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New CTAN package: realscripts
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Will Robertson has sent us: > name: realscripts > me: Will Robertson > description: Access OpenType subscript and superscripts > location: macros/latex/contrib/realscripts > > egin{release text} > Small package to replace ` extsuperscript` & ` extsubscript` > by equivalent commands that use OpenType font features > to access the appropriate glyphs if possible. > > Also patches LaTeX's default footnote command to use this > new ` extsuperscript` for footnote symbols. > > Requires fontspec running on either XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX. > > This package has been extracted from xltxtra (by the same author) > for use primarily with LuaLaTeX (since this functionality is also > provided by xltxtra). In time, xltxtra will be updated to load this > package instead. > end{release text} (for reasons unexplained, he found it impossible to connect to the upload server.) i have installed the package and made a catalogue entry for it in the repository. thanks for the submission. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/realscripts.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/realscripts/ The catalogue entry first appear, on the web, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: biblatex 0.9b
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded biblatex.tar.gz and biblatex.tds.zip to the incoming > directory of the UK node. This is an update for > macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please purge the old files, install the > new ones, and announce the upload as usual. i have installed the new version, and will commit the catalogue update any minute now. > RELEASE NOTES > > This release adds a new dependency on the recently released logreq > package, which is also available from CTAN. Make sure you install this > package when updating biblatex. > > Users running Biber need to update Biber as well. > > See the file RELEASE for further release notes. > > CHANGES > > Please refer to the full list at the end of biblatex.pdf and to the > release notes. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/biblatex.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/ The catalogue entry on the web will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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new CTAN package: logreq 1.0
by CTAN Announcements 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Philipp Lehman wrote: > I've uploaded 'logreq.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. There's also a logreq.tds.zip file. This is the initial release > of the logreq package which should go into: > > macros/latex/contrib/logreq. > > ABOUT > > The logreq package helps to automate a typical LaTeX workflow that > involves running LaTeX several times, running tools such as BibTeX > or makeindex, and so on. It will log requests like please rerun > LaTeX or please run BibTeX on file X to an external XML file > which lists all open tasks in a machine-readable format. Compiler > scripts and integrated LaTeX editing environments may parse this > file to determine the next steps in the workflow in a way that is > more efficient than parsing the main log file. In sum, the package > will do two things: 1) enable package authors to use LaTeX commands > to issue requests, 2) collect all requests from all packages and > write them to an external XML file at the end of the document. thanks for the upload. i've installed the files, and made an entry in the catalogue repository for the package. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/logreq.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/logreq/ The catalogue entry will first appear (on the web) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Asymptote Version number: 2.03 Author's name: John Bowman Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An optional asydir parameter that allows asy files to be generated in a subdirectory was added to version 1.18 of asymptote.sty; XeLaTeX support was fixed. Nonrendered preview images via render=0 are now implemented. Blank 3D labels were fixed. Problems with arc directions and ellipses in the geometry module were fixed. The definition of the Dotted linetype was improved. Missing pen and margin parameters were added to the flowchart blockconnector function calls. Virtual methods were optimized. Makefile dependencies were fixed and autogenerated files are cleaned up. The dependence of the source tarball on perl was removed. Minor improvements were made to the documentation and man page. The Asymptote installation directory is now automatically added to the MSWindows path. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: pst-plot
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-plot.tgz to the uk ctan node. Please > delete all files in the directory > > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > ----- pst-plot.tex > 1.18 2010-08-03 - added plotstyle ybar > - added optional arguments xLabels, yLabels, > xLabelsRot, and yLabelsRot thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-plot.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-plot/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: Iwona and Kurier fonts
by CTAN Announcements 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

On Tuesday, 3 August 2010, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted an update to the Iwona and Kurier font packages. Location on CTAN: fonts/kurier Summary description: A two-element sans-serif typeface License type: GUST Font License Location on CTAN: fonts/iwona Summary description: Alternate version of kurier License type: GUST Font License Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In the current version 0.995b some missing .fd files were readded and the TDS layout was slightly changed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at: http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/{iwona,kurier} More information is at: http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=iwona http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=kurier (If the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear.) We are supported by TeX Users Groups, please join one of them; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team, Joachim Schrod

