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CTAN package change: zhmetrics
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

The package that a week or two ago was installed as chinese-font-metrics under fonts/ has had its identifier changed as well as its location. It will take perhaps a day for this change to propogate to your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Chinese Font Metrics Version number: r143 Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /fonts/metrics Summary description: TFM subfonts files for using Chinese Fonts in 8-bit TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an updated version of chinese-font-metrics. The new package name should be zhmetrics as Karl suggested. It should be located in /fonts/metrics rather than /fonts. The directories are reorganized to meet the TDS standard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/metrics/zhmetrics . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/zhmetrics (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 Robin Fairbairns 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I have uploaded pst-solides3d.tgz to the uk mirror. Please > replace the files with the ones in the directory > /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ > > pst-solides3d is a collection of PSTricks macros to > threedimensional objects with hidden lines and > hidden surfaces. > > This new version comes with several bug fixes and > enhencements. Read file Changes for more informations i've installed the files as requested. thanks for the upload. users may view the package catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-solides3d.html or browse the package directory tree at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-solides3d/ the catalogue entry will acquire a new version overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: latex-veryshortguide
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The Very Short Guide to LaTeX Version number: 24 July 2009 Author's name: Peter Flynn Location on CTAN: / info/ latex-veryshortguide Summary description: An 4pp folder designed as an aide-mémoire for people who have just done a course in LaTeX and need something by them on their desk the next day to refresh their memories. It is not intended as a substitute for full documentation. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changed license to LPPL, corrected a typo, changed an example. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/latex-veryshortguide . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latex-veryshortguide (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .

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New on CTAN: Example files for the book Presentations with LaTeX
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

Herbert Voss wrote: > I uploaded presentations.tgz to the uk mirror. Please put > the files into the new directory > > info/examples/Presentations_de/ > > The files are the examples from the book Presentationen mit LaTeX > from the Dante-Edition series. thanks for the upload; i have installed the files and created a catalogue entry for them. users may view the catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/presentations.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/examples/Presentations_de/ the catalogue entry should be up-to-date at all ctan sites by now (though possibly not at mirrors). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: csquotes 4.4b
by CTAN Announcements 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

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

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CTAN update: erdc
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon make it to your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ..................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: erdc Version number: v1.1 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/erdc/ Summary description: LaTeX Style For Technical Information Reports of the Engineer Research and Development Center, US Army Corps of Engineers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides class for typesetting Technical Information Reports of the Engineer Research and Development Center, US Army Corps of Engineers. The class was commissioned and paid for by US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199. I am grateful to Gordon L. Cohen, ERDC-ITL-IL for the detailed explanations of the ERDC guidelines, to Christopher E. Kees, ERDC-CHL-MS and Ryan E. North, ERDC-GSL-MS, for the formatting suggestions and the patient recompilation of the reports with each new version of the style. Version 1.1: This version uses Georgia and Franklin Gothic for text and math. It conforms to the latest guidelines of USACE. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/erdc/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/erdc (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: fig4latex
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

This is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: fig4latex Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Joe Fields Location on CTAN: /graphics/fig4latex Summary description: creates Makefile for managing figures in large projects License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fig4LaTeX is designed to simplify management of the figures in a large LaTeX document. Fig4LaTeX is appropriate for projects that include figures with graphics created by XFig -- in particular, graphics which use the combined PS/LaTeX (or PDF/LaTeX) export method. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/fig4latex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fig4latex (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: memoir
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

This has been udated at tug.ctan.org and should be at your local mirror by tomorrow. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The Memoir class Version number: 1.6180339h Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Minor update for the memoir class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed a typo that caused compilation errors when compiling memoir.dtx to see the documented source code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memoir (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: biblatex-apa
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: biblatex-apa Version number: 0.4 Author's name: Philip Kime Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa Summary description: Update for the biblatex-apa package License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix release of the biblatex-apa BiBLaTeX style for American Psychological Association citation and bibliographies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblate… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-apa (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: Chinese Font Metrics
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

