update. Many bugs fixed, but probably just as many
new ones introduced: feedback welcome!
* Version 0.2.3
- fixed compatibility problem with label option from tikz
- Fixed resizing problem for shape ground
- Variable capacitor
- polarized capacitor
- ConTeXt support (read the manual!)
- nfet, nigfete, nigfetd, pfet, pigfete, pigfetd
(contribution of Clemens Helfmeier and Theodor Borsche)
- njfet, pjfet (contribution of Danilo Piazzalunga)
- pigbt, nigbt
- *backward incompatibility* potentiometer is now the
standard resistor-with-arrow-in-the-middle; the old
potentiometer is now known as variable resistor (or vR),
similarly to variable inductor and variable capacitor
- triac, thyristor, memristor
- new property name for bipoles
- fixed voltage problem for batteries in american voltage mode
- european logic gates
- *backward incompatibility* new american standard
inductor. Old american inductor now called cute inductor
- *backward incompatibility* transformer now linked with
the chosen type of inductor, and version with core, too.
Similarly for variable inductor
- *backward incompatibility* styles for selecting shape
variants now end are in the plural to avoid conflict with paths
- new placing option for some tripoles (mostly transistors)
- mirror path style
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ctan-upload(a)cl.cam.ac.uk wrote:
> An upload to cam.ctan.org is in /anfs/ctan-inc/upload-20091125-085946/
>
> ======================================================================
>
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: xpackages
> Author's name: LaTeX team
> Author's email: latex-team(a)latex-project.org
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/xpackages
> Summary description: High-Level LaTeX3 concepts
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> The xpackages bundle: high-level LaTeX3 concepts
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The xpackages are experimental, high-level parts of LaTeX3. They
> are designed to provide a link between the programming system
> (expl3) and the user. Each xpackage is focussed in a different
> area, for example creating document commands (xparse),
> producing flexible formatting functions (template), etc.
>
> At present, the xpackages are designed to be loaded on top
> of LaTeX2e:
>
> usepackage{xparse}
> usepackage{xtemplate}
>
> In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code.
> This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a
> stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed.
>
> To use the xpackages, you will need to have the expl3 package
> available. This provides the LaTeX3 coding environment on which
> the xpackages are built.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> This release (SVN 1750)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This release adds the new package xtemplate to the release.
> xtemplate is a complete re-working of the template code, to
> improce the interface and internals. Crucially, templates are
> nmow much better self-documenting: a designer should be able
> to read a template to see the nature of the keys it defines.
> The team have also constucted a number of automated tests for
> the xtemplate code, so that problems will show up before
> breaking the released version.
>
> The current template package is slowly being retired from use
> in the other xpackages (currently SVN only). New packages
> should use the xtemplate approach only: at a suitable stage in
> the future, template will be removed from the xpackages.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Looking forward
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> There are some outstanding questions about the xtemplate code,
> which have been discussed on the LaTeX-L list. These will be
> addressed, although it may take some time as the answers depend
> on testing xtemplate in the real world.
>
> The team is currently examining the galley2 and xfmgalley
> modules, and expect that the next xpackage to be revised to a
> usable position will be a galley system built on these existing
> packages.
>
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This should within a day be at your local mirror.
Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: PerlTeX
Version number: 2.0
Author's name: Scott Pakin
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/perltex/
Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex.pl) and LaTeX2e style
file (perltex.sty) that, together, give the user the ability to define
LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes
indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines
LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability.
Version 2.0 (not a major release, just the version after 1.9) of
PerlTeX fixes two bugs. First, user code can now safely change the
current directory. Second, multi-paragraph error output is now
reported correctly. Thanks to Przemyslaw Wesolek for providing a bug
report and minimal example that triggered both bugs.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/perltex
(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 .
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 François Charette submitted an update to the
polyglossia
package.
The package provides a complete Babel replacement for users of XeLaTeX. The
initial version includes support for 54 different language
Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/
Summary description: Modern multilingual typesetting with XeLaTeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Bugfix for version 1.1.0
Only the language modules for french, breton, turkish and sanskrit are
affected.
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=polyglossia
(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
On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 Andreas Löffler submitted an update to the
sparklines
package.
Sparklines are intense, simple, wordlike graphics (so named by Edward Tufte).
Location on CTAN: /graphics/sparklines
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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removed errors from previous version
added color support for drawing sparklines
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/sparklines
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=sparklines
(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
back on the 17th, the daemon piped up and wittered about an upload...
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: datetime
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datetime
> Summary description: Change format of oday with commands for displaying the time
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Version 2.56:
> * Added formattime. (Specific times can now be displayed in
> the same format as currenttime)
> * Added new date format yyyymmdd
> * Added new time format hhmmss
> * Added new package option iso
> * datetime package options now override babel's date format
> * Moved definition of
ewdateformat and
ewtimeformat before
> configuration file is loaded.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
and that same day i installed the new version, but was not able to
update the catalogue repository (mechanism failure at the server). so i
forgot to send this mail ... even when the catalogue repository was
mended.
so, 4 days late ...
thanks for the upload.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datetime.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datetime
needless to say, the catalogue entry has now done all the changing it's
going to do, from this update.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
just as massenet prepares werther to kill himself (on the radio), up
pops the daemon and says:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: expl3
> Author's name: LaTeX Team
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3
> Summary description: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> The expl3 bundle: Low-level LaTeX3 programming conventions
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The files of the expl3 bundle provide a low-level API for TeX
> programmers with special syntax conventions, completely
> separating it from document level syntax. Hence, the commands
> provided are not intended for use at the document level nor for
> use in describing design layouts in document class files.
>
> This API provides the foundation on which the LaTeX3 kernel
> and other advanced extensions are built. Special care has been
> taken so that they can be used within a LaTeX2e context as
> regular packages.
>
> The TeX and eTeX primitives are all given a new name according
> to these conventions. However, in the main direct use of the
> primitives is not required or encouraged: the expl3 modules
> define an independent low-level LaTeX3 programming language.
>
> At present, the expl3 modules are designed to be loaded on top
> of LaTeX2e:
>
> usepackage{expl3}
>
> In time, a LaTeX3 format will be produced based on this code.
> This allows the code to be used in LaTeX2e packages now while a
> stand-alone LaTeX3 is developed.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> This release (SVN 1733)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Since SVN 1550, internal changes have been made to switch from
> cs_new:Nn to cs_new:npn (and of forth) for performance
> reasons. Some numerical code has switched from using num to
> int storage.
>
> The messaging system (l3msg) now allows messages to use up to
> four arguments. At the same time, the recovery code concept
> has been removed from l3msg, which now focusses purely on
> messages. These changes may therefore require changes to other code.
> Kernel messages are now divided up into groups, so that they can
> be named more freely. More details of these changes are included
> in l3obsolete.txt
>
> In the l3keys module, there have been some improvements to
> choices. An error is now issued if .generate_choices:n is given
> before .choice_code:n has defined the necessary code. The value
> l_keys_choice_int is now indexed from 0, rather than from 1,
> so that it is more easily used with if_case:w and so on.
>
> New functions chk_if_free_cs:c and seq_if_in:NV(TF) have
> been added. The exp_args:x function has been removed from the
> core of expl3, as it is only of significant benefit when using
> LuaTeX.
>
> Documentation has been improved at various places. Some changes
> have been made the font loading system, so that the use of
> lmodern is documented, and details of using l3doc.cfg to change the
> behaviour are provided.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> The LaTeX3 Project
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/expl3.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/expl3
the catalogue entry will change overnight (though the difference will
hardly be noticeable).
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team