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CTAN has a new package footmisc_de
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

This should soon 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: footmisc_de Version number: 1 Author's name: Christine Römer Summary description: a translation into German of the documentation for footmisc License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Students in my latex seminar and i translated into german the documentation to footmisc. Also, in the first part a few examples are given to illustrate the options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/translations/footmisc/de . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/footmisc_de (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 luamplib
by CTAN Announcements 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: luamplib Version number: 1.04 Author's name: Elie Roux Location on CTAN: /macros/luatex/generic/luamplib/ Summary description: Use LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter. License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * fixing a bug in LaTeX's detection (made Tikz fail) * setting luamplib-luatex as the default name for the format, it's the case in TeXLive 2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luamplib/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/luamplib (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 v2.0c
by CTAN Announcements 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

the upload daemon stirred me to action ... on an earlier upload ... by saying: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: fontspec v2.0c > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0c of fontspec contains a bug fix and a documentation tune-up: > > * Significant bug fix reported simultaneously by Enrico Gregorio and > Don Hosek. > * Many documentation improvements and additions due to David Perry. > * Documentation typo thanks to John McChesney-Young thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fontspec.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fontspec/ the catalogue entry will change very slightly, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN font: adforn
by CTAN Announcements 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

before i had got to my computer this morning, the daemon had said > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: adforn > Author's name: Clea F. Rees > Location on CTAN: fonts/adforn > Summary description: OrnementsADF with TeX/LaTeX support > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > OrnementsADF font in postscript type 1 format with TeX/LaTeX support files. > > Font is licensed under GPL v2 or later with font exception. (See > NOTICE, COPYING, README.) > > TeX/LaTeX support is licensed under LPPL. (See README, manifest.txt.) thanks for the upload; i have installed the font and its support files. it will make its way to mirrors over the next 24 hours or so. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/adforn.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/adforn that address for the catalogue entry will become active overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: gillcm
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: gillcm Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /fonts/gillcm Summary description: Unslanted Italic Computer Modern Fonts Based on Eric Gill's Ideas License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a demonstration of the use of virtual fonts for unusual effects. We employ virtual fonts to implement an old idea of Eric Gill. This package was written for the author's talk at TUG'2010. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/gillcm . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/gillcm (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 metauml
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: MetaUML Version number: 0.2.5 Author's name: Ovidiu Gheorghies Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metauml Summary description: Human-friendly UML textual notation for LaTeX/MetaPost License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Update to the latest stable upstream version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/metauml . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/metauml (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: jamtimes
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: jamtimes Version number: 1.8 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /fonts/jamtimes Summary description: Expanded Times Roman Fonts As Used in Journal d'Analyse Mathematique License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides LaTeX support for expanded Times Roman font, which has been used by Journal d'Analyse Mathematique for many years. Mathematics support is based on Belleek fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/jamtimes . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/jamtimes (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 polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. Update summary: ........................................................................ This is a bugfix release: * Initialize fontfamily acc to value of familydefault (Fixes a bug when using polyglossia with beamer) * Remove spurious space in def of dateenglish * Add missing English variant american * Serbian: fix date format and captions (Latin+Cyrillic) (thanks to Zoran Filipovic and Nikola Lečić) * Fix atticnumeral in gloss-greek * Small improvements and fixes in documentation ........................................................................ Basic package information, as sent by the contributor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package name: polyglossia Author: François Charette Caption: Modern multilingual typesetting with XeLaTeX. Description: This package provides a complete Babel replacement for users of XeLaTeX; it relies on the fontspec package, version 2.0 at least. The current release offers support of 68 languages. Location: /macros/xetex/latex/polyglossia Version: v1.2.0 License: lppl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/polyglossia (the link may take a day to sync). Our archive service is sponsored by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .

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CTAN update: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

there was i, playing a mindless little computer game, and the daemon says: > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0q: > - Fix broken free-standing units > - Deal with an issue with the textpos packge (actually a > textpos bug, but fixed at the siunitx end) thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/siunitx.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/siunitx/ and the small change to the catalogue will be visible on the web some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: pst-jtree-de
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pst-jtree-de Version number: 1 Author's name: Christine Römer Location on CTAN: /info/translations/pst-jtree/de Summary description: translation in german pst-jtree-doc License type: nocommercial Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- translation in german pst-jtree-doc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/translations/pst-jtree/de . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pst-jtree-de (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: csvsimple
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: csvsimple Version number: 1.00 Author's name: Thomas F. Sturm Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/csvsimple Summary description: csv file processing, comma separated values License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- csvsimple provides a simple LaTeX interface for the processing of files with comma separated values (CSV). csvsimple relies heavily on the key value syntax from pgfkeys which results (hopefully) in an easy way of usage. Filtering and table generation is especially supported. Since the package is considered as a lightweight tool, there is no support for data sorting or data base storage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csvsimple . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/csvsimple (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New CTAN package: lecturer
by CTAN Announcements 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

that old daemon was warned to expect something big, and... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: lecturer > Author's name: Paul Isambert > Location on CTAN: macros/generic > Summary description: On-screen presentations with PDF features for > (almost) all formats. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lecturer creates slides for on-screen presentations based on PDF > features without manipulating TeX's typesetting process. The > presentation flow relies on PDF's abilities to display content step by > step. > > Features include: > - Free positioning of anything anywhere in painted areas on the slide, > as well as in the main textblock. > - Numerous attributes to control the layout and the presentation flow, > from TeX's primitive dimensions to the visibility of steps. > - Feature inheritance from global to local settings, with intermediate > types. > - Basic drawing facilities to produce symbols, e.g. for list items or > buttons. > - Colors, transparency, shades, and pictures. > - Navigation with links, pop-up menus, and customizable bookmarks. > - Easy switch between presentation and handout. > - PDF transitions. > > Besides the traditional documentation, the distribution includes a > visual doc (LecturerDemo-VisualDoc.pdf) and six demo presentations > ranging from geometric abstraction to classic style to silly video > game. > > Lecturer is designed for all formats except ConTeXt MkIV (because of > clashes in management of PDF objects, probably), works only with > pdfTeX and LuaTeX for the time being, and requires texapi and yax, > both v.1.02. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed it, and created a catalogue entry for it. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/lecturer.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/lecturer/ 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: latexmk
by CTAN Announcements 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: latexmk Version number: 4.18 Author's name: John Collins Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. In analysis of log file, add test for natbib's citation-undefined warning. 2. Minor improvements/corrections in diagnostic messages and documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk (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 new package: uowthesis
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '10

26 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ................................................................................. Name of contribution: UoWthesis Class Version number: 1.0 Author's name: Lei Ye Summary description: University of Wollongong (UoW) Document Class for higher degree research theses License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- University of Wollongong (UoW) Document Class for higher degree research theses in compliance with the specifications of UoW theses in the Guidelines for Preparation and Submission of Higher Degree Research Theses (March 2006), by Research Student Centre, Research & Innovation Division, UoW. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/uowthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/uowthesis (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: expl3
by CTAN Announcements 26 Jul '10

26 Jul '10

the daemon noticed, yesterday, that: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: expl3 > Author's name: LaTeX3 Project > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/expl3/ > Summary description: Packages supporting LaTeX3 programming conventions > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is an intermediate release which addresses some > problems with the formatting of source3.pdf in the last > snap shot. > > The release also features very experimental functions > which target the LuaTeX engine. These need testing to see > what works: LuaTeX feedback is very welcome. thanks for the upload. i installed the update yesterday; for tedious technical reasons i was unable to do one of my consistency checks from home, yesterday, which is why the announcement hasn't come until now. > 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/ and the mini-catalogue change will occur overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: perltex
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jul '10

25 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: PerlTeX Version number: 2.1 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2.1 works better across different operating systems, TeX distributions, and Perl versions than its predecessors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .

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CTAN update: cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jul '10

25 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cleveref Version number: 0.17.2 Author's name: Toby Cubitt Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor change to improve compatibility with other packages that redefine the footnote commands. (In particular, cleveref is now compatible with the tufte package.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: pst-solides3d
by CTAN Announcements 24 Jul '10

24 Jul '10

Herbert Voss writes: > I have uploaded pst-solides3d.tgz to the uk ctan node. > Please delete all the files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ > > and put the new ones in there > > pst-solides3d is a collection of PSTricks macros to plot > threedimensional objects like solids or 3D mathematical > functions z=f(x,y) with possible hidden lines and > hidden surfaces. > > version 4.20: > > pst-solides3d.tex --- > 4.20 2010-07-23 -activate keyword planmarks for gridIIID for > supprsssing ticks and labels (hv) > -fix bug in pstProjection (missing gsave ... grestore) > (jpv) thanks for the upload. i've installed the replacement files and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-solides3d.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: mh
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The mh bundle Version number: Various (the bundle contains several packages) Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/mh/ Summary description: Small update for the mh bundle (mathtools) License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Small update for the mh bundle. Mathtools: * delayed loading graphicx to avoid option clashes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mh/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mh (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: pst-optic
by CTAN Announcements 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded pst-optic.tgz to the uk ctan node. > Please delete all files in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optic/ > > and put the new ones in there. > > pst-optic is a collection of PSTricks macros to draw > both reflective and refractive optics diagrams. > > This version 1.01 of pst-optic.tex has major bugfixes > for the psset-system. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/pst-optic.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-optic/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New package on CTAN: electrumadf
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 Clea F. Rees submitted the electrumadf package to CTAN. Summary description: Electrum ADF fonts collection in ps type 1 format with TeX/LaTeX support. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First release of LaTeX support for Electrum ADF, a slab-serif featuring optical and italic small-caps; additional ligatures and an alternate Q; lining, hanging, inferior and superior digits; and four weights. Package includes fonts in type 1 format and support package. Licence is mixed: LPPL for LaTeX support; GPL with font exception for the fonts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/electrumadf/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=electrumadf (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: moderncv
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: moderncv Version number: 0.11 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 0.11 with corrected support for xetex and luatex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: siunitx
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

that joseph wright works at hours when even the daemon's hoping to catch a little nap. woken hup, the daemon says: > 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: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.0o: > - Extend detect-italic option to detect-shape, which > also finds slanted fonts. Old option name retained as > alias to new option. thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue. > 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/ of course, the rather small change to the catalogue entry will not appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: libertine
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Font Linux Libertine Version number: 4.8.4 Author's name: Michael Niedermair Location on CTAN: /fonts/libertine Summary description: new font version License type: ofl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: - k is now wider (as wide as the n) - s right border increased from 32 -> 40 - c right border increased from 25 -> 30 - y left border decreased from 20 -> 16 - z more organic shape an better grey value - n,m,h,u 6 EM wider - Bug #3019031: emacron with wrong accent (mark instead of base) - Bug #3014435: y.alt adapted to new glyph form and added to opentype substitution tables salt and alt - Hebrew letters improved - Bug #3004241: opentype substitution -> f.short and dotlessi will now be substituted by the relating small capital forms - Bug #3012358: Line spacing problem on windows photoshop. Try: Use Linespacing-field 0-> 180 (at first only in Libertine Regular for testing) - T, Z changes to the serifs and more organic shape - Added A.alt as a test of a more organic A - improved Hebrew glyphs and mark to base positioning - numbers scaled up by 5% because many complanied they were to small - new Indian Rupee symbol uni20A8 - improvements in the Biolinum bold ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/libertine . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/libertine (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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CTAN test
by CTAN Announcements 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

test

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CTAN updates: texapi and yax
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '10