This has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: Chinese Font Metrics Version number: 1 Author's name: Yue Wang Location on CTAN: /fonts Summary description: TFM subfonts files for using Chinese Fonts in 8-bit TeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new version of this package includes the following update: - in order not to mess up TeXLive's map files, now font map lines are loaded runtime through pdfTeX primitives and DVIPDFMx specials. - Since HTH kindly applied a ttc support patch to pdfTeX, now simsun.ttf is renamed to simsun.ttc in the map lines so there is no need for the user to break their ttc fonts manually. Everything should work right out of the box. - a new script, CTeXFonts.lua is included into the scripts directory. This enables the users to convert Chinese TTF files into Type1 subfonts for dvips and dvipdfm. Yue Wang and Lingyun Wu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/chinese-font-metrics . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chinese-font-metrics (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: latex-veryshortguide
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at you local mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The Very Short Guide to LaTeX Version number: July 2009 Author's name: Peter Flynn Location on CTAN: /info/latex-veryshortguide Summary description: An 4pp folder designed as an aide-mémoire for people who have just done a course in LaTeX and need something by them on their desk the next day to refresh their memories. It is not intended as a substitute for full documentation. License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a revision with minor updates of the Very Short Guide to LaTeX. It is now typeset as four A5 pages, leaving the imposition for printing up to the user (a ready-to-print 2pp 2-up landscape A4 imposition is included). I am open to suggestions as to how best to re-arrange this for Letter size users. There is a descriptive web page with preview images at http://latex.silmaril.ie/veryshortguide/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/latex-veryshortguide . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latex-veryshortguide (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: ly1enc.def
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

that upload daemon was at it while i was coming home from work: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ly1enc.def > Author's name: Karl Berry > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/ly1 > Summary description: dotless j support > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The existing LY1 support file for LaTeX (ly1enc.def) has always given > a LaTeX error when the j (dotless j) command is used. However, > dotless j has always been defined in the LY1 encoding (position 17, > decimal), and many fonts, such as Latin Modern, do support it there. > > With David Carlisle's ok, this new version of the file treats j like > all other glyphs. If it's there in the font, it's supported, and if > not, there's a missing character warning in the log file. > > Questions to Karl. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and (minutely) updated the catalogue repository. thanks for the upload. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/ly1.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/ly1 the sharp-eyed (and very keen) reader will spot the minute changes to the catalogue entry, some time after i've gone to bed. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: natbib 8.31
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 Patrick Daly submitted an update to the natbib package. Natbib provides a style with author-year and numbered references, as well as much detailed of support for other bibliography use. Provides versions of the standard BibTeX styles that are compatible with natbib - plainnat, unsrtnat, abbrnat. The bibliography styles produced by custom-bib are designed from the start to be compatible with natbib. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contributed/natbib Summary description: Fix for use with RevTeX, ensures backward compatibility License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- With natbib V8.3, a new merging feature was added, essentially for use with ReVTeX. However, there is a bug that makes it incompatible with LaTeX files written for earlier versions. This bug is now fixed, so that the default works as before. The new code and the bug fix are written by Arthur Ogawa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/natbib . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=natbib (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: mathgifg
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should be at your local mirror in a day. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: mathgifg Version number: 0.4 Author's name: Boris Veytsman Location on CTAN: /fonts/mathgifg Summary description: LaTeX Support for Microsoft Georgia and ITC Franklin Gothic In Text and Math License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides LaTeX support for Microsoft Georgia and ITC Franklin Gothic fonts, supplied, for example, with Microsoft Windows. The package provides support for text and math. The math support is very preliminary: there is a lot of work to do on individual kerning and glyph placement! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/mathgifg . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/mathgifg (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: FiXme
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ...................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: FiXme Version number: 3.4 Author's name: Didier Verna Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ Summary description: A LaTeX2e package for inserting fixme and meta-notes in your documents License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm pleased to announce the release of FiXme version 3.4. New in this release: ** fixme, fxerror, fxwarning and fxnote are now robust ** Fix incompatibility with KOMA-Script classes when the lox file is inexistent FiXme is a LaTeX2e package for inserting fixme notes in your documents. Such notes can appear inline, as marginal notes, footnotes, index entries, in the log file and as warnings on stdout. It is also possible to summarize them in a list. When you switch from draft to final mode, any remaining fixme note will be logged, but removed from the document's body. Additionally, critical notes will abort compilation with an informative message. FiXme also comes with support for AUC-TeX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fixme . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fixme (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: memoir
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The memoir class Version number: v1.6180339g Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Highly configurable book like class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Maintenance update, fixes minor bugs in memoir, mempatch and the manual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memoir (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: cell
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at you local mirror. Jim Hefferon ................................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: cell Version number: 1.28, 2.03 Author's name: Tom Schneider Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/cell Summary description: bibliography and style files for the journal Cell License type: pd Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bibliography and style files for the journal Cell ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cell . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cell (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: pstool
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: pstool Version number: 1.3 Author's name: Will Robertson Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pstool Summary description: Facilitate psfrag graphics in pdfLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A package like pst-pdf for processing PostScript graphics with psfrag labels within pdfLaTeX documets. The difference with this package is that every graphic is compiled individually, drastically speeding up compilation time when only a single figure needs re-processing. Version 1.3 has some new features: - [bitmap] option to control compression of bitmap graphics, - Package options may now be set anywhere with pstoolsetup{}, - localised pstool options can be set per-graphic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pstool . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/pstool (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: etextools
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: etextools Version number: 2e Author's name: Florent CHERVET Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: e-TeX more useful tools for LaTeX package writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Many bug fixed... an example file added. his package provides mainly 4 categories of macros : - the expandnext macro and other expansion control macros - the \FE@testopt and \FE@ifstar macros for fully expandable (FE) (starred-)macros with options - fully expandable command list parsers : csvloop, listloop and a general constructor - some macros lacking from the etoolbox package : listdel, listgdel, listxdel, getlistitem, getlistindex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etextools . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/etextools (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: ltxnew
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Florent Chervet submitted the new package ltxnew to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ltxnew Summary description: ltxnew provides the ew, enew and provide prefixes for checking definition of control sequences License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ltxnew provides the ew, enew and provide prefixes for checking definitions. It is designed to work with e-TeX distributions of LaTeX and relies on the LaTeX macro @ifdefinable. Local allocation of counters, dimensions, skips, muskips, boxes, tokens and marks are provided by the etex.sty package. ew and enew as well as provide may be used for all kind of control sequences. Please refer to the section Using ew of the pdf documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ltxnew . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=ltxnew (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: oberdiek bundle
by CTAN Announcements 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Heiko submitted an update to the oberdiek bundle. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/ License: LPPL > Changes: > > * epstopdf 2009/07/16 v2.2 > * New options: suffix, prefersuffix. > * New default settings. > * New package layout: using optionless package epstopdf-base.sty. > > * ifluatex 2009/04/17 v1.2 > * Fixes. > * Makes luatexrevision available, too. > > * kvoptions 2009/07/17 v3.2 > * Fixes. > > * kvsetkeys 2009/07/19 v1.4 > * Fixes. Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: changelayout
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should withing a day be at your local mirror. Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: changelayout Version number: 0.1 Author's name: Ahmed Musa Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/changelayout Summary description: Changes the layout of individual pages and their text. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package can be used to change the layout of individual pages and their texts. It is an extension of changepage package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/changelayout . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/changelayout (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: animate
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 Alexander Grahn submitted an update to the animate package. The package provides an interface to create portable, JavaScript driven PDF animations from sets of graphics files or from inline graphics, such as LaTeX picture environment, PSTricks or pgf/TikZ generated pictures, or just from typeset text. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/animate Summary description: Create PDF animations from graphics files and inline graphics. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- improved documentation of the timeline option -- New: transparency stack can be cleared using `c' in the timeline file -- animated Lorenz Attractor added as an inline animation example ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/animate . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=animate (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: zhspacing package
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