20 Jul '10

the daemon coughed a little this morning, twice, but didn't distract me from my dedication to work. hence i have only just got around to these packages: > Name of contribution: texapi > Author's name: Paul Isambert > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/texapi > Summary description: Macros to write format-independent packages. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * Renamed ospace as skipspace and splitstring as splitstringat to > avoid clashes with existing commands in ConTeXt (spotted by Taco > Hoekwater). > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/texapi.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/texapi/ and > Name of contribution: yax > Author's name: Paul Isambert > Location on CTAN: macros/generic/yax > Summary description: Yet Another Key System. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * Several attributes can now be set at once to the same value in setparameter. > * Added setattribute (and e-, g- and x-) variants as a faster > alternative to setparameter. > * Bugfix with ConTeXt (thanks to Taco Hoekwater). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/yax.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/yax/ i've installed both packages and updated their catalogue entries; thanks for the uploads. of course, the change in the catalogue entry on the web (small though it be) won't appear until sometime tonight, when i'm upstairs slumbering fitfully. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN TUG node back to normal
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '10

20 Jul '10

For a week the folks who host the TUG CTAN machine, Saint Michael's College in Colchester Vermont, have been doing network testing that may have resulted in sporadic network outages. Those tests have finished and the system should be back to its usual behavior. I apologize for any inconvienence. Jim Hef{}feron

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New Directory language/serbian on CTAN
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Zoran Filipovic submitted a number of files for typesetting in the serbian language, namely babel_suggestions - suggestions for improving serbian language support in babel serbiandatecyr - produce a date in serbian languange in cyrillic scripts, serbiandatelat - produce date for serbian language in latin scripts in according to serbian grammar, serbianpart - produce part numbers as letter for serbian language in latin scripts serhyphlist - 3794 hyphenation exceptions for word in cyrillic script The individual packages can be found as subdirs of the CTAN directory language/serbian Thanks for the uploads. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: serhyplist
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

It may take a day to get to your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ............................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: serhyplist Version number: none Author's name: Zoran Filipovic Summary description: This package contains 3794 serbian word in cyrillic scripts with hyphenations. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/lanugage/serbian/serhyphlist . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/serhyplist (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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tug.ctan.org upload: serbiandatelat
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

This should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: serbiandatelat Version number: none Author's name: Zoran Filipovic Summary description: Produce date for serbian language in latin scripts in way which recognizes serbian grammatical rules. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The babel package contains serbian.dtx files which produce date for serbian language in latin script, but in wrong way. Major mistake is in the name of the month which now call juni and juli and after a year is no dot. This month we call jun and jul and after years is a dot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/serbiandatelat . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/serbiandatelat (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: serbianpart
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror in a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ....................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: serbianpart Version number: none Author's name: Zoran Filipovic Summary description: This package provide part number in letter in serbian language License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provide part number in letter in serbian language like: Deo Prvi, Deo Drugi....such as: First Part, Secon Part...This package working for all4 LaTeX class and under memoir class. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/serbianpart . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/serbianpart (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: svn-multi
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: svn-multi Version number: v2.3 Author's name: Martin Scharrer Location on CTAN: /(existing one) Summary description: Update to v2.3: Some fixes and autokw support for SVN 1.6 License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update adds autokw support for SVN 1.6 and fixes some other issues. The svnidlong macro now supports real comments between its arguments in order to support latexdiff. The autokw feature should still be compatible with older SVN releases, but not all of them could be tested. Please report any issues to martin(a)scharrer-online.de or under http://latex.scharrer-online.de/svn-multi . Changelog: * Fixed `autokw` to work with newer versions (1.6.x) of Subversion where the `format` file is not in the `.svn` directory anymore. * Added debug output for `autokw` option. * svn entries parser: fixed bugs with empty date and revision values. * Fixed problem with `chapter` defined as ` elax` in ` ableofrevisions`. * Fixed unwanted spaces. * Changed `svnidlong` to allow comments with braces between arguments. This avoids problems with latexdiff. * Changed catcodes to normal of reading `.svx` files. * Updated code documentation. * Updated user documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/svn-multi . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/svn-multi (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 upate: font-change
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