yet again, that upload daemon is nagging me... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: zhspacing > Author's name: Jiang Jiang > Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/generic > Summary description: A simpler solution to typeset CJK documents in XeTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Renamed some files according to Karl Berry's suggestion. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/zhspacing.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/xetex/generic/zhspacing (the catalogue entry hasn't changed at all, so all the information up there is correct, even now.) Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN Update: bmeps
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, Dirk Krause submitted an update to the bmeps package. Bmeps is a library and a command line tool for conversion of different bitmap graphics types to EPS. It can produce EPS levels 1, 2 and 3. Level 2 allows the use of run-length compression and ASCII-85-encoding instead of ASCII-Hex-encoding, while level 3 allows the use of flate compression. TIFF- and PNG-alpha channels can be converted into EPS level 3 image masks. Modified dvips sources are included to allow image conversion directly from dvips. Version number: 2.1.3 Location on CTAN: /support/bmeps Summary description: Converter from PNG/JPEG/Tgb81AIFF/NetPBM to EPS License type: other-free Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several bug fixes, new features: - Perl script mkpdfsls.pl to create a slide show of photos - Developer documentation created by doxygen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/bmeps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=bmeps (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, John Bowman submitted an update to the asymptote package. Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text. Version number: 1.82 Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote/ Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Threaded exports were fixed. The texpath fontsize was fixed for PDF tex engines. A default currentprojection argument was added to transform3(projection). The -gray and -bw settings are now respected in PRC output. A consistent approximation is now used for drawing tube centers. Missing pt units were added to all fontsize examples. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=asymptote (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: ctex
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

Thus spake the upload daemon: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: ctex > Author's name: Jiang Jiang > Location on CTAN: /language/chinese/ > Summary description: A collection of document classes and macro > packages for Chinese typesetting > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v0.93 with a few bug fixes. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ctex.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//language/chinese/ as usual, the catalogue entry will change, in a small way, overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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New CTAN package: keycommand
by CTAN Announcements 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

just when i thought i might get to bed early, the upload daemon popped up with: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: keycommand > Author's name: Florent CHERVET > Location on CTAN: CTAN home/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand > Summary description: keycommand provides an easy way to define commands with keys > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > keycommand is a eTeX/LaTeX package that provides a very > natural way to define commands with optional keys. > > The package provides : > ewkeycommand, enewkeycommand, providekeycommand > ewkeyenvironment, enewkeyenvironment > > and also keycmd for a more advanced interface. > > It is based on the kvsetkeys package by Heiko Oberdiek. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've installed the package and written a description for the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/keycommand.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/keycommand of course, the catalogue entry won't even appear until the overnight processing run has happened. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pdfcrop
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the pdfcrop package. Pdfcrop is a Perl script that can either trim pages of any whitespace border, or trim them of a fixed border. Location on CTAN: support/pdfcrop License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: 2009/07/17 v1.16: Security fixes: * -dSAFER added for Ghostscript, * -no-shell-escape added for pdfTeX/XeTeX. 2009/07/17 v1.17: Security fixes: * Backticks and whitespace are forbidden for options --(gs|pdftex|xetex)cmd. * Validation of options --papersize and --resolution. 2009/07/18 v1.18: * Restricted mode added. * Option `--version' added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pdfcrop/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdfcrop (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: biblatex-authoryear-icomp-tt
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 Thomas Titz submitted a new biblatex style to CTAN. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/ Summary description: author-year style with compact multiple-reference-citations and ibidem mechanism License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides a citation scheme that combines the features of the styles authoryear-comp (omission of recurring author/year in multiple-reference-citations) and authoryear-ibid (replacement of repeated citations by the abbreviation ibidem). The implementation relies heavily on unmodified biblatex macros, and no attempt has been made to add further features not present in core biblatex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-authory… . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=biblatex-authoryear-icomp-tt (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN has a new package: lshort-persian
by CTAN Announcements 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 Mehdi Omidali submitted the persian (farsi) translation of the (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e. Location on CTAN: info/lshort/persian Summary description: Persian (Farsi) Translation of The not so short introduction to Latex2e License type: gpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This directory contains Persian Translation of The Not So Short Introduction to Latex2e by Tobias Oetiker. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/info/lshort/persian . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=lshort-persian (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: jpgfdraw
by Robin Fairbairns 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

that upload thingy wrote: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: jpgfdraw > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: graphics/jpgfdraw > Summary description: Vector graphics application for LaTeX users > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > version 0.5.3b: > > * Fixed bug causing NullPointerException on startup when using > JRE6 with XP or Vista. > > * Added text along a path facility (added new JDR/AJR version > to accommodate this). > > * Added export to a complete single-paged LaTeX document. > (In addition to export to a file containing just the > image code.) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/jpgfdraw.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/jpgfdraw my regular readers will expect statement about the triviality of the update to the catalogue entry, overnight. oddly, this time, there's a change of substance (as well as the trivia). Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN package update: dozenal
by CTAN Announcements 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

that there upload daemon flexed its little fingers, and wrote: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: dozenal > Author's name: Donald P. GOodman III > Location on CTAN: /fonts/dozenal > Summary description: Typeset documents using base twelve numbering > (also called dozenal) > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The package supports typesetting documents whose counters are > represented in base twelve, also called “dozenal”. It includes a macro > by David Kastrup for converting positive whole numbers to dozenal from > decimal (base ten) representation. The package also also includes a > few other macros and redefines all the standard counters to produce > dozenal output. > > Fonts, in Roman, italic, slanted, and boldface versions, provide ten > and eleven (the Pitman characters preferred by the Dozenal Society of > Great Britain). The fonts were designed to blend well with the > Computer Modern fonts, and are available both as MetaFont source and > in Adobe Type 1 format. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i've 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/dozenal.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//fonts/dozenal and, as usual, the catalogue entry will be updated in an hour or so. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN has a new package: etextools
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