This should be at your local mirror within a day. Jim Hef{}feron Saint Michael's College ........................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: font-change Version number: 2010.1 Author's name: Amit Raj Dhawan Location on CTAN: /macros/plain/contrib/font-change/ Summary description: Macros to Change Text and Math fonts in TeX: 45 Beautiful Variants. These macros are written for plain TeX and can be used with other packages like AmSTeX, eplain, and XeTeX. They allow you to change the fonts (text and math) in your TeX document with only one statement. Also different font sizes are available. All the fonts called by these macro files are free and are included in the present MiKTeX and TeX Live distributions. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Macros to Change Text and Math fonts in TeX: 45 Beautiful Variants These macros are written for plain TeX and can be used with other packages like AmSTeX, eplain, and XeTeX. They allow you to change the fonts (text and math) in your TeX document with only one statement. Also different font sizes are available. All the fonts called by these macro files are free and are included in the present MiKTeX and TeX Live distributions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/font-change/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/font-change (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: xepersian
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jul '10

17 Jul '10

On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 Vafa Khalighi submitted an update to the xepersian package. Summary description: Persian for LaTeX over XeTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the final release of XePersian package for TL2010 in which several bugs are fixed and the package is dedicated to our (Iranians) father (Cyrus The Great). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/xepersian . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=xepersian (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: bidi
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jul '10

17 Jul '10

On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 Vafa Khalighi submitted an update to the bidi package. Summary description: Support for bidirectional typesetting in plain TeX and LaTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the final release of bidi package for TL2010 in which several bugs are fixed and the package is dedicated to our (Iranians) father (Cyrus The Great). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/bidi . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bidi (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: Polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jul '10

17 Jul '10

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 François Charette submitted an update to the polyglossia package. Summary description: Babel replacement for XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This release is adapted for fontspec 2.0 (and won't work with earlier versions). It contains numerous bugfixes, and introduces a new, simpler interface for setting up language support in gloss-*.ldf files. It also adds support for Armenian, Bengali, Occitan, Bengali, Lao, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Turkmen. See the README for a detailed list of changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

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CTAN Update: lshort-french
by CTAN Announcements 17 Jul '10

17 Jul '10

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 Samuel Colin submitted an update to the lshort-french package. Summary description: Short introduction to LaTeX, French translation. License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the french translation of the latest version (4.31) of the Not so short introduction to LaTeX by Tobias Oetiker as of the 24th of June 2010. The translation was realized by Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard and Samuel Colin. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/lshort/french/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=lshort-french (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: luaotfload
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

more relaxed today, the daemon tells me: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: luaotfload > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Location on CTAN: > Summary description: OpenType layout system for Plain TeX and LaTeX > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * fix for overwithdelims and brothers > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed this new version, and updated the version number in the catalogue repository entry. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/luaotfload.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/ the web catalogue entry will change accordingly, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: xits
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

the daemon writes: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: xits > Author's name: Khaled Hosny > Location on CTAN: > Summary description: Scientific Times-like font with support for > mathematical typesetting > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > XITS is Times-like font for scientific typesetting with proper > mathematical support for modern, Unicode and OpenType capable TeX > engines, namely LuaTeX and XeTeX. > > It is based on the He Who Must Not Be Named font, and work has been > done with no affiliation to He Who Must Not Be Named project. > > See FONTLOG file for more information about the font and brief summary > of changes from the He Who Must Not Be Named font. thanks for the upload: i have installed the files and made an entry in the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xits.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/ the catalogue entry will not, of course, appear until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team note: the he who must not be named is easily deduced, even by those as feebly anagrammatically-minded as the present writer.