This package is new at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College .................................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: etextools Version number: 2e Author's name: Florent CHERVET Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ Summary description: e-TeX useful tools for LaTeX Users and package Writers License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package provides mainly 4 categories of macros : - the expandnext macro and other expansion control macros - the FE@testopt and FE@ifstar macros for fully expandable (FE) (starred-)macros with option - fully expandable command list parsers : csvloop, listloop and a general constructor - three macros lacking from the etoolbox package : listdel, listgdel and listxdel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/etextools/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/etextools (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: ConTeXt Commands Top Ten
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ............................................................................. The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: ConTeXt Commands Top Ten Version number: 32 Author's name: Corsair Sun Location on CTAN: /info/ Summary description: The top ten ConTeXt commands. License type: fdl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fix a typo in page 22, change color and style of ref links, and add thank list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/context-top-ten . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/context-top-ten (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: chitex
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ................................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: chitex Version number: 6.1.2p15a37/ps635Mk27b38 Author's name: Hung-Yih Chen Location on CTAN: /systems Summary description: ChiTeX provides the means for typesetting Chinese in a TeX system, including the necessary fonts License type: nosell Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version of chitex was released in July, 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/chitex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/chitex (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: calctab
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Roberto Giacomelli submitted an update to the calctab package. The calctab package helps the user to typeset a kind of economic table such as invoices, expense notes and liquidation, or other tabular material with a values column. The code computes sum and percentage with floating point numeric methods (using the fltpoint package) and builds the render table task. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/calctab Summary description: A language for numeric tables License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- calctab package - A language for numeric tables version 0.6.1 update with a bug fix - 2009/07/12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/calctab/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=calctab (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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Re: dante.ctan.org upload: pdfcomment
by CTAN Announcements 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Josef Kleber submitted an update of the pdfcomment package. Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment Summary description: A user-friendly interface to pdf annotations License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 New in v1.4a: - Bugfix: (pdf}latex crashed with PDF text annoatations (pdfcomment and pdfmargincomment) in tabulars reported by: Thomas König fixed by: Ulrike Fischer, Herbert Voß ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pdfcomment . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdfcomment (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: The Memoir class
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should be at your local mirror real soon. Regards, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ......................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: The Memoir class Version number: 1.6180339f Author's name: Lars Madsen Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ Summary description: Latest updates for the memoir class License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest update for the memoir class. Main changes (details are in the README): * minor updates to the class * manual brought up to date * memoir now automatically loads the etex package /daleif ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/memoir (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 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Vafa Khalighi submitted an update to the xepersian package for persian typesetting in XeLaTeX. Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/xepersian/ Summary description: Persian for LaTeX over XeTeX. License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This the new release of the xepersian package (v1.0.1). It fixes all the know bugs and is written from scratch with improved macros. Unfortunately there is no documentation due to my illness but feel free to ask your questions at google farsilatex group at http://groups.google.com/group/farsilatex/?hl=fa or XeTeX mailing list. There are some examples that will help you understand how the package works. Before looking at xepersian examples make sure you look at bidi examples as xepersian depends on the bidi package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Updated: bidi
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Vafa Khalighi, having taken over maintainance, submitted an update to the bidi package. Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/bidi/ Summary description: Support for bidirectional typesetting with XeLaTeX License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the new release of the bidi package (v1.0.1). This version has been tested by me and other people and so contains a minimum number of bugs (or known better as XeTeX limitations). In this version we have fixed all the known bugs and support for lots of LaTeX packages is added. There is no real documentation at the moment due to my illness but if you have any question, then please ask it on the XeTeX mailing list. There are heaps of examples that will help you understand how this new version works and what features are added. Unfortunately it proved almost impossible to support hyperref and color because of XeTeX limitations. For color support, you are encouraged to use xecolour package instead using ordinary color and xcolor packages. Also please note that when you use longtable package with bidi package, in RTL mode, your tables will not break when a page is finished and again this is due to XeTeX limitation. Please note that you always should load bidi package as your last package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/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 - cleveref
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

the upload daemon coughed modestly, and told me about an upload. and then the details disappeared to that great archive system in the sky. fortunately, i've managed to reconstruct the mail... > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: cleveref > Author's name: Toby Cubitt > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ > Summary description: Intelligent cross-referencing > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Version 0.13.1: > > * Bug fix allowing arbitrary LaTeX code within ag{...} commands to > work properly when cleveref is loaded. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thank you for the upload. i have installed the package and updated the catalogue repository. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/cleveref.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/cleveref/ users may notice the catalogue entry changing, in a small way, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: glossaries
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

the upload daemon raises its voice above the conversations in the corridor, and says > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: glossaries > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/glossaries > Summary description: Create glossaries and lists of acronyms > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.02: > * Renamed glossaries-dictionary-Brazil.dict to > glossaries-dictionary-Brazilian.dict > * Replaced @mkboth with glossarymark in glossarysection > to make it easier for the user to override it > * Fixed bug that generated no printglossary warning when > the glossary is placed in a group > * translate=false option will now prevent automatic loading > of translator package. thank you for the upload. i have installed the update and edited the catalogue repository to reflect the new version. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/glossaries.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries as usual, the catalogue entry will change, minutely, overnight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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CTAN update: pdfcrop
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Heiko Oberdiek submitted an update to the pdfcrop package. Pdfcrop is a Perl script that can either trim pages of any whitespace border, or trim them of a fixed border. Location on CTAN: support/pdfcrop License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes: 2009/07/14 v1.15: Fix for negative coordinates in Bounding Boxes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pdfcrop/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=pdfcrop (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN Update: asymptote
by CTAN Announcements 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, John Bowman submitted version 1.81 of the asymptote package. Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text. Location on CTAN: /graphics/asymptote Summary description: 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language License type: lgpl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A boolean targetsize option can now be used to draw 3D labels with the apparent size they would have on the target plane. The camera adjustment algorithms were fixed; the autoadjust flag is respected. Missing path3 functions such as endpoint(path3) were added. The doubleclick timeout under MSWindows was fixed. A workaround for a ConTeXT small font bug is illustrated in contextfonts.asy. File associations are now used under MSWindows for psviewer, pdfviewer, display, and animate. Single quotation marks are now allowed in filenames. Deconstruction is now only supported in PNG format; the xformat setting was removed. The example lmfit illustrates Levenberg-Marquardt nonlinear least-squares fitting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=asymptote (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . _______________________________________________ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: datatool
by CTAN Announcements 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

simultaneously, i splutter over my lunch, and the upload daemon also splutters: > ====================================================================== > > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: datatool > Author's name: Nicola Talbot > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datatool > Summary description: Tools to load and manipulate data > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > v2.02: > > * fixed bug caused by undefined @dtlifhaskey (should be > @DTLifhaskey) > * fixed bug caused by undefined dtl@getcolumnindex (should > be @dtl@getcolumnindex) > * fixed bug in DTLsavedb that ignores the file name > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue entry (a bit). thanks for the upload. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datatool.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datatool the truly alert will observe a change to the catalogue entry after tonight's update run. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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Ctan has a new package: properties
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jul '09

12 Jul '09

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 Michael Niedermair submitted the new package properties to CTAN. Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/properties Summary description: Load Properties from a file License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package loads properties (key, value) from a properties file, e.g. jobname.properties. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/properties . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=properties (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: softmaker-freefont
by CTAN Announcements 12 Jul '09

12 Jul '09

On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 Josef Kleber submitted an update to the softmaker-freefont package. Location on CTAN: /fonts/softmaker-freefont/ Summary description: Support files for fonts available at www.freefont.de License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In June 2009 www.freefont.de offered a beautiful handwriting font for free download: The Softmaker Stone Handwriting. As handwriting fonts are a quite limited resource in the LaTeX world, i decided to create support files for this beautiful font. Therefore, Stone Handwriting will be the starting point for the freefont bundle. Other (beautiful) fonts may be included in future. License: LPPL (not the font itself) New in v1.1: - added LaTeX support for the quite narrow running font: Henderson Attention: The font is not included! This font is font of the month (July 2009) and can be downloaded for free at (at least this month): http://freefont.de Later you can buy from Softmaker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/softmaker-freefont/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=softmaker-freefont (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html . Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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CTAN update: TotCount
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

This update should make it from tug.ctan.org to your local mirror in a day or less. Thanks, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: TotCount Version number: 1.1 Author's name: Vasileios Koutavas Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/totcount/ Summary description: A package for computing the last value of counters License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This version fixes a nasty bug that changes the date of documents using totcount.sty ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/totcount/ . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/totcount (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 package update: VnTeX
by CTAN announcements (Jim Hefferon, tug.ctan.org) 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local mirror. Tnx, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................... The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: VnTeX Version number: 3.1.9 Author's name: Reinhard Kotucha Location on CTAN: /language/vietnamese Summary description: VnTeX - support for typesetting Vietnamese License type: lppl Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VnTeX provides fonts and macro packages for typesetting Vietnamese. Version 3.1.9 fixes a severe bug which had been introduced in V. 3.1.8. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/vietnamese/vntex . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/vntex (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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