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CTAN Update: undolabl
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010, Hans-Martin Münch submitted an update to the undolabl package. Summary description: This package allows to override existing labels, especially automatically generated ones. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated to the recent code version of Ulrich Diez WARNING: Since version 1.0d [2010/07/15] the undonewlabel command takes only one argument, undonewlabel{<label name>}, instead of two, undonewlabel{<label name>}{on@line}. Packages or documents, which used older versions of the undolabl package, must be updated by removing the second argument of undonewlabel, i. e. the {on@line}. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/undolabl/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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 . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: pageslts
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010, Hans-Martin Münch submitted an update to the pageslts package. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- main change: code changed to work with new version of undolabl package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pageslts/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=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 . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: pgfplots
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

the daemon cries to an increasingly weary admin: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: pgfplots > Author's name: Christian Feuersanger > Location on CTAN: graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfplots/ > Summary description: pgfplots - Create normal/logarithmic plots in two > and three dimensions for LaTeX. > License type: gpl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 1.4 contains several new features, mostly work on details. > It fixes many bugs and provides the following improvements: > > - Added support for detached legends and detached colorbars > - ybar (and similar plots) can now be mixed with other plot types > like line plots. > - improved legend formatting > - added 'restrict x to domain*' which cups coordinates outside of a > specified domain (same for y and z) > - Added support for linear regression > - Inline tables, > - Lots of bug fixes > > The next version will make a greater step when it is stable. ;-) thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pgfplots.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/pgfplots/ the catalogue entry has hardly changed, and the revised version won't appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New on CTAN: baskervaldadf
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

i'm finally close to catching up with the daemon. this time he's written: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: baskervaldadf > Author's name: Clea F. Rees > Location on CTAN: fonts/baskervaldadf/ > Summary description: Baskervald ADF fonts collection in ps type 1 > format with TeX/LaTeX support. > License type: other-free > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Baskervald ADF is a serif family with lining figures designed as a > substitute for Baskerville. The family currently includes upright and > italic or oblique shapes in each of regular, bold and heavy > weights. All fonts include the slashed zero and additional > non-standard ligatures. The support package renames them according to > the Karl Berry fontname scheme and defines two families. One of these > primarily provides access to the standard or default characters > while the other supports additional ligatures. The included package > files provide access to these features in LaTeX as explained in the > baskervaldadf.pdf. thanks for the upload: i have installed the new files, and created an entry in the catalogue repository for the package. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/baskervaldadf.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/baskervaldadf/ 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: cfr-lm
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

oh dear, that poor old daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: cfr-lm > Author's name: Clea F. Rees > Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cfr-lm > Summary description: Enhanced support for the Latin Modern fonts. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a very minor update to ensure that encoding files are > unique. The map file and manifest.txt are changed accordingly. > > The package supports a number of features of the Latin Modern fonts > which are not easily accessible via the default (La)TeX support > provided in the official distribution. In particular, the package > supports the use of the various styles of digits available, small-caps > and upright italic shapes, and alternative weights and widths. It > also supports variable width typewriter and the quotation > font. Version 2.004 of the Latin Modern fonts is supported. > > By default, the package uses proportional oldstyle digits and variable > width typewriter but this can be changed by passing appropriate > options to the package. The package also supports using e.g. different > styles of digits within a document so it is possible to use > proportional oldstyle digits by default, say, but tabular lining > digits within a particular table. See the README for details. > > The package requires the official Latin Modern distribution, including > its (La)TeX support. The package relies on the availability of both > the fonts themselves and the official font support files. The package > also makes use of the nfssext-cfr package. > > Only the T1 and TS1 encodings are supported for text fonts. The set up > of fonts for mathematics is identical to that provided by Latin > Modern. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files (and done a bit of touching-up work on the catalogue repository entry ... which wasn't strictly necessary). > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/cfr-lm.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cfr-lm/ the catalogue entry on the web will change overnight. nothing significant, just editorial work on my previous workding. